
James Franco
Born: 1978-04-19
Place of Birth: 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).
Known For

Spider-Man

Spider-Man 3

Homefront

The Holiday

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Alien: Covenant

The Interview

The Wicker Man

Spider-Man 2

Sausage Party

Knocked Up

About Cherry

Why Him?

Shadows & Lies

This Is the End

Annapolis

Yosemite

The Green Hornet

Tristan & Isolde

Eat Pray Love

Oz the Great and Powerful

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Lovelace

Every Thing Will Be Fine

The Institute

The Little Prince

127 Hours

Hey Joe

Kin

Queen of the Desert

Pineapple Express

Deuces Wild

Date Night

The Night Before

Milk

The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure

Howl

Bunny-Man

The Disaster Artist

An American Crime

The Color of Time

The Labyrinth

James Dean

Zeroville

Flyboys

Seth Rogen & James Franco Bound 3

Never Been Kissed

Your Highness

Spring Breakers

The Ape

Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?

Camille

Arctic Dogs

The Great Raid

The Iceman

Pretenders

Actors Anonymous

City by the Sea

Goat

Saturday Night

The Company

Blood Surf

Toad

Sonny

Good People

Squali

Whatever It Takes

The Show

Memoria

The Razor's Edge

I Am Michael

Palo Alto

The Broken Tower

Future World

Veronica Mars

Nights in Rodanthe

Hart Crane: An Exegesis

Third Person

In the Valley of Elah

True Story

Caput

Spider-Mania

Playtime

Good Time Max

Burn Country

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

The Vault

King Cobra

High School Lover

The Dead Girl

Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto

A Fuller Life

In Dubious Battle

The Adderall Diaries

As I Lay Dying

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Call Me Lucky

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper

Mademoiselle C

Wild Horses

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

Love and Distrust

The Mad Whale

The Letter

Child of God

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

Interview

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

Maladies

The Sound and the Fury

Don't Come Back from the Moon

Interior. Leather Bar.

What Is Cinema?

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco

Sal

Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special

Mother Ghost

Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine

Here Comes the Night Time

At Any Cost

Black Dog, Red Dog

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

If Tomorrow Comes

Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott

To Serve and Protect

The Car Kid

Blood Heist

A Walk in Winter

Obituaries

Mississippi Requiem

Killing Animals

Fool's Gold

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

Richard Peter Johnson

Eames: The Architect and the Painter

Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster

Two Films, One Legacy

Future Relic 02

The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis

My Journey in Oz
