Английская Википедия:Dave Franco

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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 ninth season of the comedy series Scrubs, Franco had his film breakthrough as 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), Nerve (2016), The Disaster Artist (2017), and Day Shift (2022). In 2020, he made his directorial debut with The Rental, which starred his wife Alison Brie.

Early life

Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Lou (née Verne), a poet, children's book author, and editor, and Douglas Eugene Franco (1948–2011), who ran a nonprofit agency and a business; the two met as students at Stanford University. Franco's father was of Portuguese (from Madeira) and Swedish descent. Franco's mother is Jewish (of Russian Jewish descent); her parents had changed the surname from "Verovitz" to "Verne". Franco's paternal grandmother, Marjorie (Peterson) Franco, is a published author of young adult books. Franco's maternal grandmother, Mitzie (Levine) Verne, owned the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland, and was an active member in the National Council of Jewish Women. Franco grew up in California with his two older brothers, James and Tom, both of whom are also actors.

He studied at the University of Southern California, and originally envisioned himself as a high school teacher teaching creative writing, until his brother James Franco's manager guided him to a theater class when he was a sophomore, where he started learning acting skills.

Career

2000s

In 2006, Franco made his acting debut on The CW drama television series 7th Heaven. He appeared in television shows such as Do Not Disturb and Young Justice. Franco also had noticeable roles in films such as Superbad and The Shortcut. In May 2008, he was cast in The CW teen drama television series Privileged. The series centered on a live-in tutor for two spoiled heiresses in Palm Beach. Franco was cast in an initial major recurring role. The series premiered on September 9, 2008, to 3.1 million viewers. Ratings continued to slip each week, with the series sixth episode reaching 1.837 million viewers. The CW did not renew the series for a second season due to low ratings.

In August 2009, Variety announced Franco was cast in a regular role for the ninth season of the ABC sitcom series Scrubs. Portraying the role of Cole Aaronson; Franco went on to appear in all thirteen episodes of the ninth season and received praise from critics for his performance; however, the ninth was the final season of the series.

2010s

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Franco at an LG Electronics event in 2013

MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named him one of its "Breakout Stars to Watch For" in 2011. In August 2011, Franco starred in the 3D horror comedy film Fright Night alongside Colin Farrell and Toni Collette. The film is a remake of the 1985 film of the same name and received positive reviews from critics and went on to make over $41 million worldwide.

In April 2012, Shalom Life ranked him and his brother James at number 2 on its list of "the 50 most talented, intelligent, funny, and gorgeous Jewish men in the world". In March 2012, Franco starred in the Columbia Pictures action comedy film 21 Jump Street, which was based on the 1987 television series of the same name.

In 2013, he co-starred in the zombie romance film Warm Bodies, an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name. The same year, Franco appeared in the ensemble crime thriller film Now You See Me. To promote the film, he was interviewed on the Bob Rivers Show, based in Seattle. Rivers persuaded Franco to show the card-throwing abilities he had learned and Franco expertly sliced half a banana into a further half with his hotel card.

Franco's 2014 roles included the Seth Rogen comedy Neighbors and a cameo appearance in 22 Jump Street. For the former, Franco won an MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo, alongside Zac Efron. Their pre-planned skit during their acceptance speech, involving both of them dressed as Robert De Niro characters and squeezing each other's crotches, sparked media backlash. In 2015, he co-starred with Vince Vaughn and Tom Wilkinson in the comedy Unfinished Business.

In 2016, he reprised his roles in the sequels Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, as Pete, and Now You See Me 2, as Jack Wilder. The following year, Franco appeared in the well-received comedy The Little Hours, and the acclaimed biographical comedy-drama, The Disaster Artist, which was directed by his brother, James. In the latter film, he portrays Greg Sestero, a young actor who befriends the eccentric Tommy Wiseau, and ultimately stars in Wiseau's film, The Room.

In 2018, Franco starred in the addiction drama 6 Balloons opposite Abbi Jacobson, for Netflix. Franco then had a small role in If Beale Street Could Talk, directed by Barry Jenkins. In 2019, Franco starred in Zeroville, directed by his brother, James, which was originally shot in 2014, portraying the role of actor Montgomery Clift. He next starred in the action-thriller 6 Underground, directed by Michael Bay.

