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Birthday:

06-12-1985 (39 years)

Birthplace:

Palo Alto, California, USA

Biography

David John Franco (born June 12, 1985) is an American actor and filmmaker. He began his career with small roles in films such as Superbad(2007) and Charlie St. Cloud (2010). Following a starring role in the final season of the comedy series Scrubs (2009–2010), Franco had his film breakthrough with a supporting role in the buddy comedy film 21 Jump Street (2012).

Franco has also starred in Fright Night (2011), Now You See Me (2013) and its sequel Now You See Me 2 (2016), Neighbors (2014) and its sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Nerve (2016), The Disaster Artist (2017), and Day Shift (2022). In 2020, he made his directorial debut with The Rental, starring his wife Alison Brie.

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The Shortcut

Act like Mark

event2009 star_border 4.7 top_panel_open

When Derek moves to a new town and discovers a shortcut through the woods to his high school, he learns about a crazy old man who lives near its path: Legend has it that he abducted a group of teenagers years ago. Ignoring the warning, Derek and his friends set out to uncover the dark secret that's buried deep in the woods. But will they survive to tell it?

Superbad

Act like Greg the Soccer Player

event2007 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

Charlie St. Cloud

Act like Sully

event2010 star_border 7 top_panel_open

Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After high school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. As he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.

21 Jump Street

Act like Eric Molson

event2012 star_border 6.9 top_panel_open

When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go under cover as high-school students. They trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, and set out to shut down a dangerous drug ring. But, as time goes on, Schmidt and Jenko discover that high school is nothing like it was just a few years earlier -- and, what's more, they must again confront the teenage terror and anxiety they thought they had left behind.

Go F*ck Yourself with Dave Franco

event2011 star_border 1 top_panel_open

Love yourself before you can love others.

Warm Bodies

Act like Perry Kelvin

event2013 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

The Broken Tower

Act like Young Hart Crane

event2012 star_border 5.1 top_panel_open

Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

Now You See Me

Act like Jack Wilder

event2013 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

Fright Night

Act like Mark

event2011 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician.

The Lego Movie

Act like Wally (voice)

event2014 star_border 7.4 top_panel_open

An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.

Bad Meat

Act like Tyler

event2011 star_border 4.4 top_panel_open

Six troubled teens at secluded camp for juvenile delinquents must fight for their lives after a mysterious virus transforms the guards into cannibalistic mutants.

Neighbors

Act like Pete Regazolli

event2014 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.

Blood Meridian Test Reel

Act like The Kid

event2011 top_panel_open

James Franco's pre production test reel for Blood Meridian. Originally selected to direct a feature length adaptation, James Franco filmed a 32 minute test scene of Tobin telling The Kid about how the Glanton Gang first met Judge Holden in the desert.

Unfinished Business

Act like Mike Pancake

event2015 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable – and unimaginable – way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.

22 Jump Street

Act like Eric Molson (uncredited)

event2014 star_border 6.8 top_panel_open

After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.

Love Lies Bleeding

Act like JJ

event2024 star_border 6.6 top_panel_open

Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

Now You See Me 3

Act like Jack Wilder

new_releases Release: November 12, 2025

A third installment of the 'Now You See Me' franchise. Plot TBA.

Now You See Me 2

Act like Jack Wilder

event2016 star_border 6.8 top_panel_open

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.

After Sex

Act like Sam

event2007 star_border 5.6 top_panel_open

Sex is a background to examine intimacy and vulnerability. Looks at the complexity of modern day relationships told through eight separate couples. Through dialogue and compromising situations, the film takes us from the beginning of a relationship to the aftermath of one, and examines every stage in between seeing humor within the drama, heartache and confusion of it all.

Zeroville

Act like Montgomery Clift

event2019 star_border 5.1 top_panel_open

A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

Nerve

Act like Ian

event2016 star_border 7 top_panel_open

Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.

