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.
69 movies · 16 shows
James Dean: Rebel Generation
2025·7.5
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024·6.9
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023·5.7
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023·7.7
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017·4.5
Children of 'Giant'
2015·6.8
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015·7.3
The Real James Dean
2006·0.0
James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard
2005·7.7
East of Eden: Art in Search of Life
2005·6.0
James Dean: Forever Young
2005·5.9
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005·0.0
Året var 1955
2005·5.0
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005·0.0
The Day That James Dean Died
2005·0.0
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
2004·7.5
James Dean: Born Cool
2001·0.0
Memories of Giant
1998·0.0
Return to 'Giant'
1996·6.7
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996·0.0
James Dean: A Portrait
1995·7.0
James Dean and Me
1995·8.8
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
1994·3.3
Death Scenes 2
1992·6.0
Faces of Death VII
1992·0.0
Death In Hollywood
1990·6.8
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990·5.7
Hello Actors Studio
1988·6.7
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988·0.0
Forever James Dean
1988·7.7
All-Time Movie Greats
1988·0.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983·7.0
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982·6.0
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975·7.5
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974·7.2
James Dean Remembered
1974·8.0
The James Dean Story
1957·5.4
Giant
1956·7.6
Rebel Without a Cause
1955·7.5
The Unlighted Road
1955·5.0
East of Eden
1955·7.5
The Thief
1955·4.0
The Dark, Dark Hours
1954·0.0
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
1954·6.0
Padlocks
1954·7.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954·8.0
Run Like a Thief
1954·0.0
Harvest
1953·0.0
The Bells of Cockaigne
1953·7.2
A Long Time Till Dawn
1953·6.0
Life Sentence
1953·5.0
Keep Our Honor Bright
1953·7.0
Rex Newman
1953·0.0
Death Is My Neighbor
1953·7.0
Sentence of Death
1953·7.3
Something For An Empty Briefcase
1953·0.0
The Evil Within
1953·0.0
Trouble Along the Way
1953·6.1
The Hound Of Heaven
1953·0.0
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952·7.0
Forgotten Children
1952·0.0
Abraham Lincoln
1952·0.0
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952·6.9
The Foggy, Foggy Dew
1952·0.0
10,000 Horses Singing
1952·0.0
Sailor Beware
1952·6.3
Jackie Knows All
1951·0.0
Fixed Bayonets!
1951·6.5
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951·4.8