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James Franco
James Franco's high school classmates voted him the student with the best smile, yet it was the young man's brooding qualities that first caught the attention of audiences.Born April 19, 1978, in Palo Alto, Calif., Franco attended UCLA for a year before dropping out to study acting with Robert Carnegie. In 1999, he made his big-screen debut in Never Been Kissed and gained heartthrob status with his portrayal of rebellious Daniel Desario in the series "Freaks and Geeks." His Golden Globe-winning performance in the TV biopic James Dean (2001) sealed his place in the public consciousness.In 2002, Franco hit the jackpot playing Peter Parker's friend-turned-foe in Spider-Man -- success that has enabled him to alternate between big-budget Hollywood projects and more serious endeavors, including Robert Altman's The Company (2003), Paul Haggis's In the Valley of Elah (2007) and Gus Van Sant's Milk (2008), as well as not-so-serious fare (Pineapple Express, for which he won a Golden Globe).
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Your Highness
As Fabious
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Rise of the Planet of...
As Will Rodman
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127 Hours
As Aron Ralston
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William Vincent
As William Vincent
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Masculinity & Me
Various
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The Clerk's Tale
Various
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trivia
James appeared in two movies that premiered on the same day, Deuces Wild (2002) and Spider-Man (2002), both opening on May 3rd. The success of the two films was highly varied as Spider-Man film has to date amassed a box office gross some 67 times greater than that of Deuces.
He has two brothers, Tom and Dave Franco.
His parents are Betsy Doug Franco
In his spare time he likes to paint
Was named one of People Magazine's 50 Hottest Bachelors
Has his own production company - Rabbit Bandini Productions.
Went by the name of Ted in high school and was voted "Best Smile" at Palo Alto High School
Shares a birthday with Hayden Christensen.
Was named one of Salon.com's "10 men who might just inspire the rebirth of Jewish male cool."
Although he always hated it, he started smoking for his lead role in James Dean (2001) (TV).
Is of Portuguese and Swedish heritage on his father's side, and of Russian Jewish heritage on his mother's side.
Worked with stunt coordinator Nick Powell in two movies both premiering in 2006: Tristan Isolde (2006) and Annapolis (2006).
Close friends with Tobey Maguire. He also used to "babysit" Tobey's daughter on the set of Spider-Man 3 (2007).
His first overseas trip was to Australia to film The Great Raid (2005).
His grandmother, Mitzie Verne, is an artist.
Is friends with Busy Philipps, who he met on the set of "Freaks and Geeks " (1999).
In a relationship with Marla Sokoloff. They met on the set of Whatever It Takes (2000). [2000-
Franco told interviewer Terry Gross that when he was in junior high school, he was arrested for shoplifting cologne from a department store and reselling it with his friends at the school. He noted to Gross the irony that, in 2008, he shot an advertising campaign in which he became the face of Gucci cologne.
While a guest on her NPR program "Fresh Air", Franco told interviewer Terry Gross that when he went back to UCLA to finish his undergraduate degree in creative writing, he was worried that his classmates and professors might think of him as "sliding by" because of his acting career, so he took a lot of extra courses to make sure they knew he was serious. He told Gross that the cap on the number of units that a student is allowed to take in a quarter was 19, but in his last quarter he took 62 units - which as far as he knows is a record for a single student.
Studied acting with Ivana Chubbuck, whose students include stars such as Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Elisabeth Shue, Catherine Keener, Carrie-Anne Moss, Djimon Hounsou, Garry Shandling and Jon Voight.
In a relationship with actress, Ahna O #x27;Reilly (2006 - present).
In 2009 he reunited with his "Deuces Wild" co-star Ronnie Marmo on "General Hospital".