Together

Act like Tim

new_releases Release: August 01, 2025

With a move to the countryside already testing the limits of a couple’s relationship, a supernatural encounter begins an extreme transformation of their love, their lives, and their flesh.

A Fuchsia Elephant

Act like Michael

event2009 top_panel_open

On the day before her eighteenth birthday, Charlotte Hill makes a decision to change. Not wanting to follow in the footsteps of her alcoholic mother, she enlists a sober partner named Michael to help guide her. He challenges her to think of something fun to do to celebrate, and with the help of some friends, she recreates the eighth birthday party she never had. The party is an imaginative romp filled with pirates, gypsies and a fuchsia elephant...the best she's ever had.

Greenberg

Act like Rich (Sara's Party)

event2010 star_border 5.9 top_panel_open

A New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother's assistant.

The Disaster Artist

Act like Greg / "Mark"

event2017 star_border 7.1 top_panel_open

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Act like Pete

event2016 star_border 5.8 top_panel_open

A sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner's enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity to help battle the raucous sisters.

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Act like Lloyd (voice)

event2017 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

Six young ninjas are tasked with defending their island home of Ninjago. By night, they’re gifted warriors using their skill and awesome fleet of vehicles to fight villains and monsters. By day, they’re ordinary teens struggling against their greatest enemy....high school.

The Little Hours

Act like Masseto

event2017 star_border 5.8 top_panel_open

Garfagnana, Italy, 1347. The handsome servant Masseto, fleeing from his vindictive master, takes shelter in a nunnery where three young nuns, Sister Alessandra, Sister Ginevra and Sister Fernanda, try unsuccessfully to find out what their purpose in life is, a conundrum that each of them faces in different ways.

Regretting You

Act like Jonah

new_releases Release: October 24, 2025

An exploration of the complex relationship between Morgan Grant and her daughter, Clara. Morgan became a mother at a young age, putting her own dreams on hold to raise Clara. As Clara grows into a teenager, their relationship becomes strained, especially after a tragic accident claims the life of Chris, Morgan’s husband and Clara’s father.

Milk

Act like Telephone Tree #5

event2008 star_border 7.2 top_panel_open

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

If Beale Street Could Talk

Act like Levy

event2018 star_border 6.9 top_panel_open

After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

6 Balloons

Act like Seth

event2018 star_border 6 top_panel_open

Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.

6 Underground

Act like Six

event2019 star_border 6.3 top_panel_open

After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

Act like Self

event2013 star_border 7.2 top_panel_open

It's James Franco's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast.

You're So Hot with Chris Mintz-Plasse and Dave Franco

event2011 star_border 1 top_panel_open

The "You're so hot" duel: first one to laugh loses.

You're So Hot: Part Deux with Dave Franco & Chris Mintz-Plasse

event2012 top_panel_open

The "You're so hot" duel rematch: a spaghetti western.

To the Extreme

Act like Vanilla Ice

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From a high school dropout selling cars in Dallas to having the first hip-hop single to top the Billboard charts with 'Ice Ice Baby,' a young Vanilla Ice struggles with stardom, extortion attempts, and selling out as he makes music history.

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Act like Dave Franco (uncredited)

event2016 star_border 6.6 top_panel_open

When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting with his old rap group The Style Boyz.

Day Shift

Act like Seth

event2022 star_border 6.8 top_panel_open

An LA vampire hunter has a week to come up with the cash to pay for his kid's tuition and braces. Trying to make a living these days just might kill him.

Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)

event2025 top_panel_open

Accused of smuggling cabbages into a nation where cabbages are banned, Declan and Delores must confront the fragility of their new marriage while on the run for their lives.

Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster

Act like Self

event2018 top_panel_open

A documentary about the making and shooting of James Franco's ‘The Disaster Artist’ (2017)

The Shitheads

Act like Mark

top_panel_open

A pair of deeply unqualified bozos are hired to transport a troubled teenage millionaire to rehab.

