Marcus Carl Franklin Movies
Marcus Carl Franklin began his career as a child star with two demanding and memorable roles, essayed in the mid- to late 2000s. He took one of his first bows as Ruben Santiago Jr., the lead character in
George C. Wolfe's heavily praised drama
Lackawanna Blues (2005) -- an HBO period piece about a little boy coming of age in an upstate New York rooming house during the late '50s and early '60s. Then, two years later,
Franklin played a young
Bob Dylan, riding the rails to the tunes of
Woody Guthrie, in
Todd Haynes' daring, controversial, and experimental
Dylan biopic
I'm Not There (2007). Next, he went on to appear in the
Michel Gondry comedy
Be Kind Rewind (2008), with
Jack Black,
Mia Farrow,
Mos Def, and
Danny Glover. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
