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James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for appearing in films such as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat, Pray, Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He frequently collaborates with fellow actor Seth Rogen, including in Pineapple Express (2008), This Is the End (2013), Sausage Party (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Franco's first prominent acting role was on television. He starred as Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), which developed a cult following. He portrayed the title character in the television biographical film James Dean (2001), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award. Franco also had a recurring role on the daytime soap opera General Hospital (2009–2012) and starred in the limited series 11.22.63 (2016). He starred in the David Simon-created HBO drama The Deuce (2017–2019).
In "Spider-Man 3", directed by Sam Raimi, the plot unfolds around Flint Marko, known as Sandman, who seeks a chance at redemption. Now working for the cunning mayor of New York, Wilson Fisk, Marko seeks to raise money for medical treatment for his daughter, Penny, but Marko receives only crumbs and being treated badly by Fisk, after an attempted robbery, escapes from the police and falling into a collider, Flint Marko changes after becoming Sandman and seeking revenge against Wilson Fisk. While Spider-Man faces the threat of Sandman, Fisk, in his quest to get rid of his neighborhood's friend, offers the villain an alliance. Fisk promises a fortune in exchange for Spider-Man's capture, turning Marko into a crucial piece in his strategy. As the Sandman oscillates between seeking money to save his daughter and personal redemption, Peter Parker finds himself entangled in a web of moral complexities and escalating threats. In the end, with Marko discovering through his ex-wife that Penny's illness has no cure, Marko also discovers that he was being manipulated by Fisk into committing various barbarities, with him helping Peter but the epic battle revolving around Spider-Man and Kingpin, after the truth was told and it came out in the Daily Bugle that the current mayor is a corrupt criminal
