Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1978-04-19
Place of Birth
Palo Alto, California, USA
James Franco
Biography
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).
Known For
Spider-Man
as Harry Osborn
Spider-Man 2
as Harry Osborn
Spider-Man 3
as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Will Rodman
Alien: Covenant
as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
127 Hours
as Aron Ralston
Sausage Party
as Druggie (voice)
Oz the Great and Powerful
as Oz
This Is the End
as James Franco
The Interview
as Dave Skylark