David John "Dave" Franco is an American television and film actor who is best 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, a poet, author, and editor, and Doug Franco, who met as students at Stanford
University.
Franco's father was of Portuguese and Swedish descent.
Franco's mother is Jewish; Dave has stated that he is "proud" to be Jewish.
Franco's paternal grandmother, Marjorie Franco, is a published author of young adult books.
Franco's maternal grandmother, Mitzie Verne, owns the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art
gallery in Cleveland, and was an active member in the National Council of Jewish Women.
Franco grew up in California with his two brothers, Tom Franco and James Franco.
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.
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.
MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named him one of the Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011.
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, number 2 on its list of
“the 50 most talented, intelligent, funny, and gorgeous Jewish men in the world".
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.
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, based in Seattle, Washington,
US.
Rivers persuaded him to show the card-throwing abilities he had learned and Franco expertly
sliced half a banana into a further half with his hotel card.
Franco's 2014 roles included the Seth Rogen comedy Neighbors and a cameo appearance in
22 Jump Street.
In 2015, he will reprise his role of Jack Wilder in the film Now You See Me 2 and also
appear as Greg Sestero in the upcoming film The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room.
Personal life In 2003, Franco attended the University of
Southern California to pursue a degree in both Psychology and Film.
He dropped out at the end of his Junior year in order to focus on his acting career.
Franco has been in a relationship with actress Alison Brie since 2012.
Filmography Film
Television Web
References
External links Dave Franco at the Internet Movie Database