James Franco
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-04-19
Place of Birth
Palo Alto, California, USA
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).
Also Known For
Spider-Man
May 01, 2002
Spider-Man 2
Jun 25, 2004
Spider-Man 3
May 01, 2007
Milk
Nov 05, 2008
James Dean
Aug 04, 2001
Pineapple Express
Aug 06, 2008
The Wicker Man
Aug 31, 2006
Knocked Up
Jun 01, 2007
Never Been Kissed
Apr 09, 1999
Camille
Apr 13, 2008
The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure
Jul 31, 2024
In the Valley of Elah
Sep 14, 2007
Tristan & Isolde
Apr 07, 2006
An American Crime
Jul 27, 2007
Annapolis
Jan 27, 2006
Flyboys
Sep 22, 2006
Sonny
Oct 26, 2002
City by the Sea
Sep 06, 2002
The Dead Girl
Nov 07, 2006
Date Night
Apr 08, 2010
The Great Raid
Aug 12, 2005
Good Time Max
Oct 28, 2008
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Aug 03, 2011
Eat Pray Love
Aug 12, 2010
127 Hours
Nov 12, 2010
The Ape
Jun 18, 2005
Your Highness
Apr 08, 2011
Whatever It Takes
Mar 31, 2000
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
Aug 17, 2014
Howl
Aug 26, 2010
Shadows & Lies
Apr 25, 2010
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Love and Distrust
Aug 16, 2010
Oz the Great and Powerful
Mar 07, 2013
The Iceman
Sep 01, 2012
The Company
Dec 25, 2003
The Broken Tower
Apr 27, 2012
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis
Nov 29, 2007
Mean People Suck
Jan 01, 2001
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Nov 18, 2011
About Cherry
Feb 14, 2012
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Jul 24, 2010
Lovelace
Aug 08, 2013
Mother Ghost
Aug 08, 2002
Nights in Rodanthe
Sep 26, 2008
Spring Breakers
Mar 06, 2013
The Letter
Sep 06, 2012
This Is the End
Jun 12, 2013
Child of God
Apr 28, 2014
As I Lay Dying
Oct 09, 2013
Interior. Leather Bar.
Oct 02, 2013
Maladies
Jun 29, 2012
Palo Alto
May 09, 2014
Third Person
Jun 20, 2014
Homefront
Nov 12, 2013
Erased James Franco
Apr 05, 2009
The Color of Time
Nov 16, 2012
Sal
Nov 01, 2013
Hart Crane: An Exegesis
Mar 27, 2012
Sausage Party
Jul 11, 2016
Hey Joe
Nov 28, 2024
True Story
Apr 17, 2015
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Apr 02, 2015
The Interview
Dec 25, 2014
Veronica Mars
Mar 13, 2014
Good People
Aug 12, 2014
Alien: Covenant
May 09, 2017
The Adderall Diaries
Apr 15, 2016
Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde
The Sound and the Fury
Oct 23, 2015
Saturday Night
May 02, 2010
Queen of the Desert
Sep 03, 2015
Dumpster Diving
Aug 04, 2017
Zeroville
Sep 19, 2019
I Am Michael
Jan 29, 2015
Yosemite
Jan 01, 2016
Memoria
Apr 08, 2016
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Dec 17, 2009
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
Sep 02, 2013
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
Nov 06, 2014
Golden State Killer
Caput
Jun 04, 2011
Wild Horses
Jun 05, 2015
Fool's Gold
Jan 01, 2005
Burn Country
Apr 16, 2016
Bunny-Man
May 14, 2026
In Dubious Battle
Oct 08, 2016
Why Him?
Dec 22, 2016
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Mar 25, 2015
Future Relic 02
Nov 28, 2014
The Night Before
Nov 20, 2015
Call Me Lucky
Aug 07, 2015
The Disaster Artist
Mar 12, 2017
Grasshopper
Oct 09, 2006
Blind Spot
Jun 15, 2003
The Long Home
The Car Kid
May 11, 2002
The Razor's Edge
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
Jan 07, 2015
King Cobra
Oct 21, 2016
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
Jun 18, 2016
Goat
Sep 23, 2016
The Caged Pillows
Jun 03, 2016
Obituaries
Jun 13, 2014
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Mar 08, 2016
The Green Hornet
Jan 12, 2011
The Little Prince
Jul 29, 2015
At Any Cost
Aug 16, 2000
Actors Anonymous
Mar 05, 2017
Richard Peter Johnson
Dec 01, 2015
Future World
May 25, 2018
Black Dog, Red Dog
Jul 23, 2015
Arctic Dogs
Nov 01, 2019
Deuces Wild
May 03, 2002
Interview
Jul 13, 2007
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Jan 21, 2007
Some Body
Jan 19, 2001
Masculinity & Me
Jun 23, 2010
The Labyrinth
Dec 13, 2016
A Walk in Winter
Nov 10, 2015
The Vault
Sep 01, 2017
Kill the Czar
Mississippi Requiem
May 17, 2018
The Institute
Mar 03, 2017
You Always Stalk the Ones You Love
Jul 07, 2002
Squali
Oct 16, 2025
The Mad Whale
Jun 14, 2017
Killing Animals
Jun 01, 2015
Kin
Aug 29, 2018
A Fuller Life
Aug 28, 2013
Pretenders
Sep 27, 2019
High School Lover
Feb 04, 2017
The Holiday
Dec 05, 2006
Don't Come Back from the Moon
Jan 18, 2019
Blood Heist
Jul 28, 2017
To Serve and Protect
Feb 14, 1999
Playtime
Nov 07, 2013
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
Aug 02, 2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Nov 09, 2018
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
May 28, 2014
What Is Cinema?
Sep 06, 2013
The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco
May 01, 2009
Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show
Aug 02, 2013
If Tomorrow Comes
Jan 01, 2000
The Show
Sep 21, 2017
Here Comes the Night Time
Sep 29, 2013
Blood Surf
Dec 12, 2016
Mademoiselle C
Sep 11, 2013
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Apr 20, 2002
Spider-Mania
Apr 30, 2002
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
Jun 13, 2012
Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra
Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)
Aug 23, 2010
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Aug 28, 2013
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
Mar 13, 2018
Toad
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Mar 13, 2011
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
Oct 25, 2017
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
Feb 22, 2017
Seth Rogen & James Franco Bound 3
Nov 25, 2013
Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott
Aug 15, 2017
Foster
Turnbuckle
Love Meets in the Sunshine
The Tony Danza Show
Sep 13, 2004
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Freaks and Geeks
Sep 25, 1999
The Early Show
Nov 01, 1999
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
Profiler
Sep 21, 1996
The X-Files
Sep 10, 1993
30 Rock
Oct 11, 2006
The Colbert Report
Oct 17, 2005
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
Jul 28, 2011
Deadbeat
Apr 09, 2014
11.22.63
Feb 15, 2016
The Mindy Project
Sep 25, 2012
The Deuce
Sep 10, 2017
Hot Ones
Mar 12, 2015
Angie Tribeca
Jan 17, 2016
Pacific Blue
Mar 02, 1996
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Aug 02, 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
The Frame
Apr 09, 2013
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Jan 04, 2008
Marcians
Nov 16, 2017
Conan
Nov 08, 2010
To Serve and Protect
Feb 14, 1999