Greek

Act like Gonzo (6 ep.)

event2007 star_border 6.6 top_panel_open

Casey Cartwright is poised to become the most powerful girl in the Greek system. Rusty, her little brother, is new on campus and he's the geek. But he sees Cyprus-Rhodes University as an opportunity to create a whole new identity.

The Afterparty

Act like Xavier (8 ep.)

event2022 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

Nothing is as it seems in this hilarious murder mystery where each suspect's story is told through a different film genre.

Do Not Disturb

Act like Gus (6 ep.)

event2008 star_border 5 top_panel_open

Set in one of New York City's hottest hotels, Do Not Disturb follows the behind the scenes antics of The Inn. Recently named one of New York City's "10 Best Places to Stay," The Inn is the place to be, with the top clientele and staff.

Scrubs

Act like Cole Aaronson (13 ep.)

event2001 star_border 8 top_panel_open

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.

Young Justice

Act like Riddler (voice) (2 ep.)

event2010 star_border 8.4 top_panel_open

Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

Other Space

(1 ep.)

event2015 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

Meet the team of the UMP cruiser, a barely-functional starship led by an aggressively cheerful Captain with a with a barely-competent crew, including a clueless navigator, a brain damaged mechanic, a bickering couple,a man with gills raised to be an organ farm for his brother and ART, the billionaire turned robot. When their ship is drawn into a different universe, they must to learn to work together while dealing with space clouds, robot rebellions, and the occasional alien attack.

Little Big Awesome

Act like Dave (voice) (1 ep.)

event2018 top_panel_open

Two inseparable buddies, Gluko and Lennon, are in for a strange adventure. Not only must they get a lost little bubble back home to Bubble Land, but they need to make it back in time to stop a group of adorable yet naughty kittens from messing up Grandma's house.

Easy

Act like Jeff (4 ep.)

event2016 star_border 6.1 top_panel_open

This eclectic, star-studded anthology follows diverse Chicagoans fumbling through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture. First dates, friends with benefits, couples with kids. Whatever your relationship status is, it's always complicated.

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Act like Self - Guest (2 ep.)

event2015 star_border 5.4 top_panel_open

Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by James Corden.

Krapopolis

Act like Broseidon (voice) (3 ep.)

event2023 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

In mythical ancient Greece, a flawed family of humans, gods and monsters tries to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Act like Self (2 ep.)

event2014 star_border 5.8 top_panel_open

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Act like Self (1 ep.)

event2014 star_border 5.4 top_panel_open

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Act like Self - Guest (2 ep.)

event2009 star_border 4.8 top_panel_open

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

Saturday Night Live

Act like Self - Cameo (uncredited) (1 ep.)

event1975 star_border 6.9 top_panel_open

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

BoJack Horseman

Act like Alexi Brosefino (voice) (1 ep.)

event2014 star_border 8.6 top_panel_open

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?

The Now

Act like Ed Poole (14 ep.)

event2021 star_border 5.7 top_panel_open

For Ed Poole, clarity comes when a secret from his past has seemingly destroyed his future. He soon realizes the only thing that will make his life worth living is to forget the past, screw the future and just live in The Now.

7th Heaven

Act like Benjamin Bainsworth (1 ep.)

event1996 star_border 6.4 top_panel_open

Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Act like Self (1 ep.)

event2003 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.

Privileged

Act like Zachary (5 ep.)

event2008 star_border 7.6 top_panel_open

Megan Smith, a smart and quirky young assistant at a glossy magazine, is fired when her Yale education proves detrimental to getting ahead in the world of tabloid journalism. Her boss takes pity on her and arranges an interview with the wealthy Laurel Limoges to be a live-in tutor for her twin teen granddaughters. The beautiful and rebellious twins are less-than-thrilled with their new tutor, but Megan is determined to win them over as she enjoys the perks of her new job - breathtaking private suite, gorgeous car and live-in chef.

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