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 | Kill the Czar | 2025 | |
Movie | Me, You | 2025 | |
Movie | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Finn (voice) | 2025-06-28 |
Movie | The Trap | 2025 | |
Movie | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self (archive footage) | 2022-05-03 |
Movie | The Long Home | Dallas Hardin | 2021-01-01 |
Movie | Zeroville | Vikar | 2019-09-19 |
Movie | Pretenders | Maxwell | 2019-09-27 |
Movie | Don't Come Back from the Moon | Roman Smalley | 2019-01-18 |
Movie | Arctic Dogs | Lemmy (voice) | 2019-11-01 |
Movie | Mississippi Requiem | 2018-05-17 | |
Movie | Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary | Himself | 2018-08-02 |
Movie | Future World | Warlord | 2018-05-25 |
Movie | Kin | Taylor Balik | 2018-08-29 |
Movie | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") | 2018-11-09 |
Movie | Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper | Capt. Jacob Branson | 2017-02-22 |
Movie | High School Lover | Rick Winters | 2017-02-04 |
Movie | The Labyrinth | Narrator (voice) | 2017-01-01 |
Movie | The Institute | Dr. Cairn | 2017-03-03 |
Movie | The Mad Whale | 2017-06-14 | |
Movie | Actors Anonymous | Jake Lamont | 2017-03-05 |
Movie | The Show | Male Host | 2017-09-21 |
Movie | The Vault | Ed Mass | 2017-09-01 |
Series | The Deuce | Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino | 2017-09-10 |
Movie | The Disaster Artist | Tommy Wiseau | 2017-03-12 |
Movie | Alien: Covenant | Jacob Branson (uncredited) | 2017-05-09 |
Movie | The Adderall Diaries | Stephen Elliott | 2016-04-15 |
Movie | Memoria | Mr. Wyckoff | 2016-04-08 |
Series | 11.22.63 | Jake Epping | 2016-02-15 |
Movie | Burn Country | Lindsay | 2016-04-16 |
Movie | The 4%: Film's Gender Problem | Self | 2016-03-08 |
Movie | Yosemite | Phil | 2016-01-01 |
Movie | King Cobra | Joe Kerekes | 2016-10-21 |
Movie | Goat | Mitch | 2016-09-23 |
Movie | Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Pete | 2016-05-04 |
Movie | Why Him? | Laird Mayhew | 2016-12-22 |
Movie | In Dubious Battle | Mac McLeod | 2016-10-08 |
Movie | Sausage Party | Druggie (voice) | 2016-07-11 |
Movie | The Caged Pillows | David D-R+ | 2016-06-03 |
Movie | Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? | Director | 2016-06-18 |
Movie | The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards | Conrad | 2015-03-25 |
Movie | True Story | Christian Longo | 2015-04-17 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self | 2015-02-15 |
Movie | I Am Michael | Michael Glatze | 2015-01-29 |
Movie | Killing Animals | Mr. Hurston | 2015-06-01 |
Movie | Every Thing Will Be Fine | Tomas Eldan | 2015-02-10 |
Movie | Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha | Pasamonte | 2015-01-07 |
Movie | The Night Before | Self | 2015-11-20 |
Movie | A Walk in Winter | Conrad | 2015-11-10 |
Movie | Wild Horses | Ben Briggs | 2015-06-05 |
Movie | The Sound and the Fury | Benjy Compson | 2015-10-23 |
Movie | Richard Peter Johnson | James Franco | 2015-12-01 |
Movie | Queen of the Desert | Henry Cadogan | 2015-09-03 |
Movie | The Little Prince | The Fox (voice) | 2015-07-29 |
Movie | Call Me Lucky | Self | 2015-08-07 |
Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Leo | 2015-07-23 |
Movie | Child of God | Jerry | 2014-04-28 |
Series | Deadbeat | Johnny | 2014-04-09 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Himself | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | Palo Alto | Mr. B | 2014-05-09 |
Movie | Veronica Mars | James Franco (uncredited) | 2014-03-13 |
Movie | Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto | Himself | 2014-05-28 |
Movie | Obituaries | Felix Mitchum | 2014-06-13 |
Movie | The Interview | Dave Skylark | 2014-12-25 |
Movie | Future Relic 02 | The Searcher | 2014-11-28 |
Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Self (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men | George | 2014-11-06 |
Movie | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Will Rodman (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-07-08 |
Movie | Good People | Tom Reed | 2014-08-12 |
Movie | A Fuller Life | Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy") | 2013-08-28 |
Movie | Lovelace | Hugh Hefner | 2013-08-08 |
Movie | Spring Breakers | Alien | 2013-01-24 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of James Franco | Self | 2013-09-02 |
Movie | This Is the End | James Franco | 2013-06-12 |
Movie | Oz the Great and Powerful | Oz | 2013-03-07 |
Movie | Homefront | Morgan 'Gator' Bodine | 2013-11-12 |
Movie | Playtime | The Art Dealer | 2013-11-07 |
Movie | Sal | Milton Katselas | 2013-11-01 |
Movie | What Is Cinema? | Self | 2013-09-06 |
Movie | As I Lay Dying | Darl Bundren | 2013-10-09 |
Movie | Third Person | Rick | 2013-09-09 |
Movie | Mademoiselle C | Self | 2013-09-11 |
Movie | Interior. Leather Bar. | James | 2013-10-02 |
Movie | About Cherry | Francis | 2012-02-14 |
Movie | The Broken Tower | Hart Crane | 2012-04-27 |
Movie | The Iceman | Marty Freeman | 2012-09-01 |
Movie | The Letter | Tyrone | 2012-09-06 |
Movie | The Color of Time | C.K. Williams (age 40) | 2012-11-16 |
Movie | Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present | Self | 2012-06-13 |
Movie | Maladies | James | 2012-06-29 |
Movie | The Green Hornet | Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited) | 2011-01-12 |
Movie | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | Narrator | 2011-11-18 |
Movie | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Will Rodman | 2011-08-03 |
Movie | Your Highness | Fabious | 2011-04-08 |
Movie | Date Night | Taste | 2010-04-08 |
Movie | Shadows & Lies | William Vincent | 2010-04-25 |
Movie | Saturday Night | Self | 2010-05-02 |
Movie | 127 Hours | Aron Ralston | 2010-11-12 |
Movie | Love and Distrust | Travis (segment "Grasshopper") | 2010-08-16 |
Movie | 14 Actors Acting | Self | 2010-12-08 |
Movie | Eat Pray Love | David | 2010-08-12 |
Movie | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Self | 2010-07-24 |
Movie | Howl | Allen Ginsberg | 2010-08-26 |
Movie | Erased James Franco | Himself | 2009-04-05 |
Movie | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | 2009-12-17 | |
Movie | Camille | Silias | 2008-04-13 |
Movie | Nights in Rodanthe | Mark Flanner (uncredited) | 2008-09-26 |
Movie | Milk | Scott Smith | 2008-11-05 |
Movie | Pineapple Express | Saul Silver | 2008-08-06 |
Movie | Good Time Max | Max | 2008-10-28 |
Movie | The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis | Justin Bobby | 2007-01-01 |
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 | In the Valley of Elah | Sergeant Carnelli | 2007-09-14 |
Movie | Killers Kill, Dead Men Die | The Unsuspecting Husband | 2007-03-13 |
Movie | Interview | Boyfriend on Phone (voice) | 2007-07-13 |
Movie | Spider-Man 3 | New Goblin / Harry Osborn | 2007-05-01 |
Movie | Knocked Up | Himself (uncredited) | 2007-06-01 |
Movie | Annapolis | Jake Huard | 2006-01-27 |
Movie | Tristan & Isolde | Tristan | 2006-04-07 |
Movie | The Holiday | James Franco (uncredited) | 2006-12-08 |
Movie | The Dead Girl | Derek | 2006-11-07 |
Movie | Grasshopper | Travis | 2006-10-09 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Movie | Flyboys | Blaine Rawlings | 2006-09-22 |
Movie | The Wicker Man | Bar Guy #1 | 2006-08-31 |
Movie | The Ape | Harry Walker | 2005-06-18 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Movie | The Great Raid | Captain Prince | 2005-08-12 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | 2004-09-13 | |
Movie | Spider-Man 2 | Harry Osborn | 2004-06-25 |
Movie | The Company | Josh | 2003-12-25 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Blind Spot | Danny | 2003-06-15 |
Movie | Spider-Man | Harry Osborn | 2002-05-01 |
Movie | Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' | Himself | 2002-04-20 |
Movie | Spider-Mania | Self | 2002-04-30 |
Movie | Mother Ghost | Skateboarder guy | 2002-08-08 |
Movie | City by the Sea | Joey | 2002-09-06 |
Movie | Deuces Wild | Tino | 2002-05-03 |
Movie | You Always Stalk the Ones You Love | 2002-07-07 | |
Movie | The Car Kid | 2002-05-11 | |
Movie | Sonny | Sonny | 2002-10-26 |
Movie | Some Body | Apartment Guy #3 | 2001-01-19 |
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 |
Movie | Never Been Kissed | Jason | 1999-04-09 |
Series | Freaks and Geeks | Daniel Desario | 1999-09-25 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Series | Profiler | Unknown | 1996-09-21 |
Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | General Hospital | Franco | 1963-04-01 |