James Caan
AKA: James Edmund Caan
Birthday: 1940-03-26
Died: 2022-07-06
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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).
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Filmography
Character: Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
Character: Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Philip Marlowe
Character: SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Character: Tim Lockwood (voice)
Character: Kieran Johnson
Character: U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
Character: Dr. William Haber
Character: Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Character: Sgt. Clell Hazard
Character: George Schneider
Character: Frank 'Buck' Athearn
Character: Randall Simpson O'Connell
Character: Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Character: Pvt. Anthony Dugan
Character: Sheriff Morgan McKenna
Character: Capt. Fred Moosally
Character: Jerry Haggerty
Character: Charlie Doyles
Character: Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
Character: Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
Character: Salvatore Palmeri
Character: Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Character: John Baggs Jr.
Character: Paul Montgomery
Character: Sonny Corleone
Character: Father McNally
Character: Jimmy Kilgannon
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Tim Lockwood (voice)
Character: Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
Character: Mr. Harry Dewitt
Character: Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
Character: David Williams
Character: Mike 'Brother' Albright
Character: Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
Character: Harold Grainey
Character: Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Professor Bernard Issaacs
Character: Self (uncredited)
Character: Col. Tom Rockwell
Character: Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
Character: Senator George Lawrence Secord
Character: Self (uncredited)
Character: Sonny Corleone
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Sherriff Doyle
Character: Self - Actor (archive footage)
Character: Reader (voice)
Character: Self (uncredited)
Character: Self (uncredited)