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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Franklin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Directed
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13 Reasons Why (2017) — Director
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House of Cards (2013) — Director
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MINDHUNTER (2017) — Director
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DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022) — Director
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Homeland (2011) — Director
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The Pacific (2010) — Director
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Rome (2005) — Director
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Falling Skies (2011) — Director
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Out of Time (2003) — Director
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The Leftovers (2014) — Director
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High Crimes (2002) — Director
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Ray Donovan (2013) — Director
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The Newsroom (2012) — Director
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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024) — Director
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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) — Director
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The Affair (2014) — Director
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Bloodline (2015) — Director
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Vinyl (2016) — Director
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One False Move (1992) — Director
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One True Thing (1998) — Director
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Good Behavior (2016) — Director
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I Am the Night (2019) — Director
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Magic City (2012) — Director
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Manhunt (2024) — Director
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The Riches (2007) — Director
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Bless Me, Ultima (2013) — Director
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Ten Days in the Valley (2017) — Director
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American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez (2024) — Director
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Nowhere to Run (1989) — Director
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Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy (1989) — Director
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Laurel Avenue (1993) — Director
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Full Fathom Five (1990) — Director
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Punk (1986) — Director
Also appeared in
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ALF (1986) — Dr. Willoughby
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The A-Team (1983) — Captain Crane
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MacGyver (1985) — Andrew T. Wiley
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The Incredible Hulk (1977) — Crosby
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Roseanne (1988)
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The Rockford Files (1974) — Roger Orloff
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Hill Street Blues (1981)
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Quincy, M.E. (1976)
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The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
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Good Times (1974)
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Cannon (1971)
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Lou Grant (1977)
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A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986) — Lt. Danvers
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Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
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The Fantastic Journey (1977) — Dr. Fred Walters
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Cover Up (1984)
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In the Heat of Passion (1992) — Police Det. Rooker
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Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
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Five on the Black Hand Side (1973) — Marvin
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Too Good to Be True (1988) — Dr. Boyd
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Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy (1989) — Col. Rawlins
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It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974) — Hovey
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Full Fathom Five (1990) — Fletcher
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The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979) — Joshua Brown
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McClain's Law (1981) — Det. Jerry Cross
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Last Stand at Lang Mei (1989) — Sergeant T. Deveraux
- Caribe (1975) — Sgt. Mark Walters
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Capital News (1990) — Cop
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Hitchcocked! (2006) — Self
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One Cooks, the Other Doesn't (1983) — Officer Lloyd Green
- Joshua's World (1980)
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The Fantastic Journey (1977) — Dr. Fred Walters
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Loose Change (1978) — Ed Thomas
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Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir (1995) — Self
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Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006) — Self
- Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress' (2020) — Self