Writer

John Francis Daley

Born 20 July 1985 · Wheeling, Illinois, USA

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2026Mayday1h 51mLSO
  2. 2024Hysteria!1 seasonExecutive Producer
  3. 2023Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves2h 14mDirector
  4. 2023The Flash2h 24mScreenstory
  5. 2021Welcome to GeorgiaScreenplay
  6. 2018Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary1h 4mSelf
  7. 2018Game Night1h 40mCarter
  8. 2016Bottom's Butte8mScott/Cabana Boy
  9. 2015Vacation1h 39mDirector
  10. 2013Rapture-Palooza1h 25mBen House
  11. 2013Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 21h 35mScreenplay
  12. 2011Horrible Bosses1h 38mCarter
  13. 2011Audio Tour5mDirector
  14. 20085-25-772h 12mPat Johnson
  15. 2005Kitchen Confidential1 seasonJim
  16. 2005Waiting...1h 34mMitch
  17. 2003Regular Joe1 seasonGrant Binder
  18. 2003View from the Top1h 27mRodney
  19. 2001What Babies Do5mDirector
  20. 2000The Geena Davis Show1 seasonCarter Ryan
  21. 1999Freaks and Geeks1 seasonSam Weir
  22. The $40,000 ManScreenplay
  23. Untitled Star Trek FilmDirector
  24. RenegadesDirector
  25. Vacation Guide to the Solar SystemDirector
  26. The CreepsProducer
  27. Care BearsProducer