Cast & creator
John Francis Daley
Best known for Bones, Bones, Judging Amy
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.
Also known as: John Daley
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film credits
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television credits
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1996–2026 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (68)
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Bones
Lance Sweets
2005Bones
Writer
2005
Judging Amy
Jace Crosby
1999
Fresh Off the Boat
Jordan
2015
Spin City
Spencer
1996
Boston Public
Anthony Ward
2000
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Screenstory
2017Spider-Man: Homecoming
Screenplay
2017
Mayday
LSO
2026Mayday
Writer
2026Mayday
Director
2026Mayday
Producer
2026
Drunk History
James J. Andrews
2013
Freaks and Geeks
Sam Weir
1999Freaks and Geeks
Songs
1999
The Flash
Screenstory
2023
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Special Creature Voice (voice)
2023Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Executive Producer
2023Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Songs
2023Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Director
2023Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Screenplay
2023
In the Dark
Director
2019In the Dark
Consulting Producer
2019
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Screenplay
2013
Horrible Bosses 2
Story
2014
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007
The Finder
Lance Sweets
2012
Horrible Bosses
Carter
2011Horrible Bosses
Screenplay
2011
Game Night
Carter
2018Game Night
Director
2018
Kitchen Confidential
Jim
2005
The Ellen Show
Erik
2001
Vacation
Ride Operator
2015Vacation
Writer
2015Vacation
Director
2015Vacation
Songs
2015
The Geena Davis Show
Carter Ryan
2000
Vacation Friends
Writer
2021
Vacation Friends 2
Characters
2023
View from the Top
Rodney
2003
Waiting...
Mitch
2005
Hysteria!
Executive Producer
2024
Stuber
Producer
2019
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Paramedic 1
2013The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Screenplay
2013The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Story
2013
Cultureshock
Self
2018
Clark and Michael
Tom
2007
Regular Joe
Grant Binder
2003
Rapture-Palooza
Ben House
2013
Dude Bro Party Massacre III
Ernest
2015
Diya
Producer
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
Self
2018Audio Tour
Director
2011Audio Tour
Screenplay
2011
Care Bears
Producer
Monopoly
Screenplay
5-25-77
Pat Johnson
2008Renegades
Director
Renegades
Producer
Bottom's Butte
Scott/Cabana Boy
2016Untitled Star Trek Film
Director
Untitled Star Trek Film
Screenplay
Untitled Star Trek Film
Producer
Welcome to Georgia
Executive Producer
2021Welcome to Georgia
Screenplay
2021What Babies Do
Director
2001