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Home/People/John Francis Daley
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Born
Jul 20, 1985
Age 40
Place of Birth
Wheeling, Illinois, USA
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

12
Movies
14
TV Shows
10
Directed
Also Known As
Джон Фрэнсис Дейли
John Daley
جان فرانسیس دالی
IMDb Profile

John Francis Daley

Writing

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.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves poster

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

as Special Creature Voice (voice)
2023
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary poster

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

as Self
2018
Game Night poster

Game Night

as Carter
2018
Bottom's Butte poster

Bottom's Butte

as Scott/Cabana Boy
2016
Vacation poster

Vacation

as Ride Operator
2015
Dude Bro Party Massacre III poster

Dude Bro Party Massacre III

as Ernest
2015
Rapture-Palooza poster

Rapture-Palooza

as Ben House
2013
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone poster

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

as Paramedic 1
2013
Horrible Bosses poster

Horrible Bosses

as Carter
2011
5-25-77 poster

5-25-77

as Pat Johnson
2008
Waiting... poster

Waiting...

as Mitch
2005
View from the Top poster

View from the Top

as Rodney
2003