James Franco

James Franco Movies and TV Shows

James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor. He left college in order to pursue acting and started off his career by making guest appearances on television series in the 1990s. Franco landed a lead part on the short-lived cult hit television program Freaks and Geeks and later achieved recognition for playing the titular character in the TV biopic James Dean (2001), for which he was awarded a Golden Globe Award. He achieved international fame with his portrayals of Harry Osborn in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. Franco has appeared in an eclectic range of projects since the 2000s. Ranging from period to contemporary pieces, and from major Hollywood productions to less publicized indie films, as well as fantasy movies to biopics and soap operas. Other notable films include Pineapple Express, a stoner comedy that earned him his second Golden Globes nomination, the Harvey Milk-biopic Milk (both 2008) as well as Danny Boyle's 2010 movie 127 Hours, about real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston's struggle to free his hand from a boulder. His performance in 127 Hours earned him nominations for many high-profile awards, including the Academy Awards, Golden Globe and SAG Awards (None of which he won) Franco has hosted the skit comedy Saturday Night Live twice as well as the 83rd Academy Awards with Anne Hathaway. He volunteers for the Art of Elysium charity and is in a relationship with actress Ahna O'Reilly. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Franco, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 4/19/1978 (46 years old)
  • Place of birth: Palo Alto, California, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.8 m
  • Net worth: $30,000,000
  • twitter: JamesFrancoTV
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure
TMDB 56%
role:
Ezio Burntwood
Not available
2024

Action

Adventure

Thriller

56%
Not available
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 70%
role:
Self (archive footage)
Not available
2022

Documentary

6.4
70%
Not available
Arctic Dogs
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 62%
role:
Lemmy (voice)
2019

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

4.8
62%
Zeroville
IMDB 4.6
TMDB 52%
role:
Director & 1 more
2019

Comedy

Drama

4.6
52%
Don't Come Back from the Moon
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 57%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2019

Drama

4.8
57%
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
2018

Comedy

Drama

Music

Western

7.2
71%
Kin
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 62%
role:
Taylor Balik
2018

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.8
62%
Future World
IMDB 3.3
TMDB 43%
role:
Producer & 2 more
2018

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

3.3
43%
The Show
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 58%
role:
Male Host
2017

Drama

5.6
58%
The Deuce
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 77%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2017

Drama

8.1
77%
The Vault
IMDB 4.9
TMDB 48%
role:
Ed Mass
2017

Horror

Thriller

4.9
48%
2017

Drama

Thriller

5.7
65%
Alien: Covenant
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 61%
role:
Jacob Branson (uncredited)
2017

Horror

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
61%
The Disaster Artist
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 71%
role:
Producer & 2 more
2017

Comedy

Drama

7.3
71%
The Institute
IMDB 4.2
TMDB 42%
role:
Executive Producer & 2 more
2017

Mystery

Thriller

4.2
42%
2017

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.6
60%
In Dubious Battle
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 59%
role:
Producer & 2 more
2017

Drama

6.0
59%
High School Lover
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 62%
role:
Executive Producer
2017

Drama

Romance

TV Movie

4.8
62%
Why Him?
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 64%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2016

Comedy

6.2
64%
King Cobra
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 59%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2016

Crime

Drama

5.6
59%
Goat
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 54%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2016

Drama

5.7
54%
Sausage Party
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 57%
role:
Druggie (voice)
2016

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
57%
2016

Horror

TV Movie

Thriller

3.9
55%
Burn Country
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 53%
role:
Lindsay
2016

Drama

Thriller

War & Politics

4.8
53%
The Adderall Diaries
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 54%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2016

Thriller

5.2
54%
11.22.63
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 78%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2016

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.1
78%
Yosemite
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 46%
role:
Book & 2 more
2016

Drama

4.7
46%
The Night Before
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 61%
role:
Himself & 1 more
2015

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
61%
The Sound and the Fury
IMDB 4.9
TMDB 51%
role:
Director & 1 more
2015

Drama

4.9
51%
Queen of the Desert
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 59%
role:
Henry Cadogan
2015

Adventure

Drama

History

5.7
59%
Call Me Lucky
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 71%
role:
Himself
2015

Comedy

Documentary

7.5
71%
The Little Prince
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 76%
role:
The Fox (voice)
2015

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
76%
Wild Horses
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 49%
role:
Ben Briggs
2015

Crime

Drama

Thriller

4.8
49%
True Story
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 63%
role:
Christian Longo
2015

Crime

Drama

History

Mystery

6.3
63%
2015

Comedy

Drama

4.4
52%
2015

Comedy

TV Movie

8.1
77%
2015

Drama

5.5
55%
I Am Michael
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 56%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2015

Drama

5.6
56%
The Interview
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 62%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2014

Action

Comedy

6.5
62%
Good People
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 55%
role:
Tom Reed
2014

Action

Crime

Thriller

5.5
55%
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 73%
role:
Will Rodman (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014

Action

Drama

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
73%
Child of God
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 51%
role:
Director & 2 more
2014

Crime

Drama

Thriller

5.4
51%
Veronica Mars
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Himself (uncredited)
2014

Comedy

Crime

Drama

6.7
66%
Palo Alto
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 62%
role:
Book & 2 more
2013

Drama

6.2
62%
Homefront
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 70%
role:
Morgan 'Gator' Bodine & 1 more
2013

Action

Thriller

6.5
70%
As I Lay Dying
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 53%
role:
Director & 2 more
2013

Drama

5.3
53%
Interior. Leather Bar.
IMDB 5.0
TMDB 56%
role:
Cinematography & 3 more
2013

Drama

5.0
56%
2013

Documentary

5.6
51%
2013

Drama

Romance

6.3
59%
2013

Documentary

6.1
64%
2013

Comedy

7.7
73%
Lovelace
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 61%
role:
Hugh Hefner
2013

Drama

6.2
61%
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 52%
role:
Director
Not available
2013

Drama

5.9
52%
Not available
This Is the End
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 62%
role:
James Franco & 1 more
2013

Action

Comedy

6.6
62%
2013

Adventure

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3
59%
2013

Crime

Drama

5.3
52%
Kink
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 52%
role:
Producer
2013

Documentary

6.2
52%
The Color of Time
IMDB 4.1
TMDB 42%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2012

Drama

Romance

4.1
42%
The Letter
IMDB 3.4
TMDB 41%
role:
Tyrone
2012

Drama

3.4
41%
The Iceman
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 65%
role:
Marty Freeman
2012

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.8
65%
Maladies
IMDB 4.9
TMDB 54%
role:
James
2012

Drama

4.9
54%
The Broken Tower
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 56%
role:
Producer & 4 more
2012

Drama

History

4.8
56%
About Cherry
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 45%
role:
Francis
2012

Drama

4.8
45%
2011

Documentary

7.1
69%
My Own Private River
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 76%
role:
Editor & 1 more
Not available
2011

Adventure

Drama

7.4
76%
Not available
2011

Action

Drama

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
73%
Your Highness
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 53%
role:
Fabious
2011

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.5
53%
The Green Hornet
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 56%
role:
Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
2011

Action

Comedy

Crime

5.8
56%
127 Hours
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 71%
role:
Aron Ralston
2010

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

7.5
71%
Howl
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 66%
role:
Allen Ginsberg
2010

Drama

6.6
66%
Love and Distrust
IMDB 3.6
TMDB 37%
role:
Travis (Segment 3: Grasshopper)
2010

Drama

Romance

3.6
37%
2010

Drama

Romance

5.8
62%
2010

Documentary

7.1
68%
Shadows & Lies
IMDB 4.1
TMDB 40%
role:
William Vincent
2010

Action

Drama

Romance

4.1
40%
Date Night
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 61%
role:
Taste
2010

Comedy

6.3
61%
Milk
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 73%
role:
Scott Smith
2008

Drama

History

7.5
73%
Nights in Rodanthe
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 62%
role:
Mark Flanner (uncredited)
2008

Drama

Romance

6.0
62%
Pineapple Express
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 66%
role:
Saul Silver
2008

Action

Comedy

Crime

6.9
66%
Camille
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 62%
role:
Silias
2008

Comedy

Drama

Romance

5.9
62%
In the Valley of Elah
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 68%
role:
Sergeant Carnelli
2007

Crime

Drama

History

Mystery

Thriller

7.2
68%
2007

Crime

Drama

7.2
73%
Interview
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 64%
role:
Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
Not available
2007

Drama

6.8
64%
Not available
Knocked Up
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 62%
role:
Himself (uncredited)
2007

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.9
62%
Spider-Man 3
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 64%
role:
New Goblin / Harry Osborn & 1 more
2007

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3
64%
2007

Comedy

Documentary

5.8
53%
The Holiday
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 71%
role:
James Franco (uncredited) & 1 more
2006

Comedy

Romance

7.0
71%
2006

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.6
61%
Flyboys
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 65%
role:
Blaine Rawlings
2006

Action

Adventure

Drama

History

Romance

War & Politics

6.5
65%
The Wicker Man
IMDB 3.8
TMDB 43%
role:
Bar Guy #1
2006

Drama

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

3.8
43%
2006

Action

Adventure

Drama

Romance

6.8
67%
Annapolis
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 64%
role:
Jake Huard
2006

Drama

5.8
64%
The Great Raid
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 66%
role:
Captain Prince
2005

Action

History

War & Politics

6.6
66%
Spider-Man 2
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 73%
role:
Harry Osborn
2004

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5
73%
2003

Drama

Music

6.2
53%
2002

Crime

Drama

Mystery

6.1
58%
2002

Action

Crime

Drama

Romance

5.6
58%
Spider-Man
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 73%
role:
Harry Osborn
2002

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
73%
James Dean
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 70%
role:
James Dean
2001

Drama

TV Movie

7.1
70%
Whatever It Takes
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 59%
role:
Chris Campbell
2000

Comedy

Drama

Romance

5.5
59%
Freaks and Geeks
IMDB 8.8
TMDB 81%
role:
Daniel Desario
1999

Comedy

Drama

8.8
81%
1999

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.0
62%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving James Franco are, for example, Arctic Dogs, Zeroville and Don't Come Back from the Moon.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Google Play and iTunes.
The best StreamFat ratings are Freaks and Geeks (8.5), 11.22.63 (8.0) and Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (7.9).