James Franco
Birthday: Born in 1978-04-19 in Palo Alto, California, USA
Deathday: Alive
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 his roles 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 is known for his collaborations with fellow actor Seth Rogen, having appeared in eight films and one television series with him, examples being 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 is also known for his work on television where his first prominent acting role was the character 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 Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award. Franco 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).
TV Credits
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC....
The Daily Show
Character: Self
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture....
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character: Self
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk....
Freaks and Geeks
Character: Daniel Desario
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks")....
The Early Show
Character: Self
The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York City from 1999 to 2012. The program aired live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday in the Eastern time zone; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones aired the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. The Saturday edition aired live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time as well, but a number of affiliates did not carry it or aired it later on tape-delay. It premie...
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world....
Profiler
Character:
Rachel Burke is a criminal profiler, one of the best, actually. She, along with a sophisticated team of specialists on the FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force in Atlanta, investigates crimes throughout the country. Together, they solve the toughest of cases while trying to live their lives as best they can....
The X-Files
Character: Officer #2
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases....
30 Rock
Character: James Franco
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream....
The Colbert Report
Character:
The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. It satirizes conservative personality-driven political pundit programs, particularly Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor. The show focuses on a ...
Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host / Various
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest....
Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Cameo (uncredited)
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest....
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York....
Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
Character: Himself
In a rare example of foresight, Hamish and Andy have announced that they’ve “kind of, pretty much” decided what they want to do with the extra time they have in 2011 – they are going on a gap year to America. However, Hamish and Andy remembered that they told Channel Nine they would do a TV show this year as well, so while continuing their weekly radio show for Austereo's Today Network, they’ll now attempt to combine their dream gap year with a TV series....
Deadbeat
Character: Johnny
Kevin Pacalioglu may have no money and no clue, but he can see dead people, so that’s pretty cool. Faced with a constant stream of stubborn spirits, Pac goes to whatever lengths require the least amount of effort to help New York City’s most frivolous ghosts finish their unfinished business, occasionally with the help of his best friend and drug dealer, Roofie....
11.22.63
Character: Jake Epping
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era....
The Mindy Project
Character: Paul Leotard
Obstetrician/gynecologist Mindy Lahiri tries to balance her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small medical practice in New York City....
The Deuce
Character: Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area....
Hot Ones
Character: Self
The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then interviews them while they're struggling through the heat....
Angie Tribeca
Character: Sgt. Eddie Pepper
Lone-wolf detective Angie Tribeca and a squad of committed LAPD detectives investigate the most serious cases, from the murder of a ventriloquist to a rash of baker suicides....
Pacific Blue
Character: Brian
Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa Monica Police Department who patrolled its beaches on bicycles. The show ran for five seasons on the USA Network, from March 2, 1996 to April 9, 2000, with a total of one hundred and one episodes. Often compared as "Baywatch on bikes," the series enjoyed a popular run among the Network's viewers, and was popular in France, Israel, Sweden, Bulgaria, Norway, Spain, Russia, Austria, Germany, Italy, South A...
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character: Self
Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances....
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character: Self
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy ...
Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest....
Honest Trailers
Character: Cowboy (archive footage)
Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These are the hilarious trailers the producers don't want you to see......
The Frame
Character: Will Rodman
A journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema....
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character: Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC....
Saturday Night Live
Character: Self
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest....
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Character: Self
Host Zach Galifianakis conducts celebrity interviews sitting with his guests between two potted ferns....
Marcians
Character: Self - Interviewee
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Conan
Character: Self
A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien....
SNL Digital Shorts
Character:
An SNL Digital Short is one in a series of comedic and often musical video shorts created for airing on NBC's Saturday Night Live, generally produced and written by The Lonely Island (Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg), though originated by Adam McKay, in collaboration with SNL hosts, writers, and cast members. The segments were originally recorded with consumer grade digital video cameras and edited on personal computers. It is usual for the episode's hosts and musical guests (the ...
Movie Credits
Spider-Man
Character: Harry Osborn
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man....
Spider-Man 3
Character: New Goblin / Harry Osborn
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle....
Spider-Man 2
Character: Harry Osborn
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well......
Milk
Character: Scott Smith
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans....
James Dean
Character: James Dean
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant....
Pineapple Express
Character: Saul Silver
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder....
The Wicker Man
Character: Bar Guy #1
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community....
