James Caan
Known for Acting · 173 credits
- Born
- 1940-03-26
- Died
- 2022-07-06
- Place of birth
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Also known as
- James Edmund Caan · Jimmy Caan
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).
Known For
TV Shows (33)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Family Guy
1999
as James Caan (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as James Caan (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Tony Archer
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Nominee / Presenter
Get Smart
1965
as Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
Las Vegas
2003
as Ed Deline
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Ed Deline
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Charley Johnson
Naked City
1958
as Marty Feketi
Combat!
1962
as Sgt. Beckman
The Untouchables
1959
as Keir Brannon
Route 66
1960
The F.B.I.
1965
as Eugene David Holt
Ben Casey
1961
Biography
1987
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
NewsRadio
1995
as James Caan (uncredited)
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Rick Peterson
Annoying Orange
2009
as Jalapeño
The American West
2016
as Self
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Leçon de Cinéma
2004
as Self
Back in the Game
2013
as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
Secrets of Playboy
2022
as Self
The Wide Country
1962
as Buddie Simpson
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (140)
The Godfather
1972
as Sonny Corleone
The Godfather Part II
1974
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
That's My Boy
2012
as Father McNally
Dick Tracy
1990
as Spaldoni
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
Detachment
2011
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Misery
1990
as Paul Sheldon
Get Smart
2008
as The President
J.L. Family Ranch
2016
as Tap
Elf
2003
as Walter
Dogville
2003
as The Big Man
Eraser
1996
as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
New York, I Love You
2008
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
Blood Ties
2013
as Leon
A Bridge Too Far
1977
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Henry's Crime
2010
as Max Saltzman
1941
1979
as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
Fast Charlie
2023
as Stan Mullen
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
as Self
Thief
1981
as Frank
Undercover Grandpa
2017
as Grandpa
Small Apartments
2012
as Mr. Allspice
Irma la Douce
1963
as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982
as Jolly
Preggoland
2014
as Walter
Altman
2014
as Self
Silent Movie
1976
as Self
The Rain People
1969
as Jimmy Kilgannon
Warden of Red Rock
2001
as John Flinders
Con Man
2018
as Agent Gamble
Holy Lands
2019
as Harry
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
as Mr. Harry Dewitt
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
as Self
El Dorado
1966
as Mississippi
The Outsider
2015
as Schuuster
Superstunt
1977
as Self
The Yards
2000
as Frank Olchin
Middle Men
2009
as Jerry Haggerty
Sicilian Vampire
2015
as Professor Bernard Issaacs
Alien Nation
1988
as Matthew Sykes
Funny Lady
1975
as Billy Rose
For the Love of Money
2012
as Micky
Bottle Rocket
1996
as Mr. Abe Henry
Mickey Blue Eyes
1999
as Frank Vitale
Poodle Springs
1998
as Philip Marlowe
Bulletproof
1996
as Frank Colton
Journey to Shiloh
1968
as Buck Burnett
Cinderella Liberty
1973
as John Baggs Jr.
Elf: Film School for Kids
2004
as Self
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
The Way of the Gun
2000
as Joe Sarno
Red Line 7000
1965
as Mike
Queen Bees
2021
as Dan
Elf: That's a Wrap
2004
as Self
Out of Blue
2019
as Col. Tom Rockwell
The Good Neighbor
2016
as Harold Grainey
The Red Maple Leaf
2017
as Senator George Lawrence Secord
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979
as Self (uncredited)
Rollerball
1975
as Jonathan E.
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024
as Self
The Gambler
1974
as Axel
A Fighting Man
2014
as Mike 'Brother' Albright
Flesh and Bone
1993
as Roy Sweeney
The Killer Elite
1975
as Mike Locken
Misery Loves Company
2003
as Self
Jericho Mansions
2003
as Leonard Grey
A Boy Called Hate
1996
as Jim
It Takes a Lunatic
2019
as Self
Comes a Horseman
1978
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
Lathe of Heaven
2002
as Dr. William Haber
Gone with the West
1975
as Jud McGraw
The Throwaways
2015
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
Gardens of Stone
1987
as Sgt. Clell Hazard
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
Slither
1973
as Dick Kanipsia
His Way
2011
as Self
Night at the Golden Eagle
2002
as Prison Warden
The Dark Backward
1991
as Dr. Scurvy
Bolero
1981
as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
King on Screen
2023
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
as Tommy Korman
T.R. Baskin
1971
as Larry Moore
The Glory Guys
1965
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
2020
as Tap
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Sonny Corleone
Submarine X-1
1968
as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
Games
1967
as Paul Montgomery
For the Boys
1991
as Eddie Sparks
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
as David Williams
North Star
1996
as Sean McLennon
Freebie and the Bean
1974
as Freebie
Santa's Slay
2005
as Darren Mason
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
Rabbit, Run
1970
as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
The Godfather and the Mob
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Godfather Legacy
2012
as Self
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976
as Harry Digby
The Program
1993
as Sam Winters
City of Ghosts
2002
as Marvin
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Blood Crime
2002
as Sheriff Morgan McKenna
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
Dead Simple
2001
as Roy Baker
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
as Self (voice)
Lady in a Cage
1964
as Randall Simpson O'Connell
Filmmaker
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Brian's Song
1971
as Brian Piccolo
Hide in Plain Sight
1980
as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
Mercy
2009
as Gerry Ryan
In the Shadows
2001
as Lance Huston
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
2008
as Self
Countdown
1967
as Lee Stegler
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999
as Self
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997
as Self
This Thing of Ours
2002
as Jimmy
About James Caan
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 Acto… With 173 credits spanning from 1944 to 2024, James Caan has appeared in 140 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Caan Movies
- The Godfather (1972) — as Sonny Corleone
- The Godfather Part II (1974) — as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) — as Tim Lockwood (voice)
- That's My Boy (2012) — as Father McNally
- Dick Tracy (1990) — as Spaldoni
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