James Franco
Birthday: 1978-04-19 | Place of Birth: Palo Alto, California, USAJames 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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Acting
Role
as Robert Price
as Dean Barry
as Ezio Burntwood
as Harry Osborn
as Harry Osborn
as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
as Self - Archive Footage
as Lemmy (voice)
as Maxwell
as Roman Smalley
as Vikar
as Homer Barron
as Self
as Taylor Balik
as Warlord
as Branson
as Capt. Jacob Branson
as Dr. Cairn
as Ed Mass
as Edward Fry
as El Diablo
as Jake Lamont
as Rick Winters
as Tommy / 'Johnny'
as Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino
as Jake Epping
