James Edward Franco is an actor, filmmaker, and writer from the United States. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in 127 Hours.
Franco is most known for his parts in 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).
James Franco Movies And TV Shows
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Never Been Kissed | Jason Way | ||
| 2000 | Whatever It Takes | Chris Campbell | ||
| If Tomorrow Comes | Devin | |||
| 2001 | Mean People Suck | Casey Mitchell | Short film | |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Harry Osborn | ||
| Deuces Wild | Tino Verona | |||
| Mother Ghost | Skateboarder Guy | |||
| Sonny | Sonny Phillips | |||
| City by the Sea | Joey LaMarca | |||
| 2003 | The Company | Josh Williams | ||
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Harry Osborn | ||
| 2005 | The Ape | Harry Walker | ||
| The Great Raid | Cpt. Robert Prince | |||
| Fool’s Gold | Brent | |||
| 2006 | Tristan & Isolde | Prince Tristan | ||
| Annapolis | Jake Huard | |||
| The Wicker Man | Bar Guy #1 | |||
| Flyboys | Blaine Rawlings | |||
| The Dead Girl | Derek | |||
| The Holiday | Himself | Uncredited cameo | ||
| 2007 | An American Crime | Andy Gordon | ||
| Interview | — | Voice on Phone | ||
| Finishing the Game | Rob Force | |||
| Knocked Up | Himself | Uncredited cameo | ||
| Spider-Man 3 | Harry Osborn / New Goblin | |||
| Good Time Max | Max | |||
| In the Valley of Elah | Sergeant Dan Carnelli | |||
| 2008 | Camille | Silas Parker | ||
| Pineapple Express | Saul Silver | |||
| Nights in Rodanthe | Dr. Mark Flanner | Uncredited | ||
| Milk | Scott Smith | |||
| 2010 | Howl | Allen Ginsberg | ||
| Date Night | Tom “Taste” Felton | |||
| Shadows and Lies | William Vincent | |||
| Eat Pray Love | David Piccolo | |||
| 127 Hours | Aron Ralston | |||
| Love & Distrust | Travis | Segment: “Grasshopper” | ||
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | Danny “Crystal” Clear | Uncredited cameo | |
| Your Highness | Prince Fabeous | |||
| The Broken Tower | Hart Crane | |||
| Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Will Rodman | |||
| Sal | Milton Katselas | |||
| 2012 | My Own Private River | |||
| About Cherry | Francis | |||
| Maladies | James | |||
| The Iceman | Marty Freeman | |||
| Spring Breakers | Alien | |||
| The Letter | Tyrone | |||
| The Color of Time (aka Tar) | C. K. Williams | |||
| 2013 | Interior. Leather Bar. | Himself | ||
| Lovelace | Hugh Hefner | |||
| Oz the Great and Powerful | Oscar Diggs | |||
| As I Lay Dying | Darl Bundren | |||
| This Is the End | Himself | |||
| Palo Alto | Mr. B | Based on his own book | ||
| Child of God | Jerry | |||
| Third Person | Richard “Rick” Weiss | |||
| Homefront | Morgan “Gator” Bodine | |||
| 2014 | Veronica Mars | Himself | Uncredited cameo | |
| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Will Rodman | |||
| Good People | Tom Wright | |||
| The Sound and the Fury | Benjy Compson | |||
| The Interview | Dave Skylark | |||
| 2015 | Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha |
Pasamonte | ||
| True Story | Christian Longo | |||
| Yosemite | Phil | |||
| I Am Michael | Michael Glatze | |||
| Queen of the Desert | Henry Cadogan | |||
| Every Thing Will Be Fine | Tomas Eldan | |||
| Wild Horses | Ben Briggs | |||
| The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards | Conrad | |||
| The Adderall Diaries | Stephen Elliott | |||
| The Little Prince | The Fox (voice) | |||
| Memoria | Mr. Wyckoff | |||
| The Night Before | Himself | |||
| 2016 | Goat | Mitch | ||
| Sausage Party | The Druggie (voice) | |||
| King Cobra | Joseph “Joe” Kerekes | |||
| Burn Country | Lindsay | |||
| The Caged Pillows | David Del Rosario (voice) | Short film | ||
| In Dubious Battle | Mac McLeod | |||
| Why Him? | Laird Mayhew | |||
| 2017 | The Labyrinth | Narrator (voice) | ||
| The Institute | Dr. Cairn | |||
| Actors Anonymous | Jake Lamont | |||
| The Show | Male Host | |||
| The Disaster Artist | Tommy Wiseau | |||
| Alien: Covenant – Prologue: Last Supper | Jacob Branson | Short film | ||
| Alien: Covenant | Uncredited cameo | |||
| Don’t Come Back from the Moon | Roman Smalley | |||
| The Vault | Ed Maas | |||
| The Mad Whale | Edward Fry | |||
| 2018 | Future World | The Warlord | ||
| Kin | Taylor Balik | |||
| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Cowboy | Segment: “Near Algodones” | ||
| The Pretenders | Maxwell | |||
| 2019 | Zeroville | Ike “Vikar” Jerome | ||
| Arctic Dogs | Lemmy (voice) | |||
| TBA | The Long Home  |
Dallas Hardin | Post-production | |
| Kill the Czar |
Jame Franco’s TV Shows
| 1997 | Pacific Blue | Brian | Episode: “Matters of the Heart” | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | To Serve and Protect | Kristin Carter | Television film | |
| 1999 | Profiler | Stevie | Episode: “Three Carat Crisis” | |
| 1999–2000 | Freaks and Geeks | Daniel Desario | 18 episodes | |
| 2000 | At Any Cost | Mike Roberts | Television film | |
| 2001 | James Dean | James Dean | ||
| The X-Files | Officer No. 2 | Episode: “Surekill” | ||
| 2007–2008 | General Hospital: Night Shift | Franco | 13 episodes | |
| 2009–2012 | General Hospital | 20 episodes | ||
| 2008, 2009, 2014, 2017 |
Saturday Night Live | Himself / Host | Episode: “James Franco/Kings of Leon” Episode: “James Franco/Muse” Episode: “James Franco/Nicki Minaj” Episode: “James Franco/SZA |
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| 2009 | 81st Academy Awards | Saul Silver | Television special | |
| 2010 | 30 Rock | Himself | Episode: “Klaus and Greta” | |
| 2011 | 83rd Academy Awards | Himself / Co–host | Television special | |
| 2012 | FCU: Fact Checkers Unit | James | Episode: “James Franco Is Preggers” | |
| Hollywood Heights | Osborne “Oz” Silver | Recurring role | ||
| 2013 | The Mindy Project | Dr. Paul Leotard | 2 episodes | |
| Comedy Central Roast of James Franco | Roastee | Television special | ||
| 2014 | Naked and Afraid | Himself | Television special | |
| 2015 | Deadbeat | Johnny Penis | Episode: “The Polaroid Flasher” | |
| 2016 | Angie Tribeca | Sgt. Eddie Pepper | 6 episodes | |
| 11.22.63 | Jake Epping | 8 episodes; also producer and directed episode: “The Truth” | ||
| Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? | Play Director | Television film; also writer | ||
| 2017 | High School Lover | Rick Winters | Television film; also executive producer | |
| 2017–2019 | The Deuce | Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino | 25 episodes; also executive producer and directed 4 episodes |
