Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin |
Finn (voice) |
2025 |
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home |
Self (archive footage) |
2022 |
Johnny vs Amber |
Self |
2021 |
History of the Sitcom |
Daniel Desario |
2021 |
The Long Home |
Dallas Hardin |
2021 |
Arctic Dogs |
Lemmy (voice) / Lemmy |
2019 |
VICE Investigates |
Self |
2019 |
The Pretenders |
Maxwell |
2018 |
The Pretenders |
Maxwell |
2019 |
Zeroville |
Vikar |
2019 |
Best of the Comedy Central Roast |
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2019 |
Don't Come Back from the Moon |
Roman Smalley |
2019 |
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs |
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") |
2018 |
Kin |
Taylor Balik |
2018 |
Cultureshock |
Self |
2018 |
Future World |
Warlord |
2018 |
Mississippi Requiem |
Homer Barron (segment "A Rose for Emily") |
2018 |
Hollywood Insider |
Self |
2018 |
75th Golden Globe Awards |
Self - Winner |
2018 |
The Disaster Artist |
'Johnny' / Tommy / Tommy Wiseau |
2017 |
The IMDb Show |
Self - Guest |
2017 |
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards |
Conrad |
2017 |
The Show |
Male Host |
2017 |
The Vault |
Ed Maas / Ed Mass |
2017 |
The Deuce |
Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino |
2017 |
The Mad Whale |
Edward Fry |
2017 |
Alien: Covenant |
Jacob Branson |
2017 |
The Institute |
Dr. Cairn |
2017 |
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper |
Branson / Capt. Jacob Branson |
2017 |
In Dubious Battle |
Mac McLeod / Mac |
2017 |
High School Lover |
Rick Winters |
2017 |
The Labyrinth |
Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
2017 |
Why Him? |
Laird Mayhew |
2016 |
Burn Country |
Lindsay |
2016 |
King Cobra |
Joe / Joe Kerekes |
2016 |
Goat |
Mitch |
2016 |
Sausage Party |
Druggie (voice) / Druggie |
2016 |
Cyberwar |
Self - Actor, The Interview |
2016 |
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? |
Director |
2016 |
Memoria |
Mr. Wyckoff |
2016 |
The Adderall Diaries |
Stephen Elliott |
2016 |
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem |
Self |
2016 |
11.22.63 |
Jake Epping |
2016 |
The IMDb Studio at Sundance |
Self |
2016 |
Angie Tribeca |
Sgt. Eddie Pepper |
2016 |
Yosemite |
Phil |
2016 |
Vice Guide to Film |
Self - Interviewee |
2016 |
I Am Michael |
Michael Glatze |
2015 |
Richard Peter Johnson |
James Franco / Self - James Franco |
2015 |
The Night Before |
James Franco / Himself |
2015 |
A Walk in Winter |
Conrad |
2015 |
The Sound and the Fury |
Benjy Compson |
2015 |
F for Franco |
Self |
2015 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert |
Self - Guest |
2015 |
Queen of the Desert |
Henry Cadogan |
2015 |
Call Me Lucky |
Himself |
2015 |
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter |
Self |
2015 |
The Little Prince |
The Fox / The Fox (voice) |
2015 |
Black Dog, Red Dog |
Leo |
2015 |
Wild Horses |
Ben Briggs |
2015 |
David Letterman: A Life on Television |
Self |
2015 |
True Story |
Christian Longo |
2015 |
The Late Late Show with James Corden |
Self - Guest |
2015 |
Hot Ones |
Self - Guest |
2015 |
Every Thing Will Be Fine |
Tomas / Tomas Eldan |
2015 |
Don Quixote |
Pasamonte |
2015 |
The Interview |
Dave Skylark |
2014 |
Lennon or McCartney |
Self |
2014 |
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Journey to Dawn |
Will Rodman |
2014 |
Making a Scene with James Franco |
James / Al Bundy / Batman / Blair / Carrie / Walter White / Eric Forman / Michael Kelso / Forest Gump / Marty McFly / Grease / Harry / Jack / Jerry / Mr. Blonde / Rachel / Joey / Self / Taxi Driver / Wayne / Garth / Zack Morris / Daniel Desario |
2014 |
Good People |
Tom Wright / Tom Reed |
2014 |
Advice |
Self |
2014 |
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes |
Will Rodman |
2014 |
Obituaries |
Felix Mitchum |
2014 |
Child of God |
Jerry |
2014 |
Of Mice and Men |
George Milton / George |
2014 |
Deadbeat |
Johnny |
2014 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers |
Self - Guest |
2014 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon |
Self - Guest |
2014 |
Veronica Mars |
James Franco |
2014 |
Unscripted |
Self |
2014 |
The Drunken Peasants |
Dave Skylark |
2014 |
I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel |
James |
2014 |
Palo Alto |
Mr. B |
2013 |
Sal |
Milton Katselas |
2013 |
As I Lay Dying |
Darl Bundren |
2013 |
Interior. Leather Bar. |
James |
2013 |
Mademoiselle C |
Self |
2013 |
Celebrity Page |
Self |
2013 |
Third Person |
Rick |
2013 |
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco |
Self |
2013 |
A Fuller Life |
Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy") |
2013 |
Lovelace |
Hugh Hefner |
2013 |
Homefront |
Morgan 'Gator' Bodine |
2013 |
This Is the End |
James Franco / Himself |
2013 |
Oz the Great and Powerful |
Oz |
2013 |
Spring Breakers |
Alien |
2013 |
Revealed |
Self |
2013 |
The Color of Time |
C.K. Williams / C.K. Williams (age 40) |
2012 |
Playhouse |
Self |
2012 |
The Mindy Project |
Paul Leotard |
2012 |
The Letter |
Tyrone |
2012 |
Larry King Now |
Self - Guest |
2012 |
Celebrity Style Story |
Self |
2012 |
Maladies |
James |
2012 |
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present |
Self |
2012 |
Hollywood Heights |
Osborne Silver / Osbourne Silver |
2012 |
The Broken Tower |
Hart Crane |
2012 |
About Cherry |
Frances / Francis |
2012 |
Francophrenia (or Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is) |
Franco |
2012 |
Francophrenia (or Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is) |
Franco |
2012 |
CBS This Morning |
Self - Guest |
2012 |
The Sitter |
Soap Actor |
2011 |
Eames: The Architect & The Painter |
Self (Narrator) / Narrator |
2011 |
The Iceman |
Marty Freeman |
2011 |
Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
Will Rodman |
2011 |
Close Up |
Self |
2011 |
Hamish & Andy's Gap Year |
Self |
2011 |
On Story |
Self |
2011 |
Your Highness |
Fabious |
2011 |
Half in the Bag |
Self |
2011 |
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards |
Self - Host & Nominee |
2011 |
The Green Hornet |
Danny Crystal Cleer |
2011 |
127 Hours |
Aron Ralston |
2010 |
Conan |
Himself - Guest / Himself / Himself - Guest (also archive footage) |
2010 |
Howl |
Allen Ginsberg |
2010 |
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit |
James |
2010 |
Love & Distrust |
Travis / Segment 3 - Grasshopper (Sincerity and Doubt) / Travis (segment "Grasshopper") |
2010 |
Eat Pray Love |
David Piccolo / David |
2010 |
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story |
Self |
2010 |
Masculinity & Me |
|
2010 |
Saturday Night |
Self |
2010 |
Shadows & Lies |
William Vincent |
2010 |
Date Night |
Taste |
2010 |
Richard Roeper & the Movies |
Aron Ralston |
2009 |
Erased: James Franco |
Himself / Self |
2009 |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon |
Himself - Guest |
2009 |
The 81st Annual Academy Awards |
Self - Presenter |
2009 |
Milk |
Scott Smith |
2008 |
Good Time Max |
Max |
2008 |
Nights in Rodanthe |
Mark Flanner |
2008 |
Pineapple Express |
Saul Silver |
2008 |
Camille |
Silias |
2008 |
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis |
Self |
2008 |
In the Valley of Elah |
Sgt. Dan Carnelli / Sergeant Carnelli |
2007 |
An American Crime |
Andy |
2007 |
Chelsea Lately |
Kanye West |
2007 |
Knocked Up |
Sol |
2007 |
Interview |
Boyfriend on Phone (voice) / Boyfriend on Phone |
2007 |
Finishing the Game |
Dean Silo |
2007 |
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis |
Justin Bobby |
2007 |
Spider-Man 3 |
Harry Osborn / New Goblin |
2007 |
The Holiday |
James Franco |
2006 |
The Dead Girl |
Derek |
2006 |
30 Rock |
James Franco |
2006 |
Grasshopper |
Travis |
2006 |
Flyboys |
Blaine Rawlings |
2006 |
Fuse Celebrity Playlist |
Self - Guest |
2006 |
The Wicker Man |
Bar Guy #1 |
2006 |
Annapolis |
Jake Huard |
2006 |
Tristan + Isolde |
Tristan |
2006 |
Iconoclasts |
Self |
2005 |
The Colbert Report |
Self - Guest / Frank Jameso |
2005 |
Made in Hollywood |
Self |
2005 |
The Great Raid |
Captain Prince |
2005 |
The Ape |
Harry Walker |
2005 |
Fool's Gold |
Brent |
2005 |
Making the Amazing |
Self |
2004 |
The Tony Danza Show |
Self - Guest |
2004 |
At the Movies |
Self |
2004 |
Spider-Man 2 |
Harry Osborn |
2004 |
The Company |
Josh |
2003 |
Shootout |
Self |
2003 |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show |
Himself - Guest |
2003 |
Comedy Central Roasts |
Self - Roastee |
2003 |
Inside Edition |
Self - The Interview / Self |
2003 |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! |
Himself - Guest / Himself |
2003 |
Sonny |
Sonny |
2002 |
City by the Sea |
Joey |
2002 |
Mother Ghost |
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2002 |
You Always Stalk the Ones You Love |
|
2002 |
Deuces Wild |
Tino |
2002 |
Spider-Man |
Harry Osborn |
2002 |
James Dean |
James Dean |
2001 |
Some Body |
Apartment Guy #3 |
2001 |
Mean People Suck |
Casey |
2001 |
Whatever It Takes |
Chris / Chris Campbell |
2000 |
If Tomorrow Comes |
Devin |
2000 |
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special |
Self |
1999 |
Freaks and Geeks |
Daniel Desario |
1999 |
Never Been Kissed |
Jason |
1999 |
To Serve and Protect |
Matt Carr |
1999 |
The View |
Himself |
1997 |
Profiler |
Stevie |
1996 |
Access Hollywood |
Self |
1996 |
The Daily Show |
Self - Guest |
1996 |
Pacific Blue |
Brian |
1996 |
Extra |
Self / Self - The Interview |
1994 |
Inside the Actors Studio |
Self - Guest |
1994 |
The X-Files |
Officer #2 |
1993 |
Late Show with David Letterman |
Himself - Guest |
1993 |
HBO First Look |
Self |
1992 |
Entertainment Tonight |
Self |
1981 |
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley |
Self |
1979 |
Saturday Night Live |
Various / James Dean / Self - Host / Self / Jim / Christopher Walken / Luke Skywalker / Riff Raff / Tad Rankin / Captain Jack Swallow |
1975 |