James Dean

• Also known as James Byron Dean

James Dean is an American actor, born on February 8, 1931 in Marion (Indiana) and died on September 30, 1955 in Cholame (California), in a car accident. Considered as one of the best emblematic actors of cinema, his tragic accidental and premature death at the age of 24, at the dawn of his glory, contributes to the myth and to his entry into the legend of American cinema.