Birthday: Apr 19, 1978

Birthplace: Palo Alto, California, USA

Biography: Although he'd been working steadily, it wasn't until the TNT made-for-television movie, James Dean (2001) (TV) that James rose to fan-magazine fame and got to show off his talent. Since then he has been working non-stop. After losing the lead role to Tobey Maguire, James settled for the part of Harry Osborne, Spider-Man's best friend in the summer 2002 major hit Spider-Man (2002). Next was Deuces Wild (2002) and City by the Sea (2002), in which Robert De Niro personally had him cast, ... ... (read more...) after viewing his performance in James Dean (2001) (TV). Definitely growing out of his shyness James Franco is turning into a legend of his own.