James Franco

Acting April 19, 1978 Palo Alto, California, USA

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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Harry Osborn

Spider-Man

2002

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New Goblin / Harry Osborn

Spider-Man 3

2007

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Morgan 'Gator' Bodine

Homefront

2013

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Jacob Branson (uncredited)

Alien: Covenant

2017

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Will Rodman

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011

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Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)

The Green Hornet

2011

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Christian Longo

True Story

2015

James Franco

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