James Franco
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 19, 1978 (age 48)
- Birthplace
- Palo Alto, California, USA
Biography
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for appearing in films such as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat, Pray, Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He frequently collaborates with fellow actor Seth Rogen, including in Pineapple Express (2008), This Is the End (2013), Sausage Party (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Franco's first prominent acting role was on television. He starred as Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), which developed a cult following. He portrayed the title character in the television biographical film James Dean (2001), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award. Franco also had a recurring role on the daytime soap opera General Hospital (2009–2012) and starred in the limited series 11.22.63 (2016). He starred in the David Simon-created HBO drama The Deuce (2017–2019).
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Filmography
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Movie · as Finn (voice)
Castro's Daughter
Movie · as Fidel Castro
Golden State Killer
Movie
Bunny-Man
Movie · as Austin Boyd
The Long Home
Movie · as Dallas Hardin
The Razor's Edge
Movie · as Dante
Kill the Czar
Movie
Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra
Movie · as Self
Toad
Movie
Love Meets in the Sunshine
Movie · as Jacob
Something's in There
Movie · as Mitchell Montes
Making A Scene
Movie · as Himself
Runaway
Movie
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: A Life on Screen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
John Rambo
Movie
Foster
Movie · as Donald 'Don' Foster
Confession
Movie · as Vladimir
Squali
Movie · as Robert Price
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie · as Self
Largo Winch: The Price of Money
Movie · as Ezio Burntwood
Hey Joe
Movie · as Dean Barry
Zeroville
Movie · as Vikar
Arctic Dogs
Movie · as Lemmy (voice)
Pretenders
Movie · as Maxwell
Future World
Movie · as Warlord
Mississippi Requiem
Movie · as Homer Barron
Kin
Movie · as Taylor Balik
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
Movie · as Self
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Movie · as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
Movie · as Self
Cultureshock
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Alien: Covenant
Movie · as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
Dumpster Diving
Movie · as El Diablo
The Disaster Artist
Movie · as Tommy / 'Johnny'
Actors Anonymous
Movie · as Jake Lamont
The Vault
Movie · as Ed Mass
The Institute
Movie · as Dr. Cairn
The Mad Whale
Movie · as Edward Fry
High School Lover
Movie · as Rick Winters
Don't Come Back from the Moon
Movie · as Roman Smalley
Blood Heist
Movie · as Farmer Simon
The Show
Movie · as Male Host
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
Movie · as Self - Archive Footage
The Deuce
TV · as Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino · 25 eps
Marcians
TV · as Self - Interviewee · 1 ep
Sausage Party
Movie · as Druggie (voice)
The Adderall Diaries
Movie · as Stephen Elliott
Yosemite
Movie · as Phil
Memoria
Movie · as Mr. Wyckoff
Burn Country
Movie · as Lindsay
In Dubious Battle
Movie · as Mac McLeod
Why Him?
Movie · as Laird Mayhew
King Cobra
Movie · as Joe Kerekes
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
Movie · as Director
Goat
Movie · as Mitch
The Caged Pillows
Movie · as David D-R+
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Movie · as Self
The Labyrinth
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Blood Surf
Movie · as Metalhead Troy
11.22.63
TV · as Jake Epping · 8 eps
Angie Tribeca
TV · as Sgt. Eddie Pepper · 6 eps
True Story
Movie · as Christian Longo
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Movie · as Tomas Eldan
The Sound and the Fury
Movie · as Benjy Compson
Queen of the Desert
Movie · as Henry Cadogan
I Am Michael
Movie · as Michael Glatze
Wild Horses
Movie · as Ben Briggs
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Movie · as Conrad
The Night Before
Movie · as Self
Call Me Lucky
Movie · as Self
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
Movie · as Pasamonte
The Little Prince
Movie · as The Fox (voice)
Richard Peter Johnson
Movie · as James Franco
Black Dog, Red Dog
Movie · as Leo
A Walk in Winter
Movie · as Conrad
Killing Animals
Movie · as Mr. Hurston
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
Movie · as David Skylark
Child of God
Movie · as Jerry
Palo Alto
Movie · as Mr. B
Third Person
Movie · as Rick
The Interview
Movie · as Dave Skylark
Veronica Mars
Movie · as James Franco (uncredited)
Good People
Movie · as Tom Reed
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
Movie · as George
Future Relic 02
Movie · as The Searcher
Obituaries
Movie · as Felix Mitchum
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
Movie · as Self
I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
Movie · as James Franco
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Will Rodman (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Deadbeat
TV · as Johnny · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Making A Scene With James Franco
TV · 30 eps
Oz the Great and Powerful
Movie · as Oz
Lovelace
Movie · as Hugh Hefner
Spring Breakers
Movie · as Alien
This Is the End
Movie · as James Franco
As I Lay Dying
Movie · as Darl Bundren
Interior. Leather Bar.
