
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 | The Trap | 2019 | |
Movie | Zeroville | Vikar | 2018-04-20 |
Movie | Alien: Covenant | Jacob Branson (uncredited) | 2017-05-09 |
Movie | Yosemite | Phil | 2016-01-01 |
Movie | Memoria | Mr. Wyckoff | 2016-04-08 |
Movie | Sausage Party | Druggie (voice) | 2016-07-11 |
Movie | Goat | Mitch | 2016-09-23 |
Movie | The Adderall Diaries | Stephen Elliott | 2016-04-15 |
Movie | True Story | Christian Longo | 2015-04-17 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special | Himself | 2015-02-15 |
Movie | I Am Michael | Michael Glatze | 2015-01-29 |
Movie | Wild Horses | Ben Briggs | 2015-06-05 |
Movie | Every Thing Will Be Fine | Tomas Eldan | 2015-04-02 |
Movie | The Sound & the Fury | Benjy Compson | 2015-10-23 |
Movie | The Little Prince | The Fox (voice) | 2015-07-29 |
Movie | Queen of the Desert | Henry Cadogan | 2015-09-03 |
Movie | Call Me Lucky | Himself | 2015-08-07 |
Movie | The Night Before | James | 2015-11-20 |
Movie | Veronica Mars | Himself (uncredited) | 2014-03-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Himself | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | Child of God | Jerry | 2014-04-28 |
Movie | Palo Alto | Mr. B | 2014-05-09 |
Movie | The Interview | Dave Skylark | 2014-12-25 |
Movie | National Theater Live: Of Mice and Men | George | 2014-11-06 |
Movie | Good People | Tom Reed | 2014-09-26 |
Movie | Oz: The Great and Powerful | Oz | 2013-03-07 |
Movie | Maladies | James | 2013-02-09 |
Movie | This Is the End | James Franco | 2013-06-12 |
Movie | Interior. Leather Bar. | 2013-01-18 | |
Movie | Spring Breakers | Alien | 2013-01-24 |
Movie | Homefront | Gator | 2013-11-27 |
Movie | Sal | Milton Katselas | 2013-11-01 |
Movie | Lovelace | Hugh Hefner | 2013-08-08 |
Movie | As I Lay Dying | Darl Bundren | 2013-10-09 |
Movie | Third Person | Rick | 2013-09-09 |
Movie | A Fuller Life | Himself - Reader (segment "Copy Boy") | 2013-08-28 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of James Franco | Himself | 2013-09-02 |
Movie | The Iceman | Marty Freeman | 2012-09-01 |
Movie | About Cherry | Francis | 2012-02-14 |
Movie | The Letter | Tyrone | 2012-09-06 |
Movie | The Color of Time | C.K. Williams (age 40) | 2012-11-16 |
Movie | The Green Hornet | Danny Crystal Cleer | 2011-01-12 |
Movie | Your Highness | Fabious | 2011-04-08 |
Movie | The Broken Tower | Hart Crane | 2011-06-20 |
Movie | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | Voice | 2011-11-18 |
Movie | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Will Rodman | 2011-08-03 |
Movie | Saturday Night | Himself | 2010-05-02 |
Movie | Date Night | Taste | 2010-04-08 |
Movie | Shadows & Lies | William Vincent | 2010-04-25 |
Movie | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Himself | 2010-07-24 |
Movie | Eat Pray Love | David | 2010-08-12 |
Movie | 127 Hours | Aron Ralston | 2010-11-05 |
Movie | Howl | Allen Ginsberg | 2010-08-26 |
Movie | Love and Distrust | Travis | 2010-08-16 |
Movie | Erased James Franco | Himself | 2009-04-05 |
Movie | Camille | Silias | 2008-04-13 |
Movie | Nights in Rodanthe | Mark Flanner | 2008-09-26 |
Movie | Pineapple Express | Saul Silver | 2008-08-06 |
Movie | Milk | Scott Smith | 2008-11-26 |
Movie | The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis | Justin Bobby | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | Good Time Max | Max | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | Interview | Boyfriend on Phone (voice) | 2007-01-20 |
Movie | Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee | Dean Silo | 2007-01-21 |
Movie | An American Crime | Andy | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | Knocked Up | Himself (uncredited) | 2007-06-01 |
Movie | In the Valley of Elah | Sergeant Carnelli | 2007-08-31 |
Movie | Spider-Man 3 | Harry Osborn / New Goblin | 2007-05-01 |
Movie | Tristan & Isolde | Tristan | 2006-04-07 |
Movie | Annapolis | Jake Huard | 2006-01-27 |
Movie | The Wicker Man | Bar Guy #1 | 2006-09-01 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Movie | The Dead Girl | Derek | 2006-11-07 |
Movie | Flyboys | Blaine Rawlings | 2006-09-22 |
Movie | The Holiday | Himself | 2006-12-08 |
Movie | The Ape | Harry Walker | 2005-06-18 |
Movie | The Great Raid | Captain Prince | 2005-08-12 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Movie | Spider-Man 2 | Harry Osborn | 2004-06-25 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | The Company | Josh | 2003-09-10 |
Movie | Spider-Man | Harry Osborn | 2002-05-01 |
Movie | Deuces Wild | Tino | 2002-05-03 |
Movie | City By The Sea | Joey | 2002-09-06 |
Movie | Mother Ghost | Skateboarder guy | 2002-08-08 |
Movie | Sonny | Sonny | 2002-10-26 |
Movie | James Dean | James Dean | 2001-08-04 |
Movie | Mean People Suck | Casey | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Whatever It Takes | Chris Campbell | 2000-03-31 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | Never Been Kissed | Jason | 1999-04-09 |
Series | Freaks and Geeks | Daniel Desario | 1999-09-25 |
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 |