10.0
10.0
Blood Heist
2017
as Farmer Simon
James Franco
Also known as: James Edward Franco
Acting
Born:April 19, 1978(age 48)
Birthplace:Palo Alto, California, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Instituto San Martín Curicó, Yale University, University of California, Los Angeles, Rhode Island School of Design, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Columbia University School of the Arts, Brooklyn College, Palo Alto High School, Warren Wilson College, UCLA Extension
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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).
Filmography (179 movies)
10.0
10.0
Killing Animals
2015
as Mr. Hurston
10.0
10.0
Miss Famous
2015
Executive Producer
8.0
8.0
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014
as George
8.0
8.0
Here Comes the Night Time
2013
as Man on Phone
7.9
7.9
Saturday Night
2010
Director
7.8
7.8
Bukowski
2013
Writer
7.6
7.6
The Little Prince
2015
as The Fox (voice)
7.6
7.6
The Labyrinth
2016
Executive Producer
7.5
7.5
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
Writer
7.5
7.5
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
2014
as David Skylark
7.5
7.5
My Own Private River
2012
Director
7.4
7.4
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
as (archive footage)
7.4
7.4
Spider-Man
2002
as Harry Osborn
7.3
7.3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
as Will Rodman
7.3
7.3
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012
as Self
7.3
7.3
Spider-Man 2
2004
as Harry Osborn
7.3
7.3
An American Crime
2007
as Andy
7.2
7.2
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013
as Self
7.2
7.2
Milk
2008
as Scott Smith
7.1
7.1
The Disaster Artist
2017
Producer
7.1
7.1
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
7.1
7.1
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
7.1
7.1
Herbert White
2010
Director
7.1
7.1
127 Hours
2010
as Aron Ralston
7.0
7.0
Call Me Lucky
2015
as Self
6.9
6.9
Homefront
2013
as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
6.8
6.8
Annapolis
2006
as Jake Huard
6.8
6.8
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
2018
as Self
6.8
6.8
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010
as Self
6.8
6.8
In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Sergeant Carnelli
6.7
6.7
James Dean
2001
as James Dean
6.7
6.7
Tristan & Isolde
2006
as Tristan
6.6
6.6
Pineapple Express
2008
as Saul Silver
6.6
6.6
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
2017
as Branson
6.6
6.6
A Fuller Life
2013
as Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
6.6
6.6
The Iceman
2012
as Marty Freeman
6.5
6.5
Flyboys
2006
as Blaine Rawlings
6.5
6.5
The Great Raid
2005
as Captain Prince
6.5
6.5
To Serve and Protect
1999
as Matt Carr
6.5
6.5
Spider-Man 3
2007
as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
6.5
6.5
Howl
2010
as Allen Ginsberg
6.4
6.4
Mother Ghost
2002
as Skateboarder guy
6.4
6.4
What Is Cinema?
2013
as Self
6.4
6.4
Why Him?
2016
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
Interview
2007
as Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
6.3
6.3
Hey Joe
2024
as Dean Barry
6.3
6.3
True Story
2015
as Christian Longo
6.2
6.2
Eat Pray Love
2010
as David
6.2
6.2
Camille
2008
as Silias
6.2
6.2
This Is the End
2013
as James Franco
6.2
6.2
The Interview
2014
Executive Producer
6.2
6.2
Alien: Covenant
2017
as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Never Been Kissed
1999
as Jason
6.1
6.1
Palo Alto
2013
as Mr. B
6.1
6.1
Kin
2018
as Taylor Balik
6.1
6.1
Date Night
2010
as Taste
6.1
6.1
The Night Before
2015
as Self
6.0
6.0
Lovelace
2013
as Hugh Hefner
6.0
6.0
The Dead Girl
2006
as Derek
6.0
6.0
Arctic Dogs
2019
as Lemmy (voice)
6.0
6.0
Blind Spot
2003
as Danny
6.0
6.0
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
2014
as Self
6.0
6.0
Francophrenia
2012
Director
6.0
6.0
Guests
2014
Executive Producer
5.9
5.9
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
as Oz
5.9
5.9
Third Person
2014
as Rick
5.9
5.9
The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure
2024
as Ezio Burntwood
5.9
5.9
King Cobra
2016
Producer
5.9
5.9
Queen of the Desert
2015
as Henry Cadogan
5.8
5.8
In Dubious Battle
2016
Producer
5.8
5.8
City by the Sea
2002
as Joey
5.8
5.8
High School Lover
2017
Executive Producer
5.8
5.8
Sausage Party
2016
as Druggie (voice)
5.7
5.7
Whatever It Takes
2000
as Chris Campbell
5.7
5.7
The Show
2017
as Male Host
5.7
5.7
The Mad Whale
2017
as Edward Fry
5.6
5.6
Mademoiselle C
2013
as Self
5.6
5.6
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
as Self
5.6
5.6
Deuces Wild
2002
as Tino
5.5
5.5
I Am Michael
2015
Producer
5.5
5.5
Good People
2014
as Tom Reed
5.5
5.5
Don't Come Back from the Moon
2019
Producer
5.5
5.5
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015
Executive Producer
5.5
5.5
Erased James Franco
2009
as Self
5.5
5.5
The Feast of Stephen
2009
Writer
5.4
5.4
Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015
as Tomas Eldan
5.4
5.4
Spider-Mania
2002
as Self
5.4
5.4
Goat
2016
Producer
5.3
5.3
Your Highness
2011
as Fabious
5.3
5.3
The Adderall Diaries
2016
Producer
5.3
5.3
Good Time Max
2008
Director
5.3
5.3
Maladies
2012
as James
5.3
5.3
Sleepaway Slasher
2020
Executive Producer
5.3
5.3
Interior. Leather Bar.
