James Franco Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This James Franco filmography covers 95 movie titles and 10 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

James Franco movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• Never Been Kissed (1999) as Jason
• Whatever It Takes (2000) as Chris Campbell
• James Dean (2001) as James Dean
• City by the Sea (2002) as Joey
• Deuces Wild (2002) as Tino
• Sonny (2002) as Sonny
• Spider-Man (2002) as Harry Osborn
• The Company (2003) as Josh
• Spider-Man 2 (2004) as Harry Osborn
• The Great Raid (2005) as Captain Prince
• Annapolis (2006) as Jake Huard
• Flyboys (2006) as Blaine Rawlings
• The Dead Girl (2006) as Derek
• The Holiday (2006) as James Franco (uncredited)
• The Wicker Man (2006) as Bar Guy #1
• Tristan & Isolde (2006) as Tristan
• An American Crime (2007) as Andy
• Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007) as Dean Silo
• In the Valley of Elah (2007) as Sergeant Carnelli
• Interview (2007) as Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
• Knocked Up (2007) as Sol (uncredited)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007) as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
• Camille (2008) as Silias
• Good Time Max (2008) as Max
• Milk (2008) as Scott Smith
• Nights in Rodanthe (2008) as Mark Flanner (uncredited)
• Pineapple Express (2008) as Saul Silver
• 127 Hours (2010) as Aron Ralston
• Date Night (2010) as Taste
• Eat Pray Love (2010) as David
• Howl (2010) as Allen Ginsberg
• Love and Distrust (2010) as Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
• Saturday Night (2010) as Self
• With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010) as Self
• Eames: The Architect and the Painter (2011) as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) as Will Rodman
• The Green Hornet (2011) as Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
• Your Highness (2011) as Fabious
• About Cherry (2012) as Francis
• Maladies (2012) as James
• Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present (2012) as Self
• The Broken Tower (2012) as Hart Crane
• The Color of Time (2012) as C.K. Williams (age 40)
• The Iceman (2012) as Marty Freeman
• The Letter (2012) as Tyrone
• As I Lay Dying (2013) as Darl Bundren
• Comedy Central Roast of James Franco (2013) as Self
• Homefront (2013) as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
• Interior. Leather Bar. (2013) as James
• Lovelace (2013) as Hugh Hefner
• Mademoiselle C (2013) as Self
• Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) as Oz
• Spring Breakers (2013) as Alien
• This Is the End (2013) as James Franco
• What Is Cinema? (2013) as Self
• Child of God (2014) as Jerry
• Good People (2014) as Tom Reed
• Palo Alto (2014) as Mr. B
• The Interview (2014) as Dave Skylark
• Third Person (2014) as Rick
• Veronica Mars (2014) as James Franco (uncredited)
• Call Me Lucky (2015) as Self
• Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) as Tomas Eldan
• I Am Michael (2015) as Michael Glatze
• Queen of the Desert (2015) as Henry Cadogan
• The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards (2015) as Conrad
• The Little Prince (2015) as The Fox (voice)
• The Night Before (2015) as Self
• The Sound and the Fury (2015) as Benjy Compson
• True Story (2015) as Christian Longo
• Wild Horses (2015) as Ben Briggs
• Burn Country (2016) as Lindsay
• Goat (2016) as Mitch
• In Dubious Battle (2016) as Mac McLeod
• King Cobra (2016) as Joe Kerekes
• Memoria (2016) as Mr. Wyckoff
• Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (2016) as Director
• Sausage Party (2016) as Druggie (voice)
• The Adderall Diaries (2016) as Stephen Elliott
• Why Him? (2016) as Laird Mayhew
• Yosemite (2016) as Phil
• Alien: Covenant (2017) as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
• High School Lover (2017) as Rick Winters
• The Disaster Artist (2017) as Tommy / 'Johnny'
• The Institute (2017) as Dr. Cairn
• The Show (2017) as Male Host
• The Vault (2017) as Ed Mass
• Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary (2018) as Self
• Future World (2018) as Warlord
• Kin (2018) as Taylor Balik
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
• Arctic Dogs (2019) as Lemmy (voice)
• Zeroville (2019) as Vikar
• Hey Joe (2024) as Dean Barry
• Largo Winch: The Price of Money (2024) as Ezio Burntwood

James Franco television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for James Franco; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• 11.22.63 as Jake Epping
• 30 Rock as James Franco
• Angie Tribeca as Sgt. Eddie Pepper
• Deadbeat as Johnny
• Freaks and Geeks as Daniel Desario
• Pacific Blue as Brian
• Profiler as Stevie
• The Deuce as Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino
• The Mindy Project as Paul Leotard
• The X-Files as Officer #2

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of James Franco's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.