Michael Franklin

Michael Franklin

Birth : 1988-01-06, Oakland, California

History

Michael Franklin is an American television, theatre and film actor who has also starred in Dutch productions. One of his first acting roles was in the television show, "The Game." He has worked in a variety of T.V. roles, including "Six Feet Under" and "Noah's Arc." He is known for playing Young Shreve in "Truth Be Told" on Apple TV+.

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Michael Franklin

Movies

Monsters of California
Guard
Teenager Dallas Edwards and his derelict friends go on a quest for the meaning behind a series of mysterious, paranormal events in Southern California. The truths they uncover begin to unravel extraordinary secrets.
The Stepmother 2
James Johnson
Elizabeth, a woman with dissociative identity disorder, cheats death and has now a new mission, to find a new family and live happily ever after, beyond her troubled past.
Gemmel & Tim
Producer
In 2017 and 2019, Gemmel “Juelz” Moore (26) and Timothy “Tim” Dean (55), two gay black men, died of a meth overdose at the West Hollywood apartment of white businessman, activist & political donor Ed Buck (66). The parallel stories of these two men, are intimately told by the friends who loved them, grieve their loss, and who hope to protect others from similarly tragic fates.
Prescience
Finn
A criminal attorney struggles with his sexuality, a cryptic new boyfriend, unemployment and the disturbing childhood secrets his parents hold.
Paint It Red
Captain Knight
A pair of bank robbers knock off Bohemian tenants in search for their stolen loot.
The Book of Life
Freedom
A war is waged in Heaven by one of the Angels named Lucifer. He decided to rebel against God and separate himself from the rest of the Angels by leaving Heaven and roaming the earth.
Stall
Arriving in West Hollywood with only a duffle bag and a sense of excitement, Derrick unexpectedly wanders into a public men’s room and is greeted by the evocative stares and mischievous smiles of the men inside. Hesitant, yet curious to explore the carnal cruising further, Derrick enters a large stall at the end of the room. He is thrust into a magical time capsule; the stall encompasses the sights and sounds that celebrate 30 years of West Hollywood.
International Male
A financially strapped man, yearning for global adventure, invites an international cast of men to his apartment for a series of romantic escapades.
Beauty in the Broken
Wally
The worlds of a depressed psychologist and an emotionally disturbed homeless woman collide. While trying to rescue her they fall in love, and each gets a second chance at a new life.
Adults Only
Visions of a past relationship leave Matthew broken and isolated until an intimate encounter at a porn arcade opens a peephole to unexpected possibilities.
You, Me & the Circus
NBA
With Max and Bo’s relationship on the outs, tensions flare in a last-ditch effort to understand their crumbling love. Caught in the crossfire are their friends, Ralph and Andrea, who spark the beginnings of new love while their friends’ comes to a bitter halt. Fantasy accompanies reality as the characters reveal their true emotions in a magical, bohemian circus infused with dancing, acrobatics and original music.
Brake
Other
A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract needed information for their sinister plot.
The Skinny
Michael
Feature film from award-winning writer/director Patrik-Ian Polk, tells the story of five black Brown University classmate s- four gay men and one lesbian - reuniting in the Big Apple for a weekend of sin, fun, secrets, lies and drama.
Leave It on the Floor
Thug Realness
Our African-American hero , Brad is bullied by his dysfunctional mom; he flees his home and by chance tumbles down the rabbit-hole into the LA ball scene where he finds a ragtag new famiiy. With music by Beyonce music director, Kim Burse, screenplay and lyrics by Glenn Gaylord choreography by Beyonce dance master, Frank Gatson Jr. and eye-popping visuals and direction by Sheldon Larry, the film is an ode to the wild funky and heart-aching life of this amazing underground. Written by Sheldon Larry.
Soul Men
Trumpet Player
Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer. Cleo, a beautiful young woman who is believed to be Floyd's daughter, accompanies them as a new singer.
Stomp the Yard
Mu Gamma Stepper #6
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.
Fat Albert
Dancer
Animated character Fat Albert emerges from his TV universe into the real world, accompanied by his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Old Weird Harold and Dumb Donald. Though the gang is flabbergasted by the modern world, they make new friends, and Albert attempts to help young Doris become popular. But things get complicated when Albert falls for her older sister, Lauri, and must turn to creator Bill Cosby for advice.