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James Franco
James Edward Franco is a Jewish American actor, director, screenwriter, film producer and artist. He began acting in the late 1990s and achieved international fame for his portrayal of Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man trilogy.
Franco was born April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, California to Betsy (née Verne) and Doug Franco. His mother is a Jewish descendant of Russian immigrants. Following his high school gradation in 1996, he enrolled at UCLA as an English major but dropped out after his freshmen year to pursue a professional career as an actor. In 1999, after training and acting lessons with Robert Carnegie at Playhouse West, Franco got his first break when he was cast in the television series Freaks and Geeks.
Franco's first major film was 2000's Whatever It Takes. He was subsequently cast as the title role in the 2001 TV bio-pic James Dean, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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Known for his breakthrough starring role on Freaks and Geeks (1999), James Franco was born April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Franco, a writer, artist, and actress, and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco, who ran a Silicon Valley business. His mother is Jewish and his father was of Portuguese and Swedish descent.
Growing up with his two younger brothers, Dave Franco, also an actor, and Tom Franco, James graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1996 and went on to attend UCLA, majoring in English. To overcome his shyness, he got into acting while studying there, which, much to his parents' dismay, he left after only one year. After fifteen months of intensive study at Robert Carnegie's Playhouse West, James began actively pursuing his dream of finding work as an actor in Hollywood. In that short time, he landed han själv a starring role on Freaks and Geeks (1999). The show, however, was not a hit to its viewers at the time, and was canceled after its first
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James Franco
American actor and filmmaker (born 1978)
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including 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 has collaborated with fellow actor Seth Rogen on multiple projects, including 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's performance in 127 Hours (2010) earned a Best Actor nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards.
His first prominent television role was 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 G