Acting credits
33
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Carl Franklin
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.5
Moderate attention
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Movies: 22Series: 42Crew credits: 34
TMDB ID: 21712
IMDb ID: nm0002083
Known for: Directing
Born: April 11, 1949
Age: 76
Place of birth: Richmond, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2025
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 7.15
Wikidata: Q643246
Other jobs
Director (30)Executive Producer (3)Writer (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Carl Franklin.
6.3
Bless Me, Ultima
Director
2013 Movie
6.0
Hitchcocked!
as Self
2006 Movie
6.3
Out of Time
Director
2003 Movie
6.3
High Crimes
Director
2002 Movie
6.5
One True Thing
Director
1998 Movie
6.4
Devil in a Blue Dress
Director
1995 Movie
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
as Self
1995 Movie
3.6
In the Heat of Passion
as Police Det. Rooker
1992 Movie
6.6
One False Move
Director
1991 Movie
2.0
Full Fathom Five
as Fletcher
1990 Movie
10.0
Last Stand at Lang Mei
as Sergeant T. Deveraux
1989 Movie
6.7
Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy
as Col. Rawlins
1989 Movie
3.6
Nowhere to Run
Director
1989 Movie
3.3
Too Good to Be True
as Dr. Boyd
1988 Movie
7.2
ALF’s Special Christmas
as Dr. Willoughby
1987 Movie
5.7
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
as Lt. Danvers
1986 Movie
1.0
Punk
Director
1986 Movie
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
as Officer Lloyd Green
1983 Movie
5.0
The Legend of the Golden Gun
as Joshua Brown
1979 Movie
6.0
The Fantastic Journey
as Dr. Fred Walters
1977 Movie
1.0
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
as Hovey
1974 Movie
6.8
Five on the Black Hand Side
as Marvin
1973 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Carl Franklin.
7.2
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2025 Series
7.6
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Director • 2 eps
2024 Series
7.0
American Sports Story
Executive Producer • 10 eps
2024 Series
6.7
Manhunt
Executive Producer • 7 eps
2024 Series
8.0
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Director • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.5
I Am the Night
Director • 6 eps
2019 Series
8.1
MINDHUNTER
Director • 4 eps
2017 Series
5.6
Ten Days in the Valley
Director • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.6
13 Reasons Why
Director • 2 eps
2017 Series
7.0
Vinyl
Director • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.1
Bloodline
Director • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.7
The Affair
Director • 2 eps
2014 Series
7.6
The Leftovers
Director • 4 eps
2014 Series
7.5
Ray Donovan
Director • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.0
House of Cards
Director • 4 eps
2013 Series
8.1
The Newsroom
Director • 1 eps
2012 Series
6.9
Magic City
Director • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.6
Homeland
Director • 2 eps
2011 Series
7.1
Falling Skies
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.8
The Pacific
Director • 1 eps
2010 Series
6.8
The Riches
Director • 1 eps
2007 Series
8.2
Rome
Director • 1 eps
2005 Series
5.7
Laurel Avenue
Director • 2 eps
1993 Series
6.0
Capital News
as Cop • 1 eps
1990 Series