James Franco

Acting · 5.5 popularity

Age

Movies

167

Born: April 19, 1978
From: Palo Alto, California, USA

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).

Works

167 films

Spider-Man

20027.3

Spider-Man 3

20076.5

Spider-Man 2

20047.3

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

20117.3

Alien: Covenant

20176.2

127 Hours

20107.1

The Holiday

20067.1

Knocked Up

20076.3

The Interview

20146.2

Sausage Party

20165.8

Why Him?

20166.4

Eat Pray Love

20106.2

Homefront

20136.9

This Is the End

20136.2

Date Night

20106.1

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

20187.1

Oz the Great and Powerful

20135.9

The Little Prince

20157.6

Lovelace

20136.0

Pineapple Express

20086.6

The Green Hornet

20115.6

Tristan & Isolde

20066.7

Arctic Dogs

20196.0

The Wicker Man

20064.3

The Iceman

20126.6

Largo Winch: The Price of Money

20245.8

Your Highness

20115.3

Never Been Kissed

19996.2

The Disaster Artist

20177.1

Spring Breakers

20135.3

In the Valley of Elah

20076.8

Milk

20087.2

True Story

20156.3

King Cobra

20165.9

About Cherry

20124.6

The Night Before

20156.1

Queen of the Desert

20155.8

Good People

20145.5

Nights in Rodanthe

20086.3

Kin

20186.1

Third Person

20145.9

Flyboys

20066.5

Palo Alto

20146.1

The Great Raid

20056.5

James Dean

20016.8

The Vault

20174.9

Whatever It Takes

20005.8

The Company

20035.2

An American Crime

20077.3

Zeroville

20195.0

The Show

20175.7

Annapolis

20066.9

Future World

20184.3

Deuces Wild

20025.5

Veronica Mars

20146.6

The Institute

20174.3

City by the Sea

20025.8

In Dubious Battle

20165.8

The Dead Girl

20066.0

I Am Michael

20155.5

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

20097.4

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

2026

The Adderall Diaries

20165.3

Every Thing Will Be Fine

20155.4

The Long Home

2026

Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto

20146.0

Wild Horses

20154.8

Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?

20165.2

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

20135.1

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

20163.3

High School Lover

20175.8

The Letter

20124.5

Camille

20086.2

Howl

20106.4

Golden State Killer

2026

Mademoiselle C

20135.6

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

20106.8

John Rambo

2027

Goat

20165.4

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

20127.3

Good Time Max

20085.4

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

20186.8

Sonny

20025.2

Interview

20076.4

As I Lay Dying

20135.2

Call Me Lucky

20157.0

The Sound and the Fury

20155.0

Runaway

2026

Castro's Daughter

2026

Love and Distrust

20103.8

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

20154.8

The Color of Time

20123.9

Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster

2018

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

20137.2

Interior. Leather Bar.

20135.2

Spider-Mania

20025.4

A Fuller Life

20136.6

Playtime

20131.0

Here Comes the Night Time

20138.0

Some Body

20015.5

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

20074.9

Child of God

20144.8

Actors Anonymous

20174.3

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

2011

My Journey in Oz

2013

Hey Joe

20246.5

Love Meets in the Sunshine

2026

Killing Animals

201510.0

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha

20155.6

Shadows & Lies

20104.3

Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)

20101.0

Burn Country

20165.0

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

20025.8

The Caged Pillows

20165.0

Maladies

20125.3

Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine

2017

Black Dog, Red Dog

20157.5

Don't Come Back from the Moon

20195.5

Squali

20255.8

The Ape

20054.3

Saturday Night

20107.7

Eames: The Architect and the Painter

20117.1

Bunny-Man

2026

The Labyrinth

20167.6

Mississippi Requiem

20181.0

Pretenders

20195.2

Two Films, One Legacy

2011

Memoria

20165.2

Sal

20133.5

The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco

20096.0

Yosemite

20164.5

Blood Surf

2016

The Car Kid

200210.0

You Always Stalk the Ones You Love

20024.0

What Is Cinema?

20136.5

Obituaries

2014

Mother Ghost

20026.8

Toad

2026

National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men

20148.0

The Mad Whale

20175.6

The Broken Tower

20124.6

Something's In There

2026

Dumpster Diving

20173.0

Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra

2026

Richard Peter Johnson

20153.0

The Razor's Edge

2026

Kill the Czar

2026

Blood Heist

201710.0

The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis

20074.0

Grasshopper

20064.3

A Walk in Winter

2015

Erased James Franco

20095.5

To Serve and Protect

19996.7

Blind Spot

20038.0

Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special

20147.5

Foster

2026

At Any Cost

20006.3

If Tomorrow Comes

20004.0

Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show

2013

I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel

20141.0

Fool's Gold

20058.0

Masculinity & Me

2010

Caput

2011

Future Relic 02

2014

Mean People Suck

20016.3

Making A Scene

2026

Hart Crane: An Exegesis

20124.5