James 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).
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Movies (140)
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024 · Self
Contrato para matar
2023 · Stan Mullen
King on Screen
2023 · Self
Queen Bees
2021 · Dan
JL Family Ranch: El regalo de bodas
2020 · Tap
El Legado de un Lunático
2019 · Self
Out of Blue
2019 · Col. Tom Rockwell
Holy Lands
2019 · Harry
Con Man
2018 · Agent Gamble
Good Enough
2017 · Roger Flynn
Undercover Grandpa
2017 · Grandpa
The Red Maple Leaf
2017 · Senator George Lawrence Secord
El buen vecino
2016 · Harold Grainey
J.L. Family Ranch
2016 · Tap
Sicilian Vampire
2015 · Professor Bernard Issaacs
El Extranjero
2015 · Schuuster
Wuthering High
2015 · Earnshaw
The Throwaways
2015 · Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Preggoland
2014 · Walter
Altman
2014 · Self
A Fighting Man
2014 · Mike 'Brother' Albright
Lluvia de Hamburguesas 2: La Venganza de las Sobras
2013 · Tim Lockwood (voice)
Lazos de Sangre
2013 · Leon
Seduced and Abandoned
2013 · Self
The Godfather Legacy
2012 · Self
Ése es mi hijo
2012 · Father McNally
Por Amor al Dinero
2012 · Micky
Mi Vecino el Asesino
2012 · Mr. Allspice
Indiferencia
2011 · Mr. Charles Seaboldt
His Way
2011 · Self
El robo de tus sueños
2010 · Max Saltzman
Padre de Familia: Algo, algo del Lado Oscuro
2009 · Self (voice)
Mercy
2009 · Gerry Ryan
Lluvia de Hamburguesas
2009 · Tim Lockwood (voice)
La red sexual
2009 · Jerry Haggerty
Hollywood Gangster
2008 · Self
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
2008 · Self
Nueva York, te amo
2008 · Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
El Super Agente 86
2008 · The President
Wisegal
2008 · Salvatore Palmeri
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 · Self
Brando
2007 · Self
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
2006 · Self (uncredited)
The Godfather and the Mob
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
Santa's Slay
2005 · Darren Mason
Elf: Film School for Kids
2004 · Self
Elf: That's a Wrap
2004 · Self
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
2004
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004 · Mr. Harry Dewitt
Elf, el duende
2003 · Walter
Dogville
2003 · The Big Man
Jericho Mansions
2003 · Leonard Grey
Misery Loves Company
2003 · Self
Blood Crime
2002 · Sheriff Morgan McKenna
City of Ghosts
2002 · Marvin
Lathe of Heaven
2002 · Dr. William Haber
Night at the Golden Eagle
2002 · Prison Warden
This Thing of Ours
2002 · Jimmy
Dead Simple
2001 · Roy Baker
In the Shadows
2001 · Lance Huston
Warden of Red Rock
2001 · John Flinders
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001 · Self
A Glimpse of Hell
2001 · Capt. Fred Moosally
A sangre fría
2000 · Joe Sarno
Luckytown
2000 · Charlie Doyles
The Yards
2000 · Frank Olchin
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
Mickey ojos azules
1999 · Frank Vitale
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999 · Self
This Is My Father
1999 · Kieran Johnson
Playmate Pajama Party
1999 · self
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999 · Self
Poodle Springs
1998 · Philip Marlowe
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997 · Self
A prueba de balas
1996 · Frank Colton
El Protector
1996 · DeGuerin
A Boy Called Hate
1996 · Jim
Bottle Rocket
1996 · Mr. Abe Henry
North Star
1996 · Sean McLennon
Flesh and Bone
1993 · Roy Sweeney
The Program
1993 · Sam Winters
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
1993
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992 · Sonny Corleone
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · Reader (voice)
Luna de miel para tres
1992 · Tommy Korman
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
1992 · Self (uncredited)
For the Boys
1991 · Eddie Sparks
The Dark Backward
1991 · Dr. Scurvy
Miseria
1990 · Paul Sheldon
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990 · Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
Dick Tracy
1990 · Spaldoni
Alien Nation
1988 · Matthew Sykes
Gardens of Stone
1987 · Sgt. Clell Hazard
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1985
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982 · Jolly
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Bolero
1981 · Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Thief
1981 · Frank
Hide in Plain Sight
1980 · Thomas Hacklin, Jr., Director
Chapter Two
1979 · George Schneider
1941
1979 · Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979 · Self (uncredited)
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
1979 · Self
Comes a Horseman
1978 · Frank 'Buck' Athearn
Superstunt
1977 · Self
Another Man, Another Chance
1977 · David Williams
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Silent Movie
1976 · James Caan
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976 · Harry Digby
The Killer Elite
1975 · Mike Locken
Rickles
1975
Gone with the West
1975 · Jud McGraw
Rollerball
1975 · Jonathan E.
Funny Lady
1975 · Billy Rose
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
1975 · Self
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
1975
Freebie and the Bean
1974 · Freebie
El Padrino II
1974 · Sonny Corleone (uncredited), Thanks
The Gambler
1974 · Axel
Cinderella Liberty
1973 · John Baggs Jr.
Slither
1973 · Dick Kanipsia
The Godfather
1972 · Sonny Corleone
Brian's Song
1971 · Brian Piccolo
T.R. Baskin
1971 · Larry Moore
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971 · Self
Rabbit, Run
1970 · Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
The Rain People
1969 · Jimmy Kilgannon
Filmmaker
1968 · Self (uncredited)
Journey to Shiloh
1968 · Buck Burnett
Submarine X-1
1968 · Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
Games
1967 · Paul Montgomery
Countdown
1967 · Lee Stegler
El Dorado
1966 · Mississippi
Red Line 7000
1965 · Mike
The Glory Guys
1965 · Pvt. Anthony Dugan
Lady in a Cage
1964 · Randall Simpson O'Connell
Irma la Douce
1963 · Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
TV shows (34)
Secrets of Playboy
2022 · Self
Las Películas Navideñas que nos Formaron
2