History Creator / JamesFranco

* TheStoner: Presented the 2011 Academy Awards whilst high. Co-host Creator/AnneHathaway refuses to talk about it.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He auditioned for the role of Peter Parker in ''Film/SpiderMan1'', but was given the part of Harry Osborn.

* DescendedCreator: Appeared in various films that he directed, wrote and produced.

* ProductionPosse: Appears on-screen together with Creator/SethRogen quite often. They usually play HeterosexualLifePartners.
* RealLifeRelative: His mother Betsy Franco also played his character's mother on ''Series/GeneralHospital''

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* ''TheLittlePrince2015''

His first prominent role was a lead part, "Daniel Desario", on the short-lived CultClassic TV series ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks''. He later achieved recognition for playing the [[ProtagonistTitle title character]] in the TV BioPic about Creator/JamesDean in 2001 in which he won a Golden Globe Award, and for playing Harry Osborn in Creator/SamRaimi's ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''. He is also known for his roles in the films ''Film/PineappleExpress'', ''Film/{{Milk}}'', ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'', ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'', ''Film/SpringBreakers'', and ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd''. He also had a recurring role in the {{ABC}} SoapOpera ''Series/GeneralHospital''. For his role in ''127 Hours'', Franco was awarded an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Actor.

He also volunteers for the Art of Elysium charity and has taught a class at New York University in feature filmmaking and production. In 2013, he began teaching a course in short film production at the University of Southern California and a course in screenwriting at his alma mater, University of California, Los Angeles. He is a [=PhD=] candidate at [[IvyLeague Yale University]].

* MayDecemberRomance: Was the subject of controversy when he [[http://www.techtimes.com/articles/5234/20140406/james-franco-admits-flirting-with-17-year-old-girl-on-instagram-social-media-is-tricky.htm flirted with a girl slightly under 18]] on Website/{{Instagram}}, when he was 36.

His first prominent role was a lead part, "Daniel Desario", on the short-lived CultClassic TV series ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks''. He later achieved recognition for playing the [[ProtagonistTitle title character]] in the TV BioPic about Creator/JamesDean in 2001 in which he won a Golden Globe Award, and for playing Harry Osborn in Creator/SamRaimi's ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''. He is also known for his roles in the films ''Film/PineappleExpress'', ''Film/{{Milk}}'', ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'', ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'', ''Film/SpringBreakers'', and ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd''. He also had a recurring role in the {{ABC}} SoapOpera ''Series/GeneralHospital''. For his role in ''127 Hours'', Franco was awarded an AcademyAward nomination for Best Actor.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He auditioned for the role of Peter Parker in ''Film/SpiderMan'', but was given the part of Harry Osborn.

* ''Film/TheInterview'' (TBA)

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Often with Creator/SethRogen in many works. Doubles as a ProductionPosse.
* MrFanservice: Usually credited as "one of the sexiest man alive" and the fangirls obviously love him.

* ProductionPosse: Appears on-screen together with Creator/SethRogen quite often.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: with {{Creator/Seth Rogen}}. Doubles as a ProductionPosse, as they appear on-screen together quite often.

* ButNotTooForeign: His father was of half Portuguese and half Swedish descent. His mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Russia, Germany, Poland, and Lithuania).

* HeterosexualLifePartners: with {{Creator/Seth Rogen}}.
* IvyLeague: As written above, he is a [=PhD=] candidate at Yale University. He also took his Graduate Studies for Fiction Writing at Columbia University.

* TwoFirstNames: His last name is commonly used as a given name in European and Latino countries.

* WolverinePublicity: To say that he's nearly omnipresent now is an understatement.

[[caption-width-right:250:James Franco: Literally ChewingTheScenery.]]

James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot actor, director, screenwriter, producer, teacher, author and poet]].

* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''

* ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks''
* ''Series/TheXFiles''

* ''Film/TheCompany''
* ''Film/TheGreatRaid''
* ''Film/TristanAndIsolde''
* ''Film/TheWickerMan''
* ''Film/{{Flyboys}}''
* ''Film/TheDeadGirl''
* ''Film/TheHoliday''
* ''Series/GeneralHospital''
* ''Series/NightShift''
* ''Film/KnockedUp''
* ''Film/InTheValleyOfElah''
* ''Film/AnAmericanCrime''
* ''Film/PineappleExpress''
* ''Film/{{Milk}}''
* ''Series/ThirtyRock''
* ''Film/DateNight''
* ''Film/EatPrayLove''
* ''Literature/{{Howl}}''
* ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours''
* ''Film/TheGreenHornet''
* ''Film/YourHighness''
* ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
* ''Film/TheIceman''
* ''Film/SpringBreakers''
* ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful''
* ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd''
* ''Film/{{Lovelace}}''
* ''Literature/AsILayDying''
* ''Series/TheMindyProject''
* ''Film/VeronicaMars''