Marcus Carl Franklin

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Known For

Acting

2007

I'm Not There

as

Woody / Chaplin Boy

2008

Be Kind Rewind

as

James

2005

Lackawanna Blues

as

Ruben Santiago Jr.

2011

The Art of Getting By

as

Will

Blue Bloods

as

Tom Mackey

Law & Order

as

Tate

Production

Crew

Directing