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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).
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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).
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The X-Files
The Colbert Report
Honest Trailers
Profiler
30 Rock
The Early Show
Deadbeat
The Mindy Project
Veronica Mars
Knocked Up
The Green Hornet
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
The Holiday
The Wicker Man
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Alien: Covenant
The Night Before
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Date Night
An American Crime
Never Been Kissed
The Little Prince
Sausage Party
Milk
Kin
To Serve and Protect
Spider-Man
Palo Alto
Spider-Man 2
City by the Sea
Eat Pray Love
Freaks and Geeks
Spider-Man 3
The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure
The Great Raid
Pineapple Express
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
Why Him?
Homefront
Your Highness
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Deuce
The Interview
127 Hours
The Labyrinth
Oz the Great and Powerful
Sonny
Spring Breakers
Future World
Good People
This Is the End
Flyboys
James Dean
11.22.63
Production Credits
Why Him?
Future World
11.22.63
The Interview
Palo Alto
The Deuce
The Labyrinth
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