Acting
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).
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
Conan
2010 · TV
The X-Files
1993 · TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
The Colbert Report
2005 · TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV
Spider-Man
2002 · Movie
Pacific Blue
1996 · TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV
Hot Ones
2015 · TV
30 Rock
2006 · TV
The Mindy Project
2012 · TV
Spider-Man 3
2007 · Movie
Profiler
1996 · TV
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV
Marcians
2017 · TV
Angie Tribeca
2016 · TV
The Deuce
2017 · TV
Spider-Man 2
2004 · Movie
Alien: Covenant
2017 · Movie
Freaks and Geeks
1999 · TV
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Movie
11.22.63
2016 · TV
Sausage Party
2016 · Movie
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 · Movie
The Little Prince
2015 · Movie
Homefront
2013 · Movie
127 Hours
2010 · Movie
This Is the End
2013 · Movie
The Interview
2014 · Movie
Knocked Up
2007 · Movie
The Holiday
2006 · Movie
The Early Show
1999 · TV
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 · Movie
Pineapple Express
2008 · Movie
Lovelace
2013 · Movie
The Green Hornet
2011 · Movie
Why Him?
2016 · Movie
Eat Pray Love
2010 · Movie
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008 · TV
The Frame
2013 · TV
Date Night
2010 · Movie
Deadbeat
2014 · TV
The Disaster Artist
2017 · Movie
Spring Breakers
2013 · Movie
Never Been Kissed
1999 · Movie
The Wicker Man
2006 · Movie
Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
2011 · TV
Arctic Dogs
2019 · Movie
Whatever It Takes
2000 · Movie
An American Crime
2007 · Movie
In the Valley of Elah
2007 · Movie
Milk
2008 · Movie
Tristan & Isolde
2006 · Movie
Queen of the Desert
2015 · Movie
Your Highness
2011 · Movie
Kin
2018 · Movie
The Night Before
2015 · Movie
The Iceman
2012 · Movie
The Great Raid
2005 · Movie
Nights in Rodanthe
2008 · Movie
About Cherry
2012 · Movie
King Cobra
2016 · Movie
Annapolis
2006 · Movie
Third Person
2014 · Movie
True Story
2015 · Movie
Palo Alto
2014 · Movie
Flyboys
2006 · Movie
Good People
2014 · Movie
In Dubious Battle
2016 · Movie
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Movie
Largo Winch: The Price of Money
2024 · Movie
James Dean
2001 · Movie
City by the Sea
2002 · Movie
The Company
2003 · Movie
Cultureshock
2018 · TV
Veronica Mars
2014 · Movie
Future World
2018 · Movie
Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015 · Movie
Zeroville
2019 · Movie
The Adderall Diaries
2016 · Movie
The Institute
2017 · Movie
The Dead Girl
2006 · Movie
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
· Movie
Wild Horses
2015 · Movie
Deuces Wild
2002 · Movie
The Show
2017 · Movie
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010 · Movie
I Am Michael
2015 · Movie
The Sound and the Fury
2015 · Movie
Goat
2016 · Movie
John Rambo
2027 · Movie
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016 · Movie
The Vault
2017 · Movie
To Serve and Protect
1999 · TV
Howl
2010 · Movie
Interior. Leather Bar.
2013 · Movie
Sonny
2002 · Movie
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015 · Movie
Camille
2008 · Movie
Love and Distrust
2010 · Movie
High School Lover
2017 · Movie
Actors Anonymous
2017 · Movie
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
2016 · Movie
Mademoiselle C
2013 · Movie
Playtime
2013 · Movie
Making A Scene With James Franco
2014 · TV
As I Lay Dying
2013 · Movie
Call Me Lucky
2015 · Movie
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
2014 · Movie
The Color of Time
2012 · Movie
The Letter
2012 · Movie
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012 · Movie
A Fuller Life
2013 · Movie
Child of God
2014 · Movie
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015 · Movie
My Journey in Oz
2013 · Movie
Memoria
2016 · Movie
Interview
2007 · Movie
Don't Come Back from the Moon
2019 · Movie
Here Comes the Night Time
2013 · Movie
Burn Country
2016 · Movie
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009 · Movie
Mississippi Requiem
2018 · Movie
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007 · Movie
Spider-Mania
2002 · Movie
Hey Joe
2024 · Movie
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
2018 · Movie
Shadows & Lies
2010 · Movie
Saturday Night
2010 · Movie
Bunny-Man
2026 · Movie
Mother Ghost
2002 · Movie
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011 · Movie
Good Time Max
2008 · Movie
Pretenders
2019 · Movie
Killing Animals
2015 · Movie
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015 · Movie
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014 · Movie
The Ape
2005 · Movie
The Razor's Edge
· Movie
Squali
2025 · Movie
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
2011 · Movie
What Is Cinema?
2013 · Movie
The Labyrinth
2016 · Movie
The Broken Tower
2012 · Movie
Two Films, One Legacy
2011 · Movie
A Walk in Winter
2015 · Movie
To Serve and Protect
1999 · Movie
Yosemite
2016 · Movie
The Mad Whale
2017 · Movie
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2018 · Movie
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis
2007 · Movie
Richard Peter Johnson
2015 · Movie
Maladies
2012 · Movie
If Tomorrow Comes
2000 · Movie
At Any Cost
2000 · Movie
Sal
2013 · Movie
Obituaries
2014 · Movie
Hart Crane: An Exegesis
2012 · Movie
Blood Surf
2016 · Movie
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017 · Movie
Erased James Franco
2009 · Movie
I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
2014 · Movie
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
2014 · Movie
The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco
2009 · Movie
Future Relic 02
2014 · Movie
Fool's Gold
2005 · Movie
Blood Heist
2017 · Movie
Caput
2011 · Movie
The Car Kid
2002 · Movie
