Full Name: James Edward Franco
Nickname: Ted, Teddy
Date of Birth: April 19, 1978 (shares birthday with Hayden Christensen)
Birth Place: Palo Alto, California
Age: 28
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Height: 5'11'' (1.80 m)
Parents: Betsy and Doug Franco
Siblings: Tom and David (younger)
Education: Palo Alto High School, UCLA (freshman year, English major)
Marital Status: Dating Ashley Hartman (singer, actress, model)
Special Talents: acting, writing, directing, painting, & skateboarding
Favorite Book: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Heros: Tony Hawk, Benicio Del Toro, Jack Nicholson
Pet peeve: unprofessionalism

Interesting/Random Facts:

Was named one of People Magazine's 50 Hottest Bachelors [2004]

Was named one of Salon.com's "10 men who might just inspire the rebirth of Jewish male cool."

Went by the name of Ted in high school and was voted "Best Smile" at Palo Alto High School

James appeared in two movies that premiered on the same day, Deuces Wild (2002) and Spider-Man (2002), both opening on May 3rd. The success of the two films was highly varied as Spider-Man film has to date amassed a box office gross some 67 times greater than that of Deuces.

Auditioned for the role of Peter Parker in Spider-Man (2002), but was given the part of Harry Osbourne.

He has attended a painting school during high school and has been painting longer than he has been acting.

Was in a skateboard "gang" in the 5th or 6th grade. He went to skateboarding camp and he still keeps and Spider-Man skateboard in the back of his car, which he uses hwne he parks far away.

Before fame, used to work at a McDonald's drive-thru window where he would practice different accents on the customers.

Was offered a part in the play, This is Our Youth in London, but he decline. The two actors that did act in the play are Hayden Christensen (who shares a birthday with Franco) and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Is currently taking extension classes at UCLA and eventually wants to bring a balance in his career.

Franco got a pilot's license during the movie Flyboys and can now fly a single engine plane.

In high school, he considered himself to be a loner as he did not hang out with people much, but he did have a girlfriend.

Got good grades in high school, thanks to his dad's insistence.

Marla Sokoloff, while dating, taught Franco to play guitar and write songs.

Franco did not go to his high school prom. It was his 18th birthday, and he and his girlfriend of that time opted to go see plays in Aspen, Colorado instead.