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John Francis Daley

John Francis Daley

Known For Writing
Birthday Jul 20, 1985 (40)
Birthplace Wheeling, Illinois, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Awar ... d. 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.

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Filmography

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

2023

as Special Creature Voice (voice)

Game Night

Game Night

2018

as Carter

Bottom's Butte

Bottom's Butte

2016

as Scott/Cabana Boy

Vacation

Vacation

2015

as Ride Operator

Rapture-Palooza

Rapture-Palooza

2013

as Ben House

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

2013

as Paramedic 1

Horrible Bosses

Horrible Bosses

2011

as Carter

5-25-77

5-25-77

2008

as Pat Johnson

Waiting...

Waiting...

2005

as Mitch

View from the Top

View from the Top

2003

as Rodney

Vacation Friends 2

Vacation Friends 2

2023

Characters

The Flash

The Flash

2023

Screenstory

Welcome to Georgia

Welcome to Georgia

2021

Screenplay

Vacation Friends

Vacation Friends

2021

Screenplay

Game Night

Game Night

2018

Writer

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming

2017

Screenplay, Screenstory

Vacation

Vacation

2015

Writer, Songs

Horrible Bosses 2

Horrible Bosses 2

2014

Story

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

2013

Story, Screenplay

Audio Tour

Audio Tour

2011

Screenplay

Horrible Bosses

Horrible Bosses

2011

Screenplay

Game Night

Game Night

2018

Director

Vacation

Vacation

2015

Director

Audio Tour

Audio Tour

2011

Director

What Babies Do

What Babies Do

2001

Director

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

2023

Executive Producer

Welcome to Georgia

Welcome to Georgia

2021

Executive Producer

Stuber

Stuber

2019

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Bones

as Lance Sweets

Episodes: 141

First Aired: Sep 13, 2005

The Geena Davis Show

as Carter Ryan

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Oct 10, 2000

Freaks and Geeks

as Sam Weir

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Sep 25, 1999

Kitchen Confidential

as Jim

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Sep 19, 2005

Clark and Michael

as Tom

Episodes: 10

First Aired: May 23, 2007

Boston Public

as Anthony Ward

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 23, 2000

Judging Amy

as Jace Crosby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1999

Spin City

as Spencer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1996

The Finder

as Lance Sweets

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 2012

Fresh Off the Boat

as Jordan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 04, 2015

Regular Joe

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Mar 28, 2003

The Ellen Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 2001

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