Cast & creator
Carl Franklin
Best known for Homeland, Rome, MacGyver
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
32
film credits
51
television credits
37
1971–2026 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (83)
Showing 83 of 83 credits
Homeland
Director
2011
Rome
Director
2005
MacGyver
Andrew T. Wiley
1985
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
Executive Producer
2026
House of Cards
Director
2013
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Rockford Files
Roger Orloff
1974
The A-Team
Captain Crane
1983
The Pacific
Director
2010
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Executive Producer
2025
Cannon
1971
Ray Donovan
Director
2013
13 Reasons Why
Director
2017
The Incredible Hulk
Crosby
1977
Falling Skies
Director
2011
ALF
Dr. Willoughby
1986
The Leftovers
Director
2014
Lou Grant
1977
The Affair
Director
2014
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Director
2024Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Executive Producer
2024
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Director
2022DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Executive Producer
2022
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Newsroom
Director
2012
MINDHUNTER
Director
2017
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Good Times
1974
Bloodline
Director
2015
Vinyl
Director
2016
The Riches
Director
2007
Manhunt
Executive Producer
2024Manhunt
Director
2024
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez
Executive Producer
2024American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez
Director
2024
Cover Up
1984
Magic City
Director
2012
High Crimes
Director
2002
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Roseanne
1988
Good Behavior
Director
2016Good Behavior
Executive Producer
2016
The Fantastic Journey
Dr. Fred Walters
1977
Capital News
Cop
1990
Ten Days in the Valley
Director
2017
Out of Time
Director
2003
Devil in a Blue Dress
Director
1995Devil in a Blue Dress
Screenplay
1995
I Am the Night
Director
2019
McClain's Law
Det. Jerry Cross
1981
Loose Change
Ed Thomas
1978
One True Thing
Director
1998
One False Move
Director
1992
Laurel Avenue
Director
1993Laurel Avenue
Creator
1993Caribe
Sgt. Mark Walters
1975
The Laughing Policeman
Man on Bus
1973
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Lt. Danvers
1986
Bless Me, Ultima
Director
2013Bless Me, Ultima
Screenplay
2013
In the Heat of Passion
Police Det. Rooker
1992
Too Good to Be True
Dr. Boyd
1988
The Legend of the Golden Gun
Joshua Brown
1979
Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy
Col. Rawlins
1989Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy
Director
1989Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy
Writer
1989
Last Stand at Lang Mei
Sergeant T. Deveraux
1989Last Stand at Lang Mei
Writer
1989
Five on the Black Hand Side
Marvin
1973
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
Officer Lloyd Green
1983
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
Self
1995
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
Self
2006
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Hovey
1974
Full Fathom Five
Fletcher
1990Full Fathom Five
Director
1990
The Fantastic Journey
Dr. Fred Walters
1977
Punk
Director
1986Punk
Writer
1986
Nowhere to Run
Director
1989
Hitchcocked!
Self
2006Joshua's World
1980Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress'
Self
2020