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James Franco

Born 1978 · American actor

James Edward Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including 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 has collaborated with fellow actor Seth Rogen on multiple projects, including Pineapple Express (2008), This Is the End (2013), The Interview (2014), Sausage Party (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Franco's performance in 127 Hours (2010) earned a Best Actor nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards.

James Franco, in order

  1. 1963 General Hospital (TV series): acted
  2. 1975 Saturday Night Live (TV series): acted · directed by A. D. Miles and Adam McKay · audiences 63% · streaming on Peacock, Prime Video, fuboTV
  3. 1999 Freaks and Geeks (TV series): acted · directed by Jake Kasdan and Ken Olin · critics 100%, audiences 96% · streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+, Kanopy
  4. 1999 Never Been Kissed: acted · directed by Raja Gosnell
  5. 2000 Whatever It Takes: acted · directed by David Raynr
  6. 2001 James Dean (TV movie): acted · directed by Mark Rydell
  7. 2001 Mean People Suck: acted · directed by Matthew Cole Weiss
  8. 2002 City by the Sea: acted · directed by Michael Caton-Jones · critics 49%, audiences 40% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, YouTube (free)
  9. 2002 Deuces Wild: acted · directed by Scott Kalvert · critics 3%, audiences 51% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  10. 2002 Sonny: acted · directed by Nicolas Cage · critics 22%, audiences 41% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Prime Video (free)
  11. 2002 Spider-Man: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 90%, audiences 67% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
  12. 2002 Spider-Man in film (TV series): acted · directed by Jon Watts and Marc Webb
  13. 2003 The Company: acted · directed by Robert Altman · critics 71%, audiences 49% · streaming on Hoopla, YouTube (free), Plex
  14. 2004 Spider-Man 2: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 93%, audiences 82% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
  15. 2005 The Ape: directed, acted
  16. 2005 The Great Raid: acted · directed by John Dahl
  17. 2006 Annapolis: acted · directed by Justin Lin
  18. 2006 Flyboys: acted · directed by Tony Bill · critics 33%, audiences 66% · streaming on fuboTV, Philo, Kanopy
  19. 2006 The Dead Girl: acted · directed by Karen Moncrieff
  20. 2006 The Holiday: acted · directed by Nancy Meyers · critics 51%, audiences 80% · streaming on Hulu
  21. 2006 The Wicker Man: acted · directed by Neil LaBute · critics 15%, audiences 17%
  22. 2006 Tristan & Isolde: acted · directed by Kevin Reynolds · critics 32%, audiences 71%
  23. 2007 An American Crime: acted · directed by Tommy O'Haver
  24. 2007 Finishing the Game: acted · directed by Justin Lin
  25. 2007 Good Time Max: directed, acted
  26. 2007 In the Valley of Elah: acted · directed by Paul Haggis
  27. 2007 Interview: acted · directed by Steve Buscemi
  28. 2007 Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse: acted · directed by Jason Stone
  29. 2007 Knocked Up: acted · directed by Judd Apatow · critics 90%, audiences 83% · streaming on Netflix
  30. 2007 Spider-Man 3: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 62%, audiences 51% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
  31. 2008 Camille: acted · directed by Gregory Mackenzie
  32. 2008 Milk: acted · directed by Gus Van Sant · critics 93%, audiences 89% · streaming on YouTube (free)
  33. 2008 Nights in Rodanthe: acted · directed by George C. Wolfe
  34. 2008 Pineapple Express: acted · directed by David Gordon Green · critics 68%, audiences 73% · streaming on Hulu, fuboTV
  35. 2009 42 One Dream Rush: directed
  36. 2009 The Feast of Stephen: directed, wrote
  37. 2010 127 Hours: acted · directed by Danny Boyle
  38. 2010 Date Night: acted · directed by Shawn Levy · critics 67%, audiences 55% · streaming on Starz
  39. 2010 Eat Pray Love: acted · directed by Ryan Murphy
  40. 2010 Howl: acted · directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein · critics 63%, audiences 58% · streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy, Hoopla
  41. 2010 Love & Distrust: acted · directed by Lorraine Bracco · audiences 12%
  42. 2010 Saturday Night: directed, acted
  43. 2010 Shadows and Lies: acted · directed by Jay Anania
  44. 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes: acted · directed by Rupert Wyatt · critics 82%, audiences 77% · streaming on HBO Max
  45. 2011 Sal: directed, wrote, acted
  46. 2011 The Broken Tower: directed, wrote, acted
  47. 2011 The Green Hornet: acted · directed by Michel Gondry · critics 45%, audiences 43% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
