Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1931-02-08
Day of Death
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 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 (66)
James Dean: Rebel Generation
2025
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
Children of 'Giant'
2015
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
The Real James Dean
2006
James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard
2005East of Eden: Art in Search of Life
2005
James Dean: Forever Young
2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005
Året var 1955
2005
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
The Day That James Dean Died
2005
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
2004
