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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 his roles 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 is known for his collaborations with fellow actor Seth Rogen, having appeared in eight films and one television series with him, examples being 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 is also known for his work on television where his first prominent acting role was the character 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 Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award. Franco 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).

From Palo Alto, California, USA

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65.9M

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Acting

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187 Credits

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Spider-Man 2002
Harry Osborn
Spider-Man 2 2004
Harry Osborn
Spider-Man 3 2007
New Goblin / Harry Osborn
Alien: Covenant 2017
Jacob Branson (uncredited)
127 Hours 2010
Aron Ralston
Sausage Party 2016
Druggie (voice)
The Interview 2014
Dave Skylark, Executive Producer
The Holiday 2006
James Franco
Why Him? 2016
Laird Mayhew, Executive Producer
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
Knocked Up 2007
Self (uncredited)

Credit 187

2025 Squali

2025 Bunny-Man as Austin Boyd

2025 Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin as Finn (voice)

2025 Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self (archive footage)

2025 The Long Home as Dallas Hardin Director

2025 Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra as Self

2025 Me, You

2025 Golden State Killer

2025 Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde as Fidel Castro

2025 Toad

2025 Rant Screenplay

2025 Kill the Czar

2025 The Razor's Edge as Dante

2024 Hey Joe as Dean Barry

2024 The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure as Ezio Burntwood

2022 Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage)

2020 Sleepaway Slasher Executive Producer

2020 Birth of a Poet Writer, Director

2019 Arctic Dogs as Lemmy (voice)

2019 Pretenders as Maxwell Director

2019 Zeroville as Vikar Director

2019 Don't Come Back from the Moon as Roman Smalley Producer

2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")

2018 Kin as Taylor Balik

2018 Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary as Self

2018 Future World as Warlord Director, Producer

2018 Mississippi Requiem as Homer Barron Writer, Executive Producer

2018 Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster as Self Director

2017 Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine as Self - Archive Footage

2017 The Show as Male Host

2017 The Vault as Ed Mass

2017 Dumpster Diving as El Diablo

2017 Blood Heist as Farmer Simon

2017 The Mad Whale

2017 Alien: Covenant as Jacob Branson (uncredited)

2017 Tenn Director

2017 The Disaster Artist as Tommy / "Johnny" Director, Producer

2017 Actors Anonymous as Jake Lamont Writer

2017 The Institute as Dr. Cairn Director, Executive Producer

2017 Prologue: Last Supper as Branson

2017 High School Lover as Rick Winters Executive Producer

2017 Rio Executive Producer

2016 Why Him? as Laird Mayhew Executive Producer

2016 The Labyrinth as Narrator (voice) Executive Producer

2016 Blood Surf as Metalhead Troy Executive Producer

2016 King Cobra as Joe Kerekes Producer

2016 In Dubious Battle as Mac McLeod Director, Producer

2016 Goat as Mitch Producer

2016 Sausage Party as Druggie (voice)

2016 Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? as Director Story, Executive Producer

2016 The Caged Pillows as David D-R+

2016 Burn Country as Lindsay

2016 The Adderall Diaries as Stephen Elliott Producer

2016 Memoria as Mr. Wyckoff

2016 The 4%: Film's Gender Problem as Self

2016 Yosemite as Phil Executive Producer, Book

2015 Richard Peter Johnson as James Franco

2015 The Night Before as Self

2015 A Walk in Winter as Conrad Executive Producer

2015 The Sound and the Fury as Benjy Compson Director

2015 Queen of the Desert as Henry Cadogan

2015 Call Me Lucky as Self

2015 The Little Prince as The Fox (voice)

2015 Black Dog, Red Dog as Leo Writer, Director

2015 Miss Famous Executive Producer

2015 Wild Horses as Ben Briggs

2015 Killing Animals as Mr. Hurston Novel

2015 True Story as Christian Longo

2015 Every Thing Will Be Fine as Tomas Eldan

2015 The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards as Conrad

2015 I Am Michael as Michael Glatze Producer

2015 Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha as Pasamonte Executive Producer

2014 The Interview as Dave Skylark Executive Producer

2014 Future Relic 02 as The Searcher

2014 National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men as George

2014 Guests Executive Producer

2014 Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special as David Skylark

