James Caan
ActingAlso Known As
James Edmund Caan , Jimmy 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).
Movies
(137 total)
The Godfather
as Sonny Corleone
The Godfather Part II
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
Misery
as Paul Sheldon
Elf
as Walter
Get Smart
as The President
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
Dogville
as The Big Man
That's My Boy
as Father McNally
Eraser
as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
Detachment
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Bottle Rocket
as Mr. Abe Henry
Dick Tracy
as Spaldoni
A Bridge Too Far
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Thief
as Frank
1941
as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
Bulletproof
as Frank Colton
Rollerball
as Jonathan E.
Mickey Blue Eyes
as Frank Vitale
New York, I Love You
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
TV Shows
(31 total)
The Simpsons
as James Caan (voice)
Family Guy
as James Caan (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
as Tony Archer
Get Smart
as Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
Las Vegas
as Ed Deline
Crossing Jordan
as Ed Deline
NewsRadio
as James Caan (uncredited)
The Untouchables
as Keir Brannon
Combat!
as Sgt. Beckman
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
Biography
as Self
The American West
as Self
The F.B.I.
as Eugene David Holt
Back in the Game
as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
Dr. Kildare
as Charley Johnson