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James Franco
4 FOLLOWERS • 61 CREDITS • APR 19, 1978 • 46
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 his roles 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 is known for his collaborations with fellow actor Seth Rogen, having appeared in eight films and one television series with him, examples being 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 is also known for his work on television where his first prominent acting role was the character 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 Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award. Franco 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
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Saturday Night Live
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Daily Show
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The X-Files
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The Colbert Report
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Honest Trailers
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Profiler
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30 Rock
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The Early Show
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Deadbeat
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The Mindy Project
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Knocked Up
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The Green Hornet
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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
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The Holiday
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The Wicker Man
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
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Alien: Covenant
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The Night Before
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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Date Night
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An American Crime
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Never Been Kissed
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The Little Prince
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Sausage Party
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Kin
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Milk
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Spider-Man
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Spring Breakers
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Freaks and Geeks
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Eat Pray Love
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Spider-Man 3
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The Great Raid
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Spider-Man 2
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Homefront
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Pineapple Express
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Why Him?
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
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Your Highness
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Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
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11.22.63
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The Deuce
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This Is the End
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Sonny
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The Labyrinth
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The Interview
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127 Hours
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Flyboys
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Oz the Great and Powerful
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Good People
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Future World
Production Credits
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