James Dean
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-02-08
Day of Death
1955-09-30 (24 years old)
Place of Birth
Marion, Indiana, USA
James Dean
Biography
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956).
After his death in a car crash on September 30, 1955, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in East of Eden. Upon receiving a second nomination for his role in Giant the following year, Dean became the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list.
Known For
Acting
The James Dean Classic
as (archive footage)
(2024)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Children of 'Giant'
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
The Real James Dean
as Archival Footage
(2005)
(2005)
James Dean: Sense Memories
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2005)
Året var 1955
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Himself (uncredited)
(2005)
(2005)
East of Eden: Art in Search of Life
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2001)
(1996)
The Celluloid Closet
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
Return to 'Giant'
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
Rediscovering a Rebel
as Self - 'Jim Stark' (archive footage)
(1995)
James Dean and Me
as Self (archive footage)
(1992)
Death Scenes 2
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1990)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
(1988)
Hello Actors Studio
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
Forever James Dean
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1987)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
as (archive footage)
(1985)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self (archive footage)
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1975)
James Dean: The First American Teenager
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1974)
James Dean Remembered
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1957)
The James Dean Story
as Self (archive footage)
(1956)
Giant
as Jett Rink
(1955)
Rebel Without a Cause
as Jim Stark
(1955)
East of Eden
as Cal Trask
(1955)
The Thief
as Fernand Lagarde
(1955)
The Unlighted Road
as Jeffrey Latham
(1954)
(1954)
Run Like a Thief
as Robbie
(1954)
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
as The Boy
(1954)
The Dark, Dark Hours
as Bud
(1954)
Padlocks
as The Man (Jack)
(1953)
Trouble Along the Way
as Football Spectator (uncredited)
(1953)
Something For An Empty Briefcase
as Joe Adams
(1953)
The Evil Within
as Ralph
(1953)
Sentence of Death
as Joe Palica
(1953)
The Bells of Cockaigne
as Joey
(1953)
Death Is My Neighbor
as J.B.
(1953)
Harvest
as Paul Zalinka
(1953)
The Hound Of Heaven
as The Messenger
(1953)
Life Sentence
as Hank Bradon
(1953)
Keep Our Honor Bright
as Jim Cooper
(1953)
A Long Time Till Dawn
as Joe Harris
(1953)
Rex Newman
as Todd Ingalls
(1952)
Sailor Beware
as Boxing Opponent's Second (uncredited)
(1952)
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Press Boy (uncredited)
(1952)
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
as Youth at Soda Fountain (uncredited)
(1952)
Abraham Lincoln
as William Scott
(1952)
10,000 Horses Singing
as Hotel Bellboy
(1952)
Forgotten Children
as Bradford
(1952)
The Foggy, Foggy Dew
as Kyle McCallum
(1951)
Fixed Bayonets!
as Doggie (uncredited)
(1951)
(1951)
Jackie Knows All
as Randy