
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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