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 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).

Known For

Spider-Man

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 3

Milk

James Dean

Pineapple Express

Never Been Kissed

Camille

Filmography

2025 Squali

as Robert Price

2024 Hey Joe

as Dean Barry

2024 The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure

as Ezio Burntwood

2022 Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

as Self (archive footage)

2019 Arctic Dogs

as Lemmy (voice)

2019 Pretenders

as Maxwell

2019 Zeroville

as Vikar

2019 Don't Come Back from the Moon

as Roman Smalley

2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")

2018 Kin

as Taylor Balik

2018 Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

as Self

2018 Future World

as Warlord

2018 Mississippi Requiem

as Homer Barron

2018 Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster

as Self

2017 Marcians

as Self - Interviewee

2017 Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine

as Self - Archive Footage

2017 The Show

as Male Host

2017 The Deuce

as Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino

2017 The Vault

as Ed Mass

2017 Dumpster Diving

as El Diablo