Marcus Carl Franklin
Actor · Born February 24, 1993 (33)
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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 24, 1993 (33)
- Actor
- 7 on MovieCove
What are Marcus Carl Franklin's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Ruben Santiago Jr. in Lackawanna Blues (2005)
- Heroas Woody in I'm Not There (2007)
- Allyas Will Sharpe in The Art of Getting By (2011)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Marcus Carl Franklin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Marcus Carl Franklin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
7 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
The Art of Getting By(2011)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Blue Bloods(2010)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Be Kind Rewind(2008)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
I'm Not There(2007)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Water Is Wide(2006)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Lackawanna Blues(2005)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 84th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 6 titles from 1990 to 2011; peak year 2007.
Biggest box office
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
Highest rated
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
Most popular right now
I'm Not There (2007)
Film career
Peak 2007 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2005Screen debut· Lackawanna Blues
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Marcus Carl Franklin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser6
Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Marcus Carl Franklin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Marcus Carl Franklin's MovieCove titles; Yasiin Bey shares the most, 2.
- Yasiin BeyShared titles: Be Kind Rewind (2008), Lackawanna Blues (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Yasiin Bey
