James Caan
- Acting
- March 26, 1940 · The Bronx, New York, USA
- July 6, 2022
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
Filmography
- Chuck Zito: An American Story · Self
- Fast Charlie · Stan Mullen
- King on Screen · Self
- Secrets of Playboy · Self
- Queen Bees · Dan
- The Holiday Movies That Made Us · Self
- JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift · Tap
- It Takes a Lunatic · Self
- Out of Blue · Col. Tom Rockwell
- Holy Lands · Harry
- Con Man · Agent Gamble
- Good Enough · Roger Flynn
- Undercover Grandpa · Grandpa
- The Red Maple Leaf · Senator George Lawrence Secord
- The Good Neighbor · Harold Grainey
- J.L. Family Ranch · Tap
- The American West · Self
- Sicilian Vampire · Professor Bernard Issaacs
- The Outsider · Schuuster
- Wuthering High · Earnshaw
- The Throwaways · Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
- Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire · Self
- Preggoland · Walter
- Altman · Self
- A Fighting Man · Mike 'Brother' Albright
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 · Tim Lockwood (Voice)
- Back in the Game · Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
- Blood Ties · Leon
- Seduced and Abandoned · Self
- The Godfather Legacy · Self
- That's My Boy · Father McNally
- For the Love of Money · Micky
- Small Apartments · Mr. Allspice
- Detachment · Mr. Charles Seaboldt
- His Way · Self
- Hawaii Five-0 · Tony Archer
- Henry's Crime · Max Saltzman
- Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side · Self
- Mercy · Gerry Ryan
- Annoying Orange · Jalapeño
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs · Tim Lockwood (Voice)
- Middle Men · Jerry Haggerty
- Hollywood Gangster · Self
- The Making of 'Bottle Rocket' · Self
- New York, I Love You · Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
- Get Smart · The President
- Wisegal · Salvatore Palmeri
- Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project · Self
- Brando · Self
- The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood · Self
- The Godfather and the Mob · Self
- Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
- Santa's Slay · Darren Mason
- Elf: Film School for Kids · Self
- Elf: That's a Wrap · Self
- Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
- The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie · Mr. Harry Dewitt
- Leçon de Cinéma · Self
- Elf · Walter
- Las Vegas · Ed Deline
- Dogville · The Big Man
- Jericho Mansions · Leonard Grey
- Misery Loves Company · Self
- Blood Crime · Sheriff Morgan McKenna
- City of Ghosts · Marvin
- Lathe of Heaven · Dr. William Haber
- Night at the Golden Eagle · Prison Warden
- This Thing of Ours · Jimmy
- Crossing Jordan · Ed Deline
- Dead Simple · Roy Baker
- In the Shadows · Lance Huston
- Warden of Red Rock · John Flinders
- Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored · Self
- A Glimpse of Hell · Capt. Fred Moosally
- The Way of the Gun · Joe Sarno
- Luckytown · Charlie Doyles
- The Yards · Frank Olchin
- Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
- Mickey Blue Eyes · Frank Vitale
- The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' · Self