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.

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2025
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2017
The Daily Show
2025
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2025
Saturday Night Live
2017
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2016
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2023
Scrubs
2009
Young Justice
2011
Forgotten Island
2026

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
79
Directing
2
Writing
6
Producing
7
2026
Idiots
as Mark
2026
Forgotten Island
as Raww (voice)
2026
Hoppers
as Insect King (voice)
2026
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
2026
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2026
5 Things with Jay Mewes
as Self - Guest
2026
Hot Ones
as Self
2026
Top Chef VIP
as Self - Guest
2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Jack Wilder
2025
Together
as Tim
2025
Regretting You
as Jonah Sullivan
2025
Bubble & Squeak
as Norman
2025
The Studio
as Dave Franco
2025
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
2025
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2025
The Daily Show
as Self
2025
Long Story Short
as (voice)
2025
Long Story Short
as Danny (voice)
2025
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2024
Love Lies Bleeding
as JJ
2023
Krapopolis
as Broseidon (voice)
2023
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2022
Day Shift
as Seth
2022
The Afterparty
as Xavier
2021
The Now
as Ed Poole
2019
Zeroville
as Montgomery Clift
2019
6 Underground
as Six
2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Levy
2018
6 Balloons
as Seth
2018
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
as Self
2018
Little Big Awesome
as Dave (voice)
2017
The Disaster Artist
as Greg / 'Mark'
2017
The Lego Ninjago Movie
as Lloyd (voice)
2017
The Little Hours
as Masseto
2017
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2017
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
2016
Now You See Me 2
as Jack Wilder
2016
Nerve
as Ian
2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Pete
2016
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Co-actor in the movie "Cube Theorem" (uncredited)
2016
Easy
as Jeff
2016
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2016
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2016
BoJack Horseman
as Alexi Brosefino (voice)
2015
Unfinished Business
as Mike Pancake
2015
Other Space
2015
Other Space
as Chad Sampson
2014
The Lego Movie
as Wally (voice)
2014
Neighbors
as Pete Regazolli
2014
22 Jump Street
as Eric Molson (uncredited)
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2013
Warm Bodies
as Perry Kelvin
2013
Now You See Me
as Jack Wilder
2013
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
as Self
2012
21 Jump Street
as Eric Molson
2012
The Broken Tower
as Young Hart Crane
2012
You're So Hot: Part Deux with Dave Franco & Chris Mintz-Plasse
2011
Go F*ck Yourself with Dave Franco
2011
Fright Night
as Mark
2011
Bad Meat
as Tyler
2011
Blood Meridian Test Reel
as The Kid
2011
You're So Hot with Chris Mintz-Plasse and Dave Franco
2011
Young Justice
as Riddler (voice)
2010
Charlie St. Cloud
as Sully
2010
Greenberg
as Rich (Sara's Party)
2010
Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)
as Dave Franco
2009
The Shortcut
as Mark
2009
A Fuchsia Elephant
as Michael
2009
Scrubs
as Cole Aaronson
2009
Scrubs: Med School
as Cole Aaronson
2008
Milk
as Telephone Tree #5
2008
Greek
as Gonzo
2008
Do Not Disturb
as Gus
2008
Privileged
as Zachary
2007
Superbad
as Greg the Soccer Player
2007
After Sex
as Sam
2006
7th Heaven
as Benjamin Bainsworth
To the Extreme
as Vanilla Ice
Soon You Will Be Gone and Possibly Eaten
as Rob