James Dean

Known for ActingBorn 1931-02-08Died 1955-09-30Marion, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

James Dean and Me

Hallmark Hall of Fame

James Dean: Rebel Generation

James Dean Remembered

James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard

Forever James Dean

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini

Tab Hunter Confidential

Kraft Television Theatre

James Dean: The First American Teenager

Giant

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

East of Eden

Rebel Without a Cause

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

Children of 'Giant'

James Dean: A Portrait

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Sentence of Death

The Big Story

The Bells of Cockaigne

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Death In Hollywood

Return to 'Giant'

Hello Actors Studio

Padlocks

Keep Our Honor Bright

Death Is My Neighbor

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Deadline - U.S.A.

General Electric Theater

Crossroads

Lux Video Theatre

Fixed Bayonets!

The Philco Television Playhouse

East of Eden: Art in Search of Life

James Dean: Forever Young

Tales of Tomorrow

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Death Scenes 2

The United States Steel Hour

Omnibus

Sailor Beware

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

Trouble Along the Way

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool