years_active birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
1973 -- present richmond , california , u.s. carl franklin 11 april 1949 carl franklin
 carl michael franklin actor , screenwriter , film and television director
carl franklin

carl franklin -lrb- born april 11 , 1949 -rrb- 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 .
