John Francis Daley

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1985-07-20 (39 years old)

Place of Birth Wheeling, Illinois, USA

Also Known As Джон Фрэнсис Дейли, John Daley

John Francis Daley

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2023
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

as Special Creature Voice (voice)

2018
Game Night

as Carter

2016
Bottom's Butte

as Scott/Cabana Boy

2015
Vacation

as Ride Operator

2015
2013
Rapture-Palooza

as Ben House

2012
The Finder

as Lance Sweets

2011
Horrible Bosses

as Carter

2008
5-25-77

as Pat Johnson

2005
Waiting...

as Mitch

2005
Bones

as Lance Sweets

2003
2000
Boston Public

as Anthony Ward

2000
The Geena Davis Show

as Carter Ryan

1999
Freaks and Geeks

as Sam Weir

1999
Judging Amy

as Jace Crosby

1996
Spin City

as Spencer

Writer

The Creeps

as Writer

Mayday

as Writer

The $40,000 Man

as Screenplay

2023
The Flash

as Screenstory

2023
Vacation Friends 2

as Characters

2021
Vacation Friends

as Screenplay

2021
Welcome to Georgia

as Screenplay

2018
Game Night

as Writer

2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming

as Screenstory

2017
2015
Vacation

as Writer

2014
2011
Horrible Bosses

as Screenplay

2011
Audio Tour

as Screenplay

2005
Bones

as Writer

Producer

The Creeps

as Producer

Mayday

as Producer

2024
Hysteria!

as Executive Producer

2023
2021
Welcome to Georgia

as Executive Producer

2019
Stuber

as Producer

2019
In the Dark

as Consulting Producer

Director

The Creeps

as Director

Mayday

as Director

2019
In the Dark

as Director

2018
Game Night

as Director

2015
Vacation

as Director

2011
Audio Tour

as Director

2001
What Babies Do

as Director

Sound