Biography
David John Franco (born June 12, 1985) is an American actor and filmmaker. He began his career with small roles in films such as Superbad(2007) and Charlie St. Cloud (2010). Following a starring role in the final season of the comedy series Scrubs (2009–2010), Franco had his film breakthrough with a supporting role in the buddy comedy film 21 Jump Street (2012). Franco has also starred in Fright Night (2011), Now You See Me (2013) and its sequel Now You See Me 2 (2016), Neighbors (2014) and its...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2025
as Jack Wilder
The Four Horsemen return along with a new generation of illusionists performing mind-melding twists, turns, surprises, and magic unlike anything ever ...
Regretting You
2025
as Jonah Sullivan
A shocking car wreck that takes the lives of two family members unlocks a series of secrets, lies and regrets, as the people left behind can't move fo...
Together
2025
as Tim
Years into their relationship, a couple find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives ex...
Together
2025
Producer
Years into their relationship, a couple find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives ex...
Bubble & Squeak
2025
as Norman
Accused of smuggling cabbages into a nation where cabbages are banned, Declan and Delores must confront the fragility of their new marriage while on t...
Love Lies Bleeding
2024
as JJ
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ign...
Somebody I Used to Know
2023
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
On a trip to her hometown, workaholic Ally reminisces with her first love Sean, and starts to question everything about the person she's become. Thing...
Day Shift
2022
as Seth
An LA vampire hunter has a week to come up with the cash to pay for his kid's tuition and braces. Trying to make a living these days just might kill h...
Zola
2021
Producer
A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek...
The Rental
2020
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what sho...
6 Underground
2019
as Six
After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.
Zeroville
2019
as Montgomery Clift
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Levy
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2018
as Self
A documentary about the making and shooting of James Franco's ‘The Disaster Artist’ (2017)
6 Balloons
2018
as Seth
Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in t...
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
as Lloyd (voice)
Six young ninjas are tasked with defending their island home of Ninjago. By night, they’re gifted warriors using their skill and awesome fleet of vehi...
The Little Hours
2017
as Masseto
Garfagnana, Italy, 1347. The handsome servant Masseto, fleeing from his vindictive master, takes shelter in a nunnery where three young nuns, Sister A...
The Disaster Artist
2017
as Greg / 'Mark'
An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have pred...
Nerve
2016
as Ian
Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game N...
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
as Dave Franco (uncredited)
When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collap...
Now You See Me 2
2016
as Jack Wilder
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find them...
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016
as Pete
A sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner's enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity...
Unfinished Business
2015
as Mike Pancake
A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a rout...
22 Jump Street
2014
as Eric Molson (uncredited)
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local co...
Neighbors
2014
as Pete Regazolli
A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.
The Lego Movie
2014
as Wally (voice)
An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from ...
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013
as Self
It's James Franco's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast.
Now You See Me
2013
as Jack Wilder
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with...
Warm Bodies
2013
as Perry Kelvin
After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the ...
You're So Hot: Part Deux with Dave Franco & Chris Mintz-Plasse
2012
The "You're so hot" duel rematch: a spaghetti western.
You're So Hot: Part Deux with Dave Franco & Chris Mintz-Plasse
2012
Writer
The "You're so hot" duel rematch: a spaghetti western.
The Broken Tower
2012
as Young Hart Crane
Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.
21 Jump Street
2012
as Eric Molson
When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students. They trade...
Bad Meat
2011
as Tyler
Six troubled teens at secluded camp for juvenile delinquents must fight for their lives after a mysterious virus transforms the guards into cannibalis...
Go F*ck Yourself with Dave Franco
2011
Love yourself before you can love others.
Go F*ck Yourself with Dave Franco
2011
Writer
Love yourself before you can love others.
Fright Night
2011
as Mark
A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and mag...
Blood Meridian Test Reel
2011
as The Kid
James Franco's pre production test reel for Blood Meridian. Originally selected to direct a feature length adaptation, James Franco filmed a 32 minute...
You're So Hot with Chris Mintz-Plasse and Dave Franco
2011
The "You're so hot" duel: first one to laugh loses.
You're So Hot with Chris Mintz-Plasse and Dave Franco
2011
Writer
The "You're so hot" duel: first one to laugh loses.
Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)
2010
as Dave Franco
Charlie St. Cloud
2010
as Sully
Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will le...
Greenberg
2010
as Rich (Sara's Party)
Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother (...
A Fuchsia Elephant
2009
as Michael
On the day before her eighteenth birthday, Charlotte Hill makes a decision to change. Not wanting to follow in the footsteps of her alcoholic mother, ...
The Shortcut
2009
as Mark
When Derek moves to a new town and discovers a shortcut through the woods to his high school, he learns about a crazy old man who lives near its path:...
Milk
2008
as Telephone Tree #5
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an acti...
After Sex
2007
as Sam
Sex is a background to examine intimacy and vulnerability. Looks at the complexity of modern day relationships told through eight separate couples. Th...
Superbad
2007
as Greg the Soccer Player
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
To the Extreme
N/A
as Vanilla Ice
From a high school dropout selling cars in Dallas to having the first hip-hop single to top the Billboard charts with 'Ice Ice Baby,' a young Vanilla ...
The Shitheads
N/A
as Mark
A pair of deeply unqualified bozos are hired to transport a troubled teenage millionaire to rehab.
The Shitheads
N/A
Producer
A pair of deeply unqualified bozos are hired to transport a troubled teenage millionaire to rehab.