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 t...
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).
Movies (Cast)
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 3
The Holiday
Homefront
Knocked Up
Shadows & Lies
Kin
Goat
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Institute
Spider-Man 2
Burn Country
This Is the End
Sonny
Lovelace
Sausage Party
Hey Joe
Arctic Dogs
About Cherry
Flyboys
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Alien: Covenant
The Company
Memoria
Tristan & Isolde
Zeroville
Deuces Wild
Eat Pray Love
Camille
The Little Prince
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure
The Night Before
Milk
The Interview
Nights in Rodanthe
The Letter
The Iceman
127 Hours
Never Been Kissed
Annapolis
Wild Horses
Howl
The Green Hornet
Third Person
Yosemite
Playtime
An American Crime
Every Thing Will Be Fine
The Labyrinth
Grasshopper
Date Night
The Ape
The Great Raid
Squali
Child of God
In the Valley of Elah
City by the Sea
Whatever It Takes
Good Time Max
Pineapple Express
The Color of Time
The Wicker Man
The Mad Whale
Love and Distrust
Queen of the Desert
High School Lover
The Adderall Diaries
I Am Michael
Why Him?
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
The Show
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
In Dubious Battle
The Dead Girl
Pretenders
As I Lay Dying
Don't Come Back from the Moon
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
James Dean
The Broken Tower
Spring Breakers
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
Actors Anonymous
Palo Alto
The Disaster Artist
Good People
Your Highness
If Tomorrow Comes
Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)
To Serve and Protect
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
True Story
Future World
King Cobra
Veronica Mars
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
The Vault
The Caged Pillows
You Always Stalk the Ones You Love
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
Interview
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee