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Biography

James is best known for his role on Freaks and Geeks. James graduated from Palo Alto high school in 1996 and went on to…more

Born

4/19/1978, Palo Alto, California, USA

Birth Name

James Edward Franco

Gender

Male

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Star (2)

Role
- The Academy Awards
  Host
  - S 83: Ep 1 The 83rd Annual Academy Awards
    2/27/11
- Freaks and Geeks
  Daniel Desario
  - S 1: Ep 15 Noshing and Moshing
    10/17/00
  - S 1: Ep 14 Dead Dogs And Gym Teachers
    10/10/00
  - S 1: Ep 18 Discos and Dragons
    7/8/00
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Little Things
    7/8/00
  - S 1: Ep 16 Smooching and Mooching
    7/8/00
  - + 13 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- General Hospital
  Franco
  - S 49: Ep 448 Ep. #12476
    1/13/12
  - S 49: Ep 447 Ep. #12475
    1/12/12
  - S 49: Ep 429 Ep. #12457
    12/15/11
  - S 49: Ep 428 Ep. #12456
    12/14/11
  - S 49: Ep 425 Ep. #12453
    12/9/11
  - + 60 More Credits
Guest Star (18)

Role
- American Masters
  Narrator
  - S 25: Ep 8 Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter
    12/19/11
- Attack of the Show!
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 140 8/4/2011
    8/4/11
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 218 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 04/04/2011
    4/4/11
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Self
  - S 16: Ep 14 James Franco
    1/25/11
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 64 December 7, 2010
    12/7/10
  - S 19: Ep 13 September 21, 2006
    9/21/06
  - S 19: Ep 11 September 19, 2006
    9/19/06
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 35: Ep 11 James Franco/Muse
    12/19/09
  - S 34: Ep 2 James Franco/Kings of Leon
    9/20/08
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 145 Episode #2.145
    2/23/09
- Sidewalks Entertainment
  Himself / Guest
  - S 19: Ep 9 Milk
    11/17/08
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 156 Show #2963
    7/30/08
- MTV Movie Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 17: Ep 1 2008 MTV Movie Awards
    6/1/08
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 74 May 1, 2007
    5/1/07
  - S 3: Ep 14 January 23, 2007
    1/23/07
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 79 Episode 254
    1/12/06
- E!'s 101
  Interviewee
  - S 1: Ep 4 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment 40 - 21
    7/16/03
- Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
  Harry Osborn
- The X-Files
  Officer #2
  - S 8: Ep 8 Surekill
    1/7/01
- Profiler
  Nick
  - S 3: Ep 17 Three Carat Crisis
    4/3/99
- The Hollywood Squares
  Himself
- Pacific Blue
  Brian
  - S 3: Ep 8 Matters of the Heart
    10/5/97
Cameo (1)

Role
- Conan
  Cameo
  - S 1: Ep 128 And The Wind Whispered "Balls"
    8/9/11
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- 30 Rock
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 9 Klaus and Greta
    1/14/10

James Franco News

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News Briefs: J.J. Abrams Sells a Pilot to The CW

By Tim Surette, Feb 01, 2012

Plus: ABC picks up a Judy Greer pilot, Monday's top-rated show was a repeat, and Saturday Night Live loses a cast member. read more
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Is Eddie Murphy a Good Choice to Host the Oscars?

By Seth Abramovitch, Sep 07, 2011

The fact that it's even open to debate is a good sign for the awards show, which needs all the buzz it can get. read more

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- James and Ahna O'Reilly have been dating since April 2006.
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- James revealed that when he first read the script for Milk, there was only one gay sex scene in the movie. When he re-read it months later, there were more sex scenes between his and Sean Penn's characters, because Sean had asked for more to be written into the film.
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- In 2006, James was named one of Salon.com's "10 men who might just inspire the rebirth of Jewish male cool."
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- James: (after his parents stopped paying his way after he dropped out of UCLA) I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.
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- James: When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces.
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- James: I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself.
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