James Franco

Born in Palo Alto, California, on April 19, 1978, James Edward Franco is the eldest son of Douglas, who ran a non-profit organization, and Betsy Lou, a poet and editor who comes from a Jewish family closely related to the art.

When I was a teenager, I stood out as a Mathematics student. He enrolled in English Philology at the University of California (UCLA), but against his parents’ wishes he decided to leave campus and study acting with Robert Carnegie at Playhouse West.

After some little notable role, he was chosen for one of the main characters in Freaks and Geeks , a comic series produced by Judd Apatow , where he coincided with the then very young Seth Rogen . In cinema, he was secondary in They have never kissed me , although he had a much bigger role in the romantic comedy Cueste lo cueste , where he was a “handsome guy” with little culture who needed the services of a friend to conquer the girl of his dreams. telling him what to do, along the lines of Cyrano de Bergerac.

During filming he fell in love with Maria Sokoloff, his co-star. The two began a relationship that lasted four years.

Later they chose him as the protagonist of James Dean , a television biography of the legendary interpreter, where his characterization was impressive. Not surprisingly, he won the Golden Globe for best actor in a television movie or miniseries.

And although with this tape it was clear that he was going to cause people to talk, his true vehicle for international presentation was Spider-Man , where his role as Harry Osborn, the son of the Green Goblin, eclipsed the protagonist at times, a role for which was about to be chosen. He reprized in the two sequels that Sam Raimi directed , each time with a greater presence.

He was beginning to be a well-known actor when Robert De Niro personally chose him to play his offspring in Condemned . He was cast by Robert Altman in his ballet film The Company (2003) , starred in the romantic Tristan + Isolde , was a military academy student in The Challenge (2006) , a sergeant in In the Valley of Elah , and appeared briefly in American Crime , where he was a very young boyfriend of Catherine Keener ‘s character .

He also had time to star in Superfumados , where he reunited with the aforementioned Seth Rogen, co-star, and Judd Apatow, producer. He was a temporary conquest of Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love , and Sean Penn ‘s homosexual boyfriend in My Name is Harvey Milk , where his brother Dave Franco had a little role, also dedicated to acting, and who physically keeps a great deal with him. similar.

Franco is not only good at acting. He has also shot several shorts, and the comedy Siomiosis . He is preparing the feature The Broken Tower , about the poet Hart Crane, where he works as a scriptwriter and main actor, and he plans to adapt “Meridian of Blood” by Cormac McCarthy .

The actor is at his best. He played a rugged hiker in Danny Boyle ‘s 127 Hours , in which he practically carries the weight of the film alone. For this role he obtained a nomination in the category of best actor at the Oscars, in an edition in which he had already been chosen to present the ceremony, along with Anne Hathaway . He is one of the most in-demand young actors. After the comedy Your Highness and the science fiction film Rise of the Apes , projects such as The Iceman , a biography of a hard-hitting hitman, where he shares the lead with Benicio del Toro , accumulate .