22 Facts About Dave Franco

David John Franco was born on June 12,1985 and is an American actor and filmmaker.

Dave Franco began his career with small roles in films such as Superbad and Charlie St Cloud.

Dave Franco has starred in Fright Night, Now You See Me and its sequel Now You See Me 2, Neighbors and its sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Nerve, The Disaster Artist, and Day Shift.

Dave Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Lou, a poet, children's book author, and editor, and Douglas Eugene Dave Franco, who ran a nonprofit agency and a business; the two met as students at Stanford University.

Dave Franco's father was of Portuguese and Swedish descent.

Dave Franco's mother is Jewish ; her parents had changed the surname from "Verovitz" to "Verne".

Dave Franco's paternal grandmother, Marjorie Dave Franco, is an author of young adult books.

Dave Franco's maternal grandmother, Mitzie Verne, owned the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland, and was an active member in the National Council of Jewish Women.

Dave Franco grew up in California with his two older brothers, James and Tom, both of whom are actors.

Dave Franco studied at the University of Southern California, and originally envisioned himself as a high school teacher teaching creative writing, until his brother James Franco's manager guided him to a theater class when he was a sophomore, where he started learning acting skills.

Dave Franco first became interested in film-making while working at a video rental store when he was 14; he was paid in free movie rentals as he was under the legal working age.

In 2006, Dave Franco made his acting debut on The CW drama television series 7th Heaven.

Dave Franco appeared in television shows such as Do Not Disturb and Young Justice.

Dave Franco had noticeable roles in films such as Superbad and The Shortcut.

In March 2012, Dave Franco starred in the Columbia Pictures action comedy film 21 Jump Street, which was based on the 1987 television series of the same name.

Rivers persuaded Dave Franco to show the card-throwing abilities he had learned and Dave Franco expertly sliced half a banana into a further half with his hotel card.

In 2018, Dave Franco starred in the addiction drama 6 Balloons opposite Abbi Jacobson, for Netflix.

Dave Franco then had a small role in If Beale Street Could Talk, directed by Barry Jenkins.

In 2019, Dave Franco starred in Zeroville, directed by his brother, James, which was originally shot in 2014, portraying the role of actor Montgomery Clift.

Dave Franco next starred in the action-thriller 6 Underground, directed by Michael Bay.

In 2020, Dave Franco made his directorial debut on the horror-thriller The Rental, from a screenplay he wrote alongside Joe Swanberg, which stars Alison Brie, Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White, and Sheila Vand.

In 2022, Dave Franco was in the main cast of the Apple TV+ mystery comedy series The Afterparty.