John Francis Daley was born on the 20th July 1985, in Wheeling, Illinois USA, and is a director, screenwriter, as well as an actor, who is perhaps best known for his starring role as Dr. Lance Sweets in the TV series “Bones” (2007-2014), and as Sam Weir in the comedy-drama TV series “Freaks And Geeks” (1999-2000). He is also recognized for being a musician, who is a member of the band Dayplayer. His career has been active since 1988. Have you ever wondered how rich John Francis Daley is, as of mid- 2016? It has been estimated from authoritative sources that the size of John’s net worth is as high as $1.5 million, which has been accumulated not only through his successful career in the world of acting, but also through his career as a musician.
John Francis Daley Net Worth $1.5 Million
John Francis Daley is the son of R.F. Daley, who is an actor, and Nancy Daley, who works as a piano teacher. He grew up in a Catholic-Jewish family in Nyack, New York, where he attended school. John`s career began in 1998, when he was cast as Tommy in the Broadway show “The Who`s Tommy”. After this success, he transferred his skills to screen, and appeared as Sam Weir in the TV series “Freaks And Geeks” (1999-2000). Since then his career has gone only upwards, and so has his net worth. In 2000 he was selected for the role of Anthony Ward in the TV series “Boston Public” (2000-2001), and simultaneously worked in the TV series “The Geena Davis Show” (2000-2001). Until 2005, he appeared in several films and TV series, including “Regular Joe” (2003), “View from the Top” (2003), and “Waiting…” (2005). Two years later, he was selected for the role of Dr. Lance Sweets in the highly popular TV crime drama series “Bones” (2007-2012), which not only increased his net worth, but also confirmed him as an actor, earning respect from other actors, and directors. In 2007 he was also cast as lead in the film “5-25-77”, alongside Austin Pendleton. While the TV series “Bones” was airing, John became more focused on writing, and together with Michael Markowitz, wrote the film “Horrible Bosses”, which upon its release became a huge box office hit, starring Jason Bateman and Jason Sudeikis, increasing John`s net worth by a large margin. Since then he has created several more films, including “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” (2013), the sequel “Horrible Bosses 2” (2014), “Vacation” (2014), and “Spider-Man: Homecoming”, which he co-wrote with Jonathan M. Goldstein. His work as a writer also adds a substantial amount to his net worth.
He remains active as an actor as well, as he appeared in the film “Dude Bro Party Massacre III” in 2015, and most recently he had a brief role in the comedy series “Fresh Off The Boat” in 2016, which also added to his net worth. John is also recognized as a musician, starting a band called Dayplayer in 2010, and releasing several songs such as “See It All”, and “To Me”, which became extremely popular in online music services such as You Tube, and iTunes, among others, increasing further John`s net worth. When it comes to speak about his current personal life, little is known about John Francis Daley in the media, although he is sometimes active on social media, such as Twitter, where he has a great number of followers.
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Movies
Vacation, Horrible Bosses 2, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Rapture-Palooza, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Horrible Bosses, 5-25-77, Waiting..., View from the Top, Audio Tour, The Call, Allerd Fishbein's in Love, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Vacation, Horrible Bosses 2, Cloudy with a Chance of M...
TV Shows
Clark and Michael, Kitchen Confidential, Regular Joe, The Geena Davis Show, Freaks and Geeks, Bones, Bones, Clark and Michael, Kitchen Confidential, Regular Joe, The Geena Davis Show, Freaks and Geeks
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As a screenwriter and a half-Jew, I tend to look at the glass half-empty.
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Once you see the entertainment world from both sides, you really get a greater understanding of how it all operates. As an actor going into screenwriting, I was able to understand what type of dialogue feels natural and what an actor could actually say.
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I've always been the type of person that has told friends, if they're going through a rough time, I'm always there to talk to.
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I'm avoiding having an assistant because then I would become the horrible boss. I can't justify having an assistant as a 25-year-old; I just can't do it!
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Ever since I was 7 years old, I was writing. I remember being in the basement of my house, this dank, horrible basement, putting on plays with not-very-willing participants, and I would promise kids in the neighborhood that I'd play Nintendo 64 with them after we'd rehearse this stupid play that I wrote.
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I had always been interested in screenwriting, ever since I could write things down as a child. Obviously, I started as an actor, professionally, but screenwriting was always something that I had a great interest in.
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Boys from my generation all love Jim Carrey! But you know, just being in his house with him and pitching jokes that he would act out, literally felt like the dreams that I had, so it was amazing.
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A lot of the time, as an actor, you don't have the freedom to change what your lines are, and they can often be very unnatural or difficult to portray in a real light.
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You have more creative freedom with writing, in certain ways, because you can create everything that happens. But, as an actor you also have creative freedom because you don't so much focus on what has to move the story along, and only on how your character is reacting to situations.
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Abandoned his long-time role as Dr. Lance Sweets in Bones (2005) by his directional debut in Vacation (2015), together his friend Jonathan Goldstein.
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Met his co-writer, Jonathan Goldstein, because Daley's girlfriend is a friend of Goldstein's wife.
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#67 in VH1 100 Greatest Kid Stars (2012).
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Singer/keyboardist in the alternative rock band Dayplayer.
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Experienced his first "unemployment" due to his choice to decline to work on a 2006 pilot because the producers failed to meet his quote, thereby establishing his credibility as a bankable television personality.
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#94 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars
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Lived in Nyack, New York.
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Played "Danny" in a school play of "Grease" for Nyack Middle School.
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John's mother, Nancy Daley, is an accomplished musician, singer, and teacher.
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Plays drums in a band.
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Was an honor student.
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Plays piano.
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Holds a black belt in kung fu.
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When John appeared as a guest star on Boston Public (2000), his real-life father, R.F. Daley (a Broadway veteran), portrayed his TV father.
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Auditioned several times for "Les Miserables" on Broadway - but was never tall enough to play Gavroche. By the time he was tall enough, he had lost interest.
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John's father is actor R.F. Daley, known for many productions on Broadway and in regional theater as well as appearances on television.