Cast
James Dean
Acting
Cast
James Dean
Known for
Acting
Born
1931-02-08
From
Marion, Indiana, USA
Died
1955-09-30
Also known as One-Speed Dean, James Byron Dean, Jimmy 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.
★7.6
MOVIE1956
Giant
as Jett Rink
★7.5
MOVIE1955
Rebel Without a Cause
as Jim Stark
MOVIE1952
Abraham Lincoln
as William Scott
★7.5
MOVIE1955
East of Eden
as Cal Trask
★5.0
MOVIE1953
Life Sentence
as Hank Bradon
★4.0
MOVIE1955
The Thief
as Fernand Lagarde
★6.9
MOVIE2024
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
★6.9
MOVIE1952
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Press Boy (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1974
James Dean Remembered
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE2025
James Dean: Rebel Generation
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1954
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
as The Boy
MOVIE1953
Harvest
as Paul Zalinka
★6.1
MOVIE1953
Trouble Along the Way
as Football Spectator (uncredited)
MOVIE1953
The Hound Of Heaven
as Angel
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
as Youth at Soda Fountain (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1951
Fixed Bayonets!
as Doggie (uncredited)
MOVIE1992
Faces of Death VII
★7.3
MOVIE2015
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self (archive)
MOVIE2005
The Day That James Dean Died
as Self (archive footage)
★7.7
MOVIE2023
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
★6.7
MOVIE1988
Hello Actors Studio
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1995
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self (archive footage)
★5.9
MOVIE2005
James Dean: Forever Young
MOVIE2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE1996
Rediscovering a Rebel
as Self - 'Jim Stark' (archive footage)
MOVIE1988
All-Time Movie Greats
as Self (archive footage)
★6.3
MOVIE1952
Sailor Beware
as Boxing Opponent's Second (uncredited)
★3.3
MOVIE1994
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
MOVIE1953
Something For An Empty Briefcase
as Joe Adams
★4.5
MOVIE2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive)
★5.4
MOVIE1957
The James Dean Story
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1992
Death Scenes 2
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE1952
10,000 Horses Singing
as Hotel Bellboy
MOVIE1954
The Dark, Dark Hours
as Bud
★8.8
MOVIE1995
James Dean and Me
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1952
The Foggy, Foggy Dew
as Kyle McCallum
★6.8
MOVIE2015
Children of 'Giant'
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIETBA
Final Days of an Icon: James Dean
as (archive footage)
★6.8
MOVIE1990
Death In Hollywood
★7.7
MOVIE2005
James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard
★7.0
MOVIE1954
Padlocks
as The Man (Jack)
MOVIE1951
Jackie Knows All
as Randy
★7.2
MOVIE1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Keep Our Honor Bright
as Jim Cooper
MOVIE1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1951
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
as John
★5.7
MOVIE2023
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1953
A Long Time Till Dawn
as Joe Harris
MOVIE1953
The Evil Within
as Ralph
★8.0
MOVIE1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
MOVIE2001
James Dean: Born Cool
★7.5
MOVIE2004
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
MOVIE2006
The Real James Dean
as Archival Footage
★6.7
MOVIE1996
Return to 'Giant'
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1952
Forgotten Children
as Bradford
MOVIE1998
Memories of Giant
as Self (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE1975
James Dean: The First American Teenager
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1953
Rex Newman
as Todd Ingalls
MOVIE2005
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Himself (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Death Is My Neighbor
as J.B.
★5.7
MOVIE1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
MOVIETBA
The James Dean Classic
as (archive footage)
★7.7
MOVIE1988
Forever James Dean
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE2005
Året var 1955
as Self (archive footage)
★7.3
MOVIE1953
Sentence of Death
as Joe Palica
MOVIE1954
Run Like a Thief
as Robbie
★6.0
MOVIE2005
East of Eden: Art in Search of Life
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1953
The Bells of Cockaigne
as Joey
★5.0
MOVIE1955
The Unlighted Road
as Jeffrey Latham