James Dean

James Byron Dean

"The only greatness for man is immortality". -James Dean

He was born on February 8, 1931 and died on September 30, 1955. He was an American film actor, his most famous movies are Rebel Without a Cause and Giant. He always loved theater and he took courses at California University. He'd work on different movie before his first important role on Broadway in the play The Immoralist in which he received good critics. Later he filmed East of Eden for this movie he received a posthumous nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the first official posthumous acting nomination in the Academy Awards. Dean filmed Rebel Without a Cause and Gigant before he died. He had a mortal accident in his Porsche Spyder 550, The little bastard. He became a cultural icon because the roles the played in his last 3 films.

Filmography

1951 Fixed Bayonets!

1952 Sailor Beware

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

1953 Trouble Along the Way

1955 East of Eden

Rebel Without a Cause

1956 Giant

Broadway

See the Jaguar, (1952)

The Immoralist (1954)

"Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done". -James Dean

"Biography." James Dean. 2007. Web. 15 Jan 2011.