
John Francis Daley
Biography
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
Movie Appearances

Waiting...
as Mitch
2005

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
as Special Creature Voice (voice)
2023

Horrible Bosses
as Carter
2011

Rapture-Palooza
as Ben House
2013

5-25-77
as Pat Johnson
2008

Dude Bro Party Massacre III
as Ernest
2015

Vacation
as Ride Operator
2015
Bottom's Butte
as Scott/Cabana Boy
2016

View from the Top
as Rodney
2003

Game Night
as Carter
2018

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
as Self
2018

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
as Paramedic 1
2013
TV Appearances

Boston Public
as Anthony Ward
2000

The Geena Davis Show
as Carter Ryan
2000

Judging Amy
as Jace Crosby
1999

Spin City
as Spencer
1996

Freaks and Geeks
as Sam Weir
1999

The Ellen Show
as Erik
2001

Kitchen Confidential
as Jim
2005

Regular Joe
as Grant Binder
2003

Bones
as Lance Sweets
2005

The Finder
as Lance Sweets
2012

Fresh Off the Boat
as Jordan
2015

Drunk History
as James J. Andrews
2013