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James Caan
James Caan

James Caan

ActingBorn March 26, 1940Died July 6, 2022 (age 82)The Bronx, New York, USA

Biography

James Edmund Caan (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).

Filmography

2023
Fast Charlie

as Stan Mullen

Movie
2023Movie
2022TV
2021Movie
2019Movie
2019
Out of Blue

as Col. Tom Rockwell

Movie
2019
Holy Lands

as Harry

Movie
2018
Con Man

as Agent Gamble

Movie
2017
Good Enough

as Roger Flynn

Movie
2017Movie
2017
The Red Maple Leaf

as Senator George Lawrence Secord

Movie
2016
The Good Neighbor

as Harold Grainey

Movie
2016Movie
2016TV
2016Movie
2015
Sicilian Vampire

as Professor Bernard Issaacs

Movie
2015
The Outsider

as Schuuster

Movie
2015
Wuthering High

as Earnshaw

Movie
2015
The Throwaways

as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden

Movie
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie
2014
Preggoland

as Walter

Movie
2014
Altman

as Self

Movie
2014
A Fighting Man

as Mike 'Brother' Albright

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Back in the Game

as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.

TV
2013
Blood Ties

as Leon

Movie
2013Movie
2012Movie
2012
That's My Boy

as Father McNally

Movie
2012Movie
2012
Small Apartments

as Mr. Allspice

Movie
2011
Detachment

as Mr. Charles Seaboldt

Movie
2011
His Way

as Self

Movie
2010
Hawaii Five-0

as Tony Archer

TV
2010
Henry's Crime

as Max Saltzman

Movie
2009
Mercy

as Gerry Ryan

Movie
2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

as Tim Lockwood (voice)

Movie
2009
Middle Men

as Jerry Haggerty

Movie
2008Movie
2008
New York, I Love You

as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist

Movie
2008
Get Smart

as The President

Movie
2008
Wisegal

as Salvatore Palmeri

Movie
2007
Brando

as Self

Movie
2006Movie
2006
The Godfather and the Mob

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2005
Santa's Slay

as Darren Mason

Movie
2004
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

as Mr. Harry Dewitt

Movie
2004TV
2003
Elf

as Walter

Movie
2003
Las Vegas

as Ed Deline

TV
2003
Dogville

as The Big Man

Movie
2003
Jericho Mansions

as Leonard Grey

Movie
2003Movie
2002
Blood Crime

as Sheriff Morgan McKenna

Movie
2002Movie
2002
Lathe of Heaven

as Dr. William Haber

Movie
2002Movie
2002Movie
2001
Crossing Jordan

as Ed Deline

TV
2001
Dead Simple

as Roy Baker

Movie
2001
In the Shadows

as Lance Huston

Movie
2001
Warden of Red Rock

as John Flinders

Movie
2001
A Glimpse of Hell

as Capt. Fred Moosally

Movie
2000
The Way of the Gun

as Joe Sarno

Movie
2000
Luckytown

as Charlie Doyles

Movie
2000
The Yards

as Frank Olchin

Movie
1999
Mickey Blue Eyes

as Frank Vitale

Movie
1999
This Is My Father

as Kieran Johnson

Movie
1999
Family Guy

as James Caan (voice)

TV
1998
Poodle Springs

as Philip Marlowe

Movie
1996
Bulletproof

as Frank Colton

Movie
1996
Eraser

as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin

Movie
1996TV
1996Movie
1996
Bottle Rocket

as Mr. Abe Henry

Movie
1996
North Star

as Sean McLennon

Movie
1995
NewsRadio

as James Caan (uncredited)

TV
1993
Flesh and Bone

as Roy Sweeney

Movie
1993
The Program

as Sam Winters

Movie
1992Movie
1992Movie
1992
Honeymoon in Vegas

as Tommy Korman

Movie
1991
For the Boys

as Eddie Sparks

Movie
1991
The Dark Backward

as Dr. Scurvy

Movie
1990
Misery

as Paul Sheldon

Movie
1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone

Movie
1990
Dick Tracy

as Spaldoni

Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as James Caan (voice)

TV
1988
Alien Nation

as Matthew Sykes

Movie
1987
Gardens of Stone

as Sgt. Clell Hazard

Movie
1987
Biography

as Self

TV
1982Movie
1982Movie
1981
Bolero

as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

Movie
1981
Thief

as Frank

Movie
1980
Hide in Plain Sight

as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.

Movie
1979
Chapter Two

as George Schneider

Movie
1979
1941

as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)

Movie
1979Movie
1978
Comes a Horseman

as Frank 'Buck' Athearn

Movie
1977
Superstunt

as Self

Movie
1977Movie
1977
A Bridge Too Far

as SSgt. Eddie Dohun

Movie
1976Movie
1976Movie
1975
The Killer Elite

as Mike Locken

Movie
1975Movie
1975
Gone with the West

as Jud McGraw

Movie
1975
Rollerball

as Jonathan E.

Movie
1975
Funny Lady

as Billy Rose

Movie
1975Movie
1974Movie
1974
The Godfather Part II

as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)

Movie
1974Movie
1973
Cinderella Liberty

as John Baggs Jr.

Movie
1973
Slither

as Dick Kanipsia

Movie
1972
The Godfather

as Sonny Corleone

Movie
1971
Brian's Song

as Brian Piccolo

Movie
1971
Film '72

as Self

TV
1971
T.R. Baskin

as Larry Moore

Movie
1970
Rabbit, Run

as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom

Movie
1969
The Rain People

as Jimmy Kilgannon

Movie
1968
Filmmaker

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1968
Journey to Shiloh

as Buck Burnett

Movie
1968
Submarine X-1

as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR

Movie
1967
Games

as Paul Montgomery

Movie
1967
Countdown

as Lee Stegler

Movie
1966
El Dorado

as Mississippi

Movie
1965Movie
1965
The F.B.I.

as Eugene David Holt

TV
1965
Get Smart

as Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)

TV
1965
The Glory Guys

as Pvt. Anthony Dugan

Movie
1964
Lady in a Cage

as Randall Simpson O'Connell

Movie
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Rick Peterson

TV
1963
Irma la Douce

as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)

Movie
1962
Combat!

as Sgt. Beckman

TV
1962
The Wide Country

as Buddie Simpson

TV
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone

TV
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1961TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Charley Johnson

TV
1960TV
1959
The Untouchables

as Keir Brannon

TV
1958
Naked City

as Marty Feketi

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 26, 1940
Day of DeathJuly 6, 2022
Place of BirthThe Bronx, New York, USA
Popularity2.9