  48. 2011 Your Highness: acted · directed by David Gordon Green · critics 28%, audiences 34% · streaming on Starz
  49. 2012 About Cherry: acted · directed by Stephen Elliott
  50. 2012 Tar: acted · directed by Gabrielle Demeestere and Pamela Romanowsky
  51. 2012 The Iceman: acted · directed by Ariel Vromen · critics 68%, audiences 62% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
  52. 2012 The Letter: acted · directed by Jay Anania
  53. 2013 As I Lay Dying: directed, wrote, acted
  54. 2013 Child of God: directed, wrote, acted
  55. 2013 Homefront: acted · directed by Gary Fleder
  56. 2013 Interior. Leather Bar.: directed, produced, acted
  57. 2013 Kink: produced · directed by Christina Alexandra Voros
  58. 2013 Lovelace: acted · directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein
  59. 2013 Mademoiselle C.: acted · directed by Fabien Constant
  60. 2013 Oz the Great and Powerful: acted · directed by Sam Raimi
  61. 2013 Palo Alto: acted · directed by Gia Coppola · critics 69%, audiences 49% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
  62. 2013 Spring Breakers: acted · directed by Harmony Korine
  63. 2013 Third Person: acted · directed by Paul Haggis · critics 25%, audiences 34% · streaming on Fawesome
  64. 2013 This Is the End: acted · directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen · critics 82%, audiences 71%
  65. 2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: acted · directed by Matt Reeves · critics 91%, audiences 88% · streaming on HBO Max
  66. 2014 Good People: acted · directed by Henrik Ruben Genz
  67. 2014 Lennon or McCartney: acted · directed by Matt Schichter
  68. 2014 The Interview: acted · directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen · critics 51%, audiences 48%
  69. 2014 The Sound and the Fury: directed, acted
  70. 2014 True Story: acted · directed by Rupert Goold
  71. 2014 Veronica Mars: acted · directed by Rob Thomas
  72. 2015 Don Quixote: acted
  73. 2015 Every Thing Will Be Fine: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · critics 28%, audiences 24% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Kanopy
  74. 2015 I Am Michael: produced, acted · directed by Justin Kelly
  75. 2015 Memoria: acted · directed by Nina Ljeti and Vladimir de Fontenay
  76. 2015 Queen of the Desert: acted · directed by Werner Herzog · critics 17%, audiences 37% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Philo
  77. 2015 The Adderall Diaries: produced, acted · directed by Pamela Romanowsky
  78. 2015 The Night Before: acted · directed by Jonathan Levine · critics 68%, audiences 61% · streaming on Philo, Starz, Tubi
  79. 2015 Wild Horses: acted · directed by Robert Duvall
  80. 2015 Yosemite: acted · directed by Gabrielle Demeestere
  81. 2016 11.22.63 (TV series): directed, acted
  82. 2016 Burn Country: acted · directed by Ian Olds
  83. 2016 Goat: produced, acted · directed by Andrew Neel
  84. 2016 In Dubious Battle: directed, produced, acted · critics 26%, audiences 39% · streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, Roku Channel
  85. 2016 King Cobra: produced, acted · directed by Justin Kelly
  86. 2016 Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (TV movie): acted
  87. 2016 Why Him?: acted · directed by John Hamburg
  88. 2017 Alien: Covenant: acted · directed by Ridley Scott · critics 65%, audiences 55% · streaming on HBO Max
  89. 2017 Alien: Covenant – Prologue: Last Supper (short film): acted · directed by Luke Scott
  90. 2017 High School Lover: acted · directed by Jerell Rosales
  91. 2017 The Deuce (TV series): acted
  92. 2017 The Disaster Artist: directed, acted · critics 90%, audiences 85% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
  93. 2017 The Institute: directed, acted
  94. 2017 The Vault: acted · directed by Dan Bush
  95. 2017 This Is Your Death: acted · directed by Giancarlo Esposito
  96. 2018 Future World: directed, acted
  97. 2018 Kin: acted · directed by Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker
  98. 2018 Mississippi Requiem: produced
  99. 2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 90%, audiences 78% · streaming on Netflix
  100. 2018 The Pretenders: directed
  101. 2019 Zeroville: directed, acted
  102. 2024 The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure: acted · directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse
  103. 2025 Squali: acted
  104. 2026 Confession: acted · directed by Václav Marhoul
  105. Castro's Daughter: acted
  106. Golden State Killer: acted
  107. Hey Joe: acted · directed by Claudio Giovannesi
  108. John Rambo: acted · directed by Jalmari Helander
  109. The Long Home: directed, acted
  110. The Razor's Edge: acted