James 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).
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-04-19
Place of birth
Palo Alto, California, USA
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Cast
Spider-Man
2002
7.31
Spider-Man 2
2004
7.30
Spider-Man 3
2007
6.40
Milk
2008
7.24
James Dean
2001
6.79
Pineapple Express
2008
6.64
The Wicker Man
2006
4.31
Knocked Up
2007
6.30
Never Been Kissed
1999
6.16
Camille
2008
6.24
In the Valley of Elah
2007
6.80
Tristan & Isolde
2006
6.67
An American Crime
2007
7.31
Annapolis
2006
6.90
Flyboys
2006
6.55
Sonny
2002
5.05
City by the Sea
2002
5.78
The Dead Girl
2006
6.02
Date Night
2010
6.10
The Great Raid
2005
6.54
Good Time Max
2008
5.30
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
7.33
Eat Pray Love
2010
6.20
127 Hours
2010
7.08
The Ape
2005
4.10
Your Highness
2011
5.30
Whatever It Takes
2000
5.77
Howl
2010
6.50
Shadows & Lies
2010
4.19
Love and Distrust
2010
3.78
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
5.90
The Iceman
2012
6.56
The Company
2003
5.20
The Broken Tower
2012
4.96
Mean People Suck
2001
6.80
About Cherry
2012
4.63
Lovelace
2013
6.02
Mother Ghost
2002
6.40
Nights in Rodanthe
2008
6.26
Spring Breakers
2013
5.24
The Letter
2012
4.60
This Is the End
2013
6.23
Child of God
2014
4.87
As I Lay Dying
2013
5.24
Interior. Leather Bar.
2013
5.36
Maladies
2012
5.33
Palo Alto
2013
6.10
Third Person
2014
5.89
Homefront
2013
6.95
Erased James Franco
2009
5.50
The Color of Time
2012
3.96
Sal
2013
3.63
Hart Crane: An Exegesis
2012
4.50
Sausage Party
2016
5.75
Hey Joe
2024
6.29
True Story
2015
6.25
Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015
5.43
The Interview
2014
6.19
Veronica Mars
2014
6.63
Good People
2014
5.50
Alien: Covenant
2017
6.16
The Adderall Diaries
2016
5.33
The Sound and the Fury
2015
5.00
Saturday Night
2010
8.00
Queen of the Desert
2015
5.88
Dumpster Diving
2017
3.00
Zeroville
2019
5.10
I Am Michael
2015
5.50
Yosemite
2016
4.70
Memoria
2016
5.12
Caput
2011
0.00
Wild Horses
2015
4.88
Fool's Gold
2005
0.00
Burn Country
2016
5.00
Me, You
0.00
Bunny-Man
0.00
In Dubious Battle
2016
5.80
Why Him?
2016
6.39
Future Relic 02
2014
0.00
The Night Before
2015
6.10
Call Me Lucky
2015
6.97
The Disaster Artist
2017
7.11
Grasshopper
2006
4.67
Blind Spot
2003
6.00
The Long Home
0.00
The Car Kid
2002
0.00
The Razor's Edge
0.00
King Cobra
2016
5.90
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
2016
5.30
Goat
2016
5.40
The Caged Pillows
2016
5.00
Obituaries
2014
0.00
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016
3.30
The Green Hornet
2011
5.59
The Little Prince
2015
7.61
At Any Cost
2000
5.00
Actors Anonymous
2017
4.30
Richard Peter Johnson
2015
2.70
Future World
2018
4.34
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
7.50
Arctic Dogs
2019
6.00
Deuces Wild
2002
5.62
Interview
2007
6.40
Some Body
2001
5.00
Masculinity & Me
2010
0.00
The Labyrinth
2016
7.60
A Walk in Winter
2015
0.00
The Vault
2017
4.90
Kill the Czar
0.00
Mississippi Requiem
2018
1.00
The Institute
2017
4.20
Squali
2025
0.00
The Mad Whale
2017
5.60
Killing Animals
2015
10.00
Kin
2018
6.10
A Fuller Life
2013
6.60
Pretenders
2019
5.20
High School Lover
2017
5.90
The Holiday
2006
7.09
Don't Come Back from the Moon
2019
5.55
Blood Heist
2017
10.00
To Serve and Protect
1999
6.50
Playtime
2013
1.00
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
7.14
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
2014
6.00
14 Actors Acting
2010
7.00
What Is Cinema?
2013
6.40
If Tomorrow Comes
2000
1.00
The Show
2017
5.68
Here Comes the Night Time
2013
8.00
Blood Surf
2016
0.00
Mademoiselle C
2013
5.80
Spider-Mania
2002
5.40
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
5.20
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2018
0.00
Toad
0.00
