James Dean
Acting
Born February 8, 1931 · 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.
Films (63)
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
2005
East 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
James Dean: Born Cool
2001
Memories of Giant
1998
Return to 'Giant'
1996
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
James Dean and Me
1995
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
1994
Death Scenes 2
1992
Faces of Death Part VII
1992
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
Hello Actors Studio
1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Forever James Dean
1988
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
James Dean Remembered
1974
The James Dean Story
1957
Giant
1956
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
The Unlighted Road
1955
East of Eden
1955
The Thief
1955
The Dark, Dark Hours
1954
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
1954
Padlocks
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
Run Like a Thief
1954
Harvest
1953
The Bells of Cockaigne
1953
A Long Time Till Dawn
1953
Life Sentence
1953
Keep Our Honor Bright
1953
Rex Newman
1953
Death Is My Neighbor
1953
Sentence of Death
1953
Something For An Empty Briefcase
1953
The Evil Within
1953
Trouble Along the Way
1953
The Hound Of Heaven
1953
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
Forgotten Children
1952
Abraham Lincoln
1952
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
The Foggy, Foggy Dew
1952
10,000 Horses Singing
1952
Sailor Beware
1952
Jackie Knows All
1951
Fixed Bayonets!
1951
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951