Cast
James Franco
Acting
Cast
James Franco
Known for
Acting
Born
1978-04-19
From
Palo Alto, California, USA
Also known as James Edward 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 (2002β2007), 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 (1999β2000), 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 (2009β2012) and starred in the limited series 11.22.63 (2016). He starred in the David Simon-created HBO drama The Deuce (2017β2019).
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7.3
MOVIE2002
Spider-Man
as Harry Osborn
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6.5
MOVIE2007
Spider-Man 3
as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
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6.2
MOVIE2017
Alien: Covenant
as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
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7.3
MOVIE2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Will Rodman
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7.3
MOVIE2004
Spider-Man 2
as Harry Osborn
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6.9
MOVIE2013
Homefront
as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
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6.2
MOVIE2013
This Is the End
as James Franco
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5.8
MOVIE2016
Sausage Party
as Druggie (voice)
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7.1
MOVIE2006
The Holiday
as James Franco (uncredited)
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6.3
MOVIE2007
Knocked Up
as Sol (uncredited)
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6.2
MOVIE2014
The Interview
as Dave Skylark
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5.9
MOVIE2013
Oz the Great and Powerful
as Oz
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6.0
MOVIE2013
Lovelace
as Hugh Hefner
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7.1
MOVIE2010
127 Hours
as Aron Ralston
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6.2
MOVIE2010
Eat Pray Love
as David
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7.1
MOVIE2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
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6.6
MOVIE2008
Pineapple Express
as Saul Silver
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7.6
MOVIE2015
The Little Prince
as The Fox (voice)
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6.0
MOVIE2019
Arctic Dogs
as Lemmy (voice)
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7.2
MOVIE2008
Milk
as Scott Smith
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6.4
MOVIE2016
Why Him?
as Laird Mayhew
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5.6
MOVIE2011
The Green Hornet
as Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
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4.3
MOVIE2006
The Wicker Man
as Bar Guy #1
MOVIETBA
Golden State Killer
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5.3
MOVIE2011
Your Highness
as Fabious
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5.3
MOVIE2013
Spring Breakers
as Alien
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6.2
MOVIE1999
Never Been Kissed
as Jason
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7.1
MOVIE2017
The Disaster Artist
as Tommy / 'Johnny'
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6.1
MOVIE2010
Date Night
as Taste
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6.8
MOVIE2007
In the Valley of Elah
as Sergeant Carnelli
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6.6
MOVIE2012
The Iceman
as Marty Freeman
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6.7
MOVIE2006
Tristan & Isolde
as Tristan
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6.5
MOVIE2005
The Great Raid
as Captain Prince
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6.9
MOVIE2006
Annapolis
as Jake Huard
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5.8
MOVIE2000
Whatever It Takes
as Chris Campbell
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6.3
MOVIE2008
Nights in Rodanthe
as Mark Flanner (uncredited)
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7.3
MOVIE2007
An American Crime
as Andy
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4.6
MOVIE2012
About Cherry
as Francis
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5.5
MOVIE2014
Good People
as Tom Reed
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5.9
MOVIE2016
King Cobra
as Joe Kerekes
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6.6
MOVIE2014
Veronica Mars
as James Franco (uncredited)
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6.5
MOVIE2006
Flyboys
as Blaine Rawlings
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6.3
MOVIE2015
True Story
as Christian Longo
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5.8
MOVIE2002
City by the Sea
as Joey
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6.1
MOVIE2014
Palo Alto
as Mr. B
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6.1
MOVIE2015
The Night Before
as Self
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6.1
MOVIE2018
Kin
as Taylor Balik
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5.9
MOVIE2014
Third Person
as Rick
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5.5
MOVIE2002
Deuces Wild
as Tino
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4.3
MOVIE2017
The Institute
as Dr. Cairn
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6.0
MOVIE2006
The Dead Girl
as Derek
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5.8
MOVIE2024
Largo Winch: The Price of Money
as Ezio Burntwood
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5.8
MOVIE2016
In Dubious Battle
as Mac McLeod
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4.3
MOVIE2018
Future World
as Warlord
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6.8
MOVIE2001
James Dean
as James Dean
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5.8
MOVIE2015
Queen of the Desert
as Henry Cadogan
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5.0
MOVIE2019
Zeroville
as Vikar
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5.2
MOVIE2003
The Company
as Josh
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5.5
MOVIE2015
I Am Michael
as Michael Glatze
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5.3
MOVIE2016
The Adderall Diaries
as Stephen Elliott
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4.9
MOVIE2017
The Vault
as Ed Mass
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4.8
MOVIE2015
Wild Horses
as Ben Briggs
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6.2
MOVIE2008
Camille
as Silias
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5.5
MOVIE2001
Some Body
as Apartment Guy #3
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5.2
MOVIE2013
As I Lay Dying
as Darl Bundren
MOVIETBA
The Long Home
as Dallas Hardin
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5.4
MOVIE2015
Every Thing Will Be Fine
as Tomas Eldan
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5.6
MOVIE2013
Mademoiselle C
as Self
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4.6
MOVIE2012
The Broken Tower
as Hart Crane
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5.2
MOVIE2013
Interior. Leather Bar.
as James
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1.0
MOVIE2013
Playtime
as The Art Dealer
MOVIETBA
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Finn (voice)
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6.4
MOVIE2010
Howl
as Allen Ginsberg
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5.8
MOVIE2017
High School Lover
as Rick Winters
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4.3
MOVIE2017
Actors Anonymous
as Jake Lamont
MOVIETBA
Castro's Daughter
as Fidel Castro
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3.8
MOVIE2010
Love and Distrust
as Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
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4.5
MOVIE2012
The Letter
as Tyrone
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5.0
MOVIE2015
The Sound and the Fury
as Benjy Compson
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5.4
MOVIE2016
Goat
as Mitch
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6.8
MOVIE2010
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
as Self
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3.9
MOVIE2012
The Color of Time
as C.K. Williams (age 40)
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5.2
MOVIE2002
Sonny
as Sonny
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5.7
MOVIE2017
The Show
as Male Host
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7.3
MOVIE2012
Marina AbramoviΔ: The Artist Is Present
as Self
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6.3
MOVIE2007
Interview
as Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
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6.0
MOVIE2014
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
as Self
MOVIE2027
John Rambo
β
7.6
MOVIE2016
The Labyrinth
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2013
My Journey in Oz
as Self
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5.1
MOVIE2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
as Self (segment James Franco)
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5.0
MOVIE2016
Burn Country
as Lindsay
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5.8
MOVIE2025
Squali
as Robert Price
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6.6
MOVIE2013
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
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6.8
MOVIE2002
Mother Ghost
as Skateboarder guy
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5.0
MOVIE2016
The Caged Pillows
as David D-R+
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5.6
MOVIE2017
The Mad Whale
as Edward Fry
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1.0
MOVIE2018
Mississippi Requiem
as Homer Barron
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5.4
MOVIE2008
Good Time Max
as Max
MOVIE2018
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
as Self
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8.0
MOVIE2013
Here Comes the Night Time
as Man on Phone
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4.8
MOVIE2014
Child of God
as Jerry
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4.8
MOVIE2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
as Conrad
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7.2
MOVIE2013
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
as Self
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7.4
MOVIE2009
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
as (archive footage)
β
7.0
MOVIE2015
Call Me Lucky
as Self
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3.3
MOVIE2016
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
as Self
β
3.0
MOVIE2017
Dumpster Diving
as El Diablo
MOVIETBA
Love Meets in the Sunshine
as Jacob
β
6.7
MOVIE1999
To Serve and Protect
as Matt Carr
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4.3
MOVIE2010
Shadows & Lies
as William Vincent
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7.5
MOVIE2015
Black Dog, Red Dog
as Leo
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5.2
MOVIE2016
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
as Director
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7.7
MOVIE2010
Saturday Night
as Self
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5.4
MOVIE2002
Spider-Mania
as Self
β
4.5
MOVIE2016
Yosemite
as Phil
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5.8
MOVIE2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
as Self
MOVIE2011
Two Films, One Legacy
β
5.2
MOVIE2016
Memoria
as Mr. Wyckoff
MOVIETBA
Something's In There
β
4.9
MOVIE2007
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
as Dean Silo
β
8.0
MOVIE2014
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
as George
MOVIE2017
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
as Self - Archive Footage
β
3.0
MOVIE2015
Richard Peter Johnson
as James Franco
β
6.5
MOVIE2013
What Is Cinema?
as Self
β
5.6
MOVIE2015
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
as Pasamonte
β
5.5
MOVIE2019
Don't Come Back from the Moon
as Roman Smalley
MOVIE2026
Bunny-Man
as Austin Boyd
β
10.0
MOVIE2015
Killing Animals
as Mr. Hurston
β
6.8
MOVIE2018
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
as Self
MOVIETBA
The Razor's Edge
as Dante
β
5.2
MOVIE2019
Pretenders
as Maxwell
MOVIE2015
A Walk in Winter
as Conrad
MOVIETBA
Kill the Czar
MOVIETBA
Toad
β
6.5
MOVIE2024
Hey Joe
as Dean Barry
β
3.5
MOVIE2013
Sal
as Milton Katselas
MOVIE2011
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
β
5.3
MOVIE2012
Maladies
as James
β
4.0
MOVIE2007
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis
as Justin Bobby
β
6.3
MOVIE2000
At Any Cost
as Mike
MOVIE2010
Masculinity & Me
β
4.3
MOVIE2005
The Ape
as Harry Walker
β
4.0
MOVIE2000
If Tomorrow Comes
as Devin
β
5.5
MOVIE2009
Erased James Franco
as Self
β
7.1
MOVIE2011
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
as Self - Narrator (voice)
β
4.0
MOVIE2002
You Always Stalk the Ones You Love
β
10.0
MOVIE2002
The Car Kid
β
4.5
MOVIE2012
Hart Crane: An Exegesis
as Self
β
1.0
MOVIE2010
Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)
as James Franco (Image Only)
β
6.0
MOVIE2009
The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco
MOVIETBA
Foster
as Donald 'Don' Foster
β
6.3
MOVIE2001
Mean People Suck
as Casey
MOVIETBA
Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra
as Self
MOVIE2014
Obituaries
as Felix Mitchum
β
8.0
MOVIE2003
Blind Spot
as Danny
MOVIE2014
Future Relic 02
as The Searcher
β
7.5
MOVIE2014
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
as David Skylark
β
1.0
MOVIE2014
I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
as James Franco
MOVIE2016
Blood Surf
as Metalhead Troy
β
8.0
MOVIE2005
Fool's Gold
as Brent
β
10.0
MOVIE2017
Blood Heist
as Farmer Simon
β
4.3
MOVIE2006
Grasshopper
as Travis
MOVIE2013
Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show
as Self
MOVIETBA
Making A Scene
as Himself
MOVIE2011