James Franco

Known for ActingBorn 1978-04-19 (age 48)Palo Alto, California, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Blood Heist

Killing Animals

Miss Famous

The Frame

The Car Kid

The X-Files

Freaks and Geeks

National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men

Here Comes the Night Time

Fool's Gold

Blind Spot

Saturday Night

11.22.63

The Little Prince

The Labyrinth

The Deuce

Black Dog, Red Dog

Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special

My Own Private River

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

30 Rock

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

Hamish and Andy's Gap Year

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

An American Crime

Spider-Man

Spider-Man 2

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

Milk

Conan

The Disaster Artist

Hot Ones

Eames: The Architect and the Painter

Herbert White

127 Hours

The Holiday

Call Me Lucky

Homefront

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

The Colbert Report

Profiler

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Annapolis

In the Valley of Elah

Mother Ghost

James Dean