James Franco
Acting
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).
Born: April 19, 1978
Place of Birth: Palo Alto, California, USA
Known For
Killing Animals
Killing Animals is a portrait of a lost generation of California youths. The lives of troubled teenage misfits intertwine as they experiment with vices of all kinds, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism.
Blood Heist
DIY filmmakers who simultaneously commit a star-crossed armed robbery and shoot a vérité film of it
The Frame
A journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema.
The X-Files
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
Freaks and Geeks
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
Here Comes the Night Time
Saturday Night
With unprecedented access to the behind the scenes process of the writers, actors and producers, Franco and his crew document what it takes to create one full episode of Saturday Night Live.
11.22.63
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
The Little Prince
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.
The Labyrinth
A collection of original shorts exploring the unknown, the unexplained, and the unimaginable.
Filmography
as Robert Price
as Dean Barry
as Ezio Burntwood
as Lemmy (voice)
as Maxwell
as Vikar
as Roman Smalley
as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
as Taylor Balik
as Warlord
as Homer Barron
as Self - Interviewee
as Self - Archive Footage
as Male Host
as Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino
as Ed Mass
as Farmer Simon
as Edward Fry
as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
as Tommy / 'Johnny'
as Jake Lamont
as Dr. Cairn
as Branson
as Rick Winters
as Laird Mayhew
as Narrator (voice)
as Metalhead Troy
as Joe Kerekes
as Mac McLeod
as Mitch
as Druggie (voice)
as Director
as Lindsay
as Stephen Elliott
as Mr. Wyckoff
as Jake Epping
as Sgt. Eddie Pepper
as Phil
as James Franco
as Self
as Conrad
as Benjy Compson
as Henry Cadogan
as Self
as The Fox (voice)
as Leo
as Ben Briggs
as Mr. Hurston
as Christian Longo
as Tomas Eldan
as Self
as Michael Glatze
as Dave Skylark
as The Searcher
as David Skylark
as Tom Reed
as Rick
as Felix Mitchum
as Mr. B
as Jerry
as Johnny
as James Franco (uncredited)
as Self
as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
as The Art Dealer
as Milton Katselas
as Darl Bundren
as James
as Man on Phone
as Self
as Self
as Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
as Hugh Hefner
as James Franco
as Self
as Will Rodman
as Alien
as C.K. Williams (age 40)
as Paul Leotard
as Tyrone
as Marty Freeman
as James
as Hart Crane
as Self
as Francis
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Will Rodman
as Self
as Fabious
as Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
as Aron Ralston
as Self
as Allen Ginsberg
as Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
as David
as Self
as William Vincent
as Taste
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Scott Smith
as Max
as Mark Flanner (uncredited)
as Saul Silver
as Silias
as Justin Bobby
as Sergeant Carnelli
as Andy
as Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
as Self (uncredited)
as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
as James Franco (uncredited)
as Derek
as James Franco
as Blaine Rawlings
as Bar Guy #1
as Tristan
as Jake Huard
as Captain Prince
as Harry Walker
as Brent
as Harry Osborn
as Josh
as Self
as Self
as Sonny
as Joey
as Skateboarder guy
as Tino
as Harry Osborn
as Self
as James Dean
as Mike
as Chris Campbell
as Devin
as Self
as Daniel Desario
as Jason
as Matt Carr
as Matt Carr
as Stevie
as Self
as Brian
as Officer #2
as Self
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Finn (voice)
as Austin Boyd
as Dallas Hardin
as Dante
as Jacob