James Dean

James Dean fascinates me precisely because his legend rests on so little screen time. A career of barely five years, and yet he remains the permanent shorthand for restless youth seventy years later. I think the tragedy of his death at twenty-four froze him at his most magnetic, but it would be unfair to credit the myth alone; the raw, twitchy vulnerability he brought to the screen genuinely changed American acting. Whenever I revisit his work, I am struck by how modern he still feels. Few performers earn immortality; Dean managed it almost overnight.

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Name (English)

James Dean

Name (Japanese)

ジェームズ・ディーン

Reading

じぇーむず・でぃーん

Born

February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955

Origin

Marion, Indiana, United States

Height

171 cm

Occupation

film actor / television actor / stage actor / racing automobile driver / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Goat

University

Santa Monica College

Awards & achievements

• 1956 Henrietta Award
• 1954 Theatre World Award
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.jamesdean.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Dean
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83359

Tags

• Indiana
• film actor
• television actor
• stage actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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