James Caan

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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Caan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, 1940-03-26

Died: 2022-07-06

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	Irma la Douce	Soldier with Radio (uncredited)	74
2	1964	Lady in a Cage	Randall Simpson O'Connell	62
3	1965	The Glory Guys	Pvt. Anthony Dugan	65
4	1965	Red Line 7000	Mike	54
5	1966	El Dorado	Mississippi	73
6	1967	Countdown	Lee Stegler	58
7	1967	Games	Paul Montgomery	60
8	1968	Submarine X-1	Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR	60
9	1968	Journey to Shiloh	Buck Burnett	54
10	1968	Filmmaker	Self (uncredited)	71
11	1969	The Rain People	Jimmy Kilgannon	67
12	1970	Rabbit, Run	Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom	35
13	1971	The Godfather: Behind the Scenes	Self	0
14	1971	T.R. Baskin	Larry Moore	51
15	1971	Brian's Song	Brian Piccolo	72
16	1972	The Godfather	Sonny Corleone	87
17	1973	Slither	Dick Kanipsia	57
18	1973	Cinderella Liberty	John Baggs Jr.	68
19	1974	The Gambler	Axel Freed	67
20	1974	The Godfather Part II	Sonny Corleone (uncredited)	86
21	1974	Freebie and the Bean	Freebie	61
22	1975	From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle		0
23	1975	Funny Girl to Funny Lady	Self	20
24	1975	Funny Lady	Billy Rose	52
25	1975	Rollerball	Jonathan E.	62
26	1975	Gone with the West	Jud McGraw	23
27	1975	Rickles		0
28	1975	The Killer Elite	Mike Locken	58
29	1976	Silent Movie	Self	65
30	1976	Harry and Walter Go to New York	Harry Digby	55
31	1977	A Bridge Too Far	SSgt. Eddie Dohun	72
32	1977	Another Man, Another Chance	David Williams	62
33	1978	Comes a Horseman	Frank 'Buck' Athearn	60
34	1979	Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration	Self	10
35	1979	Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party	Self (uncredited)	10
36	1979	Chapter Two	George Schneider	57
37	1979	1941	Sailor in Fight (uncredited)	58
38	1980	Hide in Plain Sight	Thomas Hacklin, Jr.	53
39	1981	The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic	Santino "Sonny" Corleone	93
40	1981	Thief	Frank	72
41	1981	Bolero: Dance of Life	Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn	70
42	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	65
43	1982	Kiss Me Goodbye	Jolly	58
44	1985	Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story		0
45	1987	Gardens of Stone	Sgt. Clell Hazard	63
46	1988	Alien Nation	Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes	61
47	1990	Dick Tracy	Spaldoni	61
48	1990	The Godfather Family: A Look Inside	Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone	77
49	1990	Misery	Paul Sheldon	77
50	1991	The Dark Backward	Dr. Scurvy	54
51	1991	For the Boys	Eddie Sparks	62
52	1992	The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!	Self (uncredited)	0
53	1992	Honeymoon in Vegas	Tommy Korman	56
54	1992	Earth and the American Dream	Reader (voice)	67
55	1992	The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980	Sonny Corleone	89
56	1993	Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle		0
57	1993	The Program	Sam Winters	64
58	1993	Flesh and Bone	Roy Sweeney	60
59	1996	North Star	Sean McLennon	49
60	1996	Bottle Rocket	Mr. Abe Henry	67
61	1996	A Boy Called Hate	Jim	46
62	1996	Eraser	U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin	61
63	1996	Bulletproof	Frank Colton	57
64	1997	Howard Hawks: American Artist	Self	58
65	1998	Poodle Springs	Philip Marlowe	55
66	1999	This Is My Father	Kieran Johnson	54
67	1999	The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'	Self	60
68	1999	Mickey Blue Eyes	Frank Vitale	57
69	2000	The Yards	Frank Olchin	62
70	2000	Luckytown	Charlie Doyles	53
71	2000	The Way of the Gun	Joe Sarno	63
72	2001	A Glimpse of Hell	Capt. Fred Moosally	52
73	2001	Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored	Self	69
74	2001	Warden of Red Rock	John Flinders	50
75	2001	In the Shadows	Lance Huston	54
76	2001	Dead Simple	Roy Baker	60
77	2002	Night at the Golden Eagle	Prison Warden	45
78	2002	The Kid Stays in the Picture	Self (archive footage)	66
79	2002	Lathe of Heaven	Dr. William Haber	58
80	2002	City of Ghosts	Marvin	59
81	2002	Blood Crime	Sheriff Morgan McKenna	57
82	2003	Misery Loves Company	Self	70
