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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 26, 1940
Place of Birth:
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Chuck Zito: An American Story | Self |
| 2023 | King on Screen | Self |
| 2023 | Fast Charlie | Stan Mullen |
| 2023 | Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Queen Bees | Dan |
| 2020 | JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift | Tap |
| 2019 | Out of Blue | Col. Tom Rockwell |
| 2019 | Holy Lands | Harry |
| 2019 | It Takes a Lunatic | Self |
| 2018 | Con Man | Agent Gamble |
| 2017 | Undercover Grandpa | Grandpa |
| 2017 | The Red Maple Leaf | Senator George Lawrence Secord |
| 2017 | Good Enough | Roger Flynn |
| 2016 | The Good Neighbor | Harold Grainey |
| 2016 | JL Family Ranch | Tap |
| 2015 | The Throwaways | Lt. Col. Christopher Holden |
| 2015 | Wuthering High | Earnshaw |
| 2015 | Sicilian Vampire | Professor Bernard Issaacs |
| 2014 | A Fighting Man | Mike 'Brother' Albright |
| 2014 | The Outsider | Schuuster |
| 2014 | Altman | Self |
| 2014 | Preggoland | Walter |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Tim Lockwood (voice) |
| 2013 | Blood Ties | Leon |
| 2013 | Seduced and Abandoned | Self |
| 2012 | Small Apartments | Mr. Allspice |
| 2012 | That's My Boy | Father McNally |
| 2012 | For the Love of Money | Micky |
| 2012 | The Godfather Legacy | Self |
| 2011 | D'un film à l'autre | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | His Way | Self |
| 2011 | Detachment | Mr. Charles Seaboldt |
| 2010 | Henry's Crime | Max Saltzman |
| 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Tim Lockwood (voice) |
| 2009 | Mercy | Gerry Ryan |
| 2009 | Middle Men | Jerry Haggerty |
| 2009 | Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | Self (voice) |
| 2008 | Get Smart | The President |
| 2008 | Hollywood Gangster | Self |
| 2008 | Wisegal | Salvatore Palmeri |
| 2008 | New York, I Love You | Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist |
| 2008 | The Making of 'Bottle Rocket' | Self |
| 2007 | Brando | Self |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self |
| 2006 | The Godfather and the Mob | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood | Self (uncredited) |
| 2005 | Santa's Slay | Darren Mason |
| 2005 | Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood | |
| 2005 | This Thing of Ours | Jimmy |
| 2004 | The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie | Mr. Harry Dewitt |
| 2004 | Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels | |
| 2003 | Dogville | The Big Man |
| 2003 | Elf | Walter |
| 2003 | Misery Loves Company | Self |
| 2003 | Jericho Mansions | Leonard Grey |
| 2002 | City of Ghosts | Marvin |
| 2002 | Lathe of Heaven | Dr. William Haber |
| 2002 | Blood Crime | Sheriff Morgan McKenna |
| 2002 | Night at the Golden Eagle | Prison Warden |
| 2002 | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | In the Shadows | Lance Huston |
| 2001 | A Glimpse of Hell | Capt. Fred Moosally |
| 2001 | Dead Simple | Roy Baker |
| 2001 | Warden of Red Rock | John Flinders |
| 2001 | Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored | Self |
| 2000 | The Way of the Gun | Joe Sarno |
| 2000 | Luckytown | Charlie Doyles |
| 2000 | The Yards | Frank Olchin |
| 1999 | Mickey Blue Eyes | Frank Vitale |
| 1999 | This Is My Father | Kieran Johnson |
| 1999 | The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' | Self |
| 1998 | Poodle Springs | Philip Marlowe |
| 1997 | Howard Hawks: American Artist | Self |
| 1996 | Bulletproof | Frank Colton |
| 1996 | Eraser | U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin |
| 1996 | Bottle Rocket | Mr. Abe Henry |
| 1996 | North Star | Sean McLennon |
| 1996 | A Boy Called Hate | Jim |
| 1993 | Flesh and Bone | Roy Sweeney |
| 1993 | The Program | Sam Winters |
| 1993 | Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle | |
| 1992 | Honeymoon in Vegas | Tommy Korman |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 | Sonny Corleone |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) |
