James Dean

His very brief career, lifestyle, bisexuality, violent death and highly publicized funeral transformed James Dean into a cult object and pop icon of apparently timeless fascination. In 2004 Fiennes was cast to play evil Lord Voldemort in the fourth movie of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, due to be released on November 2005. Many teenagers of the time modeled themselves after him, and his death cast a pall on many members of his generation. In 1995 he started dating Francesca Annis, his co-star in Hamlet. Dean epitomized the rebellion of 1950s teens, especially in his role in Rebel Without a Cause. He married actress Alex Kingston in 1993, but they divorced in 1997. He is one of only five people to be nominated for Best Actor for his first feature role, and the only person to be nominated twice after his death. Fiennes' career has gone from horror (Red Dragon) to animated Biblical epic (Prince of Egypt) to campy nostalgia (The Avengers) to romantic comedy (Maid in Manhattan).

He is buried in Park Cemetery in his home town of Fairmount, Indiana. In 1994 he portrayed New England aristocrat Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show, and in 1996 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for The English Patient. This occurred before the release of Giant. But it was in the following year that he became known internationally, portraying Amon Goeth, the amoral Nazi concentration camp commander in Schindler's List, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Dean died in a road accident in a Porsche 550 Spyder near Salinas, California when a car driven by Donald Turnupseed veered into Dean's lane. Fiennes' film debut was in 1992, when he played Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche. He followed this up in rapid succession with two more starring roles, in Rebel Without a Cause, and in the 1956 release Giant, for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award. In 2001 Fiennes received the William Shakespeare Award from the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington.

He appeared in several uncredited bit roles in such forgettable films as Sailor Beware, but finally gained recognition and success in 1955 in his first starring role, that of Cal Trask in East of Eden, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He is the only actor ever to have won a Tony Award for playing Hamlet on Broadway. During his New York period he spent time in Sayville and the resort towns of Fire Island. Having trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1988. His rave reviews in André Gide's The Immoralist led to his being called back to Hollywood and film stardom. Born in Suffolk, he is the older brother of actor Joseph Fiennes. His career turned around and Dean did several episodes of such early-1950s episodic television programs such as Kraft Television Theater, Danger, and General Electric Theater. Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes (born December 22, 1962) is a British actor.

While there he was accepted to study under Lee Strasberg in the storied Actors Studio. Dangerous Man: A Lawrence After Arabia -- (1990). Following the advice of friends, Dean moved to New York to pursue a career in live stage acting. Prime Suspect -- (1991). He quit college to focus on his budding career, but he struggled to get jobs in Hollywood and only succeeded in paying bills by working as a parking lot attendant. Wuthering Heights -- (1992). Dean began his career with a soft drink commercial followed by a bit part in the television series, Hill Number One. The Baby of Mâcon -- (1993).

The resulting parental fight left Dean once again being turned out of his father's house. Schindler's List -- (1993). After struggling with law, against his father's wishes, Dean changed his major to drama after transferring to UCLA. The Cormorant -- (1993). While there, he enrolled in Santa Monica City College, pledged Sigma Nu fraternity and majored in pre-law. Quiz Show -- (1994). After graduating from Fairmont High School in 1949, Dean moved back to California to live with his father and stepmother. Strange Days -- (1995).

In high school, Dean played on the school basketball team and participated in forensics debate and drama. The English Patient -- (1996). Then, at age nine, Dean's father sent him back to live with relatives on a farm near Fairmount, Indiana where he was raised with a Quaker upbringing. Oscar and Lucinda -- (1997). While there, Dean was enrolled in Brentwood Public School until his mother died of cancer in 1940. The Avengers -- (1998). The family moved to Santa Monica, California six years later after Winton left farming to become a dental technician. The Prince of Egypt -- (1998).

Born on a Marion, Indiana family farm to Winton and Mildred Wilson Dean. Sunshine -- (1999). Epitomizing youthful angst and charisma, Dean's screen persona is probably best embodied in the title of his most representative work, Rebel without a Cause. Onegin -- (1999). James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 - September 30, 1955) was an American film actor. The End of the Affair -- (1999). You might also be looking for Jimmy Dean.. How Proust Can Change Your Life -- (2000).

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