Dave Franco

Dave Franco is an actor and filmmaker from Palo Alto, California, born to parents who worked in the creative field. His mother, Betsy Franco, is a writer who also — along with his father, Douglas Eugene Franco — studied painting in college. Both encouraged Dave to pursue the arts and, as a result, he attended the University of Southern California before dropping out just three units short of graduating.

Dave got his start in acting via small roles in films like Superbad and Charlie St. Cloud. In 2009, she scored a leading role in the ninth season of the comedy series Scrubs. In 2012, Dave had his breakthrough performance in 21 Jump Street, starring alongside Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill. Since then, his credits include Now You See Me, Neighbors, Nerve and Love Lies Bleeding, among others.

Dave’s the younger brother of actors Tom and James Franco. Dave and James starred together in the 2017 film The Disaster Artist, which James also directed. Dave made his own directorial debut with The Rental, a 2020 horror film starring Jeremy Allen White and Alison Brie. Dave and Brie met in 2011 and married in 2017. He also directed her in the 2023 rom-com Somebody I Used to Know.

He won the 2015 MTV Award for Best Duo alongside his Neighbors’ costar, Zac Efron.