| 1992 | The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live! | Self (uncredited) |
| 1991 | For the Boys | Eddie Sparks |
| 1991 | The Dark Backward | Dr. Scurvy |
| 1990 | Misery | Paul Sheldon |
| 1990 | The Godfather Family: A Look Inside | Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Spaldoni |
| 1988 | Alien Nation | Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes |
| 1987 | Gardens of Stone | Sgt. Clell Hazard |
| 1985 | Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story | |
| 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye | Jolly |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1981 | Thief | Frank |
| 1981 | The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic | Santino "Sonny" Corleone |
| 1981 | Bolero | Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn |
| 1980 | Hide in Plain Sight | Thomas Hacklin, Jr. |
| 1979 | Chapter Two | George Schneider |
| 1979 | Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration | Self |
| 1979 | Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party | Self (uncredited) |
| 1979 | 1941 | Sailor in Fight (uncredited) |
| 1978 | Comes a Horseman | Frank 'Buck' Athearn |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | SSgt. Eddie Dohun |
| 1977 | Another Man, Another Chance | David Williams |
| 1976 | Silent Movie | Self |
| 1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New York | Harry Digby |
| 1975 | Rollerball | Jonathan E. |
| 1975 | The Killer Elite | Mike Locken |
| 1975 | Funny Lady | Billy Rose |
| 1975 | Gone with the West | Jud McGraw |
| 1975 | Funny Girl to Funny Lady | Self |
| 1975 | From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle | |
| 1975 | Rickles | |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Sonny Corleone (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Freebie and the Bean | Freebie |
| 1974 | The Gambler | Axel |
| 1973 | Cinderella Liberty | John Baggs Jr. |
| 1973 | Slither | Dick Kanipsia |
| 1972 | The Godfather | Sonny Corleone |
| 1971 | Brian's Song | Brian Piccolo |
| 1971 | T.R. Baskin | Larry Moore |
| 1971 | The Godfather: Behind the Scenes | Self |
| 1970 | Rabbit, Run | Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom |
| 1969 | The Rain People | Jimmy Kilgannon |
| 1968 | Submarine X-1 | Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR |
| 1968 | Journey to Shiloh | Buck Burnett |
| 1968 | Filmmaker | Self (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Countdown | Lee Stegler |
| 1967 | Games | Paul Montgomery |
| 1966 | El Dorado | Mississippi |
| 1965 | The Glory Guys | Pvt. Anthony Dugan |
| 1965 | Red Line 7000 | Mike |
| 1964 | Lady in a Cage | Randall Simpson O'Connell |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | Soldier with Radio (uncredited) |
| Acre Beyond the Rye | Sherriff Doyle |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Secrets of Playboy | Self. Actor & Playboy Mansion Regular. |
| 2020 | The Holiday Movies That Made Us | Self |
| 2016 | The American West | Self |
| 2013 | Back in the Game | Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr. |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Tony Archer |
| 2004 | Leçon de Cinéma | Self |
| 2003 | Las Vegas | Ed Deline |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Ed Deline |
| 1999 | Family Guy | James Caan (voice) |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest |
| 1995 | NewsRadio | James Caan (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | James Caan (voice) |
| 1987 | Biography | Self |
| 1977 | Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television | Santino "Sonny" Corleone |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Eugene David Holt |
| 1965 | Get Smart | Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Rick Peterson |
| 1962 | Combat! | Sgt. Beckman |
| 1962 | The Wide Country | Buddie Simpson |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Charley Johnson |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Keir Brannon |
| 1958 | Naked City | Marty Feketi |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |