
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, author, painter, and performance artist. He left college in order to pursue acting and started off his career by making guest appearances on television series in the 1990s. Franco landed a lead part on the short-lived cult hit television program Freaks and Geeks and later achieved recognition for playing the titular character in the TV biopic James Dean (2001), for which he was awarded a Golden Globe Award. He achieved international fame with his portrayals of Harry Osborn in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. Franco has been acclaimed for both dramatic and comedic work in projects and has appeared in an eclectic range of projects since the 2000s. Ranging from period to contemporary pieces, and from major Hollywood productions to less publicized indie films, as well as fantasy movies to biopics and soap operas. Other notable films include Pineapple Express, a stoner comedy that earned him his second Golden Globes nomination, the Harvey Milk-biopic Milk (both 2008) as well as Danny Boyle's 2010 movie 127 Hours, about real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston's struggle to free his hand from a boulder. His performance in 127 Hours earned him nominations for many high-profile awards, including the Academy Awards, Golden Globe and SAG Awards. Franco has hosted the skit comedy Saturday Night Live twice as well as the 83rd Academy Awards with Anne Hathaway. He volunteers for the Art of Elysium charity and is in a relationship with actress Ahna O'Reilly. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Franco, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Kill the Czar | 2020 | |
Movie | The Long Home | Dallas Hardin | 2020 |
Movie | The Trap | 2020 | |
Movie | Zeroville | Vikar | 2019-09-19 |
Movie | Pretenders | Maxwell | 2019-10-04 |
Movie | Don't Come Back from the Moon | Roman Smalley | 2019-01-18 |
Movie | Future World | Warlord | 2018-05-25 |
Movie | Mississippi Requiem | 2018-05-17 | |
Movie | Kin | Taylor Balik | 2018-08-29 |
Movie | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") | 2018-11-09 |
Movie | The Institute | Dr. Cairn | 2017-03-03 |
Movie | High School Lover | Rick Winters | 2017-02-04 |
Movie | In Dubious Battle | Mac McLeod | 2017-02-17 |
Movie | Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper | Capt. Jacob Branson | 2017-02-22 |
Movie | Actors Anonymous | Jake Lamont | 2017-03-05 |
Movie | The Disaster Artist | Tommy Wiseau | 2017-03-12 |
Movie | Alien: Covenant | Jacob Branson (uncredited) | 2017-05-09 |
Movie | The Mad Whale | 2017-06-14 | |
Movie | The Vault | Ed Mass | 2017-09-01 |
Series | The Deuce | Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino | 2017-09-10 |
Movie | Blood Ride | Billy | 2017-10-22 |
Movie | Memoria | Mr. Wyckoff | 2016-04-08 |
Movie | Yosemite | Phil | 2016-01-01 |
Series | 11.22.63 | Jake Epping | 2016-02-15 |
Movie | The 4%: Film's Gender Problem | Himself | 2016-03-08 |
Movie | Sausage Party | Druggie (voice) | 2016-07-11 |
Movie | The Adderall Diaries | Stephen Elliott | 2016-04-15 |
Movie | Burn Country | Lindsay | 2016-04-16 |
Movie | The Caged Pillows | David D-R+ | 2016-06-03 |
Movie | Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? | Director | 2016-06-18 |
Movie | The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards | Conrad | 2016-07-16 |
Movie | Goat | Mitch | 2016-09-23 |
Movie | King Cobra | Joe Kerekes | 2016-10-21 |
Movie | Why Him? | Laird Mayhew | 2016-12-22 |
Movie | Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha | Pasamonte | 2015-01-07 |
Movie | I Am Michael | Michael Glatze | 2015-01-29 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special | Himself | 2015-02-15 |
Movie | Every Thing Will Be Fine | Tomas Eldan | 2015-04-02 |
Movie | True Story | Christian Longo | 2015-04-17 |
Movie | Killing Animals | Mr. Hurston | 2015-06-01 |
Movie | Wild Horses | Ben Briggs | 2015-06-05 |
Movie | The Little Prince | The Fox (voice) | 2015-07-29 |
Movie | Call Me Lucky | Himself | 2015-08-07 |
Movie | Queen of the Desert | Henry Cadogan | 2015-09-03 |
Movie | Richard Peter Johnson | James Franco | 2015-12-01 |
Movie | The Night Before | James | 2015-11-20 |
Movie | The Sound and the Fury | Benjy Compson | 2015-10-23 |
Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Leo | 2015-07-23 |
Movie | Child of God | Jerry | 2014-04-28 |
Movie | Veronica Mars | Himself (uncredited) | 2014-03-13 |
Series | Deadbeat | Johnny | 2014-04-09 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Himself | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | Palo Alto | Mr. B | 2014-05-09 |
Movie | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Will Rodman (uncredited) | 2014-06-26 |
