James Dean
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday8 February 1931
Died30 September 1955 (age 24)
Place of birthMarion, Indiana, USA
Known credits89
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 rol…
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025 · Self (archive footage)
James Dean: Rebel Generation
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023 · Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Self (archive)
Children of 'Giant'
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015 · Self (archive)
The Real James Dean
2006 · Archival Footage
James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard
2005
East of Eden: Art in Search of Life
2005 · Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Dean: Forever Young
2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Året var 1955
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005 · Himself (uncredited)
The Day That James Dean Died
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
2004
James Dean: Born Cool
2001
Memories of Giant
1998 · Self (archive footage)
Return to 'Giant'
1996 · Self (archive footage)
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996 · Self - 'Jim Stark' (archive footage)
James Dean: A Portrait
1995 · Self (archive footage)
James Dean and Me
1995 · Self (archive footage)
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
1994
Death Scenes 2
1992 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Faces of Death VII
1992
Death In Hollywood
1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990 · (archive footage)
Hello Actors Studio
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Forever James Dean
1988 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All-Time Movie Greats
1988 · Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Dean Remembered
1974 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The James Dean Story
1957 · Self (archive footage)
Giant
1956 · Jett Rink
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 · Jim Stark
Crossroads
1955 · Man in Crowd (uncredited)
The Unlighted Road
1955 · Jeffrey Latham
East of Eden
1955 · Cal Trask
The Thief
1955 · Fernand Lagarde
The Dark, Dark Hours
1954 · Bud
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
1954 · The Boy
Padlocks
1954 · The Man (Jack)
Page 1 of 2