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), Sausa
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Personal Info

Id

17051

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

5

Gender

Male

Birthday

1978-04-19

Place of Birth

Palo Alto, California, USA

Also Known As

  • James Edward Franco
  • 제임스 프랭코
  • 詹姆斯·弗朗科
  • جیمز فرانکو
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    Known For

    Spider-Man

    Spider-Man

    Spider-Man 3

    Spider-Man 3

    Spider-Man 2

    Spider-Man 2

    Milk

    Milk

    James Dean

    James Dean

    Pineapple Express

    Pineapple Ex

    The Wicker Man

    The Wicker M

    Knocked Up

    Knocked Up

    Never Been Kissed

    Never Been K

    Camille

    Camille

    The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure

    The Price of

    In the Valley of Elah

    In the Valle

    Tristan & Isolde

    Tristan & Is

    An American Crime

    An American

    Annapolis

    Annapolis

    Flyboys

    Flyboys

    Sonny

    Sonny

    City by the Sea

    City by the

    The Dead Girl

    The Dead Gir

    Date Night

    Date Night

    The Great Raid

    The Great Ra

    Good Time Max

    Good Time Ma

    Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    Rise of the

    Eat Pray Love

    Eat Pray Lov

    127 Hours

    127 Hours

    The Ape

    The Ape

    Your Highness

    Your Highnes

    Whatever It Takes

    Whatever It

    Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special

    Dave Skylark

    Howl

    Howl

    Shadows & Lies

    Shadows & Li

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    Naya: Legend

    Love and Distrust

    Love and Dis

    Oz the Great and Powerful

    Oz the Great

    The Iceman

    The Iceman

    The Company

    The Company

    The Broken Tower

    The Broken T

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    Mean People

    Placeholder

    The Hills wi

    Eames: The Architect and the Painter

    Eames: The A

    About Cherry

    About Cherry

    With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

    With Great P

    Lovelace

    Lovelace

    Mother Ghost

    Mother Ghost

    Nights in Rodanthe

    Nights in Ro

    Spring Breakers

    Spring Break

    The Letter

    The Letter

    This Is the End

    This Is the

    Child of God

    Child of God

    As I Lay Dying

    As I Lay Dyi

    Interior. Leather Bar.

    Interior. Le

    Maladies

    Maladies

    Palo Alto

    Palo Alto

    Third Person

    Third Person

    Homefront

    Homefront

    Placeholder

    Erased James

    The Color of Time

    The Color of

    Sal

    Sal

    Placeholder

    Hart Crane:

    Sausage Party

    Sausage Part

    Hey Joe

    Hey Joe

    True Story

    True Story

    Every Thing Will Be Fine

    Every Thing

    The Interview

    The Intervie

    Veronica Mars

    Veronica Mar

    Good People

    Good People

    Alien: Covenant

    Alien: Coven

    The Adderall Diaries

    The Adderall

    The Sound and the Fury

    The Sound an

    Saturday Night

    Saturday Nig

    Queen of the Desert

    Queen of the

    Zeroville

    Zeroville

    Memoria

    Memoria

    Yosemite

    Yosemite

    I Am Michael

    I Am Michael

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    SNL Presents

    Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

    Comedy Centr

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    Caput

    Wild Horses

    Wild Horses

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    Fool's Gold

    Burn Country

    Burn Country

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    Bunny-Man

    In Dubious Battle

    In Dubious B

    Why Him?

    Why Him?

    The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

    The Heyday o

    Placeholder

    Future Relic

    The Night Before

    The Night Be

    Call Me Lucky

    Call Me Luck

    The Disaster Artist

    The Disaster

    Placeholder

    The Car Kid

    Placeholder

    The Razor's

    Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha

    Don Quixote:

    King Cobra

    King Cobra

    Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?

    Mother, May

    Goat

    Goat

    Obituaries

    Obituaries

    Placeholder

    The 4%: Film

    The Green Hornet

    The Green Ho

    The Little Prince

    The Little P

    Placeholder

    At Any Cost

    Actors Anonymous

    Actors Anony

    Richard Peter Johnson

    Richard Pete

    Future World

    Future World

    Deuces Wild

    Deuces Wild

    Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

    Finishing th

    Interview

    Interview

    Mississippi Requiem

    Mississippi

    Arctic Dogs

    Arctic Dogs

    The Vault

    The Vault

    Black Dog, Red Dog

    Black Dog, R

    The Institute

    The Institut

    Placeholder

    The Labyrint

    A Walk in Winter

    A Walk in Wi

    Squali

    Squali

    The Mad Whale

    The Mad Whal

    Killing Animals

    Killing Anim

    Kin

    Kin

    A Fuller Life

    A Fuller Lif

    Pretenders

    Pretenders

    High School Lover

    High School

    The Holiday

    The Holiday

    Don't Come Back from the Moon

    Don't Come B

    Blood Heist

    Blood Heist

    Placeholder

    To Serve and

    Placeholder

    Playtime

    Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

    Freaks and G

    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    The Ballad o

    Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto

    Behind the S

    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cine

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    The Room Bef

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    If Tomorrow

    The Show

    The Show

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    Here Comes t

    Blood Surf

    Blood Surf

    Mademoiselle C

    Mademoiselle

    Placeholder

    Behind the U

    Placeholder

    Spider-Mania

    Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

    Marina Abram

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: F

    Placeholder

    Oh, Hi Mark:

    Placeholder

    Saturday Nig

    Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine

    Drugs, Skate

    Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper

    Alien: Coven

    Placeholder

    Seth Rogen &

    Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott

    Alien: Coven

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    2024

    The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure

    asEzio Burntwood

    2014

    Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special

    asDavid Skylark

    2014

    Child of God

    asJerry

    2013

    Lovelace

    asHugh Hefner

    2013

    This Is the End

    asJames Franco

    2013

    Oz the Great and Powerful

    asOz

    2013

    Spring Breakers

    asAlien

    2012

    The Letter

    asTyrone

    2012

    The Iceman

    asMarty Freeman

    2012

    The Broken Tower

    asHart Crane

    2012

    About Cherry

    asFrancis

    2011

    Eames: The Architect and the Painter

    asSelf - Narrator (voice)

    2011

    Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    asWill Rodman

    2011

    Your Highness

    asFabious

    2010

    127 Hours

    asAron Ralston

    2010

    Howl

    asAllen Ginsberg

    2010

    Love and Distrust

    asTravis (segment "Grasshopper")

    2010

    Eat Pray Love

    asDavid

    2010

    With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

    asSelf

    2010

    Shadows & Lies

    asWilliam Vincent

    2010

    Date Night

    asTaste

    2008

    Milk

    asScott Smith

    2008

    Good Time Max

    asMax

    2008

    Nights in Rodanthe

    asMark Flanner (uncredited)

    2008

    Pineapple Express

    asSaul Silver

    2008

    Camille

    asSilias

    2007

    The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis

    asJustin Bobby

    2007

    In the Valley of Elah

    asSergeant Carnelli

    2007

    An American Crime

    asAndy

    2007

    Knocked Up

    asSelf (uncredited)

    2007

    Spider-Man 3

    asNew Goblin / Harry Osborn

    2006

    The Dead Girl

    asDerek

    2006

    Flyboys

    asBlaine Rawlings

    2006

    The Wicker Man

    asBar Guy #1

    2006

    Tristan & Isolde

    asTristan

    2006

    Annapolis

    asJake Huard

    2005

    The Great Raid

    asCaptain Prince

    2005

    The Ape

    asHarry Walker

    2004

    Spider-Man 2

    asHarry Osborn

    2003

    The Company

    asJosh

    2002

    Sonny

    asSonny

    2002

    City by the Sea

    asJoey

    2002

    Mother Ghost

    asSkateboarder guy

    2002

    Spider-Man

    asHarry Osborn

    2001

    James Dean

    asJames Dean

    2001

    Mean People Suck

    asCasey

    2000

    Whatever It Takes

    asChris Campbell

    1999

    Never Been Kissed

    asJason

    Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

    asFinn (voice)

    2024

    Hey Joe

    asDean Barry

    2019

    Zeroville

    asVikar

    2017

    Dumpster Diving

    asEl Diablo

    2017

    Alien: Covenant

    asJacob Branson (uncredited)

    2017

    The Disaster Artist

    asTommy / 'Johnny'

    2016

    Why Him?

    asLaird Mayhew

    2016

    In Dubious Battle

    asMac McLeod

    2016

    Sausage Party

    asDruggie (voice)

    2016

    Burn Country

    asLindsay

    2016

    The Adderall Diaries

    asStephen Elliott

    2016

    Memoria

    asMr. Wyckoff

    2016

    Yosemite

    asPhil

    2015

    The Night Before

    asSelf

    2015

    The Sound and the Fury

    asBenjy Compson

    2015

    Queen of the Desert

    asHenry Cadogan

    2015

    Call Me Lucky

    asSelf

    2015

    Wild Horses

    asBen Briggs

    2015

    True Story

    asChristian Longo

    2015

    Every Thing Will Be Fine

    asTomas Eldan

    2015

    The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

    asConrad

    2015

    I Am Michael

    asMichael Glatze

    2014

    The Interview

    asDave Skylark

    2014

    Future Relic 02

    asThe Searcher

    2014

    National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men

    asGeorge

    2014

    Good People

    asTom Reed

    2014

    Third Person

    asRick

    2014

    Palo Alto

    asMr. B

    2014

    Veronica Mars

    asJames Franco (uncredited)

    2013

    Homefront

    asMorgan 'Gator' Bodine

    2013

    Sal

    asMilton Katselas

    2013

    As I Lay Dying

    asDarl Bundren

    2013

    Interior. Leather Bar.

    asJames

    2013

    Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

    asSelf

    2012

    The Color of Time

    asC.K. Williams (age 40)

    2012

    Maladies

    asJames

    2012

    Hart Crane: An Exegesis

    asSelf

    2011

    Caput

    as

    2010

    Saturday Night

    asSelf

    2009

    Erased James Franco

    asSelf

    Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde

    asFidel Castro

    2009

    SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

    as(archive footage)

    Golden State Killer

    as

    2006

    Grasshopper

    asTravis

    2005

    Fool's Gold

    asBrent

    Bunny-Man

    asAustin Boyd

    2003

    Blind Spot

    asDanny

    The Long Home

    asDallas Hardin

    2002

    The Car Kid

    as

    The Razor's Edge

    asDante

    2025

    Squali

    asRobert Price

    2019

    Arctic Dogs

    asLemmy (voice)

    2019

    Pretenders

    asMaxwell

    2019

    Don't Come Back from the Moon

    asRoman Smalley

    2018

    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    asCowboy (segment "Near Algodones")

    2018

    Kin

    asTaylor Balik

    2018

    Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

    asSelf

    2018

    Future World

    asWarlord

    2018

    Mississippi Requiem

    asHomer Barron

    2017

    The Show

    asMale Host

    2017

    The Vault

    asEd Mass

    2017

    Blood Heist

    asFarmer Simon

    2017

    The Mad Whale

    asEdward Fry

    2017

    Actors Anonymous

    asJake Lamont

    2017

    The Institute

    asDr. Cairn

    2017

    High School Lover

    asRick Winters

    2016

    The Labyrinth

    asNarrator (voice)

    2016

    Blood Surf

    asMetalhead Troy

    2016

    King Cobra

    asJoe Kerekes

    2016

    Goat

    asMitch

    2016

    Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?

    asDirector

    2016

    The Caged Pillows

    asDavid D-R+

    2016

    The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

    asSelf

    2015

    Richard Peter Johnson

    asJames Franco

    2015

    A Walk in Winter

    asConrad

    2015

    The Little Prince

    asThe Fox (voice)

    2015

    Black Dog, Red Dog

    asLeo

    2015

    Killing Animals

    asMr. Hurston

    2015

    Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha

    asPasamonte

    2014

    Obituaries

    asFelix Mitchum

    2014

    Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto

    asSelf

    2013

    Playtime

    asThe Art Dealer

    2013

    Here Comes the Night Time

    asMan on Phone

    2013

    What Is Cinema?

    asSelf

    2013

    A Fuller Life

    asSelf - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")

    2013

    Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show

    asSelf

    2011

    The Green Hornet

    asDanny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)

    2010

    Masculinity & Me

    as

    2009

    The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco

    as

    2007

    Interview

    asBoyfriend on Phone (voice)

    2007

    Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

    asDean Silo

    2006

    The Holiday

    asJames Franco (uncredited)

    2002

    You Always Stalk the Ones You Love

    as

    2002

    Deuces Wild

    asTino

    2000

    At Any Cost

    asMike

    Kill the Czar

    as

    2018

    Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster

    asSelf

    2017

    Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine

    asSelf - Archive Footage

    2017

    Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott

    asSelf

    2017

    Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper

    asBranson

    2013

    Seth Rogen & James Franco Bound 3

    as

    2013

    Mademoiselle C

    asSelf

    2013

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    as

    2012

    Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

    asSelf

    2011

    Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

    as

    2010

    Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)

    asJames Franco (Image Only)

    2002

    Spider-Mania

    asSelf

    2002

    Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

    asSelf

    2001

    Some Body

    asApartment Guy #3

    2000

    If Tomorrow Comes

    asDevin

    1999

    To Serve and Protect

    asMatt Carr

    Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra

    asSelf

    Toad

    as

    Foster

    asDonald 'Don' Foster

    Turnbuckle

    as

    Love Meets in the Sunshine

    as

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (18 episode)asDaniel Desario

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)as

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asStevie

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asOfficer #2

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asJames Franco

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)as

    Coming Soon

    (2 episode)asSelf - Cameo (uncredited)

    Coming Soon

    (2 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asJohnny

    Coming Soon

    (8 episode)asJake Epping

    Coming Soon

    (2 episode)asPaul Leotard

    Coming Soon

    (25 episode)asVincent Martino / Frankie Martino

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (6 episode)asSgt. Eddie Pepper

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asBrian

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (4 episode)asSelf - Host

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    (1 episode)asWill Rodman

    Coming Soon

    (2 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf - Interviewee

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (2 episode)asMatt Carr

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf