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James Franco
Highest Rated: 100% Memoria (2016)
Lowest Rated: 0% Future World (2018)
Birthday: Apr 19, 1978
Birthplace: Palo Alto, California, USA
During the late 1990s, actor James Franco broke out as one of the era's go-to guys by playing sports heroes, disaffected pretty boys and rebellious burnouts with equal appeal. His career began in the brilliant-but-canceled television comedy series "Freaks and Geeks" (NBC, 1999-2000), and while Franco's portrayal of a moody dreamboat on the series won him a legion of love-struck teenage fans, it was his impressive portrayal of legendary Hollywood bad boy James Dean in the made-for-cable biopic "James Dean" (TNT, 2001) that cemented Franco's status as a serious actor. Keeping one foot in commercial waters, Franco landed a high-profile supporting role as the son of the villainous Green Goblin in director Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" film series (2002, 2004, 2007), as Peter Parker's best friend and romantic rival, Harry Osborne. Franco's Independent Spirit Award-nominated turn as a gay civil rights activist in the biopic "Milk" (2008) and his popularity in the stoner buddy comedy "Pineapple Express" (2008) confirmed his versatility, as well as his appeal with both mainstream and art house audiences. Although his trip to Port Charles as a recurring villain on the soap "General Hospital" (ABC, 1963- ) was a head-scratcher, it just solidified Franco's reputation as a guy up for anything. His career really took off with his Oscar-nominated performance as trapped mountain climber Aron Ralston in the gut-wrenching "127 Hours" (2010), though his co-hosting duties with Anne Hathaway during those same Academy Awards were critically derided. The critically praised "The Disaster Artist" (2017), which Franco directed and produced as well as starred in, was another success for him. Based on the true story of the production of Tommy Wiseau's infamous cult classic "The Room" (2003), the film garnered widespread critical and audience praise, and was widely recognized during the 2017-2018 awards season. Unafraid to veer between high-profile popcorn flicks like "Oz the Great and Powerful" (2013) and quirky arthouse fare, much of which he wrote and/or directed himself, Franco remained one of Hollywood's more enigmatic, yet appealing, young actors.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Largo Winch 3 | Ezio Burntwood (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer | Executive Producer | - | 2020 |
12% |
|
Arctic Dogs | Lemmy (Voice) | $5.8M | 2019 |
23% |
|
Zeroville |
Vikar (Character), Director |
$8.0K | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pretenders |
Maxwell (Character), Director |
- | 2018 |
89% |
|
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Cowboy (Segment "Near Algodones") (Character) | - | 2018 |
35% |
|
Kin | Taylor Balik (Character) | $5.7M | 2018 |
0% |
|
Future World |
Warlord (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 2018 |
20% |
|
The Pretenders | Director | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mad Whale |
Unknown (Character), Producer |
- | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
|
Obey Giant | Executive Producer | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Voices Beyond the Wall | Executive Producer | - | 2017 |
88% |
|
Don't Come Back From the Moon |
Roman Smalley (Character), Producer |
- | 2017 |
91% |
|
The Disaster Artist |
Tommy Wiseau (Character), Director, Producer |
$21.1M | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards |
Conrad (Character), Producer |
- | 2017 |
28% |
|
The Vault | Ed Maas (Character) | $5.0K | 2017 |
0% |
|
The Institute |
Dr. Cairn (Character), Director, Producer, Executive Producer |
- | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
|
High School Lover |
Rick Winters (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alien: Covenant -- Prologue: Last Supper | Branson (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Labyrinth | Narrator | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tenn | Director | - | 2017 |
29% |
|
In Dubious Battle |
Mac (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 2016 |
39% |
|
Why Him? | Laird Mayhew (Character) | $60.2M | 2016 |
60% |
|
Burn Country |
Lindsay (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2016 |
49% |
|
King Cobra |
Joe (Character), Producer |
$28.5K | 2016 |
79% |
|
Goat |
Mitch (Character), Producer |
$23.0K | 2016 |
64% |
|
Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? |
Director (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2016 |
82% |
|
Sausage Party | Druggie (Voice) | $97.7M | 2016 |
100% |
|
Memoria |
Mr. Wyckoff (Character), Executive Producer |
$2.2K | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
|
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha |
Pasamonte (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
|
F for Franco | Self | - | 2015 |
18% |
|
Queen of the Desert | Henry Cadogan (Character) | - | 2015 |
62% |
|
I Am Michael |
Michael Glatze (Character), Producer |
- | 2015 |
92% |
|
The Little Prince | The Fox (Voice) | $1.3M | 2015 |
25% |
|
The Adderall Diaries |
Stephen Elliott (Character), Producer |
$11.3K | 2015 |
77% |
|
Yosemite |
Phil (Character), Executive Producer |
$12.6K | 2015 |
28% |
|
Every Thing Will Be Fine | Tomas Eldan (Character) | - | 2015 |
68% |
|
The Night Before | Self | $43.0M | 2015 |
17% |
|
Wild Horses | Ben Briggs (Character) | - | 2015 |
45% |
|
True Story | Christian Longo (Character) | $4.7M | 2015 |
22% |
|
The Sound & the Fury |
Benjy Compson (Character), Director |
- | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel |
James (Character), Director |
- | 2014 |
51% |
|
The Interview |
Dave Skylark (Character), Executive Producer |
$6.1M | 2014 |
12% |
|
Good People | Tom (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
|
National Theatre Live: Of Mice And Men | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Obituaries | Felix Mitchum (Character) | - | 2014 |
88% |
|
Kink |
Executive Producer, Producer |
- | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts | Producer | - | 2013 |
42% |
|
Child of God |
Jerry (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
$37.9K | 2013 |
26% |
|
Third Person | Rick (Character) | $1.0M | 2013 |
70% |
|
Palo Alto | Unknown (Character) | $750.1K | 2013 |
59% |
|
Interior. Leather Bar. |
James (Character), Director, Producer, Cinematographer |
$40.9K | 2013 |
47% |
|
Mademoiselle C | Self | - | 2013 |
42% |
|
Homefront | Gator (Character) | $20.1M | 2013 |
38% |
|
As I Lay Dying |
Darl Bundren (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
$15.0K | 2013 |
54% |
|
Lovelace | Hugh Hefner (Character) | $354.8K | 2013 |
82% |
|
This Is the End | Self | $101.5M | 2013 |
57% |
|
Oz the Great and Powerful |
Oscar Diggs/ |
$234.9M | 2013 |
5% |
|
The Color of Time |
C.K. Williams (Character), Producer |
- | 2012 |
5% |
|
Maladies | James (Character) | - | 2012 |
67% |
|
The Iceman | Marty (Character) | $1.9M | 2012 |
68% |
|
Spring Breakers | Alien (Character) | $14.1M | 2012 |
96% |
|
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | Unknown (Character) | $83.8K | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Letter | Tyrone (Character) | - | 2012 |
14% |
|
Cherry | Francis (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
|
Francophrenia | Director | - | 2012 |
50% |
|
Sal |
Milton Katselas (Character), Director |
- | 2011 |
20% |
|
The Broken Tower |
Hart Crane (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Film Editing |
- | 2011 |
88% |
|
Eames: The Architect & the Painter | Narrator | $147.6K | 2011 |
82% |
|
Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Will Rodman (Character) | $176.7M | 2011 |
27% |
|
Your Highness | Fabious (Character) | $21.6M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
|
Saturday Night |
Unknown (Character), Director |
- | 2010 |
0% |
|
Shadows and Lies | William (Character) | - | 2010 |
93% |
|
127 Hours | Aron Ralston (Character) | $18.3M | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
|
Love & Distrust | Travis (Character) | - | 2010 |
63% |
|
Howl | Allen Ginsberg (Character) | $617.3K | 2010 |
35% |
|
Eat Pray Love | David Piccolo (Character) | $80.6M | 2010 |
67% |
|
Date Night | Taste (Character) | $98.7M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Praise of Shadows | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Clerk's Tale |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
|
Camille | Silias (Character) | - | 2008 |
93% |
|
Milk | Scott Smith (Character) | $31.8M | 2008 |
30% |
|
Nights in Rodanthe | Mark (Character) | $41.8M | 2008 |
68% |
|
Pineapple Express | Saul Silver (Character) | $87.3M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Erased James Franco | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
|
Good Time Max |
Max (Character), Director, Writer |
- | 2007 |
43% |
|
An American Crime | Andy (Character) | - | 2007 |
34% |
|
Finishing the Game | Rob Force (Character) | $52.9K | 2007 |
74% |
|
In the Valley of Elah | Sgt. Carnelli (Character) | $6.8M | 2007 |
63% |
|
Spider-Man 3 |
Harry Osborn/ |
$336.5M | 2007 |
76% |
|
The Dead Girl | Derek (Character) | $17.3K | 2006 |
33% |
|
Flyboys | Blaine Rawlings (Character) | $13.1M | 2006 |
10% |
|
Annapolis | Jake Huard (Character) | $17.1M | 2006 |
32% |
|
Tristan & Isolde | Tristan (Character) | $14.7M | 2006 |
38% |
|
The Great Raid | Captain Prince (Character) | $10.2M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Ape |
Harry Walker (Character), Director, Executive Producer |
- | 2005 |
93% |
|
Spider-Man 2 | Harry Osborn (Character) | $373.4M | 2004 |
72% |
|
The Company | Josh (Character) | $2.3M | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
|
Mother Ghost | Skateboarder guy (Character) | - | 2002 |
21% |
|
Sonny | Sonny (Character) | $17.6K | 2002 |
48% |
|
City by the Sea | Joey LaMarca (Character) | $22.4M | 2002 |
90% |
|
Spider-Man | Harry Osborn (Character) | $403.7M | 2002 |
3% |
|
Deuces Wild | Tino (Character) | $6.0M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Car Kid | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
93% |
|
James Dean |
James Dean/ |
- | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
|
Blind Spot | Danny (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | If Tomorrow Comes | Devin (Character) | - | 2000 |
16% |
|
Whatever It Takes | Chris Campbell (Character) | $8.7M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | At Any Cost | Mike (Character) | - | 2000 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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93% | 86% | The Deuce |
Frankie/ Director, Executive Producer |
2017-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2011 2013 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live |
Unknown (Guest Star), Host |
2008-2009 2014 2017 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014 2017 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2008 2010-2011 2013 2017 |
No Score Yet | 6% | The View | Guest | 2014 2017 |
96% | 74% | Angie Tribeca | Sgt. Pepper (Guest Star) | 2016 |
83% | 88% | 11.22.63 | Jake Epping (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vice Guide to Film |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2016 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Deadbeat | Johnny (Character) | 2015 |
100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2013-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2011 2013-2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2013 |
86% | 83% | The Mindy Project | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comedy Central Roast | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Iconoclasts | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Heights | Osborne "Oz" Silver (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | General Hospital | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2011 |
45% | No Score Yet | The Academy Awards | Host | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 2010 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | James Franco (Guest Star) | 2010 |
74% | 85% | The X-Files | Officer 2 (Guest Star) | 2001 |
100% | 96% | Freaks and Geeks | Daniel Desario (Character) | 1999-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Profiler | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |