
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).
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- 2025 · Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin as Finn (voice)
- 2022 · Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine as Self - Archive Footage
- 2019 · Pretenders as Maxwell
- 2019 · Don't Come Back from the Moon as Roman Smalley
- 2018 · Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary as Self
- 2018 · Mississippi Requiem as Homer Barron
- 2017 · Dumpster Diving as El Diablo
- 2017 · Actors Anonymous as Jake Lamont
- 2017 · High School Lover as Rick Winters
- 2016 · The Labyrinth as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Blood Surf as Metalhead Troy
- 2016 · Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? as Director
- 2016 · Burn Country as Lindsay
- 2016 · The Adderall Diaries as Stephen Elliott
- 2016 · Memoria as Mr. Wyckoff
- 2016 · The 4%: Film's Gender Problem as Self
- 2016 · Yosemite as Phil
- 2015 · A Walk in Winter as Conrad
- 2015 · Queen of the Desert as Henry Cadogan
- 2015 · Black Dog, Red Dog as Leo
- 2015 · Wild Horses as Ben Briggs
- 2015 · Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha as Pasamonte
- 2014 · Obituaries as Felix Mitchum
- 2014 · Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto as Self
- 2014 · Veronica Mars as James Franco (uncredited)
- 2013 · As I Lay Dying as Darl Bundren
- 2013 · Here Comes the Night Time as Man on Phone
- 2013 · What Is Cinema? as Self
- 2013 · Venice 70: Future Reloaded as
- 2013 · A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
- 2012 · The Color of Time as C.K. Williams (age 40)
- 2012 · The Letter as Tyrone
- 2012 · Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present as Self
- 2011 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 as
- 2010 · 14 Actors Acting as Self
- 2010 · Love and Distrust as Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
- 2010 · Saturday Night as Self
- 2010 · Shadows & Lies as William Vincent
- 2009 · SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas as
- 2005 · The Great Raid as Captain Prince
- 2003 · The Company as Josh
- 2003 · Blind Spot as Danny
- 2002 · Sonny as Sonny
- Future · The Long Home as Dallas Hardin
- 2008 · Good Time Max as Max
- 2002 · City by the Sea as Joey
- 2002 · Mother Ghost as Skateboarder guy
- 1999 · To Serve and Protect as Matt Carr
- Future · Toad as
- 2018 · Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster as Self
- 2017 · The Mad Whale as
- Future · 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)
- 2019 · Arctic Dogs as Lemmy (voice)
- 2019 · Zeroville as Vikar
- 2018 · The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
- 2018 · Kin as Taylor Balik
- 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 · Blood Heist as Farmer Simon
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
- 2017 · The Disaster Artist as Tommy / "Johnny"
- 2017 · The Institute as Dr. Cairn
- 2016 · Why Him? as Laird Mayhew
- 2016 · King Cobra as Joe Kerekes
- 2016 · In Dubious Battle as Mac McLeod
- 2016 · Goat as Mitch
- 2016 · Sausage Party as Druggie (voice)
- 2016 · The Caged Pillows as David D-R+
- 2016 · 11.22.63 as Jake Epping
- 2016 · Angie Tribeca as Sgt. Eddie Pepper
- 2015 · Richard Peter Johnson as James Franco
- 2015 · The Night Before as Self
- 2015 · The Sound and the Fury as Benjy Compson
- 2015 · Call Me Lucky as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Little Prince as The Fox (voice)
- 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
- 2014 · The Interview as Dave Skylark
- 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 · Good People as Tom Reed
- 2014 · Third Person as Rick
- 2014 · Child of God as Jerry
- 2014 · Deadbeat as Johnny
- 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 · Playtime as The Art Dealer
- 2013 · Sal as Milton Katselas
- 2013 · Interior. Leather Bar. as James
- 2013 · Mademoiselle C as Self
- 2013 · Comedy Central Roast of James Franco as Self
- 2013 · Lovelace as Hugh Hefner
- 2013 · Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show as Self
- 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 Mindy Project as Paul Leotard
- 2012 · The Iceman as Marty Freeman
- 2012 · The Broken Tower as Hart Crane
- 2012 · Hart Crane: An Exegesis as Himself
- 2011 · Eames: The Architect and the Painter as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Caput as
- 2010 · Masculinity & Me as
- 2009 · The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco as
- 2002 · You Always Stalk the Ones You Love as
- 2002 · The Car Kid as
- 2002 · Spider-Mania as Self
- 2002 · Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' as Self
- Future · Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Maladies as James
- 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 · The Green Hornet as Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
- 2010 · 127 Hours as Aron Ralston
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Howl as Allen Ginsberg
- 2010 · Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock) as James Franco (Image Only)
- 2010 · Eat Pray Love as David
- 2010 · With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self
- 2010 · Date Night as Taste
- 2009 · Erased James Franco as Self
- 2008 · Milk as Scott Smith
- 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
- 2007 · The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis as Justin Bobby
- 2006 · The Holiday as James Franco
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Derek
- 2006 · 30 Rock as James Franco
- 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 · SNL Digital Shorts as
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as
- 2005 · The Ape as Harry Walker
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2004 · Spider-Man 2 as Harry Osborn
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2001 · Some Body as Apartment Guy #3
- 2001 · Mean People Suck as Casey
- 2000 · At Any Cost as Mike
- Future · Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde as Fidel Castro
- 2002 · Deuces Wild as Tino
- 2002 · Spider-Man as Harry Osborn
- 2001 · James Dean as James Dean
- 2000 · Whatever It Takes as Chris Campbell
- 2000 · If Tomorrow Comes as Devin
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Freaks and Geeks as Daniel Desario
- 1999 · Never Been Kissed as Jason
- 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
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- Future · Bunny-Man as Austin Boyd
- Future · The Policeman as Babcock
- Future · Squali as
- Future · Me, You as
- 2005 · Fool's Gold as Brent
- Future · Kill the Czar as
- Future · Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra as Self