James Franco

James Franco

Acting

Born April 19, 1978 · Palo Alto, California, USA

39 films as director · Active 2005–2020

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 f…

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

The X-Files

The X-Files

1993

Directed(39)

Birth of a Poet

2020Birth of a Poet

Zeroville

2019Zeroville★ 5.0

Pretenders

2019Pretenders★ 5.2

Future World

2018Future World★ 4.3

Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster

2018Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster

The Disaster Artist

2017The Disaster Artist★ 7.1

The Institute

2017The Institute★ 4.3

Tenn

2017Tenn★ 3.0

In Dubious Battle

2016In Dubious Battle★ 5.8

The Sound and the Fury

2015The Sound and the Fury★ 5.0

Black Dog, Red Dog

2015Black Dog, Red Dog★ 7.5

Child of God

2014Child of God★ 4.8

I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel

2014I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel★ 1.0

As I Lay Dying

2013As I Lay Dying★ 5.2

Interior. Leather Bar.

2013Interior. Leather Bar.★ 5.2

Sal

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded★ 5.0

2013La Passione

DREAM

2013DREAM★ 5.0

My Journey in Oz

2013My Journey in Oz

The Broken Tower

2012The Broken Tower★ 4.5

Francophrenia

2012Francophrenia★ 6.0

Hart Crane: An Exegesis

2012Hart Crane: An Exegesis★ 5.2

My Own Private River

2012My Own Private River★ 7.4

Blood Meridian Test Reel

2011Blood Meridian Test Reel

Herbert White

2010Herbert White★ 7.1

Saturday Night

2010Saturday Night★ 7.7

2010The Clerk's Tale

2010Masculinity & Me

42 One Dream Rush

201042 One Dream Rush★ 6.0

The Feast of Stephen

2009The Feast of Stephen★ 5.5

Good Time Max

2008Good Time Max★ 5.4

The Ape

2005The Ape★ 4.3

Fool's Gold

2005Fool's Gold★ 8.0

—The Long Home

Acting(205)

2025SqualiRobert Price

2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelf

2024Hey JoeDean Barry

2024Largo Winch: The Price of MoneyEzio Burntwood

2019Arctic DogsLemmy (voice)

2019PretendersMaxwell

2019ZerovilleVikar

2019Don't Come Back from the MoonRoman Smalley

2018The Ballad of Buster ScruggsCowboy (segment "Near Algodones")

2018KinTaylor Balik

2018Freaks and Geeks: The DocumentarySelf

2018CultureshockSelf

2018Future WorldWarlord

2018Mississippi RequiemHomer Barron

2018Oh, Hi Mark: Making a DisasterSelf

2017MarciansSelf - Interviewee

2017Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony KorineSelf - Archive Footage

2017The ShowMale Host

2017The DeuceVincent Martino / Frankie Martino

2017The VaultEd Mass

2017Dumpster DivingEl Diablo

2017Blood HeistFarmer Simon

2017The Mad WhaleEdward Fry

2017Alien: CovenantJacob Branson (uncredited)

2017The Disaster ArtistTommy / 'Johnny'

2017Actors AnonymousJake Lamont

2017The InstituteDr. Cairn

2017High School LoverRick Winters

2016Why Him?Laird Mayhew

2016The LabyrinthNarrator (voice)

2016Blood SurfMetalhead Troy

2016King CobraJoe Kerekes

2016In Dubious BattleMac McLeod

2016Sausage PartyDruggie (voice)

2016Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?Director

2016The Caged PillowsDavid D-R+

2016Burn CountryLindsay

2016The Adderall DiariesStephen Elliott

2016MemoriaMr. Wyckoff

2016The 4%: Film's Gender ProblemSelf

201611.22.63Jake Epping

2016Angie TribecaSgt. Eddie Pepper

2016YosemitePhil

2015Richard Peter JohnsonJames Franco

2015The Night BeforeSelf

2015A Walk in WinterConrad

2015The Sound and the FuryBenjy Compson

2015Queen of the DesertHenry Cadogan

2015Call Me LuckySelf

2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf

2015The Little PrinceThe Fox (voice)

2015Black Dog, Red DogLeo

2015Wild HorsesBen Briggs

2015Killing AnimalsMr. Hurston

2015True StoryChristian Longo

2015Every Thing Will Be FineTomas Eldan

2015The Heyday of the Insensitive BastardsConrad

2015Hot OnesSelf

2015I Am MichaelMichael Glatze

2015Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La ManchaPasamonte

2014The InterviewDave Skylark

2014Future Relic 02The Searcher

2014National Theatre Live: Of Mice and MenGeorge

2014Making A Scene With James Franco

2014Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA SpecialDavid Skylark

2014Good PeopleTom Reed

2014Dawn of the Planet of the ApesWill Rodman

2014Third PersonRick

2014ObituariesFelix Mitchum

2014Behind the Scenes of Palo AltoSelf

2014Palo AltoMr. B

2014Child of GodJerry

2014DeadbeatJohnny

2014Veronica MarsJames Franco (uncredited)

