John Francis Daley

John Francis Daley

38 · Born: Jul 20, 1985

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Born Jul 20, 1985 Wheeling, Illinois, USA
Parents
  • R.F. Daley
  • Nancy 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.

Career

2022
5-25-77
5-25-77 as Pat Johnson
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2016
Bottom's Butte
Bottom's Butte as Scott and Cabana Boy and Additional Voices
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2013
Rapture-Palooza
Rapture-Palooza as Ben House
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2008
Bones
Bones as Lance Sweets
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2007
Clark and Michael
Clark and Michael as Tom
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2005
Waiting...
Waiting... as Mitch
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Kitchen Confidential
Kitchen Confidential as Jim
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2000
Boston Public
Boston Public as Anthony Ward
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The Geena Davis Show
The Geena Davis Show as Carter Ryan
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1999
Freaks and Geeks
Freaks and Geeks as Sam Weir
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2018
Cultureshock
Cultureshock
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2023
Vacation Friends 2
Vacation Friends 2 as Characters
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2021
Vacation Friends
Vacation Friends as Writer
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2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming as Screenplay
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2014
Horrible Bosses 2
Horrible Bosses 2 as Story
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2013
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 as Screenplay
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone as Story, Screenplay
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2011
Horrible Bosses
Horrible Bosses as Screenplay
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2023
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves as Director, Screenplay
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2018
Game Night
Game Night as Director, Writer
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2015
Vacation
Vacation as Director, Writer
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