Dave Franco (Dave Franco): filmography, biography and personal life (photo)

Dave Franco (full name David John Franco) - actor, screenwriter, director, producer. Born June 12, 1985 in Palo Alto, California, in the family of Douglas and Betsy Franco. Dave's mother and grandmother practiced art, wrote books and chronology of ancient artifacts in the gallery of Vernet. And his older brother James Franco was already a famous Hollywood actor. Perhaps the influence of James's stellar status determined the fate of Dave, and he decided to become an actor too. In the future, Dave Franco, whose biography is inextricably linked with James and his career, tried to separate as far as possible from his older brother in his work. This actor succeeded when he himself became popular.

TV series

As it often happens, the first roles of beginning actor Dave Franco played in the series, and even then these roles were mostly episodic. The first series with his participation was called "The Seventh Heaven", the role was so insignificant that Dave's name was not even included in the credits. In the series "Clinic" about the life of young doctors, Franco played the physician Cole Aaronson and this time he got into the credits. Another series, "University," in which Dave played the role of Gonzo, with an incredibly confusing story about the students of Cyprus-Rhodes, a fictional educational institution, appeared on the screen for five years, but again the name of the actor Franco was nowhere to be seen.

The next series, which was attended by Dave Franco, was called "Spoiled," in which the actor played Zachary, a character of a purely episodic character that can not even be characterized. Finally, the series "Do not disturb", which was closed immediately after the release on the screen due to low ratings. But Franco also played a small part in it.

Full-length movies

The first full-length film in which Dave Franco took part is the comedy drama After the Sex directed by Eric Amadio. A picture with a rather interesting story, in which eight separate episodes are gathered together. Each episode is the sexual relationship of one pair, lesbian, heterosexual, homosexual, mixed bi-pair, young lovers, elderly and middle-aged. Dave Franco, whose height is only 170 cm, and therefore he does not quite fit for the role of super-lovers, nevertheless became the character of the third pair. The essence lies in the sensations of each couple after sex, in what desires they visit. It is unclear what is more in the picture, psychological or physiological nuances. This film - a kind of research that can serve as a tool for a beginner sexologist.

In one movie with a brother

The next film, in which Dave Franco played a prominent role, is "Superpertsy" directed by Greg Mottola. Dave's character, football player Greg, is one of the members of a noisy company, which as the plot develops awaits stunning adventures. The film is literally permeated with sexual themes, but the actions of the characters do not go beyond the script. In 2008, Dave starred in a small episodic role of the biopic "Harvey Milk" about representatives of sexual minorities. The main roles were played by Sean Penn and James Franco, Dave's brother. After the release of "Harvey Milka" Dave began to compare with his older brother, and not in his favor. He had to urgently distance himself from his eminent relative, otherwise Dave risked forever staying in his shadow. Yet for the next five years, Dave felt the influence of James.

In 2009, the director Nicolaus Goossen was shot thriller "Short Path", in which Franco played one of the roles of the second plan. Then followed the film "Greenberg" directed by Noah Baumbach in the genre of a dramatic comedy about the life of the forty-year-old loser Roger Greenberg, played by Ben Stiller. The character played by Dave Franco was called Rich. And 2010 was the year of the release of the film "The Double Life of Charlie San-Cloud", in which the actor played his second role in the second plan. In general, the picture did not have a success, despite the participation of the Hollywood star of the first magnitude Kim Basinger.

First starring role

In 2013, Dave Franco played his first starring role. It was Jack Wilder - one of the four illusionists who organized the circus show "Four Horsemen". Under the cover of illusions, artists began to turn robberies. After this film, released in the rental under the title "Illusion of deceit," Dave was recognized as a talented dramatic actor. The picture collected about 200 million dollars.

Franco stopped receiving proposals for small secondary roles, and most importantly, he managed to get out of the shadow of his star elder brother, from now on Dave Franco became an independent star. The actor had the opportunity to choose roles and scenarios to his taste, in accordance with the artistic value of the film project.

Own opinion

"I'm already trying to avoid useless roles.If I recently took up any work, now I'm sorry for the time for such experiments," - repeated the actor in the course of his numerous interviews. Franco placed in the forefront of good filmmaking work, and only then everything else. The success of the picture depends on many factors, but the first one is a production, so Dave thinks. "If I admire the director's work, I will work with him, and we will succeed." If we are strangers, indifferent to each other, the result will be mediocre, "the actor believes.

The creative beginning, laid in Dave Franco by nature, forced him to act as a screenwriter, director and producer. Recently he presented his directorial debut, a short film "RM", and the editing was done by him personally. Dave Franco, whose filmography includes not so many pictures, dreams of making a film with his older brother James Franco in the title role. James himself just smiles in response to such statements of his younger brother, although if it comes to a real film project in this direction, he promises to think.

Personal life

Dave Franco, whose personal life does not arouse much interest among journalists, has never been married and can share experience of meetings with only two actresses - Dianna Agron and Shenay Grimes. Perhaps these are only those novels that could not be concealed from the ubiquitous newspaper men.