James Dean

★ Acting #9,162

1931 - 1955 (age 24) • Acting

Born: 2/8/1931 in Marion, Indiana, USA

Died: 9/30/1955 (age 24)

Known for: Acting

James Dean

★ Acting #9,162

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).

Known For

Rebel Without a Cause

75%

Jim Stark

1955

East of Eden

75%

Cal Trask

1955

Giant

76%

Jett Rink

1956

The James Dean Story

56%

Self (archive footage)

1957

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

69%

Self (archive footage)

2024

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

72%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1974

Studio One

54%

Hotel Bellboy (uncredited) / Joe Palica / William Scott

1948

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

48%

John

1951

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

82%

Self (archive footage)

2025

James Dean: Rebel Generation

75%

Self (archive footage)

2025

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

69%

Self (archive footage)

2024

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

57%

Self (archive footage)

2023

Paul Newman: The Restless

75%

Self

2023

The Fabulous Allan Carr

50%

Self (archive)

2017

Children of 'Giant'

68%

Self (archive footage)

2015

Tab Hunter Confidential

73%

Self (archive)

2015

Final Days of an Icon

100%

Unknown

2007

The Real James Dean

Archival Footage

2006

James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard

66%

2005

East of Eden: Art in Search of Life

60%

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005

James Dean: Forever Young

59%

2005

James Dean: Sense Memories

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005

Året var 1955

50%

Self (archive footage)

2005

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

Himself (uncredited)

2005

Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini

75%

2004

James Dean: Born Cool

2001

Memories of Giant

Self (archive footage)

1998

Return to 'Giant'

67%

Self (archive footage)

1996

Rediscovering a Rebel

Self - 'Jim Stark' (archive footage)

1996

James Dean: A Portrait

70%

Self (archive footage)

1995

James Dean and Me

88%

Self (archive footage)

1995

Gay! Gay! Hollywood

33%

1994

Faces of Death VII

1992

Death Scenes 2

50%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992

Death In Hollywood

68%

1990

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

57%

(archive footage)

1990