James Franco
Born April 19, 1978
Place of birth: Palo Alto, California, USA
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 f...
Filmography
Actor (194 credits)
Movies
The Price of Money: A Largo Winch AdventureEzio Burntwood
2024Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA SpecialDavid Skylark
2014Oz the Great and PowerfulOz
2013The IcemanMarty Freeman
2012The Broken TowerHart Crane
2012About CherryFrancis
2012Rise of the Planet of the ApesWill Rodman
2011Your HighnessFabious
2011Eames: The Architect and the PainterSelf - Narrator (voice)
2011Date NightTaste
2010Eat Pray LoveDavid
2010127 HoursAron Ralston
2010HowlAllen Ginsberg
2010Shadows & LiesWilliam Vincent
2010Love and DistrustTravis (segment "Grasshopper")
2010MilkScott Smith
2008Pineapple ExpressSaul Silver
2008CamilleSilias
2008Good Time MaxMax
2008Spider-Man 3New Goblin / Harry Osborn
2007Knocked UpSelf (uncredited)
2007In the Valley of ElahSergeant Carnelli
2007An American CrimeAndy
2007The Hills with James Franco and Mila KunisJustin Bobby
2007The Wicker ManBar Guy #1
2006Tristan & IsoldeTristan
2006AnnapolisJake Huard
2006FlyboysBlaine Rawlings
2006The Dead GirlDerek
2006The Great RaidCaptain Prince
2005The ApeHarry Walker
2005Spider-Man 2Harry Osborn
2004The CompanyJosh
2003Spider-ManHarry Osborn
2002SonnySonny
2002City by the SeaJoey
2002James DeanJames Dean
2001Mean People SuckCasey
2001Whatever It TakesChris Campbell
2000Never Been KissedJason
1999Naya: Legend of the Golden DolphinFinn (voice)
Hey JoeDean Barry
2024ZerovilleVikar
2019Alien: CovenantJacob Branson (uncredited)
2017Dumpster DivingEl Diablo
2017Sausage PartyDruggie (voice)
2016The Adderall DiariesStephen Elliott
2016YosemitePhil
2016MemoriaMr. Wyckoff
2016True StoryChristian Longo
2015Every Thing Will Be FineTomas Eldan
2015The Sound and the FuryBenjy Compson
2015Queen of the DesertHenry Cadogan
2015I Am MichaelMichael Glatze
2015Child of GodJerry
2014Palo AltoMr. B
2014Third PersonRick
2014The InterviewDave Skylark
2014Veronica MarsJames Franco (uncredited)
2014Good PeopleTom Reed
2014National Theatre Live: Of Mice and MenGeorge
2014LovelaceHugh Hefner
2013Spring BreakersAlien
2013This Is the EndJames Franco
2013As I Lay DyingDarl Bundren
2013Interior. Leather Bar.James
2013HomefrontMorgan 'Gator' Bodine
2013SalMilton Katselas
2013Comedy Central Roast of James FrancoSelf
2013The LetterTyrone
2012MaladiesJames
2012The Color of TimeC.K. Williams (age 40)
2012Hart Crane: An ExegesisSelf
2012Caput
2011With Great Power: The Stan Lee StorySelf
2010Saturday NightSelf
2010Erased James FrancoSelf
2009SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas(archive footage)
2009Nights in RodantheMark Flanner (uncredited)
2008Mother GhostSkateboarder guy
2002Alina of Cuba: La Hija RebeldeFidel Castro
Golden State Killer
Arctic DogsLemmy (voice)
2019Future WorldWarlord
2018Mississippi RequiemHomer Barron
2018The Disaster ArtistTommy / 'Johnny'
2017Actors AnonymousJake Lamont
2017The VaultEd Mass
2017Burn CountryLindsay
2016In Dubious BattleMac McLeod
2016Why Him?Laird Mayhew
2016King CobraJoe Kerekes
2016Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?Director
2016The LabyrinthNarrator (voice)
2016Wild HorsesBen Briggs
2015The Night BeforeSelf
2015Fool's GoldBrent
2005Bunny-ManAustin Boyd
GoatMitch
2016The Caged PillowsDavid D-R+
2016The 4%: Film's Gender ProblemSelf
2016The Heyday of the Insensitive BastardsConrad
2015Call Me LuckySelf
2015Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La ManchaPasamonte
2015The Little PrinceThe Fox (voice)
2015Richard Peter JohnsonJames Franco
2015Black Dog, Red DogLeo
2015A Walk in WinterConrad
2015Future Relic 02The Searcher
2014ObituariesFelix Mitchum
2014Masculinity & Me
2010InterviewBoyfriend on Phone (voice)
2007Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce LeeDean Silo
2007GrasshopperTravis
2006Blind SpotDanny
2003The Long HomeDallas Hardin
The Car Kid
2002The Razor's EdgeDante
The Green HornetDanny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
2011Deuces WildTino
2002Some BodyApartment Guy #3
2001At Any CostMike
2000Kill the Czar
SqualiRobert Price
2025PretendersMaxwell
2019Don't Come Back from the MoonRoman Smalley
2019KinTaylor Balik
2018Freaks and Geeks: The DocumentarySelf
2018The Ballad of Buster ScruggsCowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
2018Oh, Hi Mark: Making a DisasterSelf
2018The InstituteDr. Cairn
2017The Mad WhaleEdward Fry
2017High School LoverRick Winters
2017Blood HeistFarmer Simon
2017The ShowMale Host
2017Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony KorineSelf - Archive Footage
2017Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last SupperBranson
2017Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley ScottSelf
2017Blood SurfMetalhead Troy
2016Killing AnimalsMr. Hurston
2015Behind the Scenes of Palo AltoSelf
2014A Fuller LifeSelf - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
2013PlaytimeThe Art Dealer
2013What Is Cinema?Self
2013Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-ShowSelf
2013Here Comes the Night TimeMan on Phone
2013Mademoiselle CSelf
2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013Seth Rogen & James Franco Bound 3
2013Marina Abramović: The Artist Is PresentSelf
2012Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)James Franco (Image Only)
2010The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco
2009The HolidayJames Franco (uncredited)
2006You Always Stalk the Ones You Love
2002Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'Self
2002Spider-ManiaSelf
2002If Tomorrow ComesDevin
2000To Serve and ProtectMatt Carr
1999Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest ExtraSelf
Toad
FosterDonald 'Don' Foster
Turnbuckle
Love Meets in the Sunshine
Tv
The DeuceVincent Martino / Frankie Martino
2017MarciansSelf - Interviewee
201711.22.63Jake Epping
2016Angie TribecaSgt. Eddie Pepper
2016Hot OnesSelf
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
2015The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
2014DeadbeatJohnny
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
2014The FrameWill Rodman
2013The Mindy ProjectPaul Leotard
2012Hamish and Andy's Gap YearSelf
2011ConanSelf
2010Between Two Ferns with Zach GalifianakisSelf
200830 RockJames Franco
2006The Colbert Report
2005The Tony Danza ShowSelf
2004Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
2003Freaks and GeeksDaniel Desario
1999The Early ShowSelf
1999To Serve and ProtectMatt Carr
1999The Daily ShowSelf
1996ProfilerStevie
1996Pacific BlueBrian
1996The X-FilesOfficer #2
1993The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf
1988Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975Director (40 credits)
Movie
Birth of a PoetDirector
2020ZerovilleDirector
2019PretendersDirector
2019Future WorldDirector
2018Oh, Hi Mark: Making a DisasterDirector
2018The Disaster ArtistDirector
2017The InstituteDirector
2017TennDirector
2017In Dubious BattleDirector
2016The Sound and the FuryDirector
2015Black Dog, Red DogDirector
2015Child of GodDirector
2014I Think You're Totally Wrong: A QuarrelDirector
2014As I Lay DyingDirector
2013Interior. Leather Bar.Director
2013SalDirector
2013BukowskiDirector
2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector
2013La PassioneDirector
2013DREAMDirector
2013Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded, James FrancoDirector
2013The Broken TowerDirector
2012FrancophreniaDirector
2012Hart Crane: An ExegesisDirector
2012My Own Private RiverDirector
2012Blood Meridian Test ReelDirector
2011Herbert WhiteDirector
2010Saturday NightDirector
2010Goat BoyDirector
2010The Clerk's TaleDirector
2010Masculinity & MeDirector
201042 One Dream RushDirector
2010The Feast of StephenDirector
2009Good Time MaxDirector
2008The ApeDirector
2005The Long HomeDirector
Fool's GoldDirector
2005KyleDirector
Writer (22 credits)
Movie
Birth of a PoetWriter
2020Mississippi RequiemWriter
2018Actors AnonymousWriter
2017Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?Story
2016YosemiteBook
2016Killing AnimalsNovel
2015Black Dog, Red DogWriter
2015Child of GodScreenplay
2014Palo AltoBook
2014As I Lay DyingScreenplay
2013SalStory
2013BukowskiWriter
2013The Broken TowerScreenplay
2012Herbert WhiteWriter
2010The Clerk's TaleScreenplay
2010Masculinity & MeWriter
2010The Feast of StephenWriter
2009Good Time MaxWriter
2008Fool's GoldWriter
2005The ApeWriter
2005RantScreenplay
KyleWriter
Producer (34 credits)
Movie
Sleepaway SlasherExecutive Producer
2020Don't Come Back from the MoonProducer
2019Mississippi RequiemExecutive Producer
2018Future WorldProducer
2018RioExecutive Producer
2017The Disaster ArtistProducer
2017The InstituteExecutive Producer
2017High School LoverExecutive Producer
2017Metamorphosis: Junior YearExecutive Producer
2017The Adderall DiariesProducer
2016King CobraProducer
2016In Dubious BattleProducer
2016GoatProducer
2016YosemiteExecutive Producer
2016The LabyrinthExecutive Producer
2016Why Him?Executive Producer
2016Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?Executive Producer
2016Blood SurfExecutive Producer
2016Miss FamousExecutive Producer
2015I Am MichaelProducer
2015Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La ManchaExecutive Producer
2015A Walk in WinterExecutive Producer
2015The InterviewExecutive Producer
2014GuestsExecutive Producer
2014KinkProducer
2013The DirectorProducer
2013Interior. Leather Bar.Producer
2013DREAMProducer
2013The Broken TowerProducer
2012The Color of TimeProducer
2012JeffreyExecutive Producer
2012The ApeExecutive Producer
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