Dave Franco

David John Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Franco, an author, and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco, who ran a Silicon Valley business. He has two older brothers, actors James Franco and Tom Franco. His father was of Portuguese and Swedish descent, and his mother is Jewish. Dave made his first television appearance at age 21, in 2006, in an episode of Sétimo Céu (1996). A string of high-profile TV work followed, interspersed with roles in some moderately successful movies, including A Morte e Vida de Charlie (2010) and A Hora do Espanto (2011), and he came to bigger prominence when he played Eric Molson in the hit movie version of the cult TV series Anjos da Lei (2012). He subsequently co-starred in the zombie romance Meu Namorado é um Zumbi (2013) and the thriller Truque de Mestre (2013), and provided a voice role for Uma Aventura Lego (2014). Some of his other films include Vizinhos (2014), Anjos da Lei 2 (2014), and Negócios Fora de Controle (2015).