🎬James Franco

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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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)	Self		8
2	Pretenders (2019)	Director / Writer	-	-
3	Arctic Dogs (2019)	Lemmy (voice)	-	-
4	Zeroville (2019)	Director / Writer		4
5	Don't Come Back from the Moon (2019)	Roman Smalley	-	-
6	The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)	Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")		7.2
7	Future World (2018)	Director / Writer		4.5
8	Kin (2018)	Taylor Balik		5.9
9	Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary (2018)	Self		8
10	The Vault (2017)	Ed Mass		6.2
11	The Show (2017)	Male Host		7
12	High School Lover (2017)	Rick Winters	-	-
13	Alien: Covenant (2017)	Jacob Branson (uncredited)		6.8
14	The Mad Whale (2017)	Edward Fry	-	-
15	The Institute (2017)	Director / Writer		4.5
16	The Disaster Artist (2017)	Director / Writer		7.5
17	Burn Country (2016)	Lindsay		6
18	Goat (2016)	Mitch		4.7
19	Why Him? (2016)	Laird Mayhew		6.7
20	Sausage Party (2016)	Druggie (voice)		6.4
21	King Cobra (2016)	Joe Kerekes		6
22	Yosemite (2016)	Director / Writer	-	-
23	The Adderall Diaries (2016)	Stephen Elliott		5.3
24	Memoria (2016)	Mr. Wyckoff	-	-
25	Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (2016)	Director / Writer		7.5
26	The Labyrinth (2016)	Narrator (voice)	-	-
27	In Dubious Battle (2016)	Director / Writer		7
28	I Am Michael (2015)	Michael Glatze		5
29	The Little Prince (2015)	The Fox (voice)		7.9
30	The Night Before (2015)	Self		6.7
31	True Story (2015)	Christian Longo		6.2
32	Queen of the Desert (2015)	Henry Cadogan		4.2
33	Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)	Tomas Eldan		6
34	Call Me Lucky (2015)	Self		7
35	Wild Horses (2015)	Ben Briggs		5.5
36	The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards (2015)	Conrad	-	-
37	A Walk in Winter (2015)	Conrad	-	-
38	The Sound and the Fury (2015)	Director / Writer	-	-
39	Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha (2015)	Pasamonte	-	-
40	Good People (2014)	Tom Reed		5.8
41	Palo Alto (2014)	Director / Writer		5.3
42	National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men (2014)	George	-	-
43	The Interview (2014)	Dave Skylark		6.5
44	Third Person (2014)	Rick		5.6
45	Veronica Mars (2014)	James Franco (uncredited)		7
46	Child of God (2014)	Director / Writer	-	-
47	Interior. Leather Bar. (2013)	Director / Writer	-	-
48	Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)	Oz		6.6
49	Mademoiselle C (2013)	Self	-	-
50	Comedy Central Roast of James Franco (2013)	Self		6.5
51	Sal (2013)	Director / Writer	-	-
52	Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)	Director / Writer		5
53	As I Lay Dying (2013)	Director / Writer	-	-
54	Homefront (2013)	Morgan 'Gator' Bodine		6.6
55	This Is the End (2013)	James Franco		6.6
56	Spring Breakers (2013)	Alien		5.3
57	Lovelace (2013)	Hugh Hefner		6.7
58	About Cherry (2012)	Francis		5.4
59	My Own Private River (2012)	Director / Writer	-	-
60	The Letter (2012)	Tyrone	-	-
61	The Iceman (2012)	Marty Freeman		6.9
62	Maladies (2012)	James	-	-
63	The Color of Time (2012)	C.K. Williams (age 40)		4
64	The Broken Tower (2012)	Director / Writer	-	-
65	Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present (2012)	Self		5.5
66	Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) Oscars 2012	Will Rodman		7.5
67	The Green Hornet (2011)	Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)		5.8
68	Eames: The Architect and the Painter (2011)	Self - Narrator (voice)	-	-
69	Your Highness (2011)	Fabious		5.2
70	Shadows & Lies (2010)	William Vincent	-	-
71	Saturday Night (2010)	Director / Writer		7
72	With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010)	Self		7
73	42 One Dream Rush (2010)	Director / Writer		5
74	127 Hours (2010) Oscars 2011	Aron Ralston		7.5
75	Howl (2010)	Allen Ginsberg		7.3
76	Herbert White (2010)	Director / Writer	-	-
77	Love and Distrust (2010)	Travis (segment "Grasshopper")	-	-
78	Eat Pray Love (2010)	David		6
79	Date Night (2010)	Taste		6.7
80	The Feast of Stephen (2009)	Director / Writer		6
81	Erased James Franco (2009)	Self	-	-
82	Good Time Max (2008)	Director / Writer	-	-
83	Camille (2008)	Silias		6
84	Nights in Rodanthe (2008)	Mark Flanner (uncredited)		6.3
85	Milk (2008) Oscars 2009	Scott Smith		7.5
86	Pineapple Express (2008)	Saul Silver		7.1
87	In the Valley of Elah (2007) Oscars 2008	Sergeant Carnelli		6.9
88	The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis (2007)	Justin Bobby		3
89	Interview (2007)	Boyfriend on Phone (voice)	-	-
90	Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007)	Dean Silo	-	-
91	An American Crime (2007)	Andy		7.2
92	Spider-Man 3 (2007)	New Goblin / Harry Osborn		6.2
93	Knocked Up (2007)	Sol (uncredited)		6.6
94	Annapolis (2006)	Jake Huard		6.2
95	The Dead Girl (2006)	Derek		4.8
96	The Holiday (2006)	James Franco (uncredited)		7.1
97	The Wicker Man (2006)	Bar Guy #1		4.6
98	Flyboys (2006)	Blaine Rawlings		6.8
99	Tristan & Isolde (2006)	Tristan		6
100	The Ape (2005)	Director / Writer	-	-
101	The Great Raid (2005)	Captain Prince		7.6
102	Spider-Man 2 (2004) Oscars 2005	Harry Osborn		7.2
103	The Company (2003)	Josh		3.5
104	Mother Ghost (2002)	Skateboarder guy	-	-
105	Sonny (2002)	Sonny	-	-
106	Deuces Wild (2002)	Tino		6
107	Spider-Man (2002) Oscars 2003	Harry Osborn		7.5
108	City by the Sea (2002)	Joey		5.4
109	Mean People Suck (2001)	Casey	-	-
110	James Dean (2001)	James Dean	-	-
111	Whatever It Takes (2000)	Chris Campbell		4.7
112	To Serve and Protect (1999)	Matt Carr	-	-
113	Never Been Kissed (1999)	Jason		6.3
114	Rant	Director / Writer	-	-
115	The Long Home	Director / Writer	-	-