James Caan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1940-03-26

Day of Death

2022-07-06

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York, USA

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).

Filmography (138)

⭐ 2.0 Role: Self

Chuck Zito: An American Story

⭐ 6.2 Role: Stan Mullen

Fast Charlie

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self

King on Screen

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dan

Queen Bees

⭐ 6.4 Role: Tap

JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift

⭐ 5.3 Role: Self

It Takes a Lunatic

⭐ 5.1 Role: Col. Tom Rockwell

Out of Blue

⭐ 6.1 Role: Harry

Holy Lands

⭐ 4.9 Role: Agent Gamble

Con Man

⭐ 5.8 Role: Roger Flynn

Good Enough

⭐ 5.6 Role: Grandpa

Undercover Grandpa

⭐ 4.3 Role: Senator George Lawrence Secord

The Red Maple Leaf

⭐ 6.2 Role: Harold Grainey

The Good Neighbor

⭐ 6.0 Role: Tap

J.L. Family Ranch

⭐ 8.8 Role: Santino "Sonny" Corleone

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

⭐ 3.4 Role: Professor Bernard Issaacs

Sicilian Vampire

⭐ 4.5 Role: Schuuster

The Outsider

⭐ 5.1 Role: Earnshaw

Wuthering High

⭐ 5.4 Role: Lt. Col. Christopher Holden

The Throwaways

⭐ 7.2 Role: Self - Actor (archive footage)

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

⭐ 5.7 Role: Walter

Preggoland

⭐ 6.7 Role: Self

Altman

⭐ 5.5 Role: Mike 'Brother' Albright

A Fighting Man

⭐ 6.5 Role: Tim Lockwood (voice)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

⭐ 6.1 Role: Leon

Blood Ties

⭐ 6.2 Role: Self

Seduced and Abandoned

⭐ 7.2 Role: Self

The Godfather Legacy

⭐ 5.8 Role: Father McNally

That's My Boy

⭐ 4.3 Role: Micky

For the Love of Money

⭐ 5.9 Role: Mr. Allspice

Small Apartments

⭐ 7.6 Role: Mr. Charles Seaboldt

Detachment

⭐ 6.4 Role: Self

His Way

⭐ 5.8 Role: Max Saltzman

Henry's Crime

⭐ 7.2 Role: Self (voice)

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

⭐ 5.2 Role: Gerry Ryan

Mercy

⭐ 6.7 Role: Tim Lockwood (voice)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

⭐ 6.5 Role: Jerry Haggerty

Middle Men

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Hollywood Gangster

⭐ 5.0 Role: Self

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

⭐ 5.9 Role: Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist

New York, I Love You

⭐ 6.2 Role: The President

Get Smart

⭐ 5.4 Role: Salvatore Palmeri

Wisegal

⭐ 6.8 Role: Self

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

⭐ 6.8 Role: Self

Brando

⭐ 0 Role: Self (uncredited)

The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Godfather and the Mob

⭐ 7.4 Role: Unknown

Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood

⭐ 5.5 Role: Darren Mason

Santa's Slay

⭐ 8.3 Role: Unknown

Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels

⭐ 7.2 Role: Mr. Harry Dewitt

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

⭐ 6.7 Role: Walter

Elf

⭐ 7.8 Role: The Big Man

Dogville

⭐ 5.2 Role: Leonard Grey

Jericho Mansions

⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

Misery Loves Company

⭐ 5.5 Role: Sheriff Morgan McKenna

Blood Crime

⭐ 5.8 Role: Marvin

City of Ghosts

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. William Haber

Lathe of Heaven

⭐ 4.8 Role: Prison Warden

Night at the Golden Eagle

⭐ 4.0 Role: Jimmy

This Thing of Ours

⭐ 5.0 Role: Roy Baker

Dead Simple

⭐ 5.3 Role: Lance Huston

In the Shadows

⭐ 5.9 Role: John Flinders

Warden of Red Rock

⭐ 6.1 Role: Self

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

⭐ 5.2 Role: Capt. Fred Moosally

A Glimpse of Hell

⭐ 6.3 Role: Joe Sarno

The Way of the Gun

⭐ 5.5 Role: Charlie Doyles

Luckytown

⭐ 6.2 Role: Frank Olchin

The Yards

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party

⭐ 5.7 Role: Frank Vitale

Mickey Blue Eyes

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self

The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

⭐ 5.8 Role: Kieran Johnson

This Is My Father

⭐ 5.9 Role: Self

Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity

⭐ 5.5 Role: Philip Marlowe

Poodle Springs

⭐ 6.2 Role: Self

Howard Hawks: American Artist

⭐ 5.7 Role: Frank Colton

Bulletproof

⭐ 6.1 Role: U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin

Eraser

⭐ 5.2 Role: Jim

A Boy Called Hate

⭐ 6.7 Role: Mr. Abe Henry

Bottle Rocket

⭐ 4.8 Role: Sean McLennon

North Star

⭐ 6.0 Role: Roy Sweeney

Flesh and Bone

⭐ 6.5 Role: Sam Winters

The Program

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle

⭐ 8.9 Role: Sonny Corleone

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

⭐ 6.7 Role: Reader (voice)

Earth and the American Dream

⭐ 5.7 Role: Tommy Korman

Honeymoon in Vegas

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (uncredited)

The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!

⭐ 6.3 Role: Eddie Sparks

For the Boys

⭐ 5.7 Role: Dr. Scurvy

The Dark Backward

⭐ 7.7 Role: Paul Sheldon

Misery

⭐ 7.8 Role: Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

⭐ 6.2 Role: Spaldoni

Dick Tracy

⭐ 6.1 Role: Matthew Sykes

Alien Nation

⭐ 6.2 Role: Sgt. Clell Hazard

Gardens of Stone

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story

⭐ 5.9 Role: Jolly

Kiss Me Goodbye

⭐ 6.8 Role: Self

Night of 100 Stars

⭐ 6.9 Role: Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

Bolero

⭐ 7.2 Role: Frank

Thief

⭐ 5.7 Role: Thomas Hacklin, Jr.

Hide in Plain Sight

⭐ 5.8 Role: George Schneider

Chapter Two

⭐ 5.8 Role: Sailor in Fight (uncredited)

1941

⭐ 1.0 Role: Self (uncredited)

Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

⭐ 1.0 Role: Self

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration

⭐ 6.1 Role: Frank 'Buck' Athearn

Comes a Horseman

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Superstunt

⭐ 6.4 Role: David Williams

Another Man, Another Chance

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Playboy's Playmate Party

⭐ 7.2 Role: SSgt. Eddie Dohun

A Bridge Too Far

⭐ 6.5 Role: Self

Silent Movie

⭐ 5.7 Role: Harry Digby

Harry and Walter Go to New York

⭐ 5.8 Role: Mike Locken

The Killer Elite

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Rickles

⭐ 2.8 Role: Jud McGraw

Gone with the West

⭐ 6.3 Role: Jonathan E.

Rollerball

⭐ 5.3 Role: Billy Rose

Funny Lady

⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

Funny Girl to Funny Lady

⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle

⭐ 6.1 Role: Freebie

Freebie and the Bean

⭐ 8.6 Role: Sonny Corleone (uncredited)

The Godfather Part II

⭐ 6.7 Role: Axel

The Gambler

⭐ 6.7 Role: John Baggs Jr.

Cinderella Liberty

⭐ 5.8 Role: Dick Kanipsia

Slither

⭐ 8.7 Role: Sonny Corleone

The Godfather

⭐ 7.3 Role: Brian Piccolo

Brian's Song

⭐ 5.1 Role: Larry Moore

T.R. Baskin

⭐ 0 Role: Self

The Godfather: Behind the Scenes

⭐ 4.2 Role: Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom

Rabbit, Run

⭐ 6.6 Role: Jimmy Kilgannon

The Rain People

⭐ 7.3 Role: Self (uncredited)

Filmmaker

⭐ 5.4 Role: Buck Burnett

Journey to Shiloh

⭐ 6.2 Role: Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR

Submarine X-1

⭐ 6.2 Role: Paul Montgomery

Games

⭐ 5.8 Role: Lee Stegler

Countdown

⭐ 7.4 Role: Mississippi

El Dorado

⭐ 5.4 Role: Mike

Red Line 7000

⭐ 6.5 Role: Pvt. Anthony Dugan

The Glory Guys

⭐ 6.1 Role: Randall Simpson O'Connell

Lady in a Cage

⭐ 7.4 Role: Soldier with Radio (uncredited)

Irma la Douce