James Franco
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 19, 1978 (47 years old)
Place of Birth: Palo Alto, California, USA
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 his roles 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 is known for his collaborations with fellow actor Seth Rogen, having appeared in eight films and one television series with him, examples being 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 is also known for his work on television where his first prominent acting role was the character 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 Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award. Franco 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).
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Actor Jacob Branson (uncredited)
Alien: Covenant
Actor El Diablo
Dumpster Diving
Actor Tommy / "Johnny"
The Disaster Artist
Actor Jake Lamont
Actors Anonymous
Actor Ed Mass
The Vault
Actor Dr. Cairn
The Institute
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The Mad Whale
Actor Rick Winters
High School Lover
Actor Capt. Jacob Branson
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
Actor Farmer Simon
Blood Heist
Actor Male Host
The Show
Director
The Disaster Artist
Executive Producer
Rio
Producer
The Disaster Artist
Writer
Actors Anonymous
Director
The Institute
Executive Producer
The Institute
Executive Producer
High School Lover
Director
Tenn
2016
Actor Druggie (voice)
Sausage Party
Actor Stephen Elliott
The Adderall Diaries
Actor Phil
Yosemite
Actor Mr. Wyckoff
Memoria
Actor Lindsay
Burn Country
Actor Mac McLeod
In Dubious Battle
Actor Laird Mayhew
Why Him?
Actor Joe Kerekes
King Cobra
Actor Director
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
Actor Mitch
Goat
Actor David D-R+
The Caged Pillows
Actor Self
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Actor Narrator (voice)
The Labyrinth
Actor Metalhead Troy
Blood Surf
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In Dubious Battle
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The Adderall Diaries
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King Cobra
Story
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
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In Dubious Battle
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Yosemite
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Goat
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The Labyrinth
Executive Producer
Why Him?
Book
Yosemite
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Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
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Blood Surf
2015
Actor Self
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
Actor Christian Longo
True Story
Actor Tomas Eldan
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Actor Benjy Compson
The Sound and the Fury
Actor Henry Cadogan
Queen of the Desert
Actor Michael Glatze
I Am Michael
Actor Ben Briggs
Wild Horses
Actor Conrad
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Actor Self
The Night Before
Actor Self
Call Me Lucky
Actor Pasamonte
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
Actor The Fox (voice)
The Little Prince
Actor James Franco
Richard Peter Johnson
Actor Leo
Black Dog, Red Dog
Actor Conrad
A Walk in Winter
Actor Mr. Hurston
Killing Animals
Director
The Sound and the Fury
Executive Producer
Miss Famous
Novel
Killing Animals
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Black Dog, Red Dog
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Black Dog, Red Dog
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I Am Michael
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Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
Executive Producer
A Walk in Winter
2014
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Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
Actor Jerry
Child of God
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Palo Alto
Actor Rick
Third Person
Actor Dave Skylark
The Interview
Actor James Franco (uncredited)
Veronica Mars
Actor Tom Reed
Good People
Actor George
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
Actor The Searcher
Future Relic 02
Actor Felix Mitchum
Obituaries
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Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
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Child of God
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Child of God
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The Interview
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Palo Alto
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Palo Alto
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Guests
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I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
2013
Actor Oz
Oz the Great and Powerful
Actor Hugh Hefner
Lovelace
Actor Alien
Spring Breakers
Actor James Franco
This Is the End
Actor Darl Bundren
As I Lay Dying
Actor James
Interior. Leather Bar.
Actor Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
Homefront
Actor Milton Katselas
Sal
Actor Self
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
Actor Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
A Fuller Life
Actor The Art Dealer
Playtime
Actor Self
What Is Cinema?
Actor Self
Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show
Actor Man on Phone
Here Comes the Night Time
Actor Self
Mademoiselle C
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As I Lay Dying
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As I Lay Dying
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Interior. Leather Bar.
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Kink
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The Director
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Sal
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Sal
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Bukowski
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Bukowski
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded
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La Passione
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Interior. Leather Bar.
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Interior. Leather Bar.
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DREAM
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DREAM
2012
Actor Marty Freeman
The Iceman
Actor Hart Crane
The Broken Tower
Actor Francis
About Cherry
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The Letter
Actor James
Maladies
Actor C.K. Williams (age 40)
The Color of Time
Actor Himself
Hart Crane: An Exegesis
Actor Self
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
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The Broken Tower
Screenplay
The Broken Tower
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The Broken Tower
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The Broken Tower
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Francophrenia
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Hart Crane: An Exegesis
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The Color of Time
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My Own Private River
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My Own Private River
Executive Producer
Jeffrey
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Actor Taste
Date Night
Actor David
Eat Pray Love
Actor Aron Ralston
127 Hours
Actor Allen Ginsberg
Howl
Actor William Vincent
Shadows & Lies
Actor Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
Love and Distrust
Actor Self
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Actor Self
Saturday Night
Actor
Masculinity & Me
Actor Self
14 Actors Acting
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Herbert White
Writer
Herbert White
Director
Saturday Night
Director
Goat Boy
Director
The Clerk's Tale
Screenplay
The Clerk's Tale
Director
Masculinity & Me
Writer
Masculinity & Me
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42 One Dream Rush
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Actor New Goblin / Harry Osborn
Spider-Man 3
Actor Self (uncredited)
Knocked Up
Actor Sergeant Carnelli
In the Valley of Elah
Actor Andy
An American Crime
Actor Justin Bobby
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis
Actor Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
Interview
Actor Dean Silo
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
