March 20th, 2009

James Franco- April 19, 1978

James Edward Franco was born in Palo Alto, California on April 19th, 1978. He grew up with two younger brothers and graduated from Palo Alto high school in 1996 where he was voted 'best smile'. He went on to UCLA to and majored in English. James was very shy and to overcome this he got into acting while studing there. Much to his parents' dismay, he left school after one short year. He moved on to Robert Carnegie's Playhouse West to study intesively for 15 months. James then moved on to pursuing his dream of becomming an actor in Hollywood. He landed himself a leading role on the short-lived show "Freaks and Geeks" (1999). At the time the show was not a hit and was canceled after its first year. Once the show was over he stared in Whatever It Takes (2000) where he met is future girlfriend, Marla Sokoloff.

He is best known to his younger audience as Peter Parker's (Spiderman's) best friend, Harry Osbourne. Although James auditioned for the part of Peter Parker, Tobey Maguire. James and Tobey are close friends and he used to babysit Tobey's daughter on the set of Spiderman 3.
As the saying goes, "Gotta do what ya' gotta do," James Franco started smoking for his role in "James Dean" (2001), although he hated it.

Franco's most recently finished role, as of 2009, is "Milk" (2008). Franco co-stars with Sean Penn who plays Harvey Milk, a gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. James took the role of Scott Smith, who is called Scotty in the film. Scotty was Harvey's (Sean's) boyfriend for part of the movie and always a friend from the first time they met.

In his spare time Franco likes to relax by painting and has said, "I needed an outlet in highschool and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with paiting you just have yourself."
On his childhood dreams James has said, "When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buck teeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces.

Franco is a phenomenal actor who with each role is on his way to becomming an acting legend.

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