Marcus Carl Franklin

Marcus Carl Franklin

Born 1993-02-24 (age 33)
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Biography

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Marcus Carl Franklin (born February 24, 1993) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying an incarnation of Bob Dylan who calls himself "Woody Guthrie" in the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, written and directed by Todd Haynes. Franklin is seen as a young hobo, hitching rides on freight trains, while clutching a guitar case bearing the inscription "This Machine Kills Fascists" (this inscription adorned the guitar of Woody Guthrie). In the film, Franklin performs a rendition of Dylan's song "When the Ship Comes In." His performance is also on the soundtrack album of I'm Not There.

Franklin also was in Lackawanna Blues on HBO, which aired in 2005. He acted in the off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Caroline or Change.

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Known For

Be Kind Rewind
Be Kind Rewind

2008

as James

I'm Not There
I'm Not There

2007

as Woody / Chaplin Boy

The Art of Getting By
Lackawanna Blues
Lackawanna Blues

2005

as Ruben Santiago Jr.