Acting credits
25
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
John Francis Daley
Writing
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Movies: 22Series: 16Crew credits: 20
TMDB ID: 52935
IMDb ID: nm0197855
Known for: Writing
Born: July 20, 1985
Age: 40
Place of birth: Wheeling, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1996 - 2026
Years active: 31
Average TMDB rating: 6.75
Wikidata: Q342636
Also known as
Джон Фрэнсис Дейли • John Daley • جان فرانسیس دالی
Other jobs
Screenplay (5)Director (3)Writer (3)Executive Producer (2)Producer (2)Screenstory (2)Characters (1)Songs (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with John Francis Daley.
Sep 4
Mayday
Writer
2026 Movie
6.3
Vacation Friends 2
Characters
2023 Movie
6.6
The Flash
Screenstory
2023 Movie
7.3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
as Special Creature Voice (voice)
2023 Movie
7.0
Vacation Friends
Screenplay
2021 Movie
6.6
Stuber
Producer
2019 Movie
6.8
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
as Self
2018 Movie
6.8
Game Night
as Carter
2018 Movie
7.3
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Screenstory
2017 Movie
6.3
Vacation
as Ride Operator
2015 Movie
5.6
Dude Bro Party Massacre III
as Ernest
2015 Movie
6.2
Horrible Bosses 2
Story
2014 Movie
6.5
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Screenplay
2013 Movie
5.1
Rapture-Palooza
as Ben House
2013 Movie
5.7
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
as Paramedic 1
2013 Movie
6.6
Horrible Bosses
as Carter
2011 Movie
5.8
5-25-77
as Pat Johnson
2008 Movie
6.2
Waiting...
as Mitch
2005 Movie
5.6
View from the Top
as Rodney
2003 Movie
Vacation Guide to the Solar System
Director
Movie
Monopoly
Screenplay
Movie
Care Bears
Producer
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Francis Daley.
6.9
Hysteria!
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2024 Series
7.8
In the Dark
Director • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.2
Fresh Off the Boat
as Jordan • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.9
Drunk History
as James J. Andrews • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.1
The Finder
as Lance Sweets • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.1
Yo Gabba Gabba!
1 eps
2007 Series
7.7
Clark and Michael
as Tom • 1 eps
2007 Series
6.7
Kitchen Confidential
as Jim • 13 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Bones
as Lance Sweets • 141 eps
2005 Series
Regular Joe
as Grant Binder • 4 eps
2003 Series
6.0
The Ellen Show
as Erik • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.6
Boston Public
as Anthony Ward • 5 eps
2000 Series
7.5
The Geena Davis Show
as Carter Ryan • 22 eps
2000 Series
8.2
Freaks and Geeks
as Sam Weir • 18 eps
1999 Series
7.5
Judging Amy
as Jace Crosby • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.1
Spin City
as Spencer • 1 eps
1996 Series