Acting
James Franco
EN, IT, FR cinema · 199 credits
Born
19 April 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Palo Alto, California, USA
Also known as James Edward Franco
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
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Finn (voice)
Castro's Daughter
Castro's Daughter
as Fidel Castro
Bunny-Man
as Austin Boyd
The Long Home
The Long Home
as Dallas Hardin, Director
The Razor's Edge
as Dante
Toad
Actor
Making A Scene
Making A Scene
as Himself
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: A Life on Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Rant
Rant
Screenplay
Kyle
Kyle
Writer, Director
Foster
as Donald 'Don' Foster
Confession
as Vladimir
Squali
as Robert Price
Largo Winch: The Price of Money
as Ezio Burntwood
Hey Joe
as Dean Barry
Birth of a Poet
Writer, Director
Sleepaway Slasher
Executive Producer
Zeroville
as Vikar, Director
Arctic Dogs
as Lemmy (voice)
Pretenders
as Maxwell, Director
Future World
as Warlord, Director, Producer
Mississippi Requiem
as Homer Barron, Writer, Executive Producer
Kin
as Taylor Balik
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
as Self, Director
Alien: Covenant
as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
Dumpster Diving
2017
Dumpster Diving
as El Diablo
The Disaster Artist
as Tommy / 'Johnny', Director, Producer
Actors Anonymous
as Jake Lamont, Writer
The Vault
as Ed Mass
The Institute
as Dr. Cairn, Director, Executive Producer
The Mad Whale
as Edward Fry
High School Lover
as Rick Winters, Executive Producer
Don't Come Back from the Moon
as Roman Smalley, Producer
Blood Heist
as Farmer Simon
The Show
as Male Host
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
as Self - Archive Footage
Rio
2017
Rio
Executive Producer
Tenn
Director
Sausage Party
as Druggie (voice)
The Adderall Diaries
as Stephen Elliott, Producer
Yosemite
as Phil, Executive Producer, Book
Memoria
as Mr. Wyckoff
Burn Country
as Lindsay
In Dubious Battle
as Mac McLeod, Director, Producer
Why Him?
as Laird Mayhew, Executive Producer
King Cobra
as Joe Kerekes, Producer
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
as Director, Story, Executive Producer
Goat
as Mitch, Producer
The Caged Pillows
2016
The Caged Pillows
as David D-R+
The Labyrinth
as Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Blood Surf
as Metalhead Troy, Executive Producer
True Story
as Christian Longo
Every Thing Will Be Fine
as Tomas Eldan
The Sound and the Fury
as Benjy Compson, Director
Queen of the Desert
as Henry Cadogan
I Am Michael
as Michael Glatze, Producer
Wild Horses
as Ben Briggs
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
as Conrad, Executive Producer
The Night Before
as Self
Call Me Lucky
as Self
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
as Pasamonte, Executive Producer
The Little Prince
as The Fox (voice)
Richard Peter Johnson
as James Franco
Black Dog, Red Dog
as Leo, Writer, Director
A Walk in Winter
as Conrad, Executive Producer
Killing Animals
as Mr. Hurston, Novel
Miss Famous
2015
Miss Famous
Executive Producer
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
as David Skylark
Child of God
as Jerry, Director, Screenplay
Palo Alto
as Mr. B, Book, Presenter
Third Person
as Rick
The Interview
as Dave Skylark, Executive Producer
Veronica Mars
as James Franco (uncredited)
Good People
as Tom Reed
Future Relic 02
as The Searcher
Obituaries
as Felix Mitchum
I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
as James Franco, Director
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
as Will Rodman
Guests
Executive Producer
Lovelace
as Hugh Hefner
Spring Breakers
as Alien
This Is the End
as James Franco
As I Lay Dying
as Darl Bundren, Director, Screenplay
Interior. Leather Bar.
as James, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Homefront
as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
Sal
as Milton Katselas, Director, Story
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
Playtime
as The Art Dealer
What Is Cinema?
as Self
Here Comes the Night Time
as Man on Phone
Mademoiselle C
as Self
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
as Self (segment James Franco), Director
My Journey in Oz
as Self, Director, Producer
Kink
Producer
The Director
Producer
DREAM
Producer, Director
The Iceman
as Marty Freeman
The Broken Tower
as Hart Crane, Producer, Director, Screenplay, Editor
About Cherry
as Francis
The Letter
as Tyrone
Maladies
as James
The Color of Time
as C.K. Williams (age 40), Producer
Hart Crane: An Exegesis
as Self, Director
Francophrenia
Director
My Own Private River
Editor, Director
Jeffrey
Executive Producer
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Will Rodman
Your Highness
as Fabious
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Green Hornet
as Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
127 Hours: An extraordinary view
as Self - interviewed guest
Date Night
as Taste
Eat Pray Love
as David
127 Hours
as Aron Ralston
Howl
as Allen Ginsberg
Shadows & Lies
as William Vincent
Love and Distrust
as Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
Saturday Night
as Self, Director
Masculinity & Me
2010
Masculinity & Me
Actor, Writer, Director
Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)
2010
Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)
as James Franco (Image Only)
Herbert White
Director, Writer
The Clerk's Tale
2010
The Clerk's Tale
Screenplay, Director
42 One Dream Rush
Director
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
as (archive footage)
The Feast of Stephen
Director, Writer
Milk
as Scott Smith
Pineapple Express
as Saul Silver
Camille
as Silias
Good Time Max
as Max, Director, Writer
Nights in Rodanthe
as Mark Flanner (uncredited)
Spider-Man 3
as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
Knocked Up
as Sol (uncredited)
In the Valley of Elah
as Sergeant Carnelli
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis
as Justin Bobby
Interview
as Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
The Wicker Man
as Bar Guy #1
Tristan & Isolde
as Tristan
Annapolis
as Jake Huard
Flyboys
as Blaine Rawlings
The Dead Girl
as Derek
The Great Raid
as Captain Prince
The Ape
as Harry Walker, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Fool's Gold
as Brent, Director, Writer
Spider-Man 2
as Harry Osborn
The Company
as Josh
Spider-Man
as Harry Osborn
Sonny
as Sonny
City by the Sea
as Joey
Mother Ghost
as Skateboarder guy
Deuces Wild
as Tino
Spider-Mania
as Self
James Dean
as James Dean
Some Body
2001
Some Body
as Apartment Guy #3
Whatever It Takes
as Chris Campbell
At Any Cost
as Mike
If Tomorrow Comes
as Devin
Never Been Kissed
as Jason
To Serve and Protect
as Matt Carr