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James Franco

James Franco

Total Box Office:
 $2052.7M
Highest Rated:
95% Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012)
Lowest Rated:
3% Deuces Wild (2002)
Birthday:
Apr 19
Birthplace:
Palo Alto, California, USA
Bio:
Well known for his works as teen heartthrob on the NBC series Freaks and Geeks and films like Never Been Kissed (1999) starring Drew Barrymore, James Franco has the dark, refined looks of a classic movie star. Indeed, he was cast in the TNT film James Dean playing the screen legend himself, for…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies | TV series

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
The Little Prince
  • Actor
-- 2015
Ricky Stanicky
  • Actor
-- 2015
The Interview
  • Actor
-- 2014
55% Child Of God
  • Director
  • Actor
-- 2013
42% As I Lay Dying
  • Darl
  • Director
  • Screenwriter
-- 2013
Black Dog, Red Dog
  • Actor
  • Director
-- 2013
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
  • Actor
-- 2013
84% This Is the End
  • James Franco
$101.4M 2013
33% Interior. Leather Bar.
  • Actor
  • Director
-- 2013
The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts
  • Producer
-- 2013
Sal
  • Actor
  • Director
-- 2013
66% Spring Breakers
  • Alien
$14.1M 2013
Homefront
  • Gator
-- 2013
Kink
  • Director
-- 2013
Third Person
  • Actor
-- 2013
67% The Iceman
  • Marty Freeman
$1.9M 2013
86% Palo Alto
  • Actor
-- 2013
Tar
  • Actor
-- 2013
A Fuller Life
  • Actor
-- 2013
Maladies
  • Actor
  • Director
-- 2012
Francophrenia (Or Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is)
  • Director
  • Actor
-- 2012
The Letter
  • Actor
-- 2012
The Stare
  • Actor
-- 2012
10% About Cherry
  • Frances
$2.8k 2012
The Letter
  • Actor
-- 2012
95% Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
  • Actor
$86.2k 2012
88% Eames: The Architect And The Painter
  • Narrator
$0.1M 2011
27% Your Highness
  • Fabious
$21.6M 2011
20% Broken Tower
  • Director
  • Screenwriter
  • Hart Crane
-- 2011
82% Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • Will Rodman
$176.7M 2011
Your Highness (Unrated)
  • Actor
-- 2011
62% Howl
  • Allen Ginsberg
$0.6M 2010
Saturday Night
  • Director
  • Actor
-- 2010
67% Date Night
  • Taste
$98.7M 2010
Love & Distrust
  • Actor
-- 2010
In Praise of Shadows
  • Actor
-- 2010
93% 127 Hours
  • Aron Ralston
$18.3M 2010
Shadows & Lies
  • William Vincent
-- 2010
37% Eat Pray Love
  • David Piccolo
$80.6M 2010
68% Pineapple Express
  • Saul Silver
$87.3M 2008
30% Nights in Rodanthe
  • Actor
$41.8M 2008
94% Milk
  • Scott Smith
$31.7M 2008
63% Spider-Man 3
  • Harry Osborn
$336.5M 2007
91% Knocked Up
  • Himself
$148.7M 2007
73% In the Valley of Elah
  • Sgt. Dan Carnelli
$6.6M 2007
23% An American Crime
  • Andy
-- 2007
Good Time Max
  • Screenwriter
  • Max
  • Director
-- 2007
Camille
  • Silas
-- 2007
Grasshopper
  • Actor
-- 2007
10% Annapolis
  • Jake Huard
$16.8M 2006
Mother Ghost
  • Actor
-- 2006
33% Flyboys
  • Blaine Rawlings
$13.0M 2006
15% The Wicker Man
  • Bar Guy #1
$23.6M 2006
75% The Dead Girl
  • Derek
-- 2006
The Ape
  • Actor
  • Director
-- 2005
32% Tristan & Isolde
  • Tristan
$14.6M 2005
Fool's Gold
  • Actor
  • Director
-- 2005
37% The Great Raid
  • Captain Prince
$10.1M 2005
94% Spider-Man 2
  • Harry Osborn
$373.4M 2004
Making the Amazing (Making the Amazing: Spider-Man 2)
  • Actor
-- 2004
Spider-Man 2.1 (Extended Cut)
  • Actor
-- 2004
70% The Company
  • Josh
$2.2M 2003
Mother Ghost
  • Actor
-- 2002
48% City by the Sea
  • Joey LaMarca
$22.4M 2002
23% Sonny
  • Sonny
-- 2002
3% Deuces Wild
  • Actor
$6.0M 2002
85% Blind Spot - Hitler's Secretary
  • Actor
-- 2002
89% Spider-Man
  • Harry Osborn
$403.7M 2002
James Dean
  • James Dean
-- 2001
Celebrating AFI
  • Actor
-- 2000
17% Whatever It Takes
  • Chris Campbell
-- 2000
At Any Cost
  • Mike
-- 2000
Celebrating AFI
  • Actor
-- 1995

Movies | TV series

TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
88% The Mindy Project
  • Dr. Paul Leotard
2012-2013
93% 30 Rock
  • Himself
2006-2013

James Franco Trivia

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James Franco auditioned for the part of Peter Parker in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy, but was given the role of Harry Osborn instead. It was said that he was "too sexy" for the role.
- submitted by Benjamin A (2 years ago)

Quotes from James Franco's Characters

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    1. James Franco: The one that squeals is the one that deals.
    From This Is the End. Submitted by Norman W (9 days ago)
    1. James Franco: If I see your dick one more time, I'll fucking shoot it off!
    2. Danny McBride: You don't have enough bullets, bitch!
    From This Is the End. Submitted by Matthias L (22 days ago)

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James Franco News

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James Franco Wants The Sound and the Fury Opens in new window
July 2

James Franco Joins Wim Wenders' Every Thing Will Be Fine Opens in new window
May 7

James Franco Talks Oz the Great and Powerful Opens in new window
March 6

James Franco Picks Up American Tabloid Opens in new window
January 22

James Franco Joins Jason Statham in Sylvester Stallone's Homefront Opens in new window
August 1, 2012

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