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf

2014I Think You're Totally Wrong: A QuarrelJames Franco

2013HomefrontMorgan 'Gator' Bodine

2013PlaytimeThe Art Dealer

2013SalMilton Katselas

2013As I Lay DyingDarl Bundren

2013Interior. Leather Bar.James

2013Here Comes the Night TimeMan on Phone

2013Mademoiselle CSelf

2013What Is Cinema?Self

2013Comedy Central Roast of James FrancoSelf

2013A Fuller LifeSelf - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")

2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedSelf (segment James Franco)

2013LovelaceHugh Hefner

2013Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-ShowSelf

2013This Is the EndJames Franco

2013My Journey in OzSelf

2013The FrameWill Rodman

2013Oz the Great and PowerfulOz

2013Spring BreakersAlien

2012The Color of TimeC.K. Williams (age 40)

2012The Mindy ProjectPaul Leotard

2012The LetterTyrone

2012The IcemanMarty Freeman

2012MaladiesJames

2012Marina Abramović: The Artist Is PresentSelf

2012The Broken TowerHart Crane

2012Hart Crane: An ExegesisSelf

2012About CherryFrancis

2011Eames: The Architect and the PainterSelf - Narrator (voice)

2011Rise of the Planet of the ApesWill Rodman

2011Hamish and Andy's Gap YearSelf

2011Your HighnessFabious

2011Two Films, One Legacy

2011Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

2011The Green HornetDanny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)

2010127 HoursAron Ralston

2010HowlAllen Ginsberg

2010Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)James Franco (Image Only)

2010Love and DistrustTravis (segment "Grasshopper")

2010Eat Pray LoveDavid

2010With Great Power: The Stan Lee StorySelf

2010Masculinity & Me

2010Saturday NightSelf

2010Shadows & LiesWilliam Vincent

2010Date NightTaste

2009SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas(archive footage)

2009The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco

2009Erased James FrancoSelf

2008MilkScott Smith

2008Good Time MaxMax

2008Nights in RodantheMark Flanner (uncredited)

2008Pineapple ExpressSaul Silver

2008CamilleSilias

2008Between Two Ferns with Zach GalifianakisSelf

2007The Hills with James Franco and Mila KunisJustin Bobby

2007Re-Imagining the GoblinSelf

2007Fighting, Flying and Driving: The Stunts of 'Spider-Man 3'Self

2007Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of 'Spider-Man 3'Self

2007'Spider-Man 3' on Location: New York, from Rooftops to BackstreetsSelf

2007In the Valley of ElahSergeant Carnelli

2007An American CrimeAndy

2007InterviewBoyfriend on Phone (voice)

2007Knocked UpSol (uncredited)

2007Spider-Man 3New Goblin / Harry Osborn

2007Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce LeeDean Silo

2006The HolidayJames Franco (uncredited)

2006The Dead GirlDerek

200630 RockJames Franco

2006GrasshopperTravis

2006FlyboysBlaine Rawlings

2006The Wicker ManBar Guy #1

2006Tristan & IsoldeTristan

2006AnnapolisJake Huard

2005The Colbert Report

2005The Great RaidCaptain Prince

2005The ApeHarry Walker

2005Fool's GoldBrent

2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf

2004Spider-Man 2Harry Osborn

2003The CompanyJosh

2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf

2003Blind SpotDanny

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self

2002City by the SeaJoey

2002Mother GhostSkateboarder guy

2002You Always Stalk the Ones You Love

2002The Car Kid

2002Deuces WildTino

2002Spider-ManHarry Osborn

2002Spider-ManiaSelf

2002Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'Self

2001James DeanJames Dean

2001Some BodyApartment Guy #3

2001Mean People SuckCasey

2000At Any CostMike

2000Whatever It TakesChris Campbell

2000If Tomorrow ComesDevin

1999The Early ShowSelf

1999Freaks and GeeksDaniel Desario

1999Never Been KissedJason

1999To Serve and ProtectMatt Carr

1999To Serve and ProtectMatt Carr

1996ProfilerStevie

1996The Daily ShowSelf

1996Pacific BlueBrian

1993The X-FilesOfficer #2

1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest

1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)

Naya: Legend of the Golden DolphinFinn (voice)

Castro's DaughterFidel Castro

Golden State Killer

Bunny-ManAustin Boyd

The Long HomeDallas Hardin

The Razor's EdgeDante

Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest ExtraSelf

FosterDonald 'Don' Foster

Love Meets in the SunshineJacob

Something's In There

Making A SceneHimself