James Dean
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 8 February 1931 · Marion, Indiana, USA
- Died
- 30 September 1955
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
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- 2026Final Days of an Icon: James Dean as (archive footage)
- 2026The James Dean Classic as (archive footage)
- 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror as Self (archive footage)
- 2025James Dean: Rebel Generation as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes as Self (archive footage)
- 2023Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self (archive footage)
- 2023Paul Newman: The Restless as Self (archive footage)
- 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr as Self (archive footage)
- 2015Children of 'Giant' as Self (archive footage)
- 2015Tab Hunter Confidential as Self (archive)
- 2006The Real James Dean as Archival Footage
- 2005James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard
- 2005East of Eden: Art in Search of Life as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005James Dean: Forever Young as Self (archive footage)
- 2005James Dean: Sense Memories as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005Året var 1955 as Self (archive footage)
- 2005Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Self (uncredited)
- 2005The Day That James Dean Died as Self (archive footage)
- 2004Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini as Self (archive footage)
- 2003101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
- 2001James Dean: Born Cool as Self (archive footage)
- 1998Memories of Giant as Self (archive footage)
- 1996Return to 'Giant' as Self (archive footage)
- 1996The Celluloid Closet as Self (archive footage)
- 1996Rediscovering a Rebel as Self - 'Jim Stark' (archive footage)
- 1995James Dean: A Portrait as Self (archive footage)
- 1995James Dean and Me as Self (archive footage)
- 1994Gay! Gay! Hollywood
- 1992Death Scenes 2 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992Faces of Death VII as Self (archive footage)
- 1990Death In Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as Self (archive footage)
- 1988Hello Actors Studio as Self (archive footage)
- 1988Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1988All-Time Movie Greats as Self (archive footage)
- 1988Forever James Dean as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1987Hollywood's Hidden Secrets as (archive footage)
- 1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as (archive footage)
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady as Self (archive footage)
- 1975James Dean: The First American Teenager as Self (archive footage)
- 1974Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1974James Dean Remembered as Self (archive footage)
- 1957The James Dean Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1956Giant as Jett Rink
- 1955Rebel Without a Cause as Jim Stark
- 1955The Unlighted Road as Jeffrey Latham
- 1955East of Eden as Cal Trask
- 1955The Thief as Fernand Lagarde
- 1954The Dark, Dark Hours as Bud
- 1954Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool as The Boy
- 1954Padlocks as The Man (Jack)
- 1954A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
- 1954Run Like a Thief as Robbie
- 1953Harvest as Paul Zalinka
- 1953The Bells of Cockaigne as Joey Frasier
- 1953A Long Time Till Dawn as Joe Harris
- 1953Life Sentence as Hank Bradon
- 1953Keep Our Honor Bright as Jim Cooper
- 1953Rex Newman as Todd Ingalls
- 1953Death Is My Neighbor as J.B.
- 1953Sentence of Death as Joe Palica
- 1953Something For An Empty Briefcase as Joe Adams
- 1953The Evil Within as Ralph
- 1953Trouble Along the Way as Football Spectator (uncredited)
- 1953The Hound Of Heaven as Angel
- 1952Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Youth at Soda Fountain (uncredited)
- 1952Forgotten Children as Bradford
- 1952Abraham Lincoln as William Scott
- 1952Deadline - U.S.A. as Press Boy (uncredited)
- 1952The Foggy, Foggy Dew as Kyle McCallum
- 195210,000 Horses Singing as Hotel Bellboy
- 1952Sailor Beware as Boxing Opponent's Second (uncredited)
- 1951Jackie Knows All as Randy
- 1951Fixed Bayonets! as Doggie (uncredited)
- 1951Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration as John