2020s

In 2020, Franco made his directorial debut on the horror-thriller The Rental, from a screenplay he wrote alongside Joe Swanberg, which stars Alison Brie, Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White, and Sheila Vand. It was released on July 24, 2020.

In 2022, Franco was in the main cast of the Apple TV+ mystery comedy series The Afterparty.

Personal life

Franco started dating actress Alison Brie in 2012. In August 2015, the couple became engaged. On March 13, 2017, representatives for the couple confirmed that they had married in a private ceremony. Franco is Jewish.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Frat Bros.	A.J.	Short
2007	Superbad	Greg the Soccer Player
	After Sex	Sam
2008	Milk	Telephone Tree #5
2009	Шаблон:Sortname	Mark
	A Fuchsia Elephant	Michael	Short; also executive producer
2010	Greenberg	Rich
	Charlie St. Cloud	Sully
2011	Шаблон:Sortname	Young Hart Crane
	Fright Night	Mark
2012	Would You	Dave	Short; also writer
	21 Jump Street	Eric Molson
2013	Warm Bodies	Perry Kelvin
	Now You See Me	Jack Wilder
2014	The Lego Movie	Wally (voice)
	Neighbors	Pete Regazolli
	22 Jump Street	Eric Molson	Uncredited cameo
2015	Unfinished Business	Mike Pancake
2016	Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	Pete Regazolli
	Now You See Me 2	Jack Wilder
	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Co-actor in the movie "Cube Theorem"	Uncredited cameo
	Nerve	Ian
2017	The Little Hours	Massetto
	The Disaster Artist	Greg Sestero
	The Lego Ninjago Movie	Lloyd Garmadon (voice)
2018	6 Balloons	Seth
	If Beale Street Could Talk	Levy
2019	Zeroville	Montgomery Clift
	6 Underground	David / Six
2020	The Rental	Шаблон:N/a	Producer, writer and director
2021	Zola	Шаблон:N/a	Producer
2022	Day Shift	Seth
2023	Somebody I Used to Know	Шаблон:N/a	Writer and director
2024	Love Lies Bleeding	JJ

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	7th Heaven	Benjamin Bainsworth	Episode: "Highway to Cell"
2008	Do Not Disturb	Gus	5 episodes
2008	Greek	Gonzo	6 episodes
2008–2009	Privileged	Zachary	5 episodes
2009–2010	Scrubs	Cole Aaronson	13 episodes
2011–2012	Young Justice	Edward Nigma / Riddler (voice)	Episodes: "Terrors" and "Usual Suspects"
2015	Other Space	Chad Simpson	Episodes: "Into the Great Beyond... Beyond" and "Getting to Know You"
2016	BoJack Horseman	Alexi Brosepheno (voice)	Episode: "Love And/Or Marriage"
2016–2017, 2019	Easy	Jeff	4 episodes
2018	Little Big Awesome	Dave (voice)	Episode: "Bed Follows/Gotta Get a Gimmick"
2021	The Now	Ed Poole	14 episodes
2022	The Afterparty	Xavier	7 episodes
	Pam & Tommy	Шаблон:N/A	Executive producer only
2023	Krapopolis	Broseidon (voice)	Episode: "The Stuper Bowl"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2016	Marvel Avengers Academy	Tony Stark / Iron Man

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	You're So Hot	Himself	Funny or Die short; also writer
2011	Go F*ck Yourself	Himself	Funny or Die short; also writer
2012	You're So Hot: Part Deux	Himself	Funny or Die short; also writer
2013	Dream Girl	Himself	Funny or Die short; also writer and director
2013	Real Life H-O-R-S-E!	Himself	Funny or Die short; also writer
2013	Chris & Daves Epic Adventure	Himself	Funny or Die series
2014	Hazing	Himself	Funny or Die short
2014	You're So Hot: Vol. 3	Beatrix Kiddo	Funny or Die short
2015	Madden: The Movie	Blade Johnson	Madden NFL 16 promotional short

Awards and nominations

Association	Year	Category	Work	Result	Шаблон:Abbr
Independent Spirit Awards	2022	Best Film	Zola	Шаблон:Nom
MTV Movie & TV Awards	2015	Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Zac Efron)	Neighbors	Шаблон:Won
Primetime Emmy Awards	2022	Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series	Pam & Tommy	Шаблон:Nom

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb name