Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 19, 1978
Place of Birth
Palo Alto, California, USA
Credits
221 titles
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).
Known For
Filmography
John Rambo
Bunny-Man
Austin Boyd
Squali
Robert Price
Hey Joe
Dean Barry
Largo Winch: The Price of Money
Ezio Burntwood
Sleepaway Slasher
Executive Producer
Birth of a Poet
Writer
Arctic Dogs
Lemmy (voice)
Pretenders
Maxwell
Zeroville
Vikar
Don't Come Back from the Moon
Roman Smalley
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
Kin
Taylor Balik
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
Self
Cultureshock
Self
Future World
Warlord
Mississippi Requiem
Homer Barron
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
Self
Marcians
Self - Interviewee
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
Self - Archive Footage
The Show
Male Host
The Deuce
Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino
The Vault
Ed Mass
Dumpster Diving
El Diablo
Blood Heist
Farmer Simon
The Mad Whale
Edward Fry
Alien: Covenant
Jacob Branson (uncredited)
Tenn
Director
The Disaster Artist
Tommy / 'Johnny'
Actors Anonymous
Jake Lamont
Metamorphosis: Junior Year
Executive Producer
The Institute
Dr. Cairn
High School Lover
Rick Winters
Rio
Executive Producer
Why Him?
Laird Mayhew
The Labyrinth
Narrator (voice)
Blood Surf
Metalhead Troy
King Cobra
Joe Kerekes
In Dubious Battle
Mac McLeod
Goat
Mitch
Sausage Party
Druggie (voice)
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
Director
The Caged Pillows
David D-R+
Burn Country
Lindsay
The Adderall Diaries
Stephen Elliott
Memoria
Mr. Wyckoff
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Self
11.22.63
Jake Epping
Angie Tribeca
Sgt. Eddie Pepper
Yosemite
Phil