Movie · as James
Homefront
Movie · as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
Sal
Movie · as Milton Katselas
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
Movie · as Self
A Fuller Life
Movie · as Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
Playtime
Movie · as The Art Dealer
What Is Cinema?
Movie · as Self
Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show
Movie · as Self
Here Comes the Night Time
Movie · as Man on Phone
Mademoiselle C
Movie · as Self
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie · as Self (segment James Franco)
My Journey in Oz
Movie · as Self
The Frame
TV · as Will Rodman · 1 ep
The Iceman
Movie · as Marty Freeman
The Broken Tower
Movie · as Hart Crane
About Cherry
Movie · as Francis
The Letter
Movie · as Tyrone
Maladies
Movie · as James
The Color of Time
Movie · as C.K. Williams (age 40)
Hart Crane: An Exegesis
Movie · as Self
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
Movie · as Self
The Mindy Project
TV · as Paul Leotard · 2 eps
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Will Rodman
Your Highness
Movie · as Fabious
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Caput
Movie
The Green Hornet
Movie · as Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Movie
Two Films, One Legacy
Movie
127 Hours: An extraordinary view
Movie · as Self - interviewed guest
Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Date Night
Movie · as Taste
Eat Pray Love
Movie · as David
127 Hours
Movie · as Aron Ralston
Howl
Movie · as Allen Ginsberg
Shadows & Lies
Movie · as William Vincent
Love and Distrust
Movie · as Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night
Movie · as Self
Masculinity & Me
Movie
Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)
Movie · as James Franco (Image Only)
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Erased James Franco
Movie · as Self
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco
Movie
Milk
Movie · as Scott Smith
Pineapple Express
Movie · as Saul Silver
Camille
Movie · as Silias
Good Time Max
Movie · as Max
Nights in Rodanthe
Movie · as Mark Flanner (uncredited)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spider-Man 3
Movie · as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
Knocked Up
Movie · as Sol (uncredited)
In the Valley of Elah
Movie · as Sergeant Carnelli
An American Crime
Movie · as Andy
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis
Movie · as Justin Bobby
Interview
Movie · as Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Movie · as Dean Silo
Re-Imagining the Goblin
Movie · as Self
Fighting, Flying and Driving: The Stunts of 'Spider-Man 3'
Movie · as Self
Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of 'Spider-Man 3'
Movie · as Self
'Spider-Man 3' on Location: New York, from Rooftops to Backstreets
Movie · as Self
On the Set: Spider-Man 3
Movie · as Self
The Wicker Man
Movie · as Bar Guy #1
Tristan & Isolde
Movie · as Tristan
Annapolis
Movie · as Jake Huard
Flyboys
Movie · as Blaine Rawlings
The Dead Girl
Movie · as Derek
Grasshopper
Movie · as Travis
30 Rock
TV · as James Franco · 1 ep
The Great Raid
Movie · as Captain Prince
The Ape
Movie · as Harry Walker
Fool's Gold
Movie · as Brent
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
Spider-Man 2
Movie · as Harry Osborn
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Company
Movie · as Josh
Blind Spot
Movie · as Danny
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spider-Man
Movie · as Harry Osborn
Sonny
Movie · as Sonny
City by the Sea
Movie · as Joey
Mother Ghost
Movie · as Skateboarder guy
The Car Kid
Movie
Deuces Wild
Movie · as Tino
You Always Stalk the Ones You Love
Movie
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man
Movie · as Self
Spider-Mania
Movie · as Self
James Dean
Movie · as James Dean
Mean People Suck
Movie · as Casey
Some Body
Movie · as Apartment Guy #3
Whatever It Takes
Movie · as Chris Campbell
At Any Cost
Movie · as Mike
If Tomorrow Comes
Movie · as Devin
Never Been Kissed
Movie · as Jason
To Serve and Protect
Movie · as Matt Carr
Freaks and Geeks
TV · as Daniel Desario · 18 eps
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
To Serve and Protect
TV · as Matt Carr · 2 eps
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Profiler
TV · as Stevie · 1 ep
Pacific Blue
TV · as Brian · 1 ep
The X-Files
TV · as Officer #2 · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host, Self (uncredited) · 1 ep