# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-dean
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:25:22.808Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-dean"
name: "James Dean"
slug: "james-dean"
description: "Three films, five years, dead at twenty-four. Dean's teenage angst in Rebel Without a Cause made him the template for every brooding kid who followed — then the highway took him before Giant even opened."
tagline: "American actor (1931–1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Dean_in_Rebel_Without_a_Cause.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1931-02-08"
deathDate: "1955-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           73.9
  momentum:             8.519847184709347
  historical:           32.68302
  currentAttention:     43.46954360750132
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Actors"
    slug: "actors"
  - name: "Actor"
    slug: "actor"
  - name: "Movies"
    slug: "movies"
  - name: "Television"
    slug: "television"
  - name: "Theatre"
    slug: "theatre"
  - name: "United States"
    slug: "united-states"
  - name: "Americas"
    slug: "americas"
  - name: "20th Century"
    slug: "20th-century"
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000015/"
    handle:    "nm0000015"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jamesdean.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83359"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/James%20Dean"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "James Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس دين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس دين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "James Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "James Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جیمز دین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceyms_Din"
    title: "Ceyms Din"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Джеймс Дин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Джеймс Дийн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "James Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "জেমস ডিন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "James Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "James Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "James Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%95%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جەیمز دین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "James Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "James Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "James Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "James Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%82_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD"
    title: "Τζέιμς Ντιν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "James Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://el.wikiquote.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%82_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Dean"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://he.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ff2d8be4-5277-4c7d-b731-c617fbd40060"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931, and by the mid-1950s had landed roles that would reshape how Hollywood depicted youth. East of Eden showcased an intense emotional range that earned him a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor — the first actor ever so honored. Rebel Without a Cause cast him as the disillusioned teenager, the archetype that stuck. Giant, a sprawling drama, brought a second posthumous nomination, a record that still stands. He died in a car accident September 30, 1955, at twenty-four, all three films preserved by the Library of Congress for their cultural significance. The American Film Institute later ranked him the eighteenth greatest male star of Hollywood's Golden Age, and in 2012 Time named him one of history's most influential fashion icons — a legacy built on restless defiance and five years of work.