James 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).
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Movies (45)
Chuck Zito: An American Story
as Self
2024
Fast Charlie
as Stan Mullen
2023
King on Screen
as Self
2023
Queen Bees
as Dan
2021
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
as Tap
2020
It Takes a Lunatic
as Self
2019
Out of Blue
as Col. Tom Rockwell
2019
Holy Lands
as Harry
2019
Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition
as Walter
2018
Con Man
as Agent Gamble
2018
Good Enough
as Roger Flynn
2017
Undercover Grandpa
as Grandpa
2017
The Red Maple Leaf
as Senator George Lawrence Secord
2017
The Good Neighbor
as Harold Grainey
2016
J.L. Family Ranch
as Tap
2016
Sicilian Vampire
as Professor Bernard Issaacs
2015
The Outsider
as Schuuster
2015
Wuthering High
as Earnshaw
2015
The Throwaways
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
2015
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
Preggoland
as Walter
2014
Altman
as Self
2014
A Fighting Man
as Mike 'Brother' Albright
2014
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
2013
Blood Ties
as Leon
2013
Seduced and Abandoned
as Self
2013
The Godfather Legacy
as Self
2012
That's My Boy
as Father McNally
2012
For the Love of Money
as Micky
2012
Small Apartments
as Mr. Allspice
2012
Detachment
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
2011
His Way
as Self
2011
Henry's Crime
as Max Saltzman
2010
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as Self (voice)
2009
Mercy
as Gerry Ryan
2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
2009
Middle Men
as Jerry Haggerty
2009
Hollywood Gangster
as Self
2008
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
as Self
2008
New York, I Love You
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
2008
Get Smart
as The President
2008
Wisegal
as Salvatore Palmeri
2008
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
2007
Brando
as Self
2007
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
2006
