Welcome to the HOLLYWOOD HALL OF FAME AWARDS™ 2008 inductees. We hope you enjoy your visit.
HOLLYWOOD STAR AWARDS®
JAMES FRANCO
HOLLYWOOD BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR AWARD™ HONOREE
JAMES FRANCO'S BIOGRAPHY
James Franco's metamorphosis into the title role of the TNT biopic James Dean earned him career-making reviews, as well as a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture made for Television. He also received nominations for an Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award for this memorable performance. He is also known for his starring role as Harry Osbourne in Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy.
Franco can currently be seen starring opposite Seth Rogan in the Judd Apatow produced "Pineapple Express," directed by David Gordon Green, and will also be seen in George C. Wolfe's "Nights in Rodanthe," starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane. His next project is Gus Van Sant's "Milk," starring opposite Sean Penn. He was recently seen in Paul Haggis's "In The Valley of Elah," starring Tommy Lee Jones.
Franco's additional credits include Karen Moncrieff's ensemble drama "The Dead Girl"; Tommy O'Haver's drama "An American Crime," starring Catherine Keener and Ellen Page; the World War I drama "Flyboys"; the classic romance "Tristan and Isolde"; the naval academy drama "Annapolis"; John Dahl's "The Great Raid"; Robert Altman's "The Company"; Nicolas Cage's directorial debut "Sonny"; as well as "City By the Sea" opposite Robert DeNiro and the Martin Scorsese produced "Deuces Wild." On television, he starred in the critically acclaimed series "Freaks and Geeks."
He has written, directed and starred in several short plays. He adapted two of them, "Fool's Gold" and "The Ape," into feature length films. which he produced, directed and starred in. He also wrote and directed "Good Time Max" which is currently in post production.
