James Caan

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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).

Filmography

• Chuck Zito: An American Story (2024)
• Fast Charlie (2023)
• King on Screen (2023)
• Queen Bees (2021)
• JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift (2020)
• It Takes a Lunatic (2019)
• Out of Blue (2019)
• Holy Lands (2019)
• Con Man (2018)
• Good Enough (2017)
• Undercover Grandpa (2017)
• The Red Maple Leaf (2017)
• The Good Neighbor (2016)
• J.L. Family Ranch (2016)
• Sicilian Vampire (2015)
• The Outsider (2015)
• Wuthering High (2015)
• The Throwaways (2015)
• Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014)
• Preggoland (2014)
• Altman (2014)
• A Fighting Man (2014)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
• Blood Ties (2013)
• Seduced and Abandoned (2013)
• The Godfather Legacy (2012)
• That's My Boy (2012)
• For the Love of Money (2012)
• Small Apartments (2012)
• Detachment (2011)
• His Way (2011)
• Henry's Crime (2010)
• Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2009)
• Mercy (2009)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
• Middle Men (2009)
• Hollywood Gangster (2008)
• The Making of 'Bottle Rocket' (2008)
• New York, I Love You (2008)
• Get Smart (2008)
• Wisegal (2008)
• Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
• Brando (2007)
• The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood (2006)
• The Godfather and the Mob (2006)
• Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood (2005)
• Santa's Slay (2005)
• Elf: Film School for Kids (2004)
• Elf: That's a Wrap (2004)
• Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels (2004)
• The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (2004)
• Elf (2003)
• Dogville (2003)
• Jericho Mansions (2003)
• Misery Loves Company (2003)
• Blood Crime (2002)
• City of Ghosts (2002)
• Lathe of Heaven (2002)
• Night at the Golden Eagle (2002)
• This Thing of Ours (2002)
• Dead Simple (2001)
• In the Shadows (2001)
• Warden of Red Rock (2001)
• Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001)
• A Glimpse of Hell (2001)
• The Way of the Gun (2000)
• Luckytown (2000)
• The Yards (2000)
• Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party (1999)
• Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
• The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' (1999)
• This Is My Father (1999)
• Playmate Pajama Party (1999)
• Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (1999)
• Poodle Springs (1998)
• Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997)
• Bulletproof (1996)
• Eraser (1996)
• A Boy Called Hate (1996)
• Bottle Rocket (1996)
• North Star (1996)
• Flesh and Bone (1993)
• The Program (1993)
• Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle (1993)
• The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
• Earth and the American Dream (1992)
• Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
• The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live! (1992)
• For the Boys (1991)
• The Dark Backward (1991)
• Misery (1990)
• The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990)
• Dick Tracy (1990)
• Alien Nation (1988)
• Gardens of Stone (1987)
• Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story (1985)
• Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
• Night of 100 Stars (1982)
• Bolero (1981)
• Thief (1981)
• Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
• Chapter Two (1979)
• 1941 (1979)
• Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979)
• Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration (1979)
• Comes a Horseman (1978)
• Superstunt (1977)
• Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
• Playboy's Playmate Party (1977)
• A Bridge Too Far (1977)
• Silent Movie (1976)
• Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
• The Killer Elite (1975)
• Rickles (1975)
• Gone with the West (1975)
• Rollerball (1975)
• Funny Lady (1975)
• Funny Girl to Funny Lady (1975)
• From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle (1975)
• Freebie and the Bean (1974)
• The Godfather Part II (1974)
• The Gambler (1974)
• Cinderella Liberty (1973)
• Slither (1973)
• The Godfather (1972)
• Brian's Song (1971)
• T.R. Baskin (1971)
• The Godfather: Behind the Scenes (1971)
• Rabbit, Run (1970)
• The Rain People (1969)
• Filmmaker (1968)
• Journey to Shiloh (1968)
• Submarine X-1 (1968)
• Games (1967)
• Countdown (1967)
• El Dorado (1966)
• Red Line 7000 (1965)
• The Glory Guys (1965)
• Lady in a Cage (1964)
• Irma la Douce (1963)