Directed credits
28
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
James Franco
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.0
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 26Directed series: 2All crew 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
Frequent 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
Directed Movies
Movies directed by James Franco.
5.2
Pretenders
Director
2019 Movie
5.1
Zeroville
Director
2019 Movie
4.3
Future World
Director
2018 Movie
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
Director
2018 Movie
3.0
Tenn
Director
2017 Movie
7.1
The Disaster Artist
Director
2017 Movie
4.3
The Institute
Director
2017 Movie
5.8
In Dubious Battle
Director
2016 Movie
4.9
The Sound and the Fury
Director
2015 Movie
4.8
Child of God
Director
2014 Movie
1.0
I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
Director
2014 Movie
3.5
Sal
Director
2013 Movie
5.2
As I Lay Dying
Director
2013 Movie
5.2
Interior. Leather Bar.
Director
2013 Movie
4.9
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
2013 Movie
My Journey in Oz
Director
2013 Movie
3.3
Hart Crane: An Exegesis
Director
2012 Movie
6.0
Francophrenia
Director
2012 Movie
Blood Meridian Test Reel
Director
2011 Movie
5.0
42 One Dream Rush
Director
2010 Movie
8.0
Saturday Night
Director
2010 Movie
5.5
The Feast of Stephen
Director
2009 Movie
5.4
Good Time Max
Director
2008 Movie
4.1
The Ape
Director
2005 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by James Franco.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with James Franco.
7.6
The Little Prince
as The Fox (voice)
2015 Movie
7.3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Will Rodman
2011 Movie
7.3
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
as Self
2012 Movie
7.3
Spider-Man
as Harry Osborn
2002 Movie
7.3
Spider-Man 2
as Harry Osborn
2004 Movie
7.3
An American Crime
as Andy
2007 Movie
7.2
Milk
as Scott Smith
2008 Movie
7.2
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
as Self
2013 Movie
7.1
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
2018 Movie
7.1
The Disaster Artist
Director
2017 Movie
7.1
The Holiday
as James Franco (uncredited)
2006 Movie
7.1
127 Hours
as Aron Ralston
2010 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with James Franco.
8.4
The X-Files
as Officer #2 • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.2
Freaks and Geeks
as Daniel Desario • 18 eps
1999 Series
7.8
11.22.63
Director • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.6
The Deuce
Director • 4 eps
2017 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
7.1
Conan
as Self • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) • 2 eps
1975 Series
6.9
The Colbert Report
1 eps
2005 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.4
Angie Tribeca
as Sgt. Eddie Pepper • 6 eps
2016 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with James Franco.
7.3
Spider-Man
as Harry Osborn
2002 Movie
6.4
Spider-Man 3
as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
2007 Movie
6.2
Alien: Covenant
as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
2017 Movie
6.9
Homefront
as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
2013 Movie
6.2
The Interview
Executive Producer
2014 Movie
7.3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Will Rodman
2011 Movie
5.8
Sausage Party
as Druggie (voice)
2016 Movie
6.2
This Is the End
as James Franco
2013 Movie
7.1
The Holiday
as James Franco (uncredited)
2006 Movie
7.3
Spider-Man 2
as Harry Osborn
2004 Movie
6.0
Lovelace
as Hugh Hefner
2013 Movie
7.1
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
2018 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with James Franco.
8.4
The X-Files
as Officer #2 • 1 eps
1993 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) • 2 eps
1975 Series
7.1
Conan
as Self • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.5
30 Rock
as James Franco • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.2
Hot Ones
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.9
The Colbert Report
1 eps
2005 Series
6.2
The Mindy Project
as Paul Leotard • 2 eps
2012 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 2 eps
2003 Series
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self • 1 eps
1988 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for James Franco.
5.3
Sleepaway Slasher
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
Birth of a Poet
Writer
2020 Movie
5.5
Don't Come Back from the Moon
Producer
2019 Movie
1.0
Mississippi Requiem
Writer
2018 Movie
4.3
Actors Anonymous
Writer
2017 Movie
5.8
High School Lover
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
6.4
Why Him?
Executive Producer
2016 Movie
7.6
The Labyrinth
Executive Producer
2016 Movie
Blood Surf
Executive Producer
2016 Movie
5.9
King Cobra
Producer
2016 Movie
5.4
Goat
Producer
2016 Movie
5.2
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
Story
2016 Movie
5.3
The Adderall Diaries
Producer
2016 Movie
4.7
Yosemite
Executive Producer
2016 Movie
A Walk in Winter
Executive Producer
2015 Movie
7.5
Black Dog, Red Dog
Writer
2015 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for 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
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
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for 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