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James Franco
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 kno…
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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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2027
John Rambo
Movie
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2026
Confession
Movie
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2026
Foster
Movie Donald 'Don' Foster
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2025
Squali
Movie Robert Price
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2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie Self
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2024
Hey Joe
Movie Dean Barry
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2024
Largo Winch: The Price of Money
Movie Ezio Burntwood
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2020
Sleepaway Slasher
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
Birth of a Poet
Movie Writer
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2019
Arctic Dogs
Movie Lemmy (voice)
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2019
Pretenders
Movie Maxwell
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2019
Zeroville
Movie Vikar
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2019
Don't Come Back from the Moon
Movie Roman Smalley
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2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Movie Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
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2018
Kin
Movie Taylor Balik
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2018
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
Movie Self
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2018
Cultureshock
TV show Self
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2018
Future World
Movie Warlord
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2018
Mississippi Requiem
Movie Homer Barron
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2018
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
Movie Self
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2017
Marcians
TV show Self - Interviewee
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2017
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
Movie Self - Archive Footage
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2017
The Show
Movie Male Host
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2017
The Deuce
TV show Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino
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2017
The Vault
Movie Ed Mass
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2017
Dumpster Diving
Movie El Diablo
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2017
Blood Heist
Movie Farmer Simon
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2017
The Mad Whale
Movie Edward Fry
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2017
Alien: Covenant
Movie Jacob Branson (uncredited)
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2017
Tenn
Movie Director
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2017
The Disaster Artist
Movie Tommy / 'Johnny'
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2017
Actors Anonymous
Movie Jake Lamont
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2017
Metamorphosis: Junior Year
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
The Institute
Movie Dr. Cairn
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2017
High School Lover
Movie Rick Winters
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2017
Rio
Movie Executive Producer
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2016
Why Him?
Movie Laird Mayhew
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2016
The Labyrinth
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2016
Blood Surf
Movie Metalhead Troy
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2016
King Cobra
Movie Joe Kerekes
