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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.

Known For

7.3

Special Creature Voice (voice)

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

2023

6.8

Self

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

2018

6.8

Carter

Game Night

2018

🎬

4.0

Scott/Cabana Boy

Bottom's Butte

2016

6.3

Ride Operator

Vacation

2015

5.6

Ernest

Dude Bro Party Massacre III

2015

7.2

Jordan

Fresh Off the Boat

2015

6.8

James J. Andrews

Drunk History

2013

5.1

Ben House

Rapture-Palooza

2013

5.7

Paramedic 1

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

2013

Credits

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

as Special Creature Voice (voice)

2023

7.3

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

as Self

2018

6.8

Game Night

as Carter

2018

6.8

🎬

Bottom's Butte

as Scott/Cabana Boy

2016

4.0

Vacation

as Ride Operator

2015

6.3

Dude Bro Party Massacre III

as Ernest

2015

5.6

Fresh Off the Boat

as Jordan

2015

7.2

Drunk History

as James J. Andrews

2013

6.8

Rapture-Palooza

as Ben House

2013

5.1

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

as Paramedic 1

2013

5.7

The Finder

as Lance Sweets

2012

7.1

Horrible Bosses

as Carter

2011

6.6

5-25-77

as Pat Johnson

2008

5.8

Yo Gabba Gabba!

as John

2007

7.1

Clark and Michael

as Tom

2007

7.7

Waiting...

as Mitch

2005

6.2

Kitchen Confidential

as Jim

2005

6.7

Bones

as Lance Sweets

2005

8.2

Regular Joe

as Grant Binder

2003

0.0

View from the Top

as Rodney

2003

5.6

The Ellen Show

as Erik

2001

6.0

Boston Public

as Anthony Ward

2000

7.6

The Geena Davis Show

as Carter Ryan

2000

7.5

Freaks and Geeks

as Sam Weir

1999

8.2

Judging Amy

as Jace Crosby

1999

7.5

Spin City

as Spencer

1996

7.0