James Franco
Known for Acting · 194 credits
- Born
- 1978-04-19 (age 48)
- Place of birth
- Palo Alto, California, USA
- Also known as
- James Edward Franco
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).
Known For
TV Shows (30)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host
Conan
2010
as Self
The X-Files
1993
as Officer #2
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self (uncredited)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
30 Rock
2006
as James Franco
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Mindy Project
2012
as Paul Leotard
Pacific Blue
1996
as Brian
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Profiler
1996
as Stevie
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
The Deuce
2017
as Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino
Angie Tribeca
2016
as Sgt. Eddie Pepper
Freaks and Geeks
1999
as Daniel Desario
11.22.63
2016
as Jake Epping
Marcians
2017
as Self - Interviewee
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008
as Self
The Frame
2013
as Will Rodman
Deadbeat
2014
as Johnny
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
2011
as Self
Cultureshock
2018
as Self
To Serve and Protect
1999
as Matt Carr
Movies (164)
Spider-Man
2002
as Harry Osborn
Spider-Man 3
2007
as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
Alien: Covenant
2017
as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
as Will Rodman
Spider-Man 2
2004
as Harry Osborn
Homefront
2013
as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
Sausage Party
2016
as Druggie (voice)
The Interview
2014
as Dave Skylark
Eat Pray Love
2010
as David
The Holiday
2006
as James Franco (uncredited)
This Is the End
2013
as James Franco
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
as Oz
Lovelace
2013
as Hugh Hefner
Pineapple Express
2008
as Saul Silver
Knocked Up
2007
as Sol (uncredited)
127 Hours
2010
as Aron Ralston
Date Night
2010
as Taste
Spring Breakers
2013
as Alien
Annapolis
2006
as Jake Huard
Why Him?
2016
as Laird Mayhew
The Little Prince
2015
as The Fox (voice)
The Green Hornet
2011
as Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
The Iceman
2012
as Marty Freeman
About Cherry
2012
as Francis
Your Highness
2011
as Fabious
Milk
2008
as Scott Smith
The Wicker Man
2006
as Bar Guy #1
The Disaster Artist
2017
as Tommy / 'Johnny'
King Cobra
2016
as Joe Kerekes
Flyboys
2006
as Blaine Rawlings
Zeroville
2019
as Vikar
Never Been Kissed
1999
as Jason
An American Crime
2007
as Andy
Tristan & Isolde
2006
as Tristan
The Great Raid
2005
as Captain Prince
Whatever It Takes
2000
as Chris Campbell
Veronica Mars
2014
as James Franco (uncredited)
Good People
2014
as Tom Reed
The Institute
2017
as Dr. Cairn
The Night Before
2015
as Self
James Dean
2001
as James Dean
Largo Winch: The Price of Money
2024
as Ezio Burntwood
In Dubious Battle
2016
as Mac McLeod
Kin
2018
as Taylor Balik
Palo Alto
2014
as Mr. B
Arctic Dogs
2019
as Lemmy (voice)
Deuces Wild
2002
as Tino
In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Sergeant Carnelli
Future World
2018
as Warlord
City by the Sea
2002
as Joey
True Story
2015
as Christian Longo
The Company
2003
as Josh
Third Person
2014
as Rick
Nights in Rodanthe
2008
as Mark Flanner (uncredited)
The Show
2017
as Male Host
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Finn (voice)
Queen of the Desert
2015
as Henry Cadogan
Love and Distrust
2010
as Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
The Long Home
as Dallas Hardin
The Vault
2017
as Ed Mass
Howl
2010
as Allen Ginsberg
Goat
2016
as Mitch
The Adderall Diaries
2016
as Stephen Elliott
The Dead Girl
2006
as Derek
John Rambo
2027
Sonny
2002
as Sonny
I Am Michael
2015
as Michael Glatze
Wild Horses
2015
as Ben Briggs
Dumpster Diving
2017
as El Diablo
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010
as Self
Blood Surf
2016
as Metalhead Troy
Interview
2007
as Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
The Letter
2012
as Tyrone
The Sound and the Fury
2015
as Benjy Compson
Actors Anonymous
2017
as Jake Lamont
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015
as Pasamonte
Camille
2008
as Silias
Bunny-Man
2026
as Austin Boyd
Child of God
2014
as Jerry
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
as Self (segment James Franco)
Saturday Night
2010
as Self
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013
as Self
Call Me Lucky
2015
as Self
Mademoiselle C
2013
as Self
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
as Dean Silo
Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015
as Tomas Eldan
As I Lay Dying
2013
as Darl Bundren
Some Body
2001
as Apartment Guy #3
Spider-Mania
2002
as Self
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
as Conrad
Pretenders
2019
as Maxwell
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
2016
as Director
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
as (archive footage)
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
as Leo
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016
as Self
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012
as Self
Hey Joe
2024
as Dean Barry
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
2014
as Self
Mother Ghost
2002
as Skateboarder guy
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
2018
as Self
The Labyrinth
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Good Time Max
2008
as Max
Sal
2013
as Milton Katselas
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017
as Self - Archive Footage
Interior. Leather Bar.
2013
as James
The Broken Tower
2012
as Hart Crane
High School Lover
2017
as Rick Winters
Mississippi Requiem
2018
as Homer Barron
Kill the Czar
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
as Self
Squali
2025
as Robert Price
Shadows & Lies
2010
as William Vincent
The Color of Time
2012
as C.K. Williams (age 40)
A Fuller Life
2013
as Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
Playtime
2013
as The Art Dealer
Toad
The Car Kid
2002
Memoria
2016
as Mr. Wyckoff
About James Franco
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 Disa… With 194 credits spanning from 1975 to 2027, James Franco has appeared in 164 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Franco Movies
- Spider-Man (2002) — as Harry Osborn
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) — as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
- Alien: Covenant (2017) — as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) — as Will Rodman
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) — as Harry Osborn
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