Dave Franco is an actor, voice actor, and director from the United States. He started out in movies with small parts, like in Superbad (2007) and Charlie St. Cloud (2010). Franco’s big break in movies came when he played a supporting role in the buddy comedy 21 Jump Street. This was after he played the main character in the ninth season of the comedy series Scrubs (2012).
Franco has also been in Fright Night (2011), Now You See Me (2013), Neighbors (2014), Nerve (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017). (2017). His first film as a director was The Rental, which came out in 2020 and starred his wife, Alison Brie.
Dave Franco’s Net Worth
Dave Franco’s net worth is expected to be around $10 million. He is one of the best-known actors in the American entertainment industry and has made a lot of money from his successful career.
Some of Franco’s highest-grossing movies are 21 Jump Street (2012), Now You See Me (2013), Now You See Me 2 (2016), Neighbors (2016), and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2017). (2016).
The actor has become known all over the world for his great work in the 13 episodes of Scrubs’s famous ninth and last season.
Most of his money comes from acting in movies and TV shows, as well as brand endorsements and TV commercials. Franco and actor Kevin Hart was in the commercial for EA Games’ Madden NFL 15.
Early Years of Dave Franco
David John Franco was born on June 12, 1985, in Palo Alto, California, to parents Doug Franco and Betsy. His father was the head of a company in Silicon Valley, and his mother was a poet, editor, and writer.
His parents met for the first time at Stanford University, where they both went to school. Dave is the youngest of three children. He and his brothers Tom and James grew up in California.
On his mother’s side, he is a Russian Jew, and on his father’s side, he is Portuguese and Swedish. His parents’ last name used to be Verovitz, but they changed it to Verne later on.
Dave graduated from Palo Alto High School in 2003. After that, he wanted to teach creative writing at the high school level. Franco went to the University of Southern California so he could follow his dreams. His mother, who was a poet and writer, gave him ideas and taught him how to write.
Around the same time, Franco’s older brother, James, began his career as an actor and encouraged him to do the same. Dave joined the theatre class in his second year of school, just like his older brother James had done. He became interested in acting quickly and started working toward his goals.
Dave Franco’s Career in Film
Dave’s acting career began in 2006 when he played Benjamin Bainsworth in an episode of the family drama series 7th Heaven called “Highway to Cell.” This was his first TV role.
He also played Mark in The Shortcut (2009), Rich in Greenberg (2010), and Sully in Charlie St. Cloud (2010). In The Broken Tower (2011), a biopic, he played Young Hart Crane.
In 2008, Dave got a lot of praise for his great work on the CW teen drama Privileged. He had a recurring role in the show, but the show didn’t do well in the ratings, so it was soon canceled.
He was named one of 2011’s “Breakout Stars to Watch For” by the popular website NextMovie.com. In the comedy horror movie Fright Night, he played the role of Marck with Colin Farrell and Toni Collette that same year.
Relationships
In January 2008, Franco started dating Dianna Agron, who was also in A Fuchsia Elephant. When they met for the first time on the set of the movie, they started going out together. But their relationship didn’t last long, and in May 2009, they broke up.
After meeting for the first time in May 2012, actor Dave Franco and actress Alison Brie started dating. In August 2015, they got married after dating for almost three years. Their wedding was private and took place on March 13, 2017.
Breakthrough
Dave became popular again the next year when he played Eric Molson in the action comedy 21 Jump Street. He was in the movie with well-known actors such as Ice Cube, Jonah Hill, and Channing Tatum. Aside from the success he had with his role, the movie also did well at the box office, making $201 million around the world.
Dave was then cast in the 2013 zombie romance film Warm Bodies, which was based on Isaac Marion’s book of the same name. Franco was in the movie with actors Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer.
In the 2013 heist thriller Now You See Me, Dave got to work with actors like Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Michael Caine, Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, and Isla Fisher.
People liked how he played Jack Wilder in the movie. The budget for the movie Not to Mention was only $75 million, but it made $351.7 million around the world. But the movie did not get any good reviews.
The cast of the movie Now You See Me returned for the sequel, Now You See Me 2, which came out in the fall of 2016. Jay Chou, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lizzy Caplan were the ones who changed their looks for the movie. Again, the movie did well at the box office, making over $334 million around the world and getting mixed reviews from critics.
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising was the follow-up to that movie, and Dave played the same character again. It came out in 2016. Like the first movie, this one did well at the box office. It made over $108 million worldwide and only cost $35 million to make.
Dave played Mike Pancake in the 2015 comedy film Unfinished Business, which also starred Tom Wilkinson and Vince Vaughn. After this, he was in three movies that came out in 2016: Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Now You See Me 2, and Nerve.