Knocked Up
Character: Self (uncredited)
A slacker and a career-driven woman accidentally conceive a child after a one-night stand. As they try to make the relationship work, they must navigate the challenges of parenthood and their differences in lifestyle and maturity....
Never Been Kissed
Character: Jason
Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson....
Camille
Character: Silias
A twisted honeymoon adventure about a young couple on their way to Niagara Falls....
The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure
Character: Ezio Burntwood
Largo Winch, devastated by the kidnapping of his son, realizes that if he finds those responsible for his bankruptcy, maybe he'll see his son again....
In the Valley of Elah
Character: Sergeant Carnelli
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq....
Tristan & Isolde
Character: Tristan
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers....
An American Crime
Character: Andy
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s....
Annapolis
Character: Jake Huard
Jake Huard, from a shipbuilders family, promised his dying mother he'ld make it to Anapolis Naval Academy. Thanks to tenaciously bugging a Congressman, he's selected despite dubious grades. Once inside, Jake soon proves sub-standard academically. Constantly challenged to his limits, repeatedly made the 'over-cocky' reason for the entire class to suffer, Jake nearly quits, but after facing his utterly un-supportive father's gloating returns just in time. Stubborn Jake finds support withs mates as...
Flyboys
Character: Blaine Rawlings
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots....
Sonny
Character: Sonny
New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past....
City by the Sea
Character: Joey
Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past, but then makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime....
The Dead Girl
Character: Derek
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect....
Date Night
Character: Taste
Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury characters want Phil and Claire killed....
The Great Raid
Character: Captain Prince
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war....
Good Time Max
Character: Max
Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues a drug-fueled high life....
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Character: Will Rodman
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him....
Eat Pray Love
Character: David
Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in I...
127 Hours
Character: Aron Ralston
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah....
The Ape
Character: Harry Walker
A young writer, nearing a mental breakdown caused by his family and boss, moves into an apartment occupied by a walking, talking, foul-mouthed ape in a Hawaiian shirt and Converse High Tops....
Your Highness
Character: Fabious
A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom....
Whatever It Takes
Character: Chris Campbell
A nerdy teen, Ryan Woodman is smitten with the popular and gorgeous Ashley Grant, who apparently has no interest in him. Meanwhile, dim star athlete Chris Campbell has his eye on Ryan's brainy and beautiful friend, Maggie Carter. The two agree to help each other in their romantic quests, but, as they come closer to their goals, both Ryan and Chris suspect that they might be pursuing the wrong girls....
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
Character: David Skylark
In celebration of the 2014 Video Music Awards MTV tasked Entertainment tabloid TV host, Dave Skylark , and his dynamic production team lead by Aaron Rapoport, to sit down with some of this year's biggest VMA celebrities. In this half-hour special, Skylark literally gets up close-and-personal with VMA performers Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea, and VMA nominee Jason Derulo to ask the questions people REALLY want to know....
Howl
Character: Allen Ginsberg
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture....
Shadows & Lies
Character: William Vincent
The story of William Vincent as he recounts the eccentric and curious path that has brought him, at mortal risk, to New York City, after four years in exile, to rescue a woman he scarcely knows, Ann, from the vague crime syndicate that first brought them together....
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Character: Finn (voice)
Naya, the Golden Dolphin Princess, is sent on an urgent mission by her father, the King, to eight corners of the Earth that are rich and fluid with dolphin energy, to unite the dolphins and save the oceans. Throughout her global quest, she learns true courage and uses her magical powers to complete her ultimate destiny....
Love and Distrust
Character: Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
This collection of five short films artfully portrays desire's ability to both empower and destroy those who encounter it....
Oz the Great and Powerful
Character: Oz
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil....
The Iceman
Character: Marty Freeman
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man....
The Company
Character: Josh
Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer....
The Broken Tower
Character: Hart Crane
Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba....
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis
Character: Justin Bobby
A short comedic film....
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Interviews with the junior designers swept into the 24-7 world of "The Eamery" are the heart of this complex picture of a husband-and-wife creative team that define the era of Mid-Century Modernism. Narrated by James Franco, the film draws from a trove of archival material, primarily the stunning films and photographs produced in mind-boggling volume by Charles, Ray, and their staff during the hyper-creative forty years of the Eames Office....
