John Francis Daley

John Francis Daley
Daley in March 2012
Born (1985-07-20) July 20, 1985 (age 39)
Wheeling, Illinois
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film director
  • film producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Corinne Kingsbury
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(m. 2016)​
Children1[1]

John Francis Daley (born July 20, 1985[2]) 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.[3] He plays keyboards and sings for the band Dayplayer.[4]

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-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 and the 2023 fantasy Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

  1. ^ "'Freaks and Geeks' Cast: Where Are They Now?". June 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Rose, Mike (July 20, 2023). "Famous birthdays list for July 20, 2023 includes celebrities Gisele Bundchen, Julianne Hough". cleveland. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "John Francis Daley as Lance Sweets". TV.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  4. ^ "Dayplayer", My space.