James Dean
Born: 1931-02-08 in Marion, Indiana, USA
Died: 1955-09-30
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2025
- James Dean: Rebel Generation as Self (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)
- Children of 'Giant' as Self (archive footage)
2006
- The Real James Dean as Archival Footage
2005
- James Dean: Sense Memories as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Himself (uncredited)
- Året var 1955 as Self (archive footage)
- East of Eden: Art in Search of Life as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
- James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard
- James Dean: Forever Young
- The Day That James Dean Died as Self (archive footage)
1998
- Memories of Giant as Self (archive footage)
1996
- Rediscovering a Rebel as Self - 'Jim Stark' (archive footage)
- Return to 'Giant' as Self (archive footage)
1995
- James Dean and Me as Self (archive footage)
- James Dean: A Portrait as Self (archive footage)
1994
1992
- Death Scenes 2 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Faces of Death VII
1990
- Death In Hollywood
- Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
1988
- Hello Actors Studio as Self (archive footage)
- Forever James Dean as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as (archive footage) (uncredited)
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)
- 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
- East of Eden as Cal Trask
- Crossroads as Man in Crowd
- The Unlighted Road as Jeffrey Latham
- The Thief as Fernand Lagarde
1954
- A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
- Padlocks as The Man (Jack)
- Run Like a Thief as Robbie
- Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool as The Boy
- The Dark, Dark Hours as Bud
1953
- The United States Steel Hour as Fernand Lagarde
- You Are There as Bob Ford
- General Electric Theater as The Boy
- Trouble Along the Way as Football Spectator (uncredited)
- The Evil Within as Ralph
- Campbell Soundstage as Hank Bradon
- The Hound Of Heaven as Angel
- Sentence of Death as Joe Palica
- Harvest as Paul Zalinka
- Keep Our Honor Bright as Jim Cooper
- A Long Time Till Dawn as Joe Harris
- Something For An Empty Briefcase as Joe Adams
- Rex Newman as Todd Ingalls
- Death Is My Neighbor as J.B.
- Life Sentence as Hank Bradon
- The Bells of Cockaigne as Joey
1952
- Omnibus as Bronco Evans
- Deadline - U.S.A. as Press Boy (uncredited)
- Sailor Beware as Boxing Opponent's Second (uncredited)
- Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Youth at Soda Fountain (uncredited)
- 10,000 Horses Singing as Hotel Bellboy
- Forgotten Children as Bradford
- The Foggy, Foggy Dew as Kyle McCallum
- Abraham Lincoln as William Scott
1951
- Tales of Tomorrow
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Bradford
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Jeffrey Latham
- Fixed Bayonets! as Doggie (uncredited)
- Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration as John
- Jackie Knows All as Randy
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents as Paul Zalinka
- Lux Video Theatre as Kyle McCallum
- Armstrong Circle Theatre as Joey Frasier
1949
- The Big Story as Rex Newman
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Robbie Warren
- Studio One as William Scott
1947
- Kraft Television Theatre as Jim Cooper