About Cherry
Character: Francis
A drama centered on a troubled young woman who moves to San Francisco, where she gets involved in pornography and aligns herself with a cocaine-addicted lawyer....
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Character: Self
At 89 years old, Stan Lee's name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25 languages. Arguably the most recognized name in comics, Stan Lee has co-created over 500 legendary pop culture characters including Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk. Stan continues to create new material and entertain fans of all ages with fantastic stories and characters in all areas of entertainment. With Great Power: the Stan Lee Story, explores the vivid life and imag...
Lovelace
Character: Hugh Hefner
Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life....
Mother Ghost
Character: Skateboarder guy
Keith Bennets mother passed away a year ago, and he feels like he has moved on with his life, until one morning his mothers jewelry shows up on Keiths bathroom sink. The same jewelry she was buried in. Keith tells his wife Karen, about the jewelry and that is the last straw. She claims he is distant and has shut her out. Now he thinks he is seeing things that aren't there and if things don't improve, she will take their only son and leave. Forced with the ultimatum, Keith launches himself on a d...
Nights in Rodanthe
Character: Mark Flanner (uncredited)
Adrienne is trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not, and her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is travelling to reconcile with his estranged son, checks into an inn where she is staying....
Spring Breakers
Character: Alien
After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird dude with his own criminal agenda....
The Letter
Character: Tyrone
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality....
This Is the End
Character: James Franco
While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse....
Child of God
Character: Jerry
A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, he descends to the level of a cave dweller and falls deeper into crime and degradation....
As I Lay Dying
Character: Darl Bundren
Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch....
Interior. Leather Bar.
Character: James
Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom....
Maladies
Character: James
A former soap star appears to have a narrator stuck in his head. As he moves in with his sister and works to restart his creative career, he tries to figure out who is really calling the shots....
Palo Alto
Character: Mr. B
A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex....
Third Person
Character: Rick
An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship....
Homefront
Character: Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his action against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his boss' son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9-years-old daughter, Maddy. He decides to quit the turbulent and demanding life of thrill for Maddy's sake and retires to a small town. His daughter fights off a boy who was bullying her at school and this sets in motion a round of events that end in his direct confrontation with the local Meth ...
Erased James Franco
Character: Self
James Franco re-enacts scenes from his filmography and reinterprets Julianne Moore's role in Todd Haynes' Safe....
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
Character: Self
Former members of Saturday Night Live come together to remember the past 40 years of Saturday Night Live....
The Color of Time
Character: C.K. Williams (age 40)
A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years....
Sal
Character: Milton Katselas
James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus....
Hart Crane: An Exegesis
Character: Himself
James Franco interviews three experts on the poet Hart Crane, whose life was the subject of his feature The Broken Tower (2011)....
Sausage Party
Character: Druggie (voice)
Hot dog Frank leads a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store....
Hey Joe
Character: Dean Barry
In 1944 Dean Barry, an American sailor, 23, arrives in Naples, a city destroyed by bombing after the liberation of Italy. Dean meets Lucia, a young and very poor girl with whom he falls madly in love. Two years later, at the end of his service, Dean has to return to New Jersey and Lucia remains in Naples, alone and pregnant....
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Character: Self (archive footage)
JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from Jon Watts....
True Story
Character: Christian Longo
A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name....
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Character: Tomas Eldan
One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?...
The Interview
Character: Dave Skylark
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission....
Veronica Mars
Character: James Franco (uncredited)
Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown - just in time for her high school reunion - in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery....
Good People
Character: Tom Reed
Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Anna's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them is dead, and he's left behind a stash of cash—$400,000 worth. Though initially hesitant, Tom and Anna decide that the plan is simple: all they have to do is quietly take the money and use only what's necessary to get them out of debt. But when the...
Alien: Covenant
Character: Jacob Branson (uncredited)
The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world....
The Adderall Diaries
Character: Stephen Elliott
Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his writing. Adrift in the precarious gray area of memory, Stephen is led by three sources of inspiration: a new romance, the best friend who shares his history, and a murder trial that reminds him more than a little of his own story. Based on the memoir of the same name....
The Sound and the Fury
Character: Benjy Compson
A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century....
Saturday Night
Character: Self
With unprecedented access to the behind the scenes process of the writers, actors and producers, Franco and his crew document what it takes to create one full episode of Saturday Night Live....
Queen of the Desert
Character: Henry Cadogan
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century....
Zeroville
Character: Vikar
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry....
I Am Michael
Character: Michael Glatze
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor....
Yosemite
Character: Phil
It's the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three 5th grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the suburban paradise of Palo Alto, as the threat of a mountain lion looms over the community....
Memoria
Character: Mr. Wyckoff
Ivan Cohen is a young boy living in Palo Alto, California. Unsatisfied by his slacker group of friends, his love for a girl who doesn't know he exists and a dysfunctional family life, he is struggling to find his place in the world. Based on the book Palo Alto by James Franco....
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Character:
Holiday special including brand-new material with Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, the infamous troublemaker "Gilly," and others. The special also features favorite holiday-themed sketches from SNL's 35-year history....
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
Character: Self
It's James Franco's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast....
Caput
Character:
Short film for the exhibition Rebel curated by James Franco. 'Caput' premiered as part of the Rebel installation at the Venice Biennale that featured three short films directed by Korine, Franco and Douglas Gordon....
Wild Horses
Character: Ben Briggs
Texas Ranger Samantha Payne reopens a 15-year-old missing person case, and uncovers evidence that suggests that the boy was likely murdered on a ranch belonging to wealthy family man, Scott Briggs. When Scott’s estranged son unexpectedly returns home during the investigation, Samantha becomes even more convinced that the Briggs family was involved, and will stop at nothing to discover the truth about the boy’s death - even putting her own life in jeopardy....
Fool's Gold
Character: Brent
"Finn" Finnegan is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, the Aurelia, that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet. During his search to find the galleon and its treasure, his wife Tess divorces him....
Burn Country
Character: Lindsay
A former war journalist now writing for a paper in Northern California is drawn into conflict at home....
Me, You
Character:
On a remote Italian island in the early 1960s, a teenage boy haunted by memories of the war falls in love with an older girl who holds a dark secret. Based on the novel "Tu, Mio," by Erri De Luca....
Bunny-Man
Character:
A multimillionaire superhero strikes against evil forces in anonymity wearing a rabbit mask. He is driven by the desire to avenge his sister who committed suicide after suffering a violent act, images of which wound up on the internet....
In Dubious Battle
Character: Mac McLeod
In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism—'courage, never submit, or yield'....
Why Him?
Character: Laird Mayhew
A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend....
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Character: Conrad
Seven vignettes explore the difference between fantasy and reality, memory and history, and the joy and agony of the human condition....
The Night Before
Character: Self
In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end....
Call Me Lucky
Character: Self
An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important figures, CALL ME LUCKY tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins’ gruff, hard-drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a child – a rage that eventually ...
The Disaster Artist
Character: Tommy / "Johnny"
An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made....
The Car Kid
Character:
Two unlikely heroes become connected through their love of music, and on the day they meet, their lives are changed forever....
The Razor's Edge
Character: Dante
A former mob hitman faces a dilemma when his daughter is kidnapped and his love interest targeted. He must take on a final dangerous job while evading a ruthless assassin....
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
Character: Pasamonte
With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs of the world....
King Cobra
Character: Joe Kerekes
It’s 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra Video from his seemingly ordinary suburban home....
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
Character: Director
When theater major Leah, brings home the special someone in her life to meet her mom, Julie, the family is met with a surprise when Pearl comes to the door. Julie tries to embrace the idea of Leah’s new love interest, but she can’t shake the feeling that something is very wrong. Julie’s suspicions lead to a startling discovery about Pearl that puts Leah in serious danger. Will Julie be able to save her daughter from an eternity of heartache before it’s too late?...
Goat
Character: Mitch
Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of 'brotherhood,' tests him and his loyalty in brutal ways....
Obituaries
Character: Felix Mitchum
A chronicle of lives lost in a school shooting. In the wake of another tragedy, we get a glimpse of each victim and see who they were, who they loved, who they hurt, and who they wanted to be....
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Character: Self
Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insights, questions, and anecdotes about the place of women in Hollywood....
The Green Hornet
Character: Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father dies, Britt meets Kato, a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky....
The Little Prince
Character: The Fox (voice)
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met....
At Any Cost
Character: Mike
Two brothers and their best friend start a rock band and try to make it big in Los Angeles....
Actors Anonymous
Character: Jake Lamont
The film adaption of James Franco's popular novel Actors Anonymous, exploring the lives of young actors in Hollywood, from the highs to the lows, to the lies and the heartbreak....
Richard Peter Johnson
Character: James Franco
The world's most famous male porn star, Richard Peter Johnson, retires at the height of his career to pursue his dream of acting....
Future World
Character: Warlord
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother....
Deuces Wild
Character: Tino
1950s New York City. A bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn. The Deuces at war with the vicious Vipers. Scott Kalvert directs this tale of lust, drugs, mayhem and madness during one hot summer on the streets of New York....
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Character: Dean Silo
In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball candidates to the greed and racial motivations that drive the final decision. There's big business in the movies, and Finishing the Game skewers it with an eye for '70s detail....
Interview
Character: Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress....
The Labyrinth
Character: Narrator (voice)
A collection of original shorts exploring the unknown, the unexplained, and the unimaginable....
The Vault
Character: Ed Mass
Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank....
Arctic Dogs
Character: Lemmy (voice)
Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle....
A Walk in Winter
Character: Conrad
When Conrad returns to his hometown to identify his mother's body, he is forced to confront the painful memories of his childhood....
Mississippi Requiem
Character:
A collection of four short films based on stories written by William Faulkner....
The Institute
Character: Dr. Cairn
In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood Institute. Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, she must escape the clutches of the Rosewood and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost....
The Mad Whale
Character:
Inmates at a women's mental asylum stage a theatrical production of Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick.'...
Killing Animals
Character: Mr. Hurston
Killing Animals is a portrait of a lost generation of California youths. The lives of troubled teenage misfits intertwine as they experiment with vices of all kinds, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism....
Kin
Character: Taylor Balik
A young boy finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset....
A Fuller Life
Character: Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only child, Samantha....
Pretenders
Character: Maxwell
A love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress....
High School Lover
Character: Rick Winters
17-year-old Kelly falls in love with Christian, an older man, her father tries to intervene before the crush turns into a dangerous obsession....
The Holiday
Character: James Franco
Two women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmas time after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship....
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
Character: Capt. Jacob Branson
A prologue short to Alien: Covenant, it takes place aboard the Covenant, a Weyland colonization ship on its way to a remote planet to form a new human settlement. Before the crew is set to enter hypersleep, the 14 crew members (all couples) and their android, Walter, enjoy a final meal together....
Don't Come Back from the Moon
Character: Roman Smalley
The men of a small town on the edge of nowhere mysteriously disappear, one by one, leaving women and children behind to fend for themselves in a desolate and dreamlike world....
Blood Heist
Character: Farmer Simon
DIY filmmakers who simultaneously commit a star-crossed armed robbery and shoot a vérité film of it...
To Serve and Protect
Character: Matt Carr
Three generations of Dallas police officers join together to track down the deadliest serial killer ever to terrorize Texas....
Playtime
Character: The Art Dealer
Playtime’s cosmopolitan spectacle, presented in a kaleidoscopic montage across seven large screens, interconnects the lives of its archetypical characters—hedge fund managers and art world players in London; a photographer in Reykjavik; and a Filipina houseworker in Dubai—each of whom is based on a real-life individual directly affected by the market collapse....
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
Character: Self
The creators and actors from the TV show 'Freaks and Geeks' share their untold stories and pivotal moments from the making of the series that only aired for one season....
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Character: Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride....
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
Character: Self
Jacqui Getty's behind-the-scenes look at Gia Coppola's directorial debut Palo Alto, starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, and Val Kilmer....
14 Actors Acting
Character: Self
This year's great performers striking some of the classic attitudes of cinema....
What Is Cinema?
Character: Self
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema....
The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco
Character:
Experimental film series featuring actors trashing a room....
If Tomorrow Comes
Character: Devin
Fighting to escape the demons of his past, a young man involves his best friend in a struggle for survival....
The Show
Character: Male Host
An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment....
Here Comes the Night Time
Character: Man on Phone
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Blood Surf
Character: Metalhead Troy
A shy tattoo artist must infiltrate a notorious gang of surf witches to discover what happened to her missing brother....
Mademoiselle C
Character: Self
A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld....
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Character: Self
Documentary on the making of 'Spider-Man.'...
Spider-Mania
Character: Self
E! Entertainment special on the making of Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film....
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
Character: Self
Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York....
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Character:
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema....
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
Character: Self
A documentary about the making and shooting of James Franco's ‘The Disaster Artist’ (2017)...