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).
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeroville (2019) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 2 | Don't Come Back from the Moon (2019) | Roman Smalley | - | - |
| 3 | Arctic Dogs (2019) | Lemmy (voice) | - | - |
| 4 | Pretenders (2019) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 5 | Kin (2018) | Taylor Balik | 5.9 | |
| 6 | Future World (2018) | Director / Writer | 4.5 | |
| 7 | Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary (2018) | Self | 8 | |
| 8 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) | Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") | 7.2 | |
| 9 | The Show (2017) | Male Host | 7 | |
| 10 | Alien: Covenant (2017) | Jacob Branson (uncredited) | 6.8 | |
| 11 | The Mad Whale (2017) | Edward Fry | - | - |
| 12 | High School Lover (2017) | Rick Winters | - | - |
| 13 | The Vault (2017) | Ed Mass | 6.2 | |
| 14 | The Institute (2017) | Director / Writer | 4.5 | |
| 15 | The Disaster Artist (2017) | Director / Writer | 7.5 | |
| 16 | King Cobra (2016) | Joe Kerekes | 6 | |
| 17 | Sausage Party (2016) | Druggie (voice) | 6.4 | |
| 18 | Why Him? (2016) | Laird Mayhew | 6.7 | |
| 19 | Burn Country (2016) | Lindsay | 6 | |
| 20 | Goat (2016) | Mitch | 4.7 | |
| 21 | The Adderall Diaries (2016) | Stephen Elliott | 5.3 | |
| 22 | Memoria (2016) | Mr. Wyckoff | - | - |
| 23 | Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (2016) | Director / Writer | 7.5 | |
| 24 | Yosemite (2016) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 25 | In Dubious Battle (2016) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 26 | The Labyrinth (2016) | Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 27 | The Sound and the Fury (2015) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 28 | Queen of the Desert (2015) | Henry Cadogan | 4.2 | |
| 29 | I Am Michael (2015) | Michael Glatze | 5 | |
| 30 | Call Me Lucky (2015) | Self | 7 | |
| 31 | Wild Horses (2015) | Ben Briggs | 5.5 | |
| 32 | Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha (2015) | Pasamonte | - | - |
| 33 | A Walk in Winter (2015) | Conrad | - | - |
| 34 | The Little Prince (2015) | The Fox (voice) | 7.9 | |
| 35 | True Story (2015) | Christian Longo | 6.2 | |
| 36 | Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) | Tomas Eldan | 6 | |
| 37 | The Night Before (2015) | Self | 6.7 | |
| 38 | The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards (2015) | Conrad | - | - |
| 39 | Veronica Mars (2014) | James Franco (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 40 | Palo Alto (2014) | Director / Writer | 5.3 | |
| 41 | The Interview (2014) | Dave Skylark | 6.5 | |
| 42 | Third Person (2014) | Rick | 5.6 | |
| 43 | Child of God (2014) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 44 | Good People (2014) | Tom Reed | 5.8 | |
| 45 | National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men (2014) | George | - | - |
| 46 | Sal (2013) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 47 | Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) | Oz | 6.6 | |
| 48 | As I Lay Dying (2013) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 49 | Homefront (2013) | Morgan 'Gator' Bodine | 6.6 | |
| 50 | Lovelace (2013) | Hugh Hefner | 6.7 | |
| 51 | Interior. Leather Bar. (2013) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 52 | This Is the End (2013) | James Franco | 6.6 | |
| 53 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 54 | Comedy Central Roast of James Franco (2013) | Self | 6.5 | |
| 55 | Mademoiselle C (2013) | Self | - | - |
| 56 | Spring Breakers (2013) | Alien | 5.3 | |
| 57 | Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present (2012) | Self | 5.5 | |
| 58 | Maladies (2012) | James | - | - |
| 59 | The Letter (2012) | Tyrone | - | - |
| 60 | The Color of Time (2012) | C.K. Williams (age 40) | 4 | |
| 61 | About Cherry (2012) | Francis | 5.4 | |
| 62 | The Iceman (2012) | Marty Freeman | 6.9 | |
| 63 | The Broken Tower (2012) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 64 | My Own Private River (2012) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 65 | Your Highness (2011) | Fabious | 5.2 | |
| 66 | The Green Hornet (2011) | Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited) | 5.8 | |
| 67 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) Oscars 2012 | Will Rodman | 7.5 | |
| 68 | Eames: The Architect and the Painter (2011) | Self - Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 69 | Saturday Night (2010) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 70 | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010) | Self | 7 | |
| 71 | 127 Hours (2010) Oscars 2011 | Aron Ralston | 7.5 | |
| 72 | Herbert White (2010) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 73 | Love and Distrust (2010) | Travis (segment "Grasshopper") | - | - |
| 74 | 42 One Dream Rush (2010) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 75 | Eat Pray Love (2010) | David | 6 | |
| 76 | Date Night (2010) | Taste | 6.7 | |
| 77 | Howl (2010) | Allen Ginsberg | 7.3 | |
| 78 | Shadows & Lies (2010) | William Vincent | - | - |
| 79 | The Feast of Stephen (2009) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 80 | Erased James Franco (2009) | Self | - | - |
| 81 | Pineapple Express (2008) | Saul Silver | 7.1 | |
| 82 | Nights in Rodanthe (2008) | Mark Flanner (uncredited) | 6.3 | |
| 83 | Milk (2008) Oscars 2009 | Scott Smith | 7.5 | |
| 84 | Good Time Max (2008) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 85 | Camille (2008) | Silias | 6 | |
| 86 | The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis (2007) | Justin Bobby | 3 | |
| 87 | Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007) | Dean Silo | - | - |
| 88 | In the Valley of Elah (2007) Oscars 2008 | Sergeant Carnelli | 6.9 | |
| 89 | Spider-Man 3 (2007) | New Goblin / Harry Osborn | 6.2 | |
| 90 | Interview (2007) | Boyfriend on Phone (voice) | - | - |
| 91 | An American Crime (2007) | Andy | 7.2 | |
| 92 | Knocked Up (2007) | Sol (uncredited) | 6.6 | |
| 93 | Annapolis (2006) | Jake Huard | 6.2 | |
| 94 | The Dead Girl (2006) | Derek | 4.8 | |
| 95 | The Wicker Man (2006) | Bar Guy #1 | 4.6 | |
| 96 | The Holiday (2006) | James Franco (uncredited) | 7.1 | |
| 97 | Flyboys (2006) | Blaine Rawlings | 6.8 | |
| 98 | Tristan & Isolde (2006) | Tristan | 6 | |
| 99 | The Great Raid (2005) | Captain Prince | 7.6 | |
| 100 | The Ape (2005) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 101 | Spider-Man 2 (2004) Oscars 2005 | Harry Osborn | 7.2 | |
| 102 | The Company (2003) | Josh | 3.5 | |
| 103 | Deuces Wild (2002) | Tino | 6 | |
| 104 | Spider-Man (2002) Oscars 2003 | Harry Osborn | 7.4 | |
| 105 | Mother Ghost (2002) | Skateboarder guy | - | - |
| 106 | Sonny (2002) | Sonny | - | - |
| 107 | City by the Sea (2002) | Joey | 5.4 | |
| 108 | Mean People Suck (2001) | Casey | - | - |
| 109 | James Dean (2001) | James Dean | - | - |
| 110 | Whatever It Takes (2000) | Chris Campbell | 4.7 | |
| 111 | Never Been Kissed (1999) | Jason | 6.3 | |
| 112 | To Serve and Protect (1999) | Matt Carr | - | - |
| 113 | Rant | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 114 | The Long Home | Director / Writer | - | - |

