James Caan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-03-26 (82 years old)

Deathday

2022-07-06

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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 Corleon...

Acting

1974

The Godfather Part II

as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)

2003

Dogville

as The Big Man

1988

Alien Nation

as Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes

2011

D'un film à l'autre

as Self (archive footage)

1999

Mickey Blue Eyes

as Frank Vitale

2000

The Way of the Gun

as Joe Sarno

1990

Misery

as Paul Sheldon

1998

Poodle Springs

as Philip Marlowe

2003

Elf

as Walter

1996

Bulletproof

as Frank Colton

1976

1977

A Bridge Too Far

as SSgt. Eddie Dohun

2009

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

as Tim Lockwood (voice)

1974

1981

Thief

as Frank

1966

El Dorado

as Mississippi

1975

Rollerball

as Jonathan E.

1975

The Killer Elite

as Mike Locken

2008

Get Smart

as The President

2002

1991

For the Boys

as Eddie Sparks

1999

This Is My Father

as Kieran Johnson

2005

Santa's Slay

as Darren Mason

1996

Eraser

as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin

2002

Lathe of Heaven

as Dr. William Haber

1981

1992

Honeymoon in Vegas

as Tommy Korman

1967

Countdown

as Lee Stegler

1996

Bottle Rocket

as Mr. Abe Henry

1987

Gardens of Stone

as Sgt. Clell Hazard

2001

In the Shadows

as Lance Huston

1979

Chapter Two

as George Schneider

1978

Comes a Horseman

as Frank 'Buck' Athearn

1964

Lady in a Cage

as Randall Simpson O'Connell

1981

Bolero

as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

1965

The Glory Guys

as Pvt. Anthony Dugan

2002

Blood Crime

as Sheriff Morgan McKenna

1974

2011

His Way

as Self

2009

Mercy

as Gerry Ryan

2001

A Glimpse of Hell

as Capt. Fred Moosally

2009

Middle Men

as Jerry Haggerty

2000

Luckytown

as Charlie Doyles

1968

Submarine X-1

as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR

1975

Funny Lady

as Billy Rose

1980

Hide in Plain Sight

as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.

1971

Brian's Song

as Brian Piccolo

1993

Flesh and Bone

as Roy Sweeney

1993

The Program

as Sam Winters

1965

2023

2008

Wisegal

as Salvatore Palmeri

2000

The Yards

as Frank Olchin

1982

2010

Henry's Crime

as Max Saltzman

2002

2011

Detachment

as Mr. Charles Seaboldt

2003

Jericho Mansions

as Leonard Grey

1973

Cinderella Liberty

as John Baggs Jr.

1967

Games

as Paul Montgomery

2012

Small Apartments

as Mr. Allspice

1972

The Godfather

as Sonny Corleone

1973

Slither

as Dick Kanipsia

2012

That's My Boy

as Father McNally

1969

The Rain People

as Jimmy Kilgannon

2002

The Kid Stays in the Picture

as Self (archive footage)

2013

1963

Irma la Douce

as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)

2004

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

as Mr. Harry Dewitt

2001

Dead Simple

as Roy Baker

1970

Rabbit, Run

as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom

1977

1971

T.R. Baskin

as Larry Moore

2013

Blood Ties

as Leon

1996

North Star

as Sean McLennon

2014

A Fighting Man

as Mike 'Brother' Albright

2015

The Outsider

as Schuuster

2023

Fast Charlie

as Stan Mullen

1968

Journey to Shiloh

as Buck Burnett

2008

New York, I Love You

as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist

1975

Gone with the West

as Jud McGraw

2023

2014

Altman

as Self

2014

Preggoland

as Walter

2015

The Throwaways

as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden

2015

Wuthering High

as Earnshaw

2016

The Good Neighbor

as Harold Grainey

2007

Brando

as Self

1990

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone

2006

The Godfather and the Mob

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Sicilian Vampire

as Professor Bernard Issaacs

2001

Warden of Red Rock

as John Flinders

2005

2018

Con Man

as Agent Gamble

1991

The Dark Backward

as Dr. Scurvy

2017

2019

Out of Blue

as Col. Tom Rockwell

1979

1941

as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)

2017

The Red Maple Leaf

as Senator George Lawrence Secord

1990

Dick Tracy

as Spaldoni

2019

Holy Lands

as Harry

2021

1968

Filmmaker

as Self (uncredited)

2017

Good Enough

as Roger Flynn

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

1992

2006

Production

1980

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