James Franco Express And Received A Golden

He began acting during the late appearing on the short lived television series Freaks and Geeks and starring in several teen films he played the title role in Mark Rydell's television biographical film James Dean which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film.


Franco achieved international fame with his portrayal of Harry Osborn in the Spider Man trilogy Since then his films have included the war film The Great Raid romantic drama Tristan & Isolde and Justin Lin's drama Annapolis Franco starred in the comedy stoner film Pineapple Express and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.


His maternal grandmother Mitzi Levine Verne runs the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland Franco's father is of Portuguese and Swedish descent and Franco's mother is Jewish a descendant of immigrants from Russia Franco grew up in California with his two younger brothers Tom and Dave.

Talented at mathematics he interned at Lockheed Martin Franco graduated from Palo Alto High School where he acted in plays and was voted by his senior class as the person with the best smile.

He enrolled at the University of California Los Angeles as an English major but dropped out after his freshman year against his parents wishes to pursue a career as an actor taking acting lessons with Robert Carnegie at Playhouse West.