James Dean
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James Dean

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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.

Films Featuring James Dean

Rebel Without a Cause

19557.5

East of Eden

19557.5

Run Like a Thief

1954

Giant

19567.6

Keep Our Honor Bright

19537.0

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

19905.7

Return to 'Giant'

19966.7

James Dean and Me

19958.8

James Dean: Born Cool

2001

Children of 'Giant'

20156.8

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

2005

Deadline - U.S.A.

19526.9

East of Eden: Art in Search of Life

East of Eden: Art in Search of Life

20056.0

The James Dean Classic

The James Dean Classic

The Unlighted Road

19555.0

Death Is My Neighbor

19537.0

Padlocks

19547.0

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

20235.7

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

19837.0

Hello Actors Studio

19886.7

Death Scenes 2

19925.0

Rediscovering a Rebel

1996

Fixed Bayonets!

19516.5

Forever James Dean

19887.7

James Dean: The First American Teenager

19757.5

James Dean Remembered

19748.0

James Dean: Sense Memories

2005

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

19514.8

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

19747.2

A Long Time Till Dawn

19536.0

Trouble Along the Way

19536.1

Sailor Beware

19526.3

The Thief

19554.0

A Star Is Born World Premiere

19548.0

Sentence of Death

19537.3

Tab Hunter Confidential

20157.3

The Real James Dean

2006

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

19527.0

The James Dean Story

19575.6

James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard

20057.7

James Dean: Forever Young

20055.9

The Bells of Cockaigne

19537.2

Jackie Knows All

1951

10,000 Horses Singing

1952

The Foggy, Foggy Dew

1952

Abraham Lincoln

1952

Forgotten Children

1952

The Hound Of Heaven

1953

Something For An Empty Briefcase

1953

Rex Newman

1953

Life Sentence

19535.0

Harvest

1953

Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool

19546.0

The Dark, Dark Hours

1954

The Evil Within

1953

Året var 1955

20055.0

James Dean: A Portrait

19957.0

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988

James Dean: Rebel Generation

20257.5

Memories of Giant

1998

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

20246.9

Faces of Death VII

1992

Gay! Gay! Hollywood

19943.3

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

19826.0

Death In Hollywood

19906.8

The Day That James Dean Died

2005

Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini

20047.5

The Fabulous Allan Carr

20175.0

Final Days of an Icon: James Dean

Paul Newman: The Restless

20237.5

All-Time Movie Greats

All-Time Movie Greats

1988

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

19855.8