James Caan
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-03-26
Day of Death
2022-07-06 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
James Caan
Biography
James Edmund Caan (/kɑːn/ KAHN; March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor who was nominated for several awards, including four Golden Globes, an Emmy, and an Oscar. Caan was awarded a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978.
After early roles in Howard Hawks's El Dorado (1966), Robert Altman's Countdown (1967) and Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People (1969), he came to prominence for playing his signature role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. He reprised the role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974) with a cameo appearance at the end.
Caan had significant roles in films such as Brian's Song (1971), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Gambler (1974), Rollerball (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Alan J. Pakula's Comes a Horseman (1978). He had sporadically worked in film since the 1980s, with his notable performances including roles in Thief (1981), Gardens of Stone (1987), Misery (1990), Dick Tracy (1990), Bottle Rocket (1996), The Yards (2000), Dogville (2003), and Elf (2003).
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Known For
Acting
Acre Beyond the Rye
as Sherriff Doyle
(2024)
(2023)
Fast Charlie
as Stan Mullen
(2023)
King on Screen
as Self
(2023)
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Queen Bees
as Dan
(2020)
(2019)
Holy Lands
as Harry
(2019)
Out of Blue
as Col. Tom Rockwell
(2019)
It Takes a Lunatic
as Self
(2018)
Con Man
as Agent Gamble
(2017)
Undercover Grandpa
as Grandpa
(2017)
The Red Maple Leaf
as Senator George Lawrence Secord
(2017)
Good Enough
as Roger Flynn
(2016)
The Good Neighbor
as Harold Grainey
(2016)
JL Family Ranch
as Tap
(2015)
The Throwaways
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
(2015)
Sicilian Vampire
as Professor Bernard Issaacs
(2015)
Wuthering High
as Earnshaw
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Altman
as Self
(2014)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2014)
The Outsider
as Schuuster
(2014)
A Fighting Man
as Mike 'Brother' Albright
(2014)
Preggoland
as Walter
(2013)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
(2013)
Blood Ties
as Leon
(2013)
Seduced and Abandoned
as Self
(2012)
That's My Boy
as Father McNally
(2012)
Small Apartments
as Mr. Allspice
(2012)
For the Love of Money
as Micky
(2012)
The Godfather Legacy
as Self
(2011)
Detachment
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
(2011)
His Way
as Self
(2011)
D'un film à l'autre
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Henry's Crime
as Max Saltzman
(2009)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
(2009)
Middle Men
as Jerry Haggerty
(2009)
(2009)
Mercy
as Gerry Ryan
(2008)
Get Smart
as The President
(2008)
New York, I Love You
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
(2008)
Wisegal
as Salvatore Palmeri
(2008)
(2008)
Hollywood Gangster
as Self
(2007)
(2007)
Brando
as Self
(2006)
The Godfather and the Mob
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
(2005)
Santa's Slay
as Darren Mason
(2005)
This Thing of Ours
as Jimmy
(2005)
(2004)
(2004)
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mr. Harry Dewitt
(2003)
Dogville
as The Big Man
(2003)
Elf
as Walter
(2003)
Jericho Mansions
as Leonard Grey
(2003)
Misery Loves Company
as Self
(2002)
The Kid Stays in the Picture
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
City of Ghosts
as Marvin
(2002)
Blood Crime
as Sheriff Morgan McKenna
(2002)
Night at the Golden Eagle
as Prison Warden
(2002)
Lathe of Heaven
as Dr. William Haber
(2001)
(2001)
In the Shadows
as Lance Huston
(2001)
Warden of Red Rock
as John Flinders
(2001)
A Glimpse of Hell
as Capt. Fred Moosally
(2001)
Dead Simple
as Roy Baker
(2000)
The Yards
as Frank Olchin
(2000)
The Way of the Gun
as Joe Sarno
(2000)
Luckytown
as Charlie Doyles
(1999)
Mickey Blue Eyes
as Frank Vitale
(1999)
This Is My Father
as Kieran Johnson
(1999)
(1998)
Poodle Springs
as Philip Marlowe
(1997)
(1996)
Eraser
as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
(1996)
Bulletproof
as Frank Colton
(1996)
Bottle Rocket
as Mr. Abe Henry
(1996)
North Star
as Sean McLennon
(1996)
A Boy Called Hate
as Jim
(1993)
Flesh and Bone
as Roy Sweeney
(1993)
The Program
as Sam Winters
(1993)
(1992)
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Tommy Korman
(1992)
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
(1992)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Sonny Corleone
(1992)
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
as Self (uncredited)
(1991)
For the Boys
as Eddie Sparks
(1991)
The Dark Backward
as Dr. Scurvy
(1990)
Misery
as Paul Sheldon
(1990)
Dick Tracy
as Spaldoni
(1990)
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
(1988)
Alien Nation
as Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes
(1987)
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Clell Hazard
(1985)
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
Kiss Me Goodbye
as Jolly
(1981)
Thief
as Frank
(1981)
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
(1981)
Bolero
as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
(1980)
Hide in Plain Sight
as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
(1979)
1941
as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
(1979)
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
as Self (uncredited)
(1979)
Chapter Two
as George Schneider
(1979)
(1978)
Comes a Horseman
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
(1977)
A Bridge Too Far
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
(1977)
Another Man, Another Chance
as David Williams
(1976)
Silent Movie
as Self
(1976)
Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Harry Digby
(1975)
The Killer Elite
as Mike Locken
(1975)
Rollerball
as Jonathan E.
(1975)
Gone with the West
as Jud McGraw
(1975)
Funny Lady
as Billy Rose
(1975)
(1975)
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
as Self
(1975)
(1974)
The Godfather Part II
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
(1974)
The Gambler
as Axel
(1974)
Freebie and the Bean
as Freebie
(1973)
Slither
as Dick Kanipsia
(1973)
Cinderella Liberty
as John Baggs Jr.
(1972)
The Godfather
as Sonny Corleone
(1971)
Brian's Song
as Brian Piccolo
(1971)
T.R. Baskin
as Larry Moore
(1971)
(1970)
Rabbit, Run
as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
(1969)
The Rain People
as Jimmy Kilgannon
(1968)
Journey to Shiloh
as Buck Burnett
(1968)
Submarine X-1
as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
(1968)
Filmmaker
as Self (uncredited)
(1967)
Countdown
as Lee Stegler
(1967)
Games
as Paul Montgomery
(1966)
El Dorado
as Mississippi
(1965)
The Glory Guys
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
(1965)
Red Line 7000
as Mike
(1964)
Lady in a Cage
as Randall Simpson O'Connell
(1963)
Irma la Douce
as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
Crew
(1980)
Hide in Plain Sight
Director
(1974)
The Godfather Part II
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