James Franco

Acting·Apr 19, 1978·Palo Alto, California, USA

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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).

Film	Credit
John Rambo2027 · Actor	Actor
Bunny-Man2026 · Austin Boyd	Austin Boyd
Squali2025 · Robert Price	Robert Price
Hey Joe2024 · Dean Barry	Dean Barry
Largo Winch: The Price of Money2024 · Ezio Burntwood	Ezio Burntwood
Birth of a Poet2020 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Arctic Dogs2019 · Lemmy (voice)	Lemmy (voice)
Pretenders2019 · Maxwell, Director	Maxwell, Director
Zeroville2019 · Vikar, Director	Vikar, Director
Don't Come Back from the Moon2019 · Roman Smalley, Producer	Roman Smalley, Producer
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs2018 · Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")	Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
Kin2018 · Taylor Balik	Taylor Balik
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary2018 · Self	Self
Future World2018 · Warlord, Director, Producer	Warlord, Director, Producer
Mississippi Requiem2018 · Homer Barron, Writer	Homer Barron, Writer
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster2018 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine2017 · Self - Archive Footage	Self - Archive Footage
The Show2017 · Male Host	Male Host
The Vault2017 · Ed Mass	Ed Mass
DDumpster Diving2017 · El Diablo	El Diablo
Blood Heist2017 · Farmer Simon	Farmer Simon
The Mad Whale2017 · Edward Fry	Edward Fry
Alien: Covenant2017 · Jacob Branson (uncredited)	Jacob Branson (uncredited)
Tenn2017 · Director	Director
The Disaster Artist2017 · Tommy / 'Johnny', Director, Producer	Tommy / 'Johnny', Director, Producer
Actors Anonymous2017 · Jake Lamont, Writer	Jake Lamont, Writer
The Institute2017 · Dr. Cairn, Director	Dr. Cairn, Director
High School Lover2017 · Rick Winters	Rick Winters
Why Him?2016 · Laird Mayhew	Laird Mayhew
The Labyrinth2016 · Narrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)
Blood Surf2016 · Metalhead Troy	Metalhead Troy
King Cobra2016 · Joe Kerekes, Producer	Joe Kerekes, Producer
In Dubious Battle2016 · Mac McLeod, Director, Producer	Mac McLeod, Director, Producer
Goat2016 · Mitch, Producer	Mitch, Producer
Sausage Party2016 · Druggie (voice)	Druggie (voice)
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?2016 · Director	Director
TThe Caged Pillows2016 · David D-R+	David D-R+
Burn Country2016 · Lindsay	Lindsay
The Adderall Diaries2016 · Stephen Elliott, Producer	Stephen Elliott, Producer
Memoria2016 · Mr. Wyckoff	Mr. Wyckoff
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem2016 · Self	Self
Yosemite2016 · Phil	Phil
Richard Peter Johnson2015 · James Franco	James Franco
The Night Before2015 · Self	Self
A Walk in Winter2015 · Conrad	Conrad
The Sound and the Fury2015 · Benjy Compson, Director	Benjy Compson, Director
Queen of the Desert2015 · Henry Cadogan	Henry Cadogan
Call Me Lucky2015 · Self	Self