83	2003	Jericho Mansions	Leonard Grey	48
84	2003	Dogville	The Big Man	78
85	2003	Elf	Walter	67
86	2004	The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie	Mr. Harry Dewitt	72
87	2004	Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels		83
88	2005	This Thing of Ours	Jimmy	40
89	2005	Santa's Slay	Darren Mason	54
90	2005	Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood		68
91	2006	The Godfather and the Mob	Self (archive footage)	70
92	2006	The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood	Self (uncredited)	0
93	2007	Brando	Self	68
94	2007	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project	Self	68
95	2008	Wisegal	Salvatore Palmeri	55
96	2008	Get Smart	The President	62
97	2008	New York, I Love You	Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist	59
98	2008	The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'	Self	50
99	2008	Hollywood Gangster	Self	0
100	2009	Middle Men	Jerry Haggerty	65
101	2009	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Tim Lockwood (voice)	66
102	2009	Mercy	Gerry Ryan	55
103	2009	Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side	Self (voice)	72
104	2010	Henry's Crime	Max Saltzman	58
105	2011	His Way	Self	62
106	2011	D'un film à l'autre	Self (archive footage)	80
107	2011	Detachment	Mr. Charles Seaboldt	76
108	2012	Small Apartments	Mr. Allspice	59
109	2012	For the Love of Money	Micky	45
110	2012	That's My Boy	Father McNally	58
111	2012	The Godfather Legacy	Self	71
112	2013	Seduced and Abandoned	Self	62
113	2013	Blood Ties	Leon	61
114	2013	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	Tim Lockwood (voice)	64
115	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
116	2014	The Outsider	Schuuster	46
117	2014	A Fighting Man	Mike 'Brother' Albright	56
118	2014	Altman	Self	64
119	2014	Preggoland	Walter	59
120	2014	Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire	Self - Actor (archive footage)	73
121	2015	The Throwaways	Lt. Col. Christopher Holden	54
122	2015	Wuthering High	Earnshaw	53
123	2015	Sicilian Vampire	Professor Bernard Issaacs	36
124	2016	JL Family Ranch	Tap	59
125	2016	The Good Neighbor	Harold Grainey	62
126	2017	The Red Maple Leaf	Senator George Lawrence Secord	43
127	2017	Undercover Grandpa	Grandpa	56
128	2017	Good Enough	Roger Flynn	73
129	2018	Con Man	Agent Gamble	52
130	2019	Holy Lands	Harry	62
131	2019	Out of Blue	Col. Tom Rockwell	52
132	2019	It Takes a Lunatic	Self	53
133	2021	Queen Bees	Dan	61
134		Acre Beyond the Rye	Sherriff Doyle	0
135	2020	JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift	Tap	66
136	2023	King on Screen	Self	74
137	2023	Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight	Self (archive footage)	69
138	2023	Fast Charlie	Stan Mullen	63
139	2024	Chuck Zito: An American Story	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	68
2	1958	Naked City	Marty Feketi	53
3	1959	The Untouchables	Keir Brannon	79
4	1960	Route 66		64
5	1961	Dr. Kildare	Charley Johnson	54
6	1961	Ben Casey		57
7	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
8	1962	The Wide Country	Buddie Simpson	60
9	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone	78
10	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
11	1962	Combat!	Sgt. Beckman	76
12	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Rick Peterson	53
13	1965	Get Smart	Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)	79
14	1965	The F.B.I.	Eugene David Holt	56
15	1967	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	66
16	1977	Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television	Santino "Sonny" Corleone	86
17	1987	Biography	Self	62
18	1989	The Simpsons	James Caan (voice)	80
19	1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self	74
20	1995	NewsRadio	James Caan (uncredited)	73
21	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest	35
22	1999	Family Guy	James Caan (voice)	74
23	2001	Crossing Jordan	Ed Deline	72
24	2003	Las Vegas	Ed Deline	70
25	2004	Leçon de Cinéma	Self	70
26	2010	Hawaii Five-0	Tony Archer	77
27	2013	Back in the Game	Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.	65
28	2016	The American West	Self	67
29	2020	The Holiday Movies That Made Us	Self	72
30	2022	Secrets of Playboy	Self. Actor & Playboy Mansion Regular.	64