James Franco

James Franco, geboren als James Edward Franco am 19. April 1978 in Palo Alto, Kalifornien, ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Regisseur und Produzent. Erste Aufmerksamkeit erhielt er 1999 mit einer Nebenrolle im Fernsehmehrteiler „Tage voller Blut – Die Bestie von Dallas“ und mit der Serie „Voll daneben, voll im Leben“. Sein Kinodebüt gab er 2000 mit „If Tomorrow Comes“. Den Durchbruch als Darsteller brachte ihm die Titelrolle in „James Dean“. Dafür gewann er 2002 einen Golden Globe und erhielt eine Emmy-Nominierung sowie eine Nominierung für den Screen Actors Guild Award. Später war er in „Spider-Man“, „Ananas Express“, „Milk“, „Howl“ und „127…

Filmografie
Filme
2027 – John Rambo
2026 – Confession
2026 – Foster
2025 – Squali
2025 – SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2024 – Hey Joe
2024 – Largo Winch: Der Preis des Geldes
2020 – Sleepaway Slasher
2020 – Birth of a Poet
2019 – Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad
2019 – Pretenders
2019 – Zeroville
2018 – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 – Kin
2018 – Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
2018 – Future World
2018 – Mississippi Requiem
2018 – Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2017 – Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017 – This Is Your Death
2017 – The Safe - Niemand wird verschont
2017 – Dumpster Diving
2017 – Blood Heist
2017 – Don't Come Back from the Moon
2017 – The Mad Whale
2017 – Alien: Covenant
2017 – Tenn
2017 – The Disaster Artist
2017 – Actors Anonymous
2017 – Metamorphosis: Junior Year
2017 – The Institute
2017 – High School Lover
2017 – Rio
2016 – Why Him?
2016 – The Labyrinth
2016 – Blood Surf
2016 – King Cobra
2016 – Stürmische Ernte
2016 – Goat
2016 – Sausage Party - Es geht um die Wurst
2016 – Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
2016 – The Caged Pillows
2016 – Burn Country - Fremd im eigenen Land
2016 – The Adderall Diaries
2016 – Memoria
2016 – The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016 – Yosemite
2015 – Richard Peter Johnson
2015 – Die Highligen drei Könige
2015 – A Walk in Winter
2015 – The Sound and the Fury
2015 – Königin der Wüste
2015 – Call Me Lucky
2015 – Der kleine Prinz
2015 – Black Dog, Red Dog
2015 – Miss Famous
2015 – Wild Horses
2015 – Killing Animals
2015 – True Story - Spiel um Macht
2015 – Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015 – The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015 – I Am Michael
2015 – Don Quijote von der Mancha
2014 – The Interview
2014 – Future Relic 02
2014 – National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014 – Guests
2014 – Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
2014 – Good People
2014 – Planet der Affen – Revolution
2014 – Dritte Person
2014 – Obituaries
2014 – Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
2014 – Palo Alto
2014 – Child of God
2014 – Veronica Mars
2014 – I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
2013 – DREAM
2013 – Homefront
2013 – Playtime
2013 – Sal
2013 – As I Lay Dying
2013 – Interior. Leather Bar.
2013 – Here Comes the Night Time
2013 – Mademoiselle C
2013 – What Is Cinema?
2013 – Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013 – A Fuller Life
2013 – Venezia 70: Future Reloaded
2013 – Lovelace
2013 – Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show
2013 – La Passione
2013 – Das ist das Ende
2013 – My Journey in Oz
2013 – The Director
2013 – Die fantastische Welt von Oz
2013 – Spring Breakers
2013 – Kink - The 51st Shade Of Grey
2012 – The Color of Time
2012 – The Letter
2012 – The Iceman
2012 – Maladies
2012 – Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
2012 – The Broken Tower
2012 – Hart Crane: An Exegesis
2012 – My Own Private River
2012 – Cherry - Wanna Play?
2012 – Francophrenia
2012 – Jeffrey
2011 – Eames: The Architect and the Painter
2011 – Planet der Affen – Prevolution
2011 – Caput
2011 – Your Highness
2011 – Blood Meridian Test Reel
2011 – Two Films, One Legacy
2011 – Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011 – 127 Hours: An extraordinary view
2011 – The Green Hornet
2010 – 127 Hours
2010 – 42 One Dream Rush
2010 – Howl
2010 – Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)
2010 – Liebe, oder lieber doch nicht
2010 – Eat Pray Love
2010 – With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010 – Masculinity & Me
2010 – The Clerk's Tale
2010 – Saturday Night
2010 – Schatten & Lügen
2010 – Date Night - Gangster für eine Nacht
2010 – Herbert White
2010 – Goat Boy
2009 – SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009 – The Feast of Stephen
2009 – The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco
2009 – Erased James Franco
2008 – Milk
2008 – Good Time Max
2008 – Das Lächeln der Sterne
2008 – Ananas Express
2008 – Camille - Die Geschichte einer unglaublichen Liebe
2007 – The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis
2007 – 'Spider-Man 3' on Location: New York, from Rooftops to Backstreets
2007 – Fighting, Flying and Driving: The Stunts of 'Spider-Man 3'
2007 – Re-Imagining the Goblin
2007 – Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of 'Spider-Man 3'
2007 – Im Tal von Elah
2007 – An American Crime
2007 – Interview
2007 – Beim ersten Mal
2007 – Spider-Man 3
2007 – On the Set: Spider-Man 3
2007 – Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2006 – Dead Girl
2006 – Grasshopper
2006 – Flyboys - Helden der Lüfte
2006 – Wicker Man - Ritual des Bösen
2006 – Tristan & Isolde
2006 – Annapolis - Kampf um Anerkennung
2005 – The Great Raid
2005 – The Ape - Auf diesem Planeten laust dich der Affe ...
2005 – Fool's Gold
2004 – Spider-Man 2
2003 – The Company - Das Ensemble
2003 – Blind Spot
2002 – Sonny
2002 – City by the Sea
2002 – Mother Ghost
2002 – You Always Stalk the Ones You Love
2002 – The Car Kid
2002 – Wild Boyz
2002 – Spider-Man
2002 – Spider-Mania
2002 – Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man
2001 – James Dean: Ein Leben auf der Überholspur
2001 – Some Body
2001 – Mean People Suck
2000 – At Any Cost
2000 – Hoffnungslos verliebt
2000 – If Tomorrow Comes
1999 – Ungeküsst
1999 – To Serve and Protect
Bunny-Man
Castro's Daughter
Golden State Killer
Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: A Life on Screen
Kill the Czar
Kyle
Love Meets in the Sunshine
Making A Scene
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Runaway
Something's In There
The Long Home
The Razor's Edge
Toad Serien
2018 – Cultureshock
2017 – Marcians
2017 – The Deuce
2016 – 11.22.63 – Der Anschlag
2016 – Angie Tribeca
2015 – Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 – Hot Ones
2014 – Making A Scene With James Franco
2014 – Deadbeat
2014 – Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2013 – The Frame
2012 – The Mindy Project
2011 – Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
2010 – Conan
2008 – Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2006 – 30 Rock
2005 – The Colbert Report
2004 – The Tony Danza Show
2003 – The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 – Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1999 – The Early Show
1999 – Voll daneben, voll im Leben
1999 – To Serve and Protect
1996 – Profiler
1996 – The Daily Show
1996 – Pacific Blue - Die Strandpolizei
1993 – Akte X – Die unheimlichen Fälle des FBI
1993 – Late Show with David Letterman
1992 – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1988 – LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1975 – Saturday Night Live

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