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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-04-11 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Richmond, California, USA

Carl Franklin

Biography:

Carl Franklin  (born April 11, 1949) is an American actor, screenwriter and film and television director. Franklin is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley and continued his education at the AFI Conservatory, where he graduated with an M.F.A. degree in directing in 1986. Franklin is most noted for Devil in a Blue Dress, which was based on the book by Walter Mosley and starred Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle.

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Known For

Acting

2020

2006

Hitchcocked! as Self

1995

1992

In the Heat of Passion as Police Det. Rooker

1990

Full Fathom Five as Fletcher

1989

Last Stand at Lang Mei as Sergeant T. Deveraux

1988

1987

ALF’s Special Christmas as Dr. Willoughby

1986

ALF as Dr. Willoughby

1985

MacGyver as Andrew T. Wiley

1984

1983

One Cooks, the Other Doesn't as Officer Lloyd Green
The A-Team as Captain Crane

1981

1980

1979

1978

Loose Change as Ed Thomas

1977

The Fantastic Journey as Dr. Fred Walters
The Fantastic Journey as Dr. Fred Walters

1976

1975

Caribe as Sgt. Mark Walters

1974

The Rockford Files as Roger Orloff

1973

1972

1971

Directing

2024

Manhunt as Director
Monsters as Director

2019

I Am the Night as Director

2017

13 Reasons Why as Director
MINDHUNTER as Director

2016

Vinyl as Director

2015

Bloodline as Director

2014

The Leftovers as Director
The Affair as Director

2013

Bless Me, Ultima as Director
House of Cards as Director
Ray Donovan as Director

2012

Magic City as Director
The Newsroom as Director

2011

Falling Skies as Director
Homeland as Director

2010

The Pacific as Director

2007

The Riches as Director

2005

Rome as Director

2003

Out of Time as Director

2002

High Crimes as Director

1998

One True Thing as Director

1995

1993

Laurel Avenue as Director

1991

One False Move as Director

1990

Full Fathom Five as Director

1986

Punk as Director

Writing

2013

Bless Me, Ultima as Screenplay

1995

Devil in a Blue Dress as Screenplay

1986

Punk as Writer

Production

2024

Manhunt as Executive Producer
American Sports Story as Executive Producer
Monsters as Executive Producer

Creator

1993

Laurel Avenue as Creator