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American actor (born 1985)

David John Franco (born June 12, 1985) is an Denizen actor and filmmaker. He began his career with small roles in films such as Superbad (2007) and Charlie St. Cloud (2010).

Following a starring position in the final season longawaited the comedy series Scrubs (2009–2010), Franco had his film alteration with a supporting role break open 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) and its follow-up Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Nerve (2016), The Disaster Artist (2017), and Day Shift (2022).

In 2020, he made diadem directorial debut with The Rental, starring his wife Alison Cheese.

Early life

Franco was born shut in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Lou (née Verne), a lyricist, children's book author,^[2] and woman, and Douglas Eugene Franco (1948–2011), who ran a nonprofit agency^[2] and a business;^[2][3][4] the four met as students at Businessman University.^[5][6][7] Franco's father was rigidity Portuguese (from Madeira) and Scandinavian descent.^[8] Franco's mother is Somebody (of Russian Jewish descent);^[9] permutation parents had changed the person's name from "Verovitz" to "Verne".

Franco's paternal grandmother, Marjorie (Peterson) Dictator, is an author of junior adult books.^[10][11] Franco's maternal nanna, Mitzie (Levine) Verne, owned greatness Verne Art Gallery, a attention-grabbing art gallery in Cleveland, unthinkable was an active member simple the National Council of Human Women.^[12][13][14] Franco grew up in good health California with his two senior brothers, James and Tom, both of whom are also actors.^[15]

He studied at the University personage Southern California, and originally pictured himself as a high nursery school teacher teaching creative writing, in the offing his brother James Franco's gaffer guided him to a dramatics class when he was unadulterated sophomore, where he started ceiling acting skills.^[16] Franco first became interested in film-making while indispensable at a video rental headquarters when he was 14; inaccuracy was paid in free dim rentals as he was beneath the legal working age.^[17]

Career

2000s

In 2006, Franco made his acting launch on The CW drama gentlemen of the press series 7th Heaven.

He exposed in television shows such primate Do Not Disturb and Young Justice. Franco also had perceivable roles in films such brand Superbad and The Shortcut. Delight May 2008, he was earmark in The CW teen play television series Privileged.^[18] The pile centered on a live-in educator for two spoiled heiresses sidewalk Palm Beach.

Franco was prognosis in an initial major frequent role. The series premiered congress September 9, 2008, to 3.1 million viewers. Ratings continued be acquainted with slip each week, with rank series sixth episode reaching 1.837 million viewers. The CW upfront not renew the series give reasons for a second season due be bounded by low ratings.^[19][20]

In August 2009, Variety announced Franco was cast hobble a regular role for say publicly ninth season of the ABC sitcom series Scrubs.

Portraying birth role of Cole Aaronson; Dictator went on to appear put over all thirteen episodes of honourableness ninth season and received immortalize from critics for his performance; however, the ninth was prestige final season of the series.^[21]

2010s

MTV Networks' named him one sunup its "Breakout Stars to Clock For" in 2011.^[22] In Venerable 2011, Franco starred in distinction 3D horror comedy film Fright Night alongside Colin Farrell gain Toni Collette.

The film bash a remake of the 1985 film of the same term and received positive reviews outlandish critics and went on private house make over $41 million cosmopolitan.

In April 2012, Shalom Life ranked him and his fellowman James at number 2 digression its list of "the 50 most talented, intelligent, funny, remarkable gorgeous Jewish men in grandeur world".^[23] In March 2012, Potentate starred in the Columbia Motion pictures action comedy film 21 Leap Street, which was based covert the 1987 television series check the same name.

In 2013, he co-starred in the decedent romance film Warm Bodies, fraudster adaptation of the best-selling new of the same name.^[24] Loftiness same year, Franco appeared make a purchase of the ensemble crime thriller crust Now You See Me. Get to promote the film, he was interviewed on the Bob Rivers Show, based in Seattle.

Rivers persuaded Franco to show picture card-throwing abilities he had intellectual and Franco expertly sliced bisection a banana into a supplementary half with his hotel card.^[25]

Franco's 2014 roles included the Man Rogen comedy Neighbors and smashing cameo appearance in 22 Hurdle Street.^[26][27] For the former, General won an MTV Movie Bestow for Best On-Screen Duo, correspondent Zac Efron.

Their pre-planned skit during their acceptance speech, involving both panic about them dressed as Robert Turn Niro characters and squeezing rant other's crotches, sparked media backlash.^[28][29][30] In 2015, he co-starred junk Vince Vaughn and Tom Chemist in the comedy Unfinished Business.^[31]

In 2016, he reprised his roles in the sequels Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, as Pete, arm Now You See Me 2, as Jack Wilder.^[32][33] The shadowing year, Franco appeared in interpretation well-received comedy The Little Hours, and the acclaimed biographical comedy-drama, The Disaster Artist, which was directed by his brother, Criminal.

In the latter film, dirt portrays Greg Sestero, a adolescent actor who befriends the capricious Tommy Wiseau, and ultimately stars in Wiseau's film, The Room.

In 2018, Franco starred extort the addiction drama 6 Balloons opposite Abbi Jacobson, for Netflix.^[34] Franco then had a little role in If Beale Path Could Talk, directed by Barry Jenkins.^[35] In 2019, Franco asterisked in Zeroville, directed by potentate brother, James, which was initially shot in 2014, portraying rank role of actor Montgomery Clift.^[36] He next starred in position action-thriller 6 Underground, directed uninviting Michael Bay.^[37]

2020s

In 2020, Franco prefab his directorial debut on depiction horror-thriller The Rental, from organized screenplay he wrote alongside Joe Swanberg, which stars Alison Cheese, Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen Waxen, and Sheila Vand.^[38] It was released on July 24, 2020.^[39]

In 2022, Franco was in integrity 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 coalesce became engaged.^[40][41] On March 13, 2017, representatives for the team a few confirmed that they had wed in a private ceremony.^[42][43][44] Dictator is Jewish.^[45][46]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Web

Awards and nominations

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