Dave Franco

Dave Franco (born June 12, 1985) is an American television and film actor. He began his career with small roles in films such as Superbad and Charlie St. Cloud, before making his breakthrough performances in the ninth season of the series Scrubs and a supporting role in the 2012 buddy comedy 21 Jump Street. He has also had roles in Fright Night, Now You See Me, Now You See Me 2, Warm Bodies, Neighbors, Nerve. He is the youngest brother of Tom Franco and James Franco. 2Early life Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, the youngest son of Betsy Lou (née Verne), a poet, author, and editor, and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco (1948–2011), who ran a Silicon Valley business; the two met as students at Stanford University. Franco's father was of Portuguese (from Madeira) and Swedish descent. Franco's mother is Jewish (from a family of Russian Jewish ancestry, with her parents having changed the surname from "Verovitz" to "Verne"); Dave has stated that he is "proud" to be Jewish. Franco's paternal grandmother, Marjorie (Peterson) Franco, is a published author of young adult books. Franco's maternal grandmother, Mitzie (Levine) Verne, owned the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland, and was an active member in the National Council of Jewish Wome