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John Francis Daley

1985-07-20 (39 years old) in Wheeling, Illinois, USA

John Francis Daley (born July 20, 1985; Wheeling) is an American screenwriter, director, actor and musician. 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 best 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-writers for 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.

Movies

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
73.56 %|Mar 23, 2023
Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
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Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
68 %|Aug 2, 2018
Documentary
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Game Night
69 %|Feb 15, 2018
Mystery, Comedy, Crime
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Bottom's Butte
40 %|May 4, 2016
Animation, Comedy
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Vacation
63 %|Jul 28, 2015
Comedy
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Dude Bro Party Massacre III
57 %|Jun 13, 2015
Horror, Comedy
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Rapture-Palooza
51.03 %|Jun 7, 2013
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
57 %|Mar 14, 2013
Comedy
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Horrible Bosses
65.73 %|Jul 8, 2011
Comedy, Crime
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5-25-77
56 %|Oct 17, 2008
Drama, Comedy
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Waiting...
63 %|Oct 7, 2005
Comedy, Romance
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View from the Top
55 %|Mar 21, 2003
Comedy, Romance, Drama

Series

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Fresh Off the Boat
71 %|Feb 4, 2015
Comedy
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The Finder
71 %|Jan 12, 2012
Drama
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Clark and Michael
77 %|May 23, 2007
Comedy
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Kitchen Confidential
69 %|Sep 19, 2005
Comedy
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Bones
82.34 %|Sep 13, 2005
Crime, Drama
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Regular Joe
0 %|Mar 28, 2003
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The Ellen Show
66 %|Sep 24, 2001
Comedy
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Boston Public
77 %|Oct 23, 2000
Drama
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The Geena Davis Show
77 %|Oct 10, 2000
Comedy
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Freaks and Geeks
82 %|Sep 25, 1999
Drama, Comedy
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Judging Amy
75 %|Sep 19, 1999
Drama
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Spin City
70 %|Sep 17, 1996
Comedy, Drama