James Dean
Acting
1931-02-08 · 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.
Filmography
James Dean: Rebel Generation
2025 · Movie
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024 · Movie
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023 · Movie
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023 · Movie
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Movie
Children of 'Giant'
2015 · Movie
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015 · Movie
The Real James Dean
2006 · Movie
James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard
2005 · Movie
East of Eden: Art in Search of Life
2005 · Movie
James Dean: Forever Young
2005 · Movie
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005 · Movie
Året var 1955
2005 · Movie
The Day That James Dean Died
2005 · Movie
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005 · Movie
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
2004 · Movie
James Dean: Born Cool
2001 · Movie
Memories of Giant
1998 · Movie
Return to 'Giant'
1996 · Movie
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996 · Movie
James Dean: A Portrait
1995 · Movie
James Dean and Me
1995 · Movie
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
1994 · Movie
Death Scenes 2
1992 · Movie
Faces of Death VII
1992 · Movie
Death In Hollywood
1990 · Movie
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990 · Movie
Hello Actors Studio
1988 · Movie
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · Movie
Forever James Dean
1988 · Movie
All-Time Movie Greats
1988 · Movie
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982 · Movie
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975 · Movie
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974 · Movie
James Dean Remembered
1974 · Movie
The James Dean Story
1957 · Movie
Giant
1956 · Movie
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 · Movie
Crossroads
1955 · Series
The Unlighted Road
1955 · Movie
East of Eden
1955 · Movie
The Thief
1955 · Movie
The Dark, Dark Hours
1954 · Movie
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
1954 · Movie
Padlocks
1954 · Movie
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Movie
Run Like a Thief
1954 · Movie
Harvest
1953 · Movie
The Bells of Cockaigne
1953 · Movie
A Long Time Till Dawn
1953 · Movie
The United States Steel Hour
1953 · Series
Life Sentence
1953 · Movie
Campbell Soundstage
1953 · Series
Keep Our Honor Bright
1953 · Movie
Rex Newman
1953 · Movie
Death Is My Neighbor
1953 · Movie
Sentence of Death
1953 · Movie
Something For An Empty Briefcase
1953 · Movie
The Evil Within
1953 · Movie
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · Movie
You Are There
1953 · Series
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
The Hound Of Heaven
1953 · Movie
Omnibus
1952 · Series
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952 · Movie
Forgotten Children
1952 · Movie
Abraham Lincoln
1952 · Movie
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 · Movie
The Foggy, Foggy Dew
1952 · Movie
10,000 Horses Singing
1952 · Movie
Sailor Beware
1952 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Jackie Knows All
1951 · Movie
Fixed Bayonets!
1951 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Tales of Tomorrow
1951 · Series
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950 · Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Series
The Big Story
1949 · Series
Studio One
1948 · Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
Kraft Television Theatre
1947 · Series
Final Days of an Icon: James Dean
Movie
The James Dean Classic
Movie