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.
