James Franco

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011 · 1h 45m · Action · Drama

See the performance as Will Rodman.

Milk

2008 · 2h 8m · Drama · History

See the performance as Scott Smith.

THE PERSON BEHIND THE ROLES

About James Franco

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. …

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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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Foster
Donald 'Don' Foster
2025
Squali
Robert Price
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2024
Hey Joe
Dean Barry
2024
Largo Winch: The Price of Money
Ezio Burntwood
2023
Dorothy
Wizzard (archive footage)
2020
Sleepaway Slasher
Producer
2020
Birth of a Poet
Writer · Director
2019
Arctic Dogs
Lemmy (voice)
2019
Pretenders
Director · Maxwell
2019
Zeroville
Director · Vikar
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
2018
Kin
Taylor Balik
2018
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
Self
2018
Future World
Director · Producer · Warlord
2018
Mississippi Requiem
Writer · Producer · Homer Barron
2018
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
Director · Self
2017
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
Self - Archive Footage
2017
The Show
Male Host
2017
The Vault
Ed Mass
2017
Dumpster Diving
El Diablo
2017
Blood Heist
Farmer Simon
2017
Don't Come Back from the Moon
Producer · Roman Smalley
2017
The Mad Whale
Edward Fry
2017
Alien: Covenant
Jacob Branson (uncredited)
2017
Tenn
Director
2017
The Disaster Artist
Director · Producer · Tommy / 'Johnny'
2017
Actors Anonymous
Writer · Jake Lamont
2017
Metamorphosis: Junior Year
Producer
2017
The Institute
Producer · Director · Dr. Cairn
2017
High School Lover
Producer · Rick Winters
2017
Rio
Producer
2016
Why Him?
Producer · Laird Mayhew
2016
The Labyrinth
Producer · Narrator (voice)
2016
Blood Surf
Producer · Metalhead Troy
2016
King Cobra
Producer · Joe Kerekes
2016
In Dubious Battle
Director · Producer · Mac McLeod
2016
Goat
Producer · Mitch
2016
Sausage Party
Druggie (voice)
2016
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
Writer · Producer · Director
2016
The Caged Pillows
David D-R+
2016
Burn Country
Lindsay
2016
The Adderall Diaries
Producer · Stephen Elliott
2016
Memoria
Mr. Wyckoff
2016
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Self
2016
Yosemite
Producer · Phil
2015
Richard Peter Johnson
James Franco
2015
The Night Before
Self
2015
A Walk in Winter
Producer · Conrad
2015
The Sound and the Fury
Director · Benjy Compson
2015
Queen of the Desert
Henry Cadogan
2015
Call Me Lucky
Self
2015
The Little Prince
The Fox (voice)
2015
Black Dog, Red Dog
Writer · Director · Leo
2015
Miss Famous
Producer
2015
Wild Horses
Ben Briggs
2015
Killing Animals
Mr. Hurston
2015
True Story
Christian Longo
2015
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Tomas Eldan
2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Producer · Conrad
2015
I Am Michael
Producer · Michael Glatze
2015
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
Producer · Pasamonte
2014
The Interview
Producer · Dave Skylark
2014
Future Relic 02
The Searcher
2014
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
George
2014
Guests
Producer
2014
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
David Skylark
2014
Good People
Tom Reed
2014
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Will Rodman
2014
Third Person
Rick
2014
Obituaries
Felix Mitchum
2014
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
Self
2014
Palo Alto
Mr. B
2014
Child of God
Director · Writer · Jerry
2014
Veronica Mars
James Franco (uncredited)
2014
I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
Director · James Franco
2013
DREAM
Director · Producer
2013
Homefront
Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
2013
Playtime
The Art Dealer
2013
Sal
Director · Writer · Milton Katselas
2013
As I Lay Dying
Director · Writer · Darl Bundren
2013
Interior. Leather Bar.
Director · Producer · James
2013
Here Comes the Night Time
Man on Phone
2013
Mademoiselle C
Self
2013
What Is Cinema?
Self
2013
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
Self
2013
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director · Self (segment James Franco)
2013
Lovelace
Hugh Hefner
2013
Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show
Self
2013
La Passione
Director
2013
This Is the End
James Franco
2013
My Journey in Oz
Director · Producer · Self
2013
The Director
Producer
2013
Oz the Great and Powerful
Oz
2013
Spring Breakers
Alien
2013
Kink
Producer
2012
The Color of Time
Producer · C.K. Williams (age 40)

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Harry Osborn

Spider-Man · Spider-Man 2 · Spider-Man 3

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Will Rodman

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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Scott Smith

Milk

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Alvin Sargent

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James Franco

James Franco’s screen credits include Harry Osborn in Spider-Man, Will Rodman in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Scott Smith in Milk.

Born April 19, 1978 Palo Alto, California, USA7 movies on MoviHero

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Spider-Man

2002 · 2h 1m · Action · Science Fiction

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011 · 1h 45m · Action · Drama

See the performance as Will Rodman.

Milk

2008 · 2h 8m · Drama · History

See the performance as Scott Smith.