James Franco
Known for Acting · 195 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
The X-Files
1993
as Officer #2
Conan
2010
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self (uncredited)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
30 Rock
2006
as James Franco
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Pacific Blue
1996
as Brian
The Mindy Project
2012
as Paul Leotard
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Profiler
1996
as Stevie
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
Angie Tribeca
2016
as Sgt. Eddie Pepper
The Deuce
2017
as Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino
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 (165)
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
Sausage Party
2016
as Druggie (voice)
Homefront
2013
as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
The Holiday
2006
as James Franco (uncredited)
The Interview
2014
as Dave Skylark
Eat Pray Love
2010
as David
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
The Little Prince
2015
as The Fox (voice)
127 Hours
2010
as Aron Ralston
Knocked Up
2007
as Sol (uncredited)
Lovelace
2013
as Hugh Hefner
Pineapple Express
2008
as Saul Silver
Spring Breakers
2013
as Alien
The Green Hornet
2011
as Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
The Iceman
2012
as Marty Freeman
Milk
2008
as Scott Smith
Why Him?
2016
as Laird Mayhew
Date Night
2010
as Taste
The Great Raid
2005
as Captain Prince
The Wicker Man
2006
as Bar Guy #1
Kin
2018
as Taylor Balik
Never Been Kissed
1999
as Jason
Whatever It Takes
2000
as Chris Campbell
Your Highness
2011
as Fabious
The Disaster Artist
2017
as Tommy / 'Johnny'
About Cherry
2012
as Francis
Tristan & Isolde
2006
as Tristan
An American Crime
2007
as Andy
True Story
2015
as Christian Longo
Largo Winch: The Price of Money
2024
as Ezio Burntwood
Flyboys
2006
as Blaine Rawlings
Veronica Mars
2014
as James Franco (uncredited)
King Cobra
2016
as Joe Kerekes
Future World
2018
as Warlord
In Dubious Battle
2016
as Mac McLeod
The Night Before
2015
as Self
Annapolis
2006
as Jake Huard
Arctic Dogs
2019
as Lemmy (voice)
Palo Alto
2014
as Mr. B
Love and Distrust
2010
as Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
City by the Sea
2002
as Joey
The Institute
2017
as Dr. Cairn
Nights in Rodanthe
2008
as Mark Flanner (uncredited)
Good People
2014
as Tom Reed
Queen of the Desert
2015
as Henry Cadogan
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010
as Self
In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Sergeant Carnelli
Third Person
2014
as Rick
The Vault
2017
as Ed Mass
The Adderall Diaries
2016
as Stephen Elliott
Zeroville
2019
as Vikar
The Dead Girl
2006
as Derek
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
as Self (segment James Franco)
The Show
2017
as Male Host
Howl
2010
as Allen Ginsberg
Deuces Wild
2002
as Tino
The Long Home
as Dallas Hardin
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Finn (voice)
Sonny
2002
as Sonny
I Am Michael
2015
as Michael Glatze
Wild Horses
2015
as Ben Briggs
Goat
2016
as Mitch
James Dean
2001
as James Dean
The Letter
2012
as Tyrone
Camille
2008
as Silias
Interview
2007
as Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015
as Tomas Eldan
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
as Dean Silo
As I Lay Dying
2013
as Darl Bundren
John Rambo
2027
The Company
2003
as Josh
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013
as Self
Blood Surf
2016
as Metalhead Troy
The Sound and the Fury
2015
as Benjy Compson
Pretenders
2019
as Maxwell
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
2018
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
as (archive footage)
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
as Self
Call Me Lucky
2015
as Self
Mademoiselle C
2013
as Self
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016
as Self
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
as Leo
Bunny-Man
2026
as Austin Boyd
Here Comes the Night Time
2013
as Man on Phone
Shadows & Lies
2010
as William Vincent
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015
as Pasamonte
Don't Come Back from the Moon
2019
as Roman Smalley
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012
as Self
Actors Anonymous
2017
as Jake Lamont
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
as Conrad
Interior. Leather Bar.
2013
as James
Child of God
2014
as Jerry
Dumpster Diving
2017
as El Diablo
Saturday Night
2010
as Self
Squali
2025
as Robert Price
Spider-Mania
2002
as Self
Good Time Max
2008
as Max
The Broken Tower
2012
as Hart Crane
Maladies
2012
as James
Obituaries
2014
as Felix Mitchum
Memoria
2016
as Mr. Wyckoff
A Fuller Life
2013
as Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
The Labyrinth
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017
as Self - Archive Footage
At Any Cost
2000
as Mike
Burn Country
2016
as Lindsay
Mother Ghost
2002
as Skateboarder guy
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
2014
as David Skylark
Mississippi Requiem
2018
as Homer Barron
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2018
as Self
Sal
2013
as Milton Katselas
Toad
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
2014
as Self
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 195 credits spanning from 1975 to 2027, James Franco has appeared in 165 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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