
James Franco
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin as Finn (voice)
- 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)
- 2019 · Arctic Dogs as Lemmy (voice)
- 2019 · Pretenders as Maxwell
- 2019 · Zeroville as Vikar
- 2019 · Don't Come Back from the Moon as Roman Smalley
- 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
- 2017 · Marcians as Self - Interviewee
- 2017 · The Show as Male Host
- 2017 · The Deuce as Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino
- 2017 · The Vault as Ed Mass
- 2017 · The Mad Whale as
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
- 2017 · The Disaster Artist as Tommy / "Johnny"
- 2017 · The Institute as Dr. Cairn
- 2017 · High School Lover as Rick Winters
- 2016 · Why Him? as Laird Mayhew
- 2016 · The Labyrinth as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · King Cobra as Joe Kerekes
- 2016 · In Dubious Battle as Mac McLeod
- 2016 · Goat as Mitch
- 2016 · Sausage Party as Druggie (voice)
- 2016 · Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? as Director
- 2016 · The Adderall Diaries as Stephen Elliott
- 2016 · The 4%: Film's Gender Problem as Self
- 2016 · 11.22.63 as Jake Epping
- 2016 · Angie Tribeca as Sgt. Eddie Pepper
- 2016 · Yosemite as Phil
- 2015 · The Night Before as Self
- 2015 · The Sound and the Fury as Benjy Compson
- 2015 · Queen of the Desert as Henry Cadogan
- 2015 · Call Me Lucky as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Little Prince as The Fox (voice)
- 2015 · Black Dog, Red Dog as Leo
- 2015 · Wild Horses as Ben Briggs
- 2015 · Killing Animals as Mr. Hurston
- 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 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2015 · I Am Michael as Michael Glatze
- 2015 · Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha as Pasamonte
- 2014 · The Interview as Dave Skylark
- 2014 · Good People as Tom Reed
- 2014 · Third Person as Rick
- 2014 · Child of God as Jerry
- 2014 · Deadbeat as Johnny
- 2014 · Veronica Mars as James Franco (uncredited)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Palo Alto as Mr. B
- 2013 · Homefront as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
- 2013 · As I Lay Dying as Darl Bundren
- 2013 · Interior. Leather Bar. as James
- 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 as
- 2013 · A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
- 2013 · Lovelace as Hugh Hefner
- 2013 · This Is the End as James Franco
- 2013 · The Frame as Will Rodman
- 2013 · Oz the Great and Powerful as Oz
- 2013 · Spring Breakers as Alien
- 2012 · The Color of Time as C.K. Williams (age 40)
- 2012 · The Mindy Project as Paul Leotard
- 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
- 2012 · About Cherry as Francis
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Cowboy (archive footage)
- 2011 · Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Will Rodman
- 2011 · Hamish and Andy's Gap Year as Himself
- 2011 · Your Highness as Fabious
- 2011 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 as
- 2011 · The Green Hornet as Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
- 2010 · 14 Actors Acting as Self
- 2010 · 127 Hours as Aron Ralston
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Howl as Allen Ginsberg
- 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 · Saturday Night as Self
- 2010 · Shadows & Lies as William Vincent
- 2010 · Date Night as Taste
- 2009 · SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas as
- 2008 · Milk as Scott Smith
- 2008 · Good Time Max as Max
- 2008 · Nights in Rodanthe as Mark Flanner (uncredited)
- 2008 · Pineapple Express as Saul Silver
- 2008 · Camille as Silias
- 2008 · Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis as Self
- 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 · 30 Rock as James Franco
- 2006 · Flyboys as Blaine Rawlings
- 2006 · The Wicker Man as Bar Guy #1
- 2006 · Tristan & Isolde as Tristan
- 2006 · Annapolis as Jake Huard
- 2005 · SNL Digital Shorts as
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as
- 2005 · The Great Raid as Captain Prince
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2004 · Spider-Man 2 as Harry Osborn
- 2003 · The Company as Josh
- 2003 · Blind Spot as Danny
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Sonny as Sonny
- 2002 · City by the Sea as Joey
- 2002 · The Car Kid as
- 2002 · Deuces Wild as Tino
- 2002 · Spider-Man as Harry Osborn
- 2001 · James Dean as James Dean
- 2000 · Whatever It Takes as Chris Campbell
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Freaks and Geeks as Daniel Desario
- 1999 · Never Been Kissed as Jason
- 1999 · To Serve and Protect as Matt Carr
- 1996 · Profiler as
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Pacific Blue as Brian
- 1993 · The X-Files as Officer #2
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host / Various
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Future · The Razor's Edge as Dante
- Future · Toad as
- Future · Bunny-Man as
- 2013 · Playtime as The Art Dealer
- Future · The Long Home as Dallas Hardin
- 2018 · Mississippi Requiem as Homer Barron
- 2018 · Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster as Self
- 2017 · Dumpster Diving as El Diablo
- 2017 · Blood Heist as Farmer Simon
- 2017 · Actors Anonymous as Jake Lamont
- 2016 · Blood Surf as Metalhead Troy
- 2016 · The Caged Pillows as David D-R+
- 2016 · Burn Country as Lindsay
- 2016 · Memoria as Mr. Wyckoff
- 2015 · Richard Peter Johnson as James Franco
- 2015 · A Walk in Winter as Conrad
- 2014 · Future Relic 02 as The Searcher
- 2014 · National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men as George
- 2014 · Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special as David Skylark
- 2014 · Obituaries as Felix Mitchum
- 2014 · Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto as Self
- 2013 · Sal as Milton Katselas
- 2013 · Here Comes the Night Time as Man on Phone
- 2013 · Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show as Self
- 2011 · Eames: The Architect and the Painter as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Erased James Franco as Self
- 2007 · The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis as Justin Bobby
- 2006 · Grasshopper as Travis
- 2005 · The Ape as Harry Walker
- 2002 · Mother Ghost as Skateboarder guy
- 2002 · Spider-Mania as Self
- 2002 · Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' as Self
- Future · Kill the Czar as
- Future · Squali as
- 2000 · At Any Cost as Mike
- Future · Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde as Fidel Castro
- Future · Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra as Self
- Future · Me, You as
- 2012 · Hart Crane: An Exegesis as Himself
- 2011 · Caput as
- 2010 · Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock) as James Franco (Image Only)
- 2010 · Masculinity & Me as
- 2009 · The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco as
- 2005 · Fool's Gold as Brent
- 2002 · You Always Stalk the Ones You Love as
- 2001 · Some Body as Apartment Guy #3
- 2001 · Mean People Suck as Casey
- 2000 · If Tomorrow Comes as Devin
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- Future · The Policeman as Babcock