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John Francis Daley
John Francis Daley

John Francis Daley

WritingBorn July 20, 1985 (age 40)Wheeling, Illinois, USA

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

2023
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

as Special Creature Voice (voice)

Movie
2018TV
2018
Game Night

as Carter

Movie
2016
Bottom's Butte

as Scott/Cabana Boy

Movie
2015
Vacation

as Ride Operator

Movie
2015Movie
2015TV
2013
Drunk History

as James J. Andrews

TV
2013
Rapture-Palooza

as Ben House

Movie
2013Movie
2012
The Finder

as Lance Sweets

TV
2011Movie
2008
5-25-77

as Pat Johnson

Movie
2007TV
2005
Waiting...

as Mitch

Movie
2005
Bones

as Lance Sweets

TV
2003
Regular Joe

as Grant Binder

TV
2003Movie
2001TV
2000
Boston Public

as Anthony Ward

TV
2000
The Geena Davis Show

as Carter Ryan

TV
1999
Freaks and Geeks

as Sam Weir

TV
1999
Judging Amy

as Jace Crosby

TV
1996
Spin City

as Spencer

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentWriting
BirthdayJuly 20, 1985
Place of BirthWheeling, Illinois, USA
Popularity1.5