About 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).
Movie Credits
James Franco has appeared in 168 movies.
TV Credits
James Franco has appeared in 30 shows.
Production Credits
Directing
Credited for Director in 40 shows -
The Long Home,
Fool's Gold,
The Ape,
Good Time Max,
The Feast of Stephen,
Goat Boy,
Herbert White,
Saturday Night,
The Clerk's Tale,
Masculinity & Me,
42 One Dream Rush,
42 One Dream Rush,
Blood Meridian Test Reel,
Francophrenia,
My Own Private River,
Hart Crane: An Exegesis,
The Broken Tower,
Bukowski,
La Passione,
Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded, James Franco,
Venice 70: Future Reloaded,
Interior. Leather Bar.,
As I Lay Dying,
Sal,
DREAM,
I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel,
Child of God,
Black Dog, Red Dog,
The Sound and the Fury,
11.22.63,
In Dubious Battle,
The Institute,
The Disaster Artist,
Tenn,
The Deuce,
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster,
Future World,
Zeroville,
Pretenders and
Birth of a Poet.
Production
Credited for Producer in 15 shows -
The Broken Tower,
The Color of Time,
Kink,
The Director,
Interior. Leather Bar.,
DREAM,
I Am Michael,
11.22.63,
The Adderall Diaries,
Goat,
In Dubious Battle,
King Cobra,
The Disaster Artist,
Future World and
Don't Come Back from the Moon.
Credited for Executive Producer in 19 shows -
The Ape,
Jeffrey,
Guests,
The Interview,
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha,
Miss Famous,
A Walk in Winter,
Yosemite,
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?,
Blood Surf,
The Labyrinth,
Why Him?,
Rio,
High School Lover,
The Institute,
Metamorphosis: Junior Year,
The Deuce,
Mississippi Requiem and
Sleepaway Slasher.
Camera
Editing
Writing
Credited for Writer in 11 shows -
Fool's Gold,
The Ape,
Good Time Max,
The Feast of Stephen,
Herbert White,
Masculinity & Me,
Bukowski,
Black Dog, Red Dog,
Actors Anonymous,
Mississippi Requiem and
Birth of a Poet.
Crew
