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).
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Movies (46)
Squali
as Robert Price
2025
Hey Joe
as Dean Barry
2024
The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure
as Ezio Burntwood
2024
Sleepaway Slasher
Executive Producer (Production)
2020
Birth of a Poet
Writer (Writing)
2020
Arctic Dogs
as Lemmy (voice)
2019
Pretenders
as Maxwell
2019
Zeroville
as Vikar
2019
Don't Come Back from the Moon
as Roman Smalley
2019
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
2018
Kin
as Taylor Balik
2018
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
as Self
2018
Future World
as Warlord
2018
Mississippi Requiem
as Homer Barron
2018
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
as Self
2018
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
as Self - Archive Footage
2017
The Show
as Male Host
2017
The Vault
as Ed Mass
2017
Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott
as Self
2017
Dumpster Diving
as El Diablo
2017
Blood Heist
as Farmer Simon
2017
The Mad Whale
as Edward Fry
2017
Alien: Covenant
as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
2017
Tenn
Director (Directing)
2017
The Disaster Artist
as Tommy / 'Johnny'
2017
Actors Anonymous
as Jake Lamont
2017
Metamorphosis: Junior Year
Executive Producer (Production)
2017
The Institute
as Dr. Cairn
2017
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
as Branson
2017
High School Lover
as Rick Winters
2017
Rio
Executive Producer (Production)
2017
Why Him?
as Laird Mayhew
2016
The Labyrinth
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Blood Surf
as Metalhead Troy
2016
King Cobra
as Joe Kerekes
2016
In Dubious Battle
as Mac McLeod
2016
Goat
as Mitch
2016
Sausage Party
as Druggie (voice)
2016
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
as Director
2016
The Caged Pillows
as David D-R+
2016
Burn Country
as Lindsay
2016
The Adderall Diaries
as Stephen Elliott
2016
Memoria
as Mr. Wyckoff
2016
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
as Self
2016
Yosemite
as Phil
2016
Richard Peter Johnson
as James Franco
2015
