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).
Movies (146)
Bunny-Man
2026
Squali
2025
Hey Joe
2024
Largo Winch: The Price of Money
2024
Arctic Dogs
2019
Pretenders
2019
Zeroville
2019
Don't Come Back from the Moon
2019
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
Kin
2018
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
2018
Future World
2018
Mississippi Requiem
2018
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2018
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017
The Show
2017
The Vault
2017
Blood Heist
2017
The Mad Whale
2017
Alien: Covenant
2017
The Disaster Artist
2017
Actors Anonymous
2017
The Institute
2017
High School Lover
2017
Why Him?
2016
The Labyrinth
2016
Blood Surf
2016
King Cobra
2016
In Dubious Battle
2016
Goat
2016
Sausage Party
2016
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
2016
Burn Country
2016
The Adderall Diaries
2016
Memoria
2016
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016
Yosemite
2016
Richard Peter Johnson
2015
The Night Before
2015
A Walk in Winter
2015
The Sound and the Fury
2015
Queen of the Desert
2015
Call Me Lucky
2015
The Little Prince
2015
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
Wild Horses
2015
Killing Animals
2015
True Story
2015
Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
I Am Michael
2015
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015
The Interview
2014
Future Relic 02
2014
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
2014
Good People
2014
Third Person
2014
Obituaries
2014
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
2014
Palo Alto
2014
Child of God
2014
Veronica Mars
2014
Homefront
2013
Playtime
2013
Sal
2013
As I Lay Dying
2013
Interior. Leather Bar.
2013
Here Comes the Night Time
2013
Mademoiselle C
2013
What Is Cinema?
2013
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013
A Fuller Life
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Lovelace
2013
This Is the End
2013
My Journey in Oz
2013
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
Spring Breakers
2013
The Color of Time
2012
The Letter
2012
The Iceman
2012
Maladies
2012
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012
The Broken Tower
2012
Hart Crane: An Exegesis
2012
About Cherry
2012
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
Caput
2011
Your Highness
2011
Two Films, One Legacy
2011
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
The Green Hornet
2011
127 Hours
2010
Howl
2010
Love and Distrust
2010
Eat Pray Love
2010
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010
Saturday Night
2010
Shadows & Lies
2010
Date Night
2010
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco
2009
Erased James Franco
2009
Milk
2008
Good Time Max
2008
Nights in Rodanthe
2008
Pineapple Express
2008
Camille
2008
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis
2007
In the Valley of Elah
2007
An American Crime
2007
Interview
2007
Knocked Up
2007
Spider-Man 3
2007
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
The Holiday
2006
The Dead Girl
2006
Flyboys
2006
The Wicker Man
2006
Tristan & Isolde
2006
Annapolis
2006
The Great Raid
2005
The Ape
2005
Fool's Gold
2005
Spider-Man 2
2004
The Company
2003
Sonny
2002
City by the Sea
2002
Mother Ghost
2002
The Car Kid
2002
Deuces Wild
2002
Spider-Man
2002
Spider-Mania
2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
James Dean
2001
At Any Cost
2000
Whatever It Takes
2000
If Tomorrow Comes
2000
Never Been Kissed
1999
To Serve and Protect
1999
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
The Razor's Edge
Toad
John Rambo
TV Shows (32)
Cultureshock
2018
Marcians
2017
The Deuce
2017
11.22.63
2016
Angie Tribeca
2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Deadbeat
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Frame
2013
The Mindy Project
2012
Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
2011
Conan
2010
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008
30 Rock
2006
The Colbert Report
2005
The Colbert Report
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Early Show
1999
Freaks and Geeks
1999
To Serve and Protect
1999
Profiler
1996
The Daily Show
1996
Pacific Blue
1996
The X-Files
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975