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John Francis Daley

John Francis Daley

Writing
Born: Jul 20, 1985
From: Wheeling, Illinois, USA
Credits: 27 titles

Biography

John Francis Daley (born July 20, 1985) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for playing high school freshman Sam Weir on the NBC comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks and FBI criminal profiler Dr. Lance Sweets on the crime drama series Bones, for which he was nominated for a 2014 PRISM Award. He plays keyboards and sings for the band Dayplayer. Daley is also known for his collaborative work with fellow writer and director Jonathan Goldstein, working on various films together. Daley and Goldstein's first work together was co-writing the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011), co-writing The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), co-story writing for Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), and co-writing/co-directing (in their directing debuts) the fifth film in the National Lampoon's Vacation film series, Vacation (2015). The duo were co-writers for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) with Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers, and they co-directed the 2018 comedy Game Night and the 2023 fantasy Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Francis Daley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Special Creature Voice (voice) 2023 7.328
Game Night Carter 2018 6.845
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary Self 2018 6.8
Cultureshock TV Self 2018 4.0
Bottom's Butte Scott/Cabana Boy 2016 4.0
Dude Bro Party Massacre III Ernest 2015 5.6
Vacation Ride Operator 2015 6.306
Fresh Off the Boat TV Jordan 2015 7.193
Rapture-Palooza Ben House 2013 5.2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Paramedic 1 2013 5.721
Drunk History TV James J. Andrews 2013 6.783
The Finder TV Lance Sweets 2012 7.093
Horrible Bosses Carter 2011 6.573
5-25-77 Pat Johnson 2008 5.977
Clark and Michael TV Tom 2007 7.7
Yo Gabba Gabba! TV 2007 7.125
Waiting... Mitch 2005 6.205
Kitchen Confidential TV Jim 2005 6.97
Bones TV Lance Sweets 2005 8.187
View from the Top Rodney 2003 5.563
Regular Joe TV Grant Binder 2003 7.0
The Ellen Show TV Erik 2001 6.077
Boston Public TV Anthony Ward 2000 7.622
The Geena Davis Show TV Carter Ryan 2000 7.444
Judging Amy TV Jace Crosby 1999 7.506
Freaks and Geeks TV Sam Weir 1999 8.171
Spin City TV Spencer 1996 7.044
Quick Facts
Known forWriting
Credits27
Born1985
FromWheeling, Illinois, USA