James Franco at the Los Angeles Premiere of 'Pineapple Express' held at Mann's Village Theater. Westwood, CA - 07-31-08

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James Edward Franco
BIOGRAPHY
The kind of brooding hunk that inspires bad high-school poetry, Franco was the perfect choice to play a handsome loner in the cult dramedy Freaks and Geeks. Although the series lacked longevity, this chiseled actor stuck around, earning an Emmy nod and a Golden Globe award for his deft channeling of a late legend in the TV biopic James Dean and solid reviews as a....
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The kind of brooding hunk that inspires bad high-school poetry, Franco was the perfect choice to play a handsome loner in the cult dramedy Freaks and Geeks. Although the series lacked longevity, this chiseled actor stuck around, earning an Emmy nod and a Golden Globe award for his deft channeling of a late legend in the TV biopic James Dean and solid reviews as a whimpering rich kid in the Spider-Man films. Wary of becoming a teen idol, Franco purposefully took on diverse projects that didn't necessarily cast him as the hero (or even antihero) and branched out into writing and directing with the straight-to-DVD independent comedy The Ape. Romantically, he was linked for a time to his Whatever It Takes costar Marla Sokoloff.
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Family

Ex-significant other:  Marla Sokoloff  
Father:  Douglas Franco  
Grandfather:  Daniel Verne  
Grandmother:  Mitzie Verne  
Mother:  Betsy Franco  ((author of children's books))
Significant other:  Ahna O'Reilly  ((actor))
Uncle:  Michael Verne  

Education

Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
University of California, Los Angeles, CA (BA in English, 2008)
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