James Franco

Acting · 5.8 popularity

Age

Movies

168

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

168 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

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

20147.3

127 Hours

20107.1

Knocked Up

20076.3

The Holiday

20067.1

The Interview

20146.2

Sausage Party

20165.8

Eat Pray Love

20106.2

Homefront

20136.9

Why Him?

20166.4

Date Night

20106.1

Lovelace

20136.0

Oz the Great and Powerful

20135.9

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

20187.1

The Little Prince

20157.6

This Is the End

20136.2

Pineapple Express

20086.6

Tristan & Isolde

20066.7

The Green Hornet

20115.6

The Wicker Man

20064.3

Arctic Dogs

20196.0

Your Highness

20115.3

Queen of the Desert

20155.8

The Disaster Artist

20177.1

Largo Winch: The Price of Money

20245.8

The Iceman

20126.6

Never Been Kissed

19996.2

Spring Breakers

20135.3

About Cherry

20124.6

In the Valley of Elah

20076.8

Milk

20087.2

Nights in Rodanthe

20086.3

Good People

20145.5

Kin

20186.1

True Story

20156.3

Third Person

20145.9

The Great Raid

20056.5

The Show

20175.7

The Vault

20174.9

Palo Alto

20146.1

King Cobra

20165.9

Flyboys

20066.5

An American Crime

20077.3

Whatever It Takes

20005.8

Zeroville

20195.0

The Night Before

20156.1

Annapolis

20066.9

The Company

20035.2

Future World

20184.3

James Dean

20016.8

Deuces Wild

20025.5

The Dead Girl

20066.0

In Dubious Battle

20165.8

The Institute

20174.3

Veronica Mars

20146.6

City by the Sea

20025.8

I Am Michael

20155.5

Wild Horses

20154.8

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

2026

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

20097.4

The Long Home

2026

Every Thing Will Be Fine

20155.4

Goat

20165.4

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

20106.8

The Adderall Diaries

20165.3

Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?

20165.2

Golden State Killer

2026

The Sound and the Fury

20155.0

Howl

20106.4

Runaway

2026

As I Lay Dying

20135.2

The Letter

20124.5

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

20135.1

Camille

20086.2

Mademoiselle C

20135.6

Interview

20076.4

Sonny

20025.2

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

20186.8

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

20163.3

John Rambo

2027

Call Me Lucky

20157.0

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

20137.2

Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto

20146.0

Love and Distrust

20103.8

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

20127.3

Hey Joe

20246.5

Child of God

20144.8

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

20074.9

My Journey in Oz

2013

Saturday Night

20107.7

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

20154.8

Castro's Daughter

2026

Spider-Mania

20025.4

High School Lover

20175.8

Good Time Max

20085.4

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

2011

Here Comes the Night Time

20138.0

Love Meets in the Sunshine

2026

A Fuller Life

20136.6

Some Body

20015.5

Burn Country

20165.0

Interior. Leather Bar.

20135.2

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha

20155.6

Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster

2018

The Color of Time

20123.9

Playtime

20131.0

Actors Anonymous

20174.3

Killing Animals

201510.0

Obituaries

2014

Shadows & Lies

20104.3

Black Dog, Red Dog

20157.5

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

20025.8

Squali

20255.8

The Mad Whale

20175.6

Two Films, One Legacy

2011

The Ape

20054.3

Don't Come Back from the Moon

20195.5

The Labyrinth

20167.6

The Broken Tower

20124.6

Eames: The Architect and the Painter

20117.1

National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men

20148.0

Sal

20133.5

Toad

2026

Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)

20101.0

Memoria

20165.2

The Caged Pillows

20165.0

Mother Ghost

20026.8

Caput

2011

Blood Surf

2016

Mississippi Requiem

20181.0

The Razor's Edge

2026

The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis

20074.0

Maladies

20125.3

Fool's Gold

20058.0

Yosemite

20164.5

Blind Spot

20038.0

You Always Stalk the Ones You Love

20024.0

Pretenders

20195.2

Bunny-Man

2026

Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra

2026

Something's In There

2026

The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco

20096.0

Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine

2017

Kill the Czar

2026

Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show

2013

At Any Cost

20006.3

Foster

2026

What Is Cinema?

20136.5

Dumpster Diving

20173.0

To Serve and Protect

19996.7

A Walk in Winter

2015

The Car Kid

200210.0

Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special

20147.5

Richard Peter Johnson

20153.0

I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel

20141.0

Masculinity & Me

2010

Blood Heist

201710.0

Mean People Suck

20016.3

Grasshopper

20064.3

Future Relic 02

2014

Erased James Franco

20095.5

If Tomorrow Comes

20004.0

Hart Crane: An Exegesis

20124.5

Making A Scene

2026