James Dean

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-02-08 (24 years old)

Deathday

1955-09-30

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 nominat...

Acting

1955

1955

East of Eden

as Cal Trask

1954

1956

Giant

as Jett Rink

1953

1996

Return to 'Giant'

as Self (archive footage)

1995

James Dean and Me

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Children of 'Giant'

as Self (archive footage)

2005

1952

Deadline - U.S.A.

as Press Boy (uncredited)

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The James Dean Classic

as (archive footage)

2005

East of Eden: Art in Search of Life

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

1955

The Unlighted Road

as Jeffrey Latham

1954

Padlocks

as The Man (Jack)

2023

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

as Self (archive footage)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1988

Hello Actors Studio

as Self (archive footage)

1992

Death Scenes 2

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1987

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

as (archive footage)

1996

Rediscovering a Rebel

as Self - 'Jim Stark' (archive footage)

1951

Fixed Bayonets!

as Doggie (uncredited)

1988

Forever James Dean

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1975

2005

James Dean: Sense Memories

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1974

James Dean Remembered

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1996

The Celluloid Closet

as Self (archive footage)

1974

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

as Self (archive footage)

1953

1953

Trouble Along the Way

as Football Spectator (uncredited)

1952

Sailor Beware

as Boxing Opponent's Second (uncredited)

1955

The Thief

as Fernand Lagarde

1953

Sentence of Death

as Joe Palica

2015

Tab Hunter Confidential

as Self (archive footage)

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self (archive footage)

2006

The Real James Dean

as Archival Footage

1952

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

as Youth at Soda Fountain (uncredited)

1957

The James Dean Story

as Self (archive footage)

1951

1952

10,000 Horses Singing

as Hotel Bellboy

1952

The Foggy, Foggy Dew

as Kyle McCallum

1952

Abraham Lincoln

as William Scott

1952

1953

Rex Newman

as Todd Ingalls

1953

Life Sentence

as Hank Bradon

1953

Harvest

as Paul Zalinka

1953

2005

Året var 1955

as Self (archive footage)

1990

Death In Hollywood

as (archive footage)

1995

James Dean: A Portrait

as Self (archive footage)

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