James Caan
Acting
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).
Born: March 26, 1940
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Stan Mullen
as Self
as Self
as Dan
as Self
as Col. Tom Rockwell
as Harry
as Agent Gamble
as Roger Flynn
as Grandpa
as Senator George Lawrence Secord
as Harold Grainey
as Tap
as Self
as Professor Bernard Issaacs
as Schuuster
as Earnshaw
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Walter
as Self
as Mike 'Brother' Albright
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
as Leon
as Self
as Self
as Father McNally
as Micky
as Mr. Allspice
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
as Self
as Tony Archer
as Max Saltzman
as Gerry Ryan
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
as Jerry Haggerty
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
as The President
as Salvatore Palmeri
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Darren Mason
as Mr. Harry Dewitt
as Self
as Walter
as Ed Deline
as The Big Man
as Leonard Grey
as Self
as Sheriff Morgan McKenna
as Marvin
as Dr. William Haber
as Prison Warden
as Jimmy
as Ed Deline
as Roy Baker
as Lance Huston
as John Flinders
as Capt. Fred Moosally
as Joe Sarno
as Charlie Doyles
as Frank Olchin
as Frank Vitale
as Kieran Johnson
as James Caan (voice)
as Philip Marlowe
as Frank Colton
as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
as Self - Guest
as Jim
as Mr. Abe Henry
as Sean McLennon
as James Caan (uncredited)
as Self
as Roy Sweeney
as Sam Winters
as Sonny Corleone
as Reader (voice)
as Tommy Korman
as Self (uncredited)
as Eddie Sparks
as Dr. Scurvy
as Paul Sheldon
as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
as Spaldoni
as James Caan (voice)
as Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes
as Sgt. Clell Hazard
as Self
as Jolly
as Self
as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
as Frank
as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
as George Schneider
as Self (uncredited)
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
as David Williams
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
as Self
as Harry Digby
as Mike Locken
as Jud McGraw
as Jonathan E.
as Billy Rose
as Self
as Freebie
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
as Axel
as John Baggs Jr.
as Dick Kanipsia
as Sonny Corleone
as Brian Piccolo
as Larry Moore
as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
as Jimmy Kilgannon
as Self (uncredited)
as Buck Burnett
as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
as Self
as Paul Montgomery
as Lee Stegler
as Mississippi
as Mike
as Eugene David Holt
as Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
as Randall Simpson O'Connell
as Rick Peterson
as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
as Sgt. Beckman
as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
as Buddie Simpson
as Self
as Charley Johnson
as Keir Brannon
as Marty Feketi
as Self - Nominee