With his dark, brooding good looks and wiry athletic build, actor James Franco became one of the era’s go-to guys, playing sports heroes, disaffected pretty boys and rebellious burnouts. His career began in the late 1990s with a role in the inter-generational miniseries "To Serve and Protect" (NBC, 1999), but it was his role as Daniel Desario in the short-lived comedy "Freaks and Geeks" (NBC, 1999-2000) that gave the actor his first push. While Franco’s portrayal of the moody dreamboat won him a legion of love-struck teenage fans, it was his impressive portrayal of legendary Hollywood bad boy
