In 1978 James Franco is an American actor who was born in Palo Alto, California.

James Franco is an actor, director, screenwriter, producer, teacher, and author from the United States. He acquired a strong desire to study and enrolled in a variety of colleges, focusing mostly on creative writing. His mainstay, though, remained acting. He made his television debut in the NBC sitcom "Freaks and Geeks," which became a cult favourite. "Never Been Kissed" was his first film. His performance as Harry Osborn in "Spider-Man" launched him to popularity. James Edward Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, on April 19, 1978, to Betsy Lou Verne, a writer and actor from an immigrant Russian Jewish family, and Douglas Eugene Franco, a Silicon Valley businessman of Portuguese and Swedish origin.
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