James Edward Franco 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).
Harry Osborn
Spider-Man
New Goblin / Harry Osborn
Spider-Man 3
Harry Osborn
Spider-Man 2
Scott Smith
Milk
James Dean
James Dean
Saul Silver
Pineapple Express
Bar Guy #1
The Wicker Man
Self (uncredited)
Knocked Up
Jason
Never Been Kissed
Silias
Camille
Ezio Burntwood
Largo Winch : Le Prix de l'argent
Sergeant Carnelli
In the Valley of Elah
Tristan
Tristan & Isolde
Andy
An American Crime
Jake Huard
Annapolis
Blaine Rawlings
Flyboys
Sonny
Sonny
Joey
City by the Sea
Derek
The Dead Girl
Taste
Date Night
Captain Prince
The Great Raid
Max
Good Time Max
Will Rodman
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
David
Eat Pray Love
Aron Ralston
127 Hours
Harry Walker
The Ape
Fabious
Your Highness
Chris Campbell
Whatever It Takes
David Skylark
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
Allen Ginsberg
Howl
William Vincent
Shadows & Lies
Finn (voice)
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
Love and Distrust
Oz
Oz the Great and Powerful
Marty Freeman
The Iceman
Josh
The Company
Hart Crane
The Broken Tower
Justin Bobby
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis
Casey
Mean People Suck
Self - Narrator (voice)
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Francis
About Cherry
Self
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Hugh Hefner
Lovelace
Skateboarder guy
Mother Ghost
Mark Flanner (uncredited)
Nights in Rodanthe
Alien
Spring Breakers
Tyrone
The Letter
James Franco
This Is the End
Jerry
Child of God
Darl Bundren
As I Lay Dying
James
Interior. Leather Bar.
James
Maladies
Mr. B
Palo Alto
Rick
Third Person
Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
Homefront
Self
Erased James Franco
C.K. Williams (age 40)
The Color of Time
Milton Katselas
Sal
Self
Hart Crane: An Exegesis
Druggie (voice)
Sausage Party
Dean Barry
Hey Joe
Self (archive footage)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Christian Longo
True Story
Tomas Eldan
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Dave Skylark
The Interview
James Franco (uncredited)
Veronica Mars
Tom Reed
Good People
Jacob Branson (uncredited)
Alien: Covenant
Stephen Elliott
The Adderall Diaries
Fidel Castro
Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde
Benjy Compson
The Sound and the Fury
Self
Saturday Night
Henry Cadogan
Queen of the Desert
El Diablo
Dumpster Diving
Vikar
Zeroville
Michael Glatze
I Am Michael
Phil
Yosemite
Mr. Wyckoff
Memoria
(archive footage)
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Self
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
George
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
Golden State Killer
Caput
Ben Briggs
Wild Horses
Brent
Fool's Gold
Lindsay
Burn Country
Me, You
Austin Boyd
Bunny-Man
Mac McLeod
In Dubious Battle
Laird Mayhew
Why Him?
Conrad
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
The Searcher
Future Relic 02
Self
The Night Before
Self
Call Me Lucky
Tommy / 'Johnny'
The Disaster Artist
Travis
Grasshopper
Danny
Blind Spot
Dallas Hardin
The Long Home
The Car Kid
Dante
The Razor's Edge
Pasamonte
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
Joe Kerekes
King Cobra
Director
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
Mitch
Goat
David D-R+
The Caged Pillows
Felix Mitchum
Obituaries
Self
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
The Fox (voice)
The Little Prince
Mike
At Any Cost
Jake Lamont
Actors Anonymous
James Franco
Richard Peter Johnson
Warlord
Future World
Tino
Deuces Wild
Dean Silo
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Apartment Guy #3
Some Body
Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
Interview
Leo
Black Dog, Red Dog
Narrator (voice)
The Labyrinth
Masculinity & Me
Ed Mass
The Vault
Lemmy (voice)
Arctic Dogs
Conrad
A Walk in Winter
Homer Barron
Mississippi Requiem
You Always Stalk the Ones You Love
Kill the Czar
Dr. Cairn
The Institute
Robert Price
Squali
Edward Fry
The Mad Whale
Mr. Hurston
Killing Animals
Taylor Balik
Kin
Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
A Fuller Life
Maxwell
Pretenders
Rick Winters
High School Lover
James Franco
The Holiday
Roman Smalley
Don't Come Back from the Moon
Farmer Simon
Blood Heist
Matt Carr
To Serve and Protect
The Art Dealer
Playtime
Self
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Self
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
Self
What Is Cinema?
The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco
Self
Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show
Devin
If Tomorrow Comes
Male Host
The Show
Man on Phone
Here Comes the Night Time
Metalhead Troy
Blood Surf
Self
Mademoiselle C
Self
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Self
Spider-Mania
Self
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
Self
Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra
James Franco (Image Only)
Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Self
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
Toad
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Self - Archive Footage
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
Branson
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
Seth Rogen & James Franco Bound 3
Self
Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
163
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-04-19
Place of Birth
Palo Alto, California, USA
Also Known As
James Edward Franco