For the Spanish gymnast, see David Franco (gymnast).
American actor (born 1985)
Dave Franco
Franco in 2016
Born
David John Franco
(1985-06-12) June 12, 1985 (age 39)[1]
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Education
University of Southern California (attended)
Occupations
Actor
voice actor
producer
screenwriter
director
Years active
2006–present
Spouse
Alison Brie
(m. 2017)
Relatives
James Franco (brother)
Tom Franco (brother)
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) and its sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), 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.
^"Today in history". ABC News. Associated Press. June 12, 2014.
in Berkeley, California. He is the brother of actors James Franco and DaveFranco. Franco was born in Palo Alto, California. His mother, Betsy Lou (née...
Franco's family upbringing was "academic, liberal, and largely secular". He grew up in California with his two younger brothers, actors Tom and Dave....
Stevens in the horror film The Rental, which was directed by her husband DaveFranco. Brie played Sloane in the romantic comedy film Happiest Season, directed...
Somebody I Used to Know is a 2023 American romantic comedy film directed by DaveFranco and co-written with his wife Alison Brie. The film stars Brie, Jay Ellis...
14th-century Italian writer. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Alison Brie, DaveFranco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly, and Molly Shannon. Set in...
and directed by DaveFranco, in his feature directorial debut. Franco co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Swanberg from a story by Franco, Swanberg, and Mike...
written and directed by Marja-Lewis Ryan and starring Abbi Jacobson, DaveFranco, Charlotte Carel, Madeline Carel, Dawan Owens, Jen Tullock, Maya Erskine...
ensemble cast that includes Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, DaveFranco, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Jay Chou, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Caine...
franchise as well as its second spin-off. The film stars the voices of DaveFranco, Michael Pena, Kumail Nanjiani, Abbi Jacobson, Zach Woods, Fred Armisen...
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14, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020. Kroll, Justin (April 1, 2021). "DaveFranco, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Steve Howey, More Join Jamie Foxx In Netflix's...
Channel and Great American Family. In 2021, Patterson was cast opposite DaveFranco, Daryl Hannah, and Bill Murray in Quibi's miniseries The Now. Early in...