2014 Good People as Tom Reed

2014 Third Person as Rick

2014 Obituaries as Felix Mitchum

2014 Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto as Self

2014 Child of God as Jerry Director, Screenplay

2014 Veronica Mars as James Franco (uncredited)

2014 I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel Director

2013 Palo Alto as Mr. B Author, Book

2013 DREAM Producer, Director

2013 Homefront as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine

2013 Playtime as The Art Dealer

2013 Sal as Milton Katselas Director, Story

2013 As I Lay Dying as Darl Bundren Director, Screenplay

2013 Interior. Leather Bar. as James Director, Cinematography, Producer

2013 Here Comes the Night Time as Man on Phone

2013 Mademoiselle C as Self

2013 What Is Cinema? as Self

2013 Comedy Central Roast of James Franco as Self

2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded Director

2013 A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")

2013 Lovelace as Hugh Hefner

2013 Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show as Self

2013 La Passione Director

2013 Bukowski Writer, Director

2013 This Is the End as James Franco

2013 The Director Producer

2013 Oz the Great and Powerful as Oz

2013 Spring Breakers as Alien

2013 Kink Producer

2012 The Color of Time as C.K. Williams (age 40) Producer

2012 The Letter as Tyrone

2012 The Iceman as Marty Freeman

2012 Maladies as James

2012 Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present as Self

2012 The Broken Tower as Hart Crane Producer, Director, Screenplay, Editor

2012 Hart Crane: An Exegesis as Himself Director

2012 My Own Private River Editor, Director

2012 About Cherry as Francis

2012 Francophrenia Director

2012 Jeffrey Executive Producer

2011 Eames: The Architect and the Painter as Self - Narrator (voice)

2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Will Rodman

2011 Caput

2011 Your Highness as Fabious

2011 Blood Meridian Test Reel Director

2011 Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

2011 The Green Hornet as Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)

2010 14 Actors Acting as Self

2010 127 Hours as Aron Ralston

2010 Untitled Director

2010 42 One Dream Rush Director

2010 Howl as Allen Ginsberg

2010 Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock) as James Franco (Image Only)

2010 Love and Distrust as Travis (segment "Grasshopper")

2010 Eat Pray Love as David

2010 With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self

2010 Masculinity & Me Writer, Director

2010 The Clerk's Tale Screenplay, Director

2010 Saturday Night as Self Director

2010 Shadows & Lies as William Vincent

2010 Date Night as Taste

2010 Herbert White Director, Writer

2010 Goat Boy Director

2009 SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

2009 The Feast of Stephen Director, Writer

2009 The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco

2009 Erased James Franco as Self

2008 Milk as Scott Smith

2008 Good Time Max as Max Director, Writer

2008 Nights in Rodanthe as Mark Flanner (uncredited)

2008 Pineapple Express as Saul Silver

2008 Camille as Silias

2007 The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis as Justin Bobby

2007 In the Valley of Elah as Sergeant Carnelli

2007 An American Crime as Andy

2007 Interview as Boyfriend on Phone (voice)

2007 Knocked Up as Self (uncredited)

2007 Spider-Man 3 as New Goblin / Harry Osborn

2007 Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee as Dean Silo

2006 The Holiday as James Franco

2006 The Dead Girl as Derek

2006 Grasshopper as Travis

2006 Flyboys as Blaine Rawlings

2006 The Wicker Man as Bar Guy #1

2006 Tristan & Isolde as Tristan

2006 Annapolis as Jake Huard

2005 The Great Raid as Captain Prince

2005 The Ape as Harry Walker Director, Writer, Executive Producer

2005 Fool's Gold as Brent Director, Writer

2004 Spider-Man 2 as Harry Osborn

2003 The Company as Josh

2003 Blind Spot as Danny

2002 Sonny as Sonny

2002 City by the Sea as Joey

2002 Mother Ghost as Skateboarder guy

2002 You Always Stalk the Ones You Love

2002 The Car Kid

2002 Deuces Wild as Tino

2002 Spider-Man as Harry Osborn

2002 Spider-Mania as Self

2002 Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' as Self

2001 James Dean as James Dean

2001 Some Body as Apartment Guy #3

2001 Mean People Suck as Casey

2000 At Any Cost as Mike

2000 Alien: Penetration as Hitch

2000 Whatever It Takes as Chris Campbell

2000 If Tomorrow Comes as Devin

1999 Never Been Kissed as Jason

1999 To Serve and Protect as Matt Carr

Genres

7.13 Western 1

6.77 Music 3

6.63 Family 4

6.50 Science Fiction 10

6.42 Action 20

6.31 History 7

6.27 TV Movie 6

6.23 Adventure 15

6.09 Fantasy 8

6.09 Animation 4

6.01 War 3

5.95 Crime 17

5.92 Comedy 34

5.82 Documentary 21

5.79 Romance 17

5.71 Mystery 6

5.64 Thriller 23

5.63 Horror 8

5.60 Drama 86