John Francis Daley is an American actor, screenwriter, and film
director. He is 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.In cinema, Daley is known for his collaborative work with
Jonathan Goldstein as a film-making duo. The pair have worked on
various projects together. Daley and Goldstein's first work together
was initially based in comedy where they were co-screenwriters for
Horrible Bosses (2011), co-writers for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
(2013), co-story writers for Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), and
co-wrote/co-directed the fifth film in the National Lampoon's Vacation
film series, Vacation (2015). The duo were co-story 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.Daley was born in Wheeling, Illinois, to R.F. Daley, an actor,
and Nancy Daley, a piano teacher. His father is of Irish Catholic
background, while his mother is Jewish. He grew up in Nyack, New York,
where he played Danny in Nyack Middle School's production of Grease.
director. He is 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.In cinema, Daley is known for his collaborative work with
Jonathan Goldstein as a film-making duo. The pair have worked on
various projects together. Daley and Goldstein's first work together
was initially based in comedy where they were co-screenwriters for
Horrible Bosses (2011), co-writers for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
(2013), co-story writers for Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), and
co-wrote/co-directed the fifth film in the National Lampoon's Vacation
film series, Vacation (2015). The duo were co-story 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.Daley was born in Wheeling, Illinois, to R.F. Daley, an actor,
and Nancy Daley, a piano teacher. His father is of Irish Catholic
background, while his mother is Jewish. He grew up in Nyack, New York,
where he played Danny in Nyack Middle School's production of Grease.
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