Acting credits
176
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
James Franco
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.0
Moderate attention
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Movies: 162Series: 28Crew credits: 57
TMDB ID: 17051
IMDb ID: nm0290556
Known for: Acting
Born: April 19, 1978
Age: 47
Place of birth: Palo Alto, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2025
Years active: 51
Average TMDB rating: 6.07
Wikidata: Q306403
Also known as
James Edward Franco • 제임스 프랭코 • 詹姆斯·弗朗科 • جیمز فرانکو
Other jobs
Director (28)Executive Producer (11)Producer (10)Writer (4)Book (1)Editor (1)Novel (1)Story (1)
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 (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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with James Franco.
5.5
Squali
as Robert Price
2025 Movie
6.3
Hey Joe
as Dean Barry
2024 Movie
5.9
The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure
as Ezio Burntwood
2024 Movie
5.3
Sleepaway Slasher
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
Birth of a Poet
Writer
2020 Movie
6.1
Arctic Dogs
as Lemmy (voice)
2019 Movie
5.2
Pretenders
as Maxwell
2019 Movie
5.1
Zeroville
as Vikar
2019 Movie
5.5
Don't Come Back from the Moon
as Roman Smalley
2019 Movie
7.1
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
2018 Movie
6.1
Kin
as Taylor Balik
2018 Movie
6.8
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
as Self
2018 Movie
4.3
Future World
as Warlord
2018 Movie
1.0
Mississippi Requiem
as Homer Barron
2018 Movie
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
as Self
2018 Movie
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
as Self - Archive Footage
2017 Movie
5.7
The Show
as Male Host
2017 Movie
4.9
The Vault
as Ed Mass
2017 Movie
Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott
as Self
2017 Movie
10.0
Blood Heist
as Farmer Simon
2017 Movie
5.6
The Mad Whale
as Edward Fry
2017 Movie
6.2
Alien: Covenant
as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
2017 Movie
3.0
Tenn
Director
2017 Movie
7.1
The Disaster Artist
as Tommy / 'Johnny'
2017 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with James Franco.
Marcians
as Self - Interviewee • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.6
The Deuce
as Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino • 25 eps
2017 Series
7.8
11.22.63
as Jake Epping • 8 eps
2016 Series
6.4
Angie Tribeca
as Sgt. Eddie Pepper • 6 eps
2016 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.2
Hot Ones
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.6
Deadbeat
as Johnny • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
10.0
The Frame
as Will Rodman • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.2
The Mindy Project
as Paul Leotard • 2 eps
2012 Series
7.5
Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.1
Conan
as Self • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.5
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
as Self • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.5
30 Rock
as James Franco • 1 eps
2006 Series
6.9
The Colbert Report
1 eps
2005 Series
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 2 eps
2003 Series
6.2
The Early Show
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.2
Freaks and Geeks
as Daniel Desario • 18 eps
1999 Series
To Serve and Protect
as Matt Carr • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.0
Profiler
as Stevie • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
5.4
Pacific Blue
as Brian • 1 eps
1996 Series