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 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).
Filmography (60)
Arctic Dogs
Zeroville
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Kin
The Disaster Artist
Alien: Covenant
Sausage Party
Why Him?
King Cobra
In Dubious Battle
True Story
The Night Before
The Little Prince
Queen of the Desert
The Interview
Palo Alto
Veronica Mars
Good People
Third Person
This Is the End
Spring Breakers
Oz the Great and Powerful
Lovelace
Homefront
As I Lay Dying
The Iceman
The Letter
About Cherry
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Your Highness
The Green Hornet
Date Night
Eat Pray Love
Howl
127 Hours
Pineapple Express
Milk
Nights in Rodanthe
Good Time Max
Camille
Spider-Man 3
Knocked Up
In the Valley of Elah
An American Crime
The Wicker Man
Annapolis
The Holiday
Tristan & Isolde
Flyboys
The Dead Girl
The Great Raid
Spider-Man 2
The Company
Spider-Man
City by the Sea
Deuces Wild
Sonny
James Dean
Whatever It Takes
