James Franco

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academic author film actor film director film producer human performance artist screenwriter television actor visual artist

James Franco is an American actor, filmmaker, and academic known for his diverse roles in films like "127 Hours" and "Pineapple Express" and for his often experimental approach to art and performance.

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James Edward Franco 1

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performance artist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
visual artist ⓘ
activeIn contemporary art ⓘ
film industry ⓘ
television industry ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film ⓘ
Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1978-04-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Brooklyn College ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ
surface form: Columbia University School of the Arts

Tisch School of the Arts ⓘ
surface form: New York University Tisch School of the Arts

Palo Alto High School ⓘ
University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
Warren Wilson College ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer New York University ⓘ
University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Portuguese descent ⓘ
Russian Jewish descent ⓘ
Swedish descent ⓘ
familyName Francisco Franco ⓘ
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fullName James Franco self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Edward Franco
givenName James ⓘ
knownFor experimental approach to art and performance ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
notableWork 127 Hours ⓘ
Freaks and Geeks ⓘ
James Dean (2001 film) ⓘ
Milk ⓘ
Pineapple Express ⓘ
Spider-Man ⓘ
Spider-Man 2 ⓘ
Spider-Man 3 ⓘ
Spring Breakers ⓘ
The Disaster Artist ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
director ⓘ
filmmaker ⓘ
producer ⓘ
professor ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Palo Alto, California ⓘ
surface form: Palo Alto, California, United States
portrayed James Dean ⓘ
sibling Dave Franco ⓘ
Tom Franco ⓘ

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Spider-Man 3 → coStar → James Franco ⓘ
As I Lay Dying → filmDirector → James Franco ⓘ
James Franco → fullName → James Franco self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Edward Franco
Seth Rogen → hasCollaboratedWith → James Franco ⓘ
83rd Academy Awards → host → James Franco ⓘ
127 Hours → starring → James Franco ⓘ
Deuces Wild → starring → James Franco ⓘ
The Great Raid → starring → James Franco ⓘ