James Caan
Acting
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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James Caan
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Filmography of
James Caan
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Stan Mullen
... 2023
Self
... 2023
Dan
... 2021
... 2020
Self
... 2019
Col. Tom Rockwell
... 2019
Harry
... 2019
Agent Gamble
... 2018
Roger Flynn
... 2017
Grandpa
... 2017
Senator George Lawrence Secord
... 2017
Harold Grainey
... 2016
... 2016
Professor Bernard Issaacs
... 2015
Schuuster
... 2015
Earnshaw
... 2015
Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
... 2015
Self - Actor (archive footage)
... 2014
Walter
... 2014
Self
... 2014
Mike 'Brother' Albright
... 2014
Tim Lockwood (voice)
... 2013
Leon
... 2013
... 2013
Self
... 2012
Father McNally
... 2012
Micky
... 2012
Mr. Allspice
... 2012
Mr. Charles Seaboldt
... 2011
Self
... 2011
Max Saltzman
... 2010
... 2009
Gerry Ryan
... 2009
Tim Lockwood (voice)
... 2009
Jerry Haggerty
... 2009
Self
... 2008
... 2008
Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
... 2008
The President
... 2008
Salvatore Palmeri
... 2008
... 2007
Self
... 2007
Self (uncredited)
... 2006
Self (archive footage)
... 2006
... 2005
Darren Mason
... 2005
Mr. Harry Dewitt
... 2004
Walter
... 2003
The Big Man
... 2003
Leonard Grey
... 2003
Self
... 2003
Sheriff Morgan McKenna
... 2002
Marvin
... 2002
Dr. William Haber
... 2002
Prison Warden
... 2002
Jimmy
... 2002
Roy Baker
... 2001
Lance Huston
... 2001
John Flinders
... 2001
... 2001
Capt. Fred Moosally
... 2001
Joe Sarno
... 2000
Charlie Doyles
... 2000
Frank Olchin
... 2000
Frank Vitale
... 1999
... 1999
Kieran Johnson
... 1999
Philip Marlowe
... 1998
... 1997
Frank Colton
... 1996
U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
... 1996
... 1996
Mr. Abe Henry
... 1996
Sean McLennon
... 1996
Roy Sweeney
... 1993
Sam Winters
... 1993
Sonny Corleone
... 1992
Reader (voice)
... 1992
Tommy Korman
... 1992
Self (uncredited)
... 1992
Eddie Sparks
... 1991
Dr. Scurvy
... 1991
Paul Sheldon
... 1990
Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
... 1990
Spaldoni
... 1990
Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes
... 1988
Sgt. Clell Hazard
... 1987
... 1985
Jolly
... 1982
Self
... 1982
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
... 1981
Frank
... 1981
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
... 1981
Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
... 1980
George Schneider
... 1979
Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
... 1979
Self (uncredited)
... 1979
... 1979
Frank 'Buck' Athearn
... 1978
David Williams
... 1977
SSgt. Eddie Dohun
... 1977
Self
... 1976
Harry Digby
... 1976
Mike Locken
... 1975
... 1975
Jud McGraw
... 1975
Jonathan E.
... 1975
Billy Rose
... 1975
... 1975
Freebie
... 1974
Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
... 1974
Axel
... 1974
John Baggs Jr.
... 1973
Dick Kanipsia
... 1973
Sonny Corleone
... 1972
Brian Piccolo
... 1971
Larry Moore
... 1971
... 1971
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
... 1970
Jimmy Kilgannon
... 1969
Self (uncredited)
... 1968
Buck Burnett
... 1968
Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
... 1968
Paul Montgomery
... 1967
Lee Stegler
... 1967
Mississippi
... 1966
Mike
... 1965
Pvt. Anthony Dugan
... 1965
Randall Simpson O'Connell
... 1964
Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
... 1963