Acting
James Caan
EN, FR, DE, XX cinema · 140 credits
Born
26 March 1940
Died
6 July 2022 (aged 82)
Birthplace
The Bronx, New York, USA
Also known as James Edmund Caan · Jimmy Caan
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).
Known for
Filmography
King on Screen
as Self
Fast Charlie
as Stan Mullen
Queen Bees
as Dan
Out of Blue
as Col. Tom Rockwell
Holy Lands
as Harry
Con Man
as Agent Gamble
Undercover Grandpa
as Grandpa
The Red Maple Leaf
as Senator George Lawrence Secord
Good Enough
as Roger Flynn
The Good Neighbor
as Harold Grainey
The Outsider
as Schuuster
The Throwaways
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
Wuthering High
as Earnshaw
Sicilian Vampire
as Professor Bernard Issaacs
A Fighting Man
as Mike 'Brother' Albright
Altman
as Self
Preggoland
as Walter
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
Blood Ties
as Leon
Small Apartments
as Mr. Allspice
That's My Boy
as Father McNally
His Way
as Self
Detachment
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Henry's Crime
as Max Saltzman
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
Mercy
as Gerry Ryan
Middle Men
as Jerry Haggerty
Get Smart
as The President
Wisegal
as Salvatore Palmeri
New York, I Love You
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
Brando
as Self
The Godfather and the Mob
as Self (archive footage)
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
Santa's Slay
as Darren Mason
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mr. Harry Dewitt
Dogville
as The Big Man
Elf
as Walter
Jericho Mansions
as Leonard Grey
City of Ghosts
as Marvin
Lathe of Heaven
as Dr. William Haber
Blood Crime
as Sheriff Morgan McKenna
Night at the Golden Eagle
as Prison Warden
This Thing of Ours
as Jimmy
In the Shadows
as Lance Huston
A Glimpse of Hell
as Capt. Fred Moosally
Dead Simple
as Roy Baker
Warden of Red Rock
as John Flinders
The Way of the Gun
as Joe Sarno
Luckytown
as Charlie Doyles
The Yards
as Frank Olchin
Mickey Blue Eyes
as Frank Vitale
This Is My Father
as Kieran Johnson
Poodle Springs
as Philip Marlowe
Bulletproof
as Frank Colton
Eraser
as DeGuerin
Bottle Rocket
as Mr. Abe Henry
North Star
as Sean McLennon
Flesh and Bone
as Roy Sweeney
The Program
as Sam Winters
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
1993
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
Actor
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Tommy Korman
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Sonny Corleone
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
as Self (uncredited)
For the Boys
as Eddie Sparks
The Dark Backward
as Dr. Scurvy
Misery
as Paul Sheldon
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
Dick Tracy
as Spaldoni
Alien Nation
as Matthew Sykes
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Clell Hazard
Kiss Me Goodbye
as Jolly
Thief
as Frank
Bolero
as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Hide in Plain Sight
as Thomas Hacklin, Jr., Director
Chapter Two
as George Schneider
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
as Self (uncredited)
1941
as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
Comes a Horseman
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
A Bridge Too Far
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Another Man, Another Chance
as David Williams
Silent Movie
as James Caan
Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Harry Digby
Rollerball
as Jonathan E.
The Killer Elite
as Mike Locken
Funny Lady
as Billy Rose
Gone with the West
as Jud McGraw
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
1975
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
Actor
The Godfather Part II
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited), Thanks
Freebie and the Bean
as Freebie
The Gambler
as Axel
Cinderella Liberty
as John Baggs Jr.
Slither
as Dick Kanipsia
The Godfather
as Sonny Corleone
Brian's Song
as Brian Piccolo
T.R. Baskin
as Larry Moore
Rabbit, Run
as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
The Rain People
as Jimmy Kilgannon
Submarine X-1
as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
Journey to Shiloh
as Buck Burnett
Filmmaker
as Self (uncredited)
Countdown
as Lee Stegler
Games
as Paul Montgomery
El Dorado
as Mississippi
The Glory Guys
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
Red Line 7000
as Mike
Lady in a Cage
as Randall Simpson O'Connell
Irma la Douce
as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)