John Francis Daley
Born: 1985-07-20 in Wheeling, Illinois, USA
Known For: Writing
Biography
John Francis Daley (born July 20, 1985) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for playing high school freshman Sam Weir on the NBC comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks and FBI criminal profiler Dr. Lance Sweets on the crime drama series Bones, for which he was nominated for a 2014 PRISM Award. He plays keyboards and sings for the band Dayplayer. Daley is also known for his collaborative work with fellow writer and director Jonathan Goldstein, working on various films together. Daley and Goldstein's first work together was co-writing the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011), co-writing The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), co-story writing for Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), and co-writing/co-directing (in their directing debuts) the fifth film in the National Lampoon's Vacation film series, Vacation (2015). The duo were co-writers for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) with Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers, and they co-directed the 2018 comedy Game Night and the 2023 fantasy Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Francis Daley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Mayday ... (Director)
2024
- Hysteria! ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves as Special Creature Voice (voice)
- The Flash ... (Screenstory)
- Vacation Friends 2 ... (Characters)
2021
- Vacation Friends ... (Screenplay)
- Welcome to Georgia ... (Screenplay)
2019
- In the Dark ... (Director)
- Stuber ... (Producer)
2018
- Game Night as Carter
- Cultureshock as Self
- Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary as Self
2017
- Spider-Man: Homecoming ... (Screenstory)
2016
- Bottom's Butte as Scott/Cabana Boy
2015
- Fresh Off the Boat as Jordan
- Vacation as Ride Operator
- Dude Bro Party Massacre III as Ernest
2014
- Horrible Bosses 2 ... (Story)
2013
- Drunk History as James J. Andrews
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 ... (Screenplay)
- The Incredible Burt Wonderstone as Paramedic 1
- Rapture-Palooza as Ben House
2012
- The Finder as Lance Sweets
2011
- Horrible Bosses as Carter
- Audio Tour ... (Screenplay)
2008
- 5-25-77 as Pat Johnson
2007
- Yo Gabba Gabba!
- Clark and Michael as Tom
2005
- Bones as Lance Sweets
- Kitchen Confidential as Jim
- Waiting... as Mitch
2003
- View from the Top as Rodney
- Regular Joe as Grant Binder
2001
- The Ellen Show as Erik
- What Babies Do ... (Director)
2000
- Boston Public as Anthony Ward
- The Geena Davis Show as Carter Ryan
1999
- Judging Amy as Jace Crosby
- Freaks and Geeks as Sam Weir
1996
- Spin City as Spencer