James Dean
Acting
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.
Born: February 8, 1931
Place of Birth: Marion, Indiana, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Archival Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - 'Jim Stark' (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Jett Rink
as Jim Stark
as Man in Crowd
as Jeffrey Latham
as Cal Trask
as Fernand Lagarde
as Bud
as The Boy
as The Man (Jack)
as Robbie
as Paul Zalinka
as Joey
as Joe Harris
as Fernand Lagarde
as Hank Bradon
as Jim Cooper
as Todd Ingalls
as J.B.
as Joe Palica
as Joe Adams
as Ralph
as Football Spectator (uncredited)
as The Boy
as Bud
as Bob Ford
as Angel
as Bronco Evans
as Youth at Soda Fountain (uncredited)
as Bradford
as William Scott
as Kyle McCallum
as Press Boy (uncredited)
as Hotel Bellboy
as Boxing Opponent's Second (uncredited)
as Bradford
as Randy
as Doggie (uncredited)
as Jeffrey Latham
as Joey Frasier
as Paul Zalinka
as Rex Newman
as William Scott
as Joe Palica
as Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)
as Robbie Warren
as Jim Cooper