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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Filmography
Cast Credits
Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
Hitchcocked!
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1995
In the Heat of Passion
Character: Police Det. Rooker
MOVIE • 1992
Full Fathom Five
Character: Fletcher
MOVIE • 1990
Capital News
Character: Cop
TV • 1990
Last Stand at Lang Mei
Character: Sergeant T. Deveraux
MOVIE • 1989
Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy
Character: Col. Rawlins
MOVIE • 1989
Too Good to Be True
Character: Dr. Boyd
MOVIE • 1988
Roseanne
Character:
TV • 1988
ALF’s Special Christmas
Character: Dr. Willoughby
MOVIE • 1987
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Character: Lt. Danvers
MOVIE • 1986
ALF
Character: Dr. Willoughby
TV • 1986
MacGyver
Character: Andrew T. Wiley
TV • 1985
Cover Up
Character:
TV • 1984
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
Character: Officer Lloyd Green
MOVIE • 1983
The A-Team
Character: Captain Crane
TV • 1983
McClain's Law
Character:
TV • 1981
Hill Street Blues
Character:
TV • 1981
Crew
Crew Credits
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2025
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Role: Director
TV • 2024
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2024
American Sports Story
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2024
American Sports Story
Role: Director
TV • 2024
Manhunt
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2024
Manhunt
Role: Director
TV • 2024
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Role: Director
TV • 2022
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2022
I Am the Night
Role: Director
TV • 2019
MINDHUNTER
Role: Director
TV • 2017
Ten Days in the Valley
Role: Director
TV • 2017
13 Reasons Why
Role: Director
TV • 2017
Vinyl
Role: Director
TV • 2016
Bloodline
Role: Director
TV • 2015
The Affair
Role: Director
TV • 2014
The Leftovers
Role: Director
TV • 2014
Ray Donovan
Role: Director
TV • 2013
Bless Me, Ultima
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2013
Bless Me, Ultima
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2013