Dave Franco

David John Franco (born June 12, 1985) is an American television and film actor , comedian, and musician who is known for his roles in the films 21 Jump Street, Charlie St. Cloud, Fright Night, Now You See Me, Warm Bodies, Neighbors and on the ninth season of the series Scrubs. He is the younger brother of actor James Franco.
== Early life ==
Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, the son of Betsy Lou (née Verne), a poet, author, and editor, and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco (1948–2011),[4][5] who met as students at Stanford University.[6] Franco's father was of Portuguese andSwedish descent.[7] Franco's mother is Jewish (from a family of Russian Jewish ancestry, with her parents having changed the surname from "Verovitz" to "Verne"); Dave has stated that he is "proud" to be Jewish.[8][9] Franco's paternal grandmother, Marjorie (Peterson) Franco, is a published author of young adult books.[10][11] Franco's maternal grandmother, Mitzie (Levine) Verne, owns the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland, and was an active member in the National Council of Jewish Women.[12][13][14] Franco grew up in California with his two older brothers, Tom and James.
== Career ==
In 2006, Franco made his acting debut on The CW drama television series 7th Heaven. Since then he appeared in television shows such as Do Not Disturb and Young Justice. Franco has also had noticeable roles in films such as Superbad, Charlie St. Cloud, 21 Jump Street, Warm Bodies, The Shortcut and Now You See Me. In May 2008, he was cast in The CW teen drama television series Privileged. The series centered on a live-in tutor for two spoiled heiresses in Palm Beach. Franco was cast in an initial major recurring role. The series premiered on September 9, 2008 to 3.1 million viewers. Ratings continued to slip each week with the series sixth episode reaching 1.837 million viewers. The CW did not renew the series for a second season due to low ratings.
Franco in September 2013
In August 2009, Variety announced Franco was cast in a regular role for the ninth season of the ABC sitcom series Scrubs. Franco portrayed the role of Cole Aaronson, a medical student, whose family paid a large sum of money to Sacred Heart Hospital to receive an internship. Franco went on to appear in all thirteen episodes of the ninth season and received praise from critics for his performance; however, the ninth season was the final season of the series.[16]
MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named him one of the Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011.[17] In August 2011, Franco starred in the 3D horror comedy film Fright Night alongside Colin Farrell and Toni Collette. The film is a remake of the 1985 film of the same name and follows a teenage boy who finds out his neighbor is a vampire. Franco played the role of popular high school student Mark. The film received positive reviews from critics and went on to make over $41 million worldwide.
In April 2012, Shalom Life ranked him and his brother James at number 2 on its list of "the 50 most talented, intelligent, funny, and gorgeous Jewish men in the world".[18] In March 2012, Franco starred in the Columbia Pictures action comedy film, 21 Jump Street, as Eric, a high school student and the lead drug dealer. The film was based on the 1987 television series of the same name.
In 2013, he co-starred in the zombie romance film Warm Bodies, as Perry Kelvin. The film, an adaptation of the best-selling novel Warm Bodies, followed a romance between a zombie and a human during a zombie apocalypse.[19] Also in the same year, Franco appeared alongside Jesse Eisenberg, Mélanie Laurent, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman and Isla Fisher in the ensemble crime thriller film Now You See Me. To promote the film, he was interviewed on the Bob Rivers Show, out of Seattle. Rivers persuaded Franco to show the card-throwing abilities he had learned and Franco expertly sliced half a banana into a further half with his hotel card.[20]
Franco's 2014 roles included the Seth Rogen comedy Neighbors and a cameo appearance in 22 Jump Street.[21][22] In 2015, he co-starred with Vince Vaughn and Tom Wilkinson in the comedy Unfinished Business.
Upcoming roles include playing Greg Sestero in the film The Disaster Artist, reprising his role of Jack Wilder in the film Now You See Me: The Second Act.[23][24] and playing legendary actor Montgomery Clift in Zeroville.
== Personal life[edit] ==
Franco has been dating actress Alison Brie since 2012 and in the summer of 2015 the couple got engaged.
He's close friends with Anton Yelchin , Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobb'e J. Thompson and Tex Hammond.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes 	2006	Frat Bros.	A.J.	Short
2007	Superbad 	Greg the Soccer Player	 	 	 	 	
2007	After Sex 	Sam 	 	 	 	 	
2008	Milk 	Telephone Tree #5 	 	 	 	 	
2009	The Shortcut 	Mark 	 	 	 	 	
2009	A Fuchsia Elephant 	Michael 	Short; Also producer 	 	 	 	
2010	Greenberg 	Rich 	 	 	 	 	
2010	Charlie St. Cloud 	Sully 	 	 	 	 	
2011	The Broken Tower 	Young Hart Crane 	 	 	 	 	
2011	Fright Night 	Mark 	 	 	 	 	
2012	Would You 	Dave 	Short; Also writer 	 	 	 	
2012	21 Jump Street 	Eric Molson 	Nominated—MTV Movie Awards for Best Cast (shared with 21 Jump Street cast)	 	 	 	
2013	Warm Bodies 	Perry Kelvin 	Young Hollywood Award for Fan Favorite
Nominated—NewNowNext Award for Next Mega Star	 	 	 	
2013	Now You See Me 	Jack Wilder 	Young Hollywood Award for Fan Favorite 	 	 	 	
2014	The Lego Movie 	Wally (voice) 	 	 	 	 	
2014	Neighbors 	Pete Regazolli 	Nominated—Young Hollywood Award for Best Cast Chemistry - Film(shared with Neighbors cast)
Nominated—Young Hollywood Award for Best Threesome (shared withZac Efron & Christopher Mintz-Plasse)
MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Zac Efron)	 	 	 	
2014	22 Jump Street 	Eric Molson 	Cameo 	 	 	 	
2015	Unfinished Business 	Mike Pancake[27] 	 	 	 	 	
2015	Zeroville 	Montgomery Clift 	 	 	 	 	
2016	Now You See Me: The Second Act	Jack Wilder 	Filming 	 	 	 	
2016	Nerve 	TBA 	Post-production 	 	 	 	
2016	Neighbors 2 	 	Filming 	 	 	 	
TBA 	The Disaster Artist 	Greg Sestero 	Filming 	 	 	 	
2022	Animals 	Nick Bass 	 	 	 	 	
=== Television[edit] ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes 	2006	7th Heaven	Benjamin Bainsworth	Episode: "Highway to Cell"
2008 	Do Not Disturb	Gus 	5 episodes 	 	 	 	
2008 	Greek 	Gonzo 	6 episodes 	 	 	 	
2008–2009	Privileged 	Zachary 	5 episodes 	 	 	 	
2009–2010	Scrubs 	Cole Aaronson 	13 episodes	 	 	 	
2011–2012	Young Justice 	Edward Nigma/Riddler (voice)	2 episodes 	 	 	 	
2015 	Other Space 	Chad Simpson 	2 episodes 	 	 	 	
=== Web[edit] ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes 	2011	You're So Hot	Himself	Funny or Die short; Also writer
2011	Go F*ck Yourself 	Himself 	Funny Or Die short; Also writer 	 	 	 	
2012	You're So Hot: Part Deux 	Himself 	Funny or Die short; Also writer 	 	 	 	
2013	Dream Girl 	Himself 	Funny or Die short; Also writer, director	 	 	 	
2013	Real Life H-O-R-S-E! 	Himself 	Funny or Die short; Also writer 	 	 	 	
2013	Chris & Daves Epic Adventure	Himself 	Funny or Die series 	 	 	 	
2014	Hazing 	Himself 	Funny or Die short 	 	 	 	
2014	You're So Hot: Vol. 3 	Beatrix Kiddo	Funny or Die short 	 	 	 	
2015	Madden: The Movie 	Blade Johnson	Madden NFL 16 promotional short 	 	 	 	
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