James Dean
Known for: Acting
Born: February 8, 1931
Died: September 30, 1955
Place of birth: Marion, Indiana, USA
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.
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Filmography
73 movies · 16 TV shows, newest first
8.2
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
7.5
James Dean: Rebel Generation
2025
6.9
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
5.7
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
7.5
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
5.0
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
6.8
Children of 'Giant'
2015
7.3
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
NR
The Real James Dean
2006
6.6
James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard
20056.0
East of Eden: Art in Search of Life
2005
5.9
James Dean: Forever Young
2005
NR
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005
5.0
Året var 1955
2005
NR
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
NR
The Day That James Dean Died
2005
7.5
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
2004
NR
James Dean: Born Cool
2001
NR
Memories of Giant
1998
6.7
Return to 'Giant'
1996
NR
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996
7.0
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
8.8
James Dean and Me
1995
3.3
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
1994
5.0
Death Scenes 2
1992
NR
Faces of Death VII
1992
6.8
Death In Hollywood
1990
5.7
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
6.7
Hello Actors Studio
1988
NR
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
7.7
Forever James Dean
1988NR
All-Time Movie Greats
1988
5.8
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
6.0
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
7.5
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
7.2
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
8.0
James Dean Remembered
1974
5.6
The James Dean Story
1957
7.6
Giant
1956
7.5
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
6.8
Crossroads
1955
5.0
The Unlighted Road
1955
7.5
East of Eden
1955
4.0
The Thief
1955
NR
The Dark, Dark Hours
1954
5.5
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
1954
7.0
Padlocks
1954
8.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
NR
Run Like a Thief
1954
NR
Harvest
1953
7.2
The Bells of Cockaigne
1953
6.0
A Long Time Till Dawn
1953
6.3
The United States Steel Hour
1953
5.0
Life Sentence
1953NR
Campbell Soundstage
1953
7.0
Keep Our Honor Bright
1953
NR
Rex Newman
1953
7.0
Death Is My Neighbor
1953
6.5
Sentence of Death
1953
NR
Something For An Empty Briefcase
1953
NR
The Evil Within
1953
6.1
Trouble Along the Way
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.0
You Are There
1953
NR
The Hound Of Heaven
1953
7.0
Omnibus
1952
7.0
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
NR
Forgotten Children
1952
NR
Abraham Lincoln
1952
6.9
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
NR
The Foggy, Foggy Dew
1952
NR
10,000 Horses Singing
1952
6.3
Sailor Beware
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
NR
Jackie Knows All
1951
6.5
Fixed Bayonets!
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
4.8
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
19516.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
4.5
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
7.3
The Big Story
1949
5.4
Studio One
1948
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947NR
The James Dean Classic
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NR
Final Days of an Icon: James Dean
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