JAMES FRANCO
DATE OF BIRTH: APRIL 19, 1978.
JAMES FRANCO GREW UP THE OLDEST OF 3 BROTHERS IN PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA.  "I DID A LOT OF PAINTING WHEN I WAS A KID" , HE EXPLAINS, ADDING THAT HE'S GRADUATED FROM COLOURING BETWEEN THE LINES TO HIS OWN STYLE OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.

FRANCO STARTED DRAMA IN HIGHSCHOOL. " MY GIRLFRIEND WAS IN THE DRAMA CLUB. SOME GEEK WROTE A ROMANTIC ONE-ACT PLAY AND ASKED HER TO BE IN IT, AND THEY MADE-OUT ON STAGE. I BEGGED HER NOT TO DO IT, BUT SHE DID IT ANYWAYS. SO, TO GET HER BACK, I JOINED THE DRAMA CLUB. "

AFTER WORKING AT MCDONALDS IN THE DRIVE-THRU, FRANCO LANDED ROLES IN THE MINISERIES TO SERVE AND PROTECT AND THE DREW BARRYMORE FEATURE NEVER BEEN KISSED. FROM THERE HE WAS GIVEN THE ONE YEAR WONDER TELEVISION SHOW FREAKS AND GEEKS, PLAYING THE LAID-BACK DANIEL. UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE STRONG REVIEWS, IT NEVER FOUND AN AUDIENCE AND WAS DUMPED BY THE NETWORK.

OFFSCREEN, FRANCO IS AN ARTSY LONER - BY HIS OWN CONFESSION. WHEN NOT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, HE HAS TAKEN TO WRITING SCREENPLAYS ( HAD FINISHED ONE, AND IS DOING ANOTHER ).