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 final season of the comedy series Scrubs (2009–2010), Franco had his film breakthrough with 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, starring his wife Alison Brie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Franco, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Forgotten Island — Raww (voice)
• 2026Hoppers — Insect King (voice)
• 2026Idiots — Mark, Producer
• 2025Bubble & Squeak — Norman
• Long Story Short — (voice), Danny (voice)
• 2025Now You See Me: Now You Don't — Jack Wilder
• 2025Regretting You — Jonah Sullivan, Executive Producer
• The Studio — Dave Franco
• 2025Together — Tim, Producer
• 2024Love Lies Bleeding — JJ
• Krapopolis — Broseidon (voice)
• 2023Somebody I Used to Know — Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2022Day Shift — Seth
• Pam & Tommy — Executive Producer
• The Afterparty — Xavier
• The Now — Ed Poole
• 2021Zola — Producer
• 2020The Rental — Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story
• 20196 Underground — Six
• 2019Zeroville — Montgomery Clift
• 20186 Balloons — Seth
• 2018If Beale Street Could Talk — Levy
• Little Big Awesome — Dave (voice)
• 2017The Disaster Artist — Greg / 'Mark'
• 2017The Lego Ninjago Movie — Lloyd (voice)
• 2017The Little Hours — Masseto
• Easy — Jeff
• 2016Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising — Pete
• 2016Nerve — Ian
• 2016Now You See Me 2 — Jack Wilder
• 2016Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping — Co-actor in the movie "Cube Theorem" (uncredited)
• Other Space — Chad Sampson
• 2015Unfinished Business — Mike Pancake
• 201422 Jump Street — Eric Molson (uncredited)
• BoJack Horseman — Alexi Brosefino (voice)
• 2014Neighbors — Pete Regazolli
• 2014The Lego Movie — Wally (voice)
• 2013Now You See Me — Jack Wilder
• 2013Warm Bodies — Perry Kelvin
• 201221 Jump Street — Eric Molson
• 2012The Broken Tower — Young Hart Crane
• 2012You're So Hot: Part Deux with Dave Franco & Chris Mintz-Plasse — Writer
• 2011Bad Meat — Tyler
• 2011Blood Meridian Test Reel — The Kid
• 2011Fright Night — Mark
• 2011Go F*ck Yourself with Dave Franco — Writer
• 2011You're So Hot with Chris Mintz-Plasse and Dave Franco — Writer
• 2010Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock) — Dave Franco
• 2010Charlie St. Cloud — Sully
• 2010Greenberg — Rich (Sara's Party)
• Young Justice — Riddler (voice)
• 2009A Fuchsia Elephant — Michael
• Scrubs: Med School — Cole Aaronson
• 2009The Shortcut — Mark
• Do Not Disturb — Gus
• 2008Milk — Telephone Tree #5
• Privileged — Zachary
• 2007After Sex — Sam
• Greek — Gonzo
• 2007Superbad — Greg the Soccer Player
• Scrubs — Cole Aaronson
• 7th Heaven — Benjamin Bainsworth
• Soon You Will Be Gone and Possibly Eaten — Rob
• To the Extreme — Vanilla Ice

Appearances as themselves (16)

• 5 Things with Jay Mewes — Self - Guest
• Hot Ones Versus — Self
• Top Chef VIP — Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2013Comedy Central Roast of James Franco — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter