James Franco
- Acting
- April 19, 1978 · 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
Filmography
- John Rambo
- Confession · Vladimir
- Foster · Donald 'Don' Foster
- Find Your Friends · Thanks
- Squali · Robert Price
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- Hey Joe · Dean Barry
- Largo Winch: The Price of Money · Ezio Burntwood
- Sleepaway Slasher · Executive producer
- Birth of a Poet · Director, Writer
- Arctic Dogs · Lemmy (Voice)
- Pretenders · Maxwell, Director
- Zeroville · Vikar, Director
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs · Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
- Kin · Taylor Balik
- Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary · Self
- Cultureshock · Self
- Future World · Warlord, Director
- Mississippi Requiem · Homer Barron, Writer
- Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster · Self, Director
- Marcians · Self
- Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine · Self
- The Show · Male Host
- The Deuce · Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino, Director
- The Vault · Ed Mass
- Dumpster Diving · El Diablo
- Blood Heist · Farmer Simon
- Don't Come Back from the Moon · Roman Smalley, Producer
- The Mad Whale · Edward Fry
- Alien: Covenant · Jacob Branson (uncredited)
- Tenn · Director
- The Disaster Artist · Tommy / 'Johnny', Director
- Actors Anonymous · Jake Lamont, Writer
- Metamorphosis: Junior Year · Executive producer
- The Institute · Dr. Cairn, Director
- High School Lover · Rick Winters, Executive producer
- Rio · Executive producer
- Why Him? · Laird Mayhew, Executive producer
- The Labyrinth · Narrator (Voice), Executive producer
- Blood Surf · Metalhead Troy, Executive producer
- King Cobra · Joe Kerekes, Producer
- In Dubious Battle · Mac McLeod, Director
- Goat · Mitch, Producer
- Sausage Party · Druggie (Voice)
- Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? · Director, Story
- The Caged Pillows · David D-R+
- Burn Country · Lindsay
- The Adderall Diaries · Stephen Elliott, Producer
- Memoria · Mr. Wyckoff
- The 4%: Film's Gender Problem · Self
- 11.22.63 · Jake Epping, Director
- Angie Tribeca · Sgt. Eddie Pepper
- Yosemite · Phil, Executive producer
- Richard Peter Johnson · James Franco
- The Night Before · Self
- A Walk in Winter · Conrad, Executive producer
- The Sound and the Fury · Benjy Compson, Director
- Queen of the Desert · Henry Cadogan
- Call Me Lucky · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- The Little Prince · The Fox (Voice)
- Black Dog, Red Dog · Leo, Director
- Miss Famous · Executive producer
- Wild Horses · Ben Briggs
- Killing Animals · Mr. Hurston, Novel
- True Story · Christian Longo
- Every Thing Will Be Fine · Tomas Eldan
- The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards · Conrad, Executive producer
- Hot Ones · Self
- I Am Michael · Michael Glatze, Producer
- Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha · Pasamonte, Executive producer
- The Interview · Dave Skylark, Executive producer
- Future Relic 02 · The Searcher
- National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men · George
- Making A Scene With James Franco
- Guests · Executive producer
- Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special · David Skylark
- Good People · Tom Reed
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes · Will Rodman
- Third Person · Rick