2013
Producer
5.3
5.3
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
2016
Executive Producer
5.3
5.3
Pretenders
2019
Director
5.2
5.2
Spring Breakers
2013
as Alien
5.2
5.2
The Company
2003
as Josh
5.2
5.2
Memoria
2016
as Mr. Wyckoff
5.2
5.2
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Director
5.2
5.2
The Director
2013
Producer
5.2
5.2
As I Lay Dying
2013
Director
5.1
5.1
Kink
2013
Producer
5.1
5.1
Zeroville
2019
Director
5.0
5.0
The Caged Pillows
2016
as David D-R+
5.0
5.0
At Any Cost
2000
as Mike
5.0
5.0
DREAM
2013
Producer
5.0
5.0
42 One Dream Rush
2010
Director
5.0
5.0
Sonny
2002
as Sonny
5.0
5.0
Burn Country
2016
as Lindsay
4.9
4.9
The Vault
2017
as Ed Mass
4.9
4.9
The Sound and the Fury
2015
Director
4.9
4.9
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
as Dean Silo
4.8
4.8
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
as Conrad
4.8
4.8
Child of God
2014
Screenplay
4.8
4.8
Wild Horses
2015
as Ben Briggs
4.7
4.7
Grasshopper
2006
as Travis
4.7
4.7
Yosemite
2016
Executive Producer
4.7
4.7
The Broken Tower
2012
Producer
4.6
4.6
About Cherry
2012
as Francis
4.5
4.5
The Letter
2012
as Tyrone
4.3
4.3
Future World
2018
Director
4.3
4.3
Actors Anonymous
2017
Writer
4.3
4.3
The Institute
2017
Executive Producer
4.1
4.1
The Ape
2005
Writer
4.1
4.1
Shadows & Lies
2010
as William Vincent
4.0
4.0
Some Body
2001
as Apartment Guy #3
4.0
4.0
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis
2007
as Justin Bobby
3.9
3.9
The Color of Time
2012
Producer
3.7
3.7
Love and Distrust
2010
as Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
3.5
3.5
Sal
2013
Director
3.3
3.3
Hart Crane: An Exegesis
2012
Director
3.3
3.3
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016
as Self
3.3
3.3
Squali
2025
as Robert Price
3.0
3.0
Dumpster Diving
2017
as El Diablo
3.0
3.0
Tenn
2017
Director
2.7
2.7
Richard Peter Johnson
2015
as James Franco
1.0
1.0
Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)
2010
as James Franco (Image Only)
1.0
1.0
You Always Stalk the Ones You Love
2002
1.0
1.0
If Tomorrow Comes
2000
as Devin
1.0
1.0
Playtime
2013
as The Art Dealer
1.0
1.0
Mississippi Requiem
2018
Writer
1.0
1.0
I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
2014
Director
1.0
1.0
Rio
2017
Executive Producer
freak and greeks
1999
as Daniel Desario
The Long Home
TBA
Director
The Car Kid
2002
Obituaries
2014
as Felix Mitchum
Masculinity & Me
2010
Director
A Walk in Winter
2015
Executive Producer
Kill the Czar
TBA
The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco
2009
Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show
2013
as Self
Blood Surf
2016
Executive Producer
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
2027
as Finn (voice)
Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra
TBA
as Self
Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde
TBA
as Fidel Castro
Caput
2011
Fool's Gold
2005
Writer
Golden State Killer
TBA
Bunny-Man
TBA
as Austin Boyd
The Razor's Edge
TBA
as Dante
Toad
TBA
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2018
Director
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017
as Self - Archive Footage
Seth Rogen & James Franco Bound 3
2013
Foster
TBA
as Donald 'Don' Foster
Future Relic 02
2014
as The Searcher
Goat Boy
2010
Director
Rant
TBA
Screenplay
Jeffrey
2012
Executive Producer
Birth of a Poet
2020
Writer
Blood Meridian Test Reel
2011
Director
Metamorphosis: Junior Year
2017
Executive Producer
Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded, James Franco
2013
Director
The Clerk's Tale
2010
Screenplay
La Passione
2013
Director
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