James Franco
Known for Acting · 194 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
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host
The X-Files
1993
as Officer #2
Conan
2010
as Self
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self (uncredited)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
30 Rock
2006
as James Franco
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Mindy Project
2012
as Paul Leotard
Pacific Blue
1996
as Brian
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 (164)
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
Homefront
2013
as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
Sausage Party
2016
as Druggie (voice)
The Interview
2014
as Dave Skylark
This Is the End
2013
as James Franco
The Holiday
2006
as James Franco (uncredited)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
Eat Pray Love
2010
as David
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
as Oz
127 Hours
2010
as Aron Ralston
Lovelace
2013
as Hugh Hefner
Pineapple Express
2008
as Saul Silver
Why Him?
2016
as Laird Mayhew
Knocked Up
2007
as Sol (uncredited)
Spring Breakers
2013
as Alien
The Little Prince
2015
as The Fox (voice)
Annapolis
2006
as Jake Huard
The Green Hornet
2011
as Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
Date Night
2010
as Taste
The Iceman
2012
as Marty Freeman
Milk
2008
as Scott Smith
The Wicker Man
2006
as Bar Guy #1
About Cherry
2012
as Francis
Flyboys
2006
as Blaine Rawlings
In Dubious Battle
2016
as Mac McLeod
Never Been Kissed
1999
as Jason
Your Highness
2011
as Fabious
Tristan & Isolde
2006
as Tristan
The Great Raid
2005
as Captain Prince
An American Crime
2007
as Andy
King Cobra
2016
as Joe Kerekes
Whatever It Takes
2000
as Chris Campbell
The Night Before
2015
as Self
Palo Alto
2014
as Mr. B
Zeroville
2019
as Vikar
The Disaster Artist
2017
as Tommy / 'Johnny'
True Story
2015
as Christian Longo
Largo Winch: The Price of Money
2024
as Ezio Burntwood
Good People
2014
as Tom Reed
Kin
2018
as Taylor Balik
Future World
2018
as Warlord
Deuces Wild
2002
as Tino
Arctic Dogs
2019
as Lemmy (voice)
City by the Sea
2002
as Joey
In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Sergeant Carnelli
The Institute
2017
as Dr. Cairn
Veronica Mars
2014
as James Franco (uncredited)
Nights in Rodanthe
2008
as Mark Flanner (uncredited)
James Dean
2001
as James Dean
Third Person
2014
as Rick
The Show
2017
as Male Host
Love and Distrust
2010
as Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
The Adderall Diaries
2016
as Stephen Elliott
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010
as Self
The Long Home
as Dallas Hardin
The Vault
2017
as Ed Mass
Queen of the Desert
2015
as Henry Cadogan
I Am Michael
2015
as Michael Glatze
The Company
2003
as Josh
The Dead Girl
2006
as Derek
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Finn (voice)
Goat
2016
as Mitch
The Sound and the Fury
2015
as Benjy Compson
Interview
2007
as Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
Howl
2010
as Allen Ginsberg
Sonny
2002
as Sonny
Wild Horses
2015
as Ben Briggs
The Letter
2012
as Tyrone
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
as Self (segment James Franco)
Blood Surf
2016
as Metalhead Troy
John Rambo
2027
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013
as Self
Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015
as Tomas Eldan
Mademoiselle C
2013
as Self
Call Me Lucky
2015
as Self
Camille
2008
as Silias
Dumpster Diving
2017
as El Diablo
Actors Anonymous
2017
as Jake Lamont
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
as Conrad
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015
as Pasamonte
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
as Dean Silo
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
as (archive footage)
As I Lay Dying
2013
as Darl Bundren
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
2014
as Self
Saturday Night
2010
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
as Self
Bunny-Man
2026
as Austin Boyd
Child of God
2014
as Jerry
Some Body
2001
as Apartment Guy #3
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
2016
as Director
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
as Leo
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012
as Self
Spider-Mania
2002
as Self
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016
as Self
Pretenders
2019
as Maxwell
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
2018
as Self
The Broken Tower
2012
as Hart Crane
Shadows & Lies
2010
as William Vincent
Sal
2013
as Milton Katselas
Mother Ghost
2002
as Skateboarder guy
Hey Joe
2024
as Dean Barry
A Fuller Life
2013
as Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
Good Time Max
2008
as Max
The Car Kid
2002
Memoria
2016
as Mr. Wyckoff
High School Lover
2017
as Rick Winters
Kill the Czar
What Is Cinema?
2013
as Self
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017
as Self - Archive Footage
Toad
Blind Spot
2003
as Danny
Squali
2025
as Robert Price
The Labyrinth
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Interior. Leather Bar.
2013
as James
The Mad Whale
2017
as Edward Fry
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 194 credits spanning from 1975 to 2027, James Franco has appeared in 164 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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