Movie | Good People | Tom Reed | 2014-09-26 |
Movie | National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men | George | 2014-11-06 |
Movie | The Interview | Dave Skylark | 2014-12-25 |
Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Himself (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Future Relic 02 | The Searcher | 2014-11-28 |
Movie | Obituaries | Felix Mitchum | 2014-06-13 |
Movie | Oz the Great and Powerful | Oz | 2013-03-07 |
Movie | Interior. Leather Bar. | 2013-01-18 | |
Movie | Spring Breakers | Alien | 2013-01-24 |
Movie | Maladies | James | 2013-02-09 |
Movie | A Fuller Life | Himself - Reader (segment "Copy Boy") | 2013-08-28 |
Movie | This Is the End | Himself | 2013-06-12 |
Movie | Lovelace | Hugh Hefner | 2013-08-08 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of James Franco | Himself | 2013-09-02 |
Movie | Third Person | Rick | 2013-09-09 |
Movie | As I Lay Dying | Darl Bundren | 2013-10-09 |
Movie | Sal | Milton Katselas | 2013-11-01 |
Movie | Homefront | Gator | 2013-11-12 |
Movie | Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present | Himself | 2012-01-01 |
Movie | About Cherry | Francis | 2012-02-14 |
Movie | The Broken Tower | Hart Crane | 2012-04-27 |
Movie | The Letter | Tyrone | 2012-09-06 |
Movie | The Color of Time | C.K. Williams (age 40) | 2012-11-16 |
Movie | The Iceman | Marty Freeman | 2012-09-01 |
Movie | The Green Hornet | Danny Crystal Cleer | 2011-01-12 |
Movie | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Will Rodman | 2011-08-03 |
Movie | Your Highness | Fabious | 2011-04-08 |
Movie | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | Narrator | 2011-11-18 |
Movie | Eat Pray Love | David | 2010-08-12 |
Movie | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Himself | 2010-07-24 |
Movie | Saturday Night | Himself | 2010-05-02 |
Movie | Shadows & Lies | William Vincent | 2010-04-25 |
Movie | Date Night | Taste | 2010-04-08 |
Movie | 127 Hours | Aron Ralston | 2010-11-05 |
Movie | Howl | Allen Ginsberg | 2010-08-26 |
Movie | Love and Distrust | Travis | 2010-08-16 |
Movie | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | 2009-12-17 | |
Movie | Erased James Franco | Himself | 2009-04-05 |
Movie | Camille | Silias | 2008-04-13 |
Movie | Pineapple Express | Saul Silver | 2008-08-06 |
Movie | Good Time Max | Max | 2008-10-28 |
Movie | Milk | Scott Smith | 2008-11-05 |
Movie | Nights in Rodanthe | Mark Flanner | 2008-09-26 |
Movie | In the Valley of Elah | Sergeant Carnelli | 2007-08-31 |
Movie | An American Crime | Andy | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | Interview | Boyfriend on Phone (voice) | 2007-07-13 |
Movie | Knocked Up | Himself (uncredited) | 2007-06-01 |
Movie | Spider-Man 3 | Harry Osborn / New Goblin | 2007-05-01 |
Movie | Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee | Dean Silo | 2007-01-21 |
Movie | The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis | Justin Bobby | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | Tristan & Isolde | Tristan | 2006-04-07 |
Movie | Annapolis | Jake Huard | 2006-01-27 |
Movie | The Wicker Man | Bar Guy #1 | 2006-09-01 |
Movie | Flyboys | Blaine Rawlings | 2006-09-22 |
Movie | Grasshopper | Travis | 2006-10-09 |
Movie | The Holiday | Himself | 2006-12-08 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Movie | The Dead Girl | Derek | 2006-11-07 |
Movie | The Great Raid | Captain Prince | 2005-08-12 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Movie | The Ape | Harry Walker | 2005-06-18 |
Movie | Spider-Man 2 | Harry Osborn | 2004-06-25 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
Movie | The Company | Josh | 2003-09-10 |
Movie | Blind Spot | Danny | 2003-06-15 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Sonny | Sonny | 2002-10-26 |
Movie | City By The Sea | Joey | 2002-09-06 |
Movie | Mother Ghost | Skateboarder guy | 2002-08-08 |
Movie | You Always Stalk the Ones You Love | 2002-07-07 | |
Movie | The Car Kid | 2002-05-11 | |
Movie | Deuces Wild | Tino | 2002-05-03 |
Movie | Spider-Man | Harry Osborn | 2002-05-01 |
Movie | James Dean | James Dean | 2001-08-04 |
Movie | Some Body | Apartment Guy #3 | 2001-01-19 |
Movie | Mean People Suck | Casey | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Whatever It Takes | Chris Campbell | 2000-03-31 |
Movie | At Any Cost | Mike | 2000-08-16 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Series | Freaks and Geeks | Daniel Desario | 1999-09-25 |
Movie | Never Been Kissed | Jason | 1999-04-09 |
Series | Profiler | Unknown | 1996-09-21 |
Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | Live with Regis and Kathie Lee | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | General Hospital | Franco | 1963-04-01 |