James Dean
- Acting
- February 8, 1931 · Marion, Indiana, USA
- September 30, 1955
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
Filmography
- Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror · Self
- James Dean: Rebel Generation · Self
- Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes · Self
- Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed · Self
- Paul Newman: The Restless · Self
- The Fabulous Allan Carr · Self
- Children of 'Giant' · Self
- Tab Hunter Confidential · Self
- The Real James Dean · Archival Footage
- James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard
- East of Eden: Art in Search of Life · Self
- James Dean: Forever Young · Self
- James Dean: Sense Memories · Self
- Året var 1955 · Self
- Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents · Self
- The Day That James Dean Died · Self
- Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini · Self
- James Dean: Born Cool · Self
- Memories of Giant · Self
- Return to 'Giant' · Self
- Rediscovering a Rebel · Self
- James Dean: A Portrait · Self
- James Dean and Me · Self
- Gay! Gay! Hollywood
- Death Scenes 2 · Self
- Faces of Death VII · Self
- Death In Hollywood · Self
- Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths · Self
- Hello Actors Studio · Self
- Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Forever James Dean · Self
- All-Time Movie Greats · Self
- George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey · (archive footage)
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · Self
- Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady · Self
- James Dean: The First American Teenager · Self
- Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still · Self
- James Dean Remembered · Self
- The James Dean Story · Self
- Giant · Jett Rink
- Rebel Without a Cause · Jim Stark
- Crossroads · Man in Crowd (uncredited)
- The Unlighted Road · Jeffrey Latham
- East of Eden · Cal Trask
- The Thief · Fernand Lagarde
- The Dark, Dark Hours · Bud
- Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool · The Boy
- Padlocks · The Man (Jack)
- A Star Is Born World Premiere · Self
- Run Like a Thief · Robbie
- Harvest · Paul Zalinka
- The Bells of Cockaigne · Joey Frasier
- A Long Time Till Dawn · Joe Harris
- The United States Steel Hour · Fernand Lagarde
- Life Sentence · Hank Bradon
- Campbell Soundstage · Hank Bradon
- Keep Our Honor Bright · Jim Cooper
- Rex Newman · Todd Ingalls
- Death Is My Neighbor · J.B.
- Sentence of Death · Joe Palica
- Something For An Empty Briefcase · Joe Adams
- The Evil Within · Ralph
- Trouble Along the Way · Football Spectator (uncredited)
- General Electric Theater · The Boy, Bud
- You Are There · Bob Ford
- The Hound Of Heaven · Angel
- Omnibus · Bronco Evans
- Has Anybody Seen My Gal? · Youth at Soda Fountain (uncredited)
- Forgotten Children · Bradford
- Abraham Lincoln · William Scott
- Deadline - U.S.A. · Press Boy (uncredited)
- The Foggy, Foggy Dew · Kyle McCallum
- 10,000 Horses Singing · Hotel Bellboy
- Sailor Beware · Boxing Opponent's Second (uncredited)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Bradford
- Jackie Knows All · Randy
- Fixed Bayonets! · Doggie (uncredited)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Jeffrey Latham
- Tales of Tomorrow
- Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration · John