Carl Franklin

Born: 1949-04-11, Richmond, California, USA

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.

Filmography

• Homeland (2011)
• Falling Skies (2011)
• MacGyver (1985)
• Hill Street Blues (1981)
• The Rockford Files (1974)
• House of Cards (2013)
• DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)
• Ray Donovan (2013)
• Lou Grant (1977)
• Rome (2005)
• Monster: The Ed Gein Story (2025)
• ALF (1986)
• The Newsroom (2012)
• The Pacific (2010)
• The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
• Vinyl (2016)
• Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024)
• Bloodline (2015)
• Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
• Magic City (2012)
• American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez (2024)
• Cover Up (1984)
• High Crimes (2002)
• Roseanne (1988)
• Out of Time (2003)
• The Riches (2007)
• Ten Days in the Valley (2017)
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
• Capital News (1990)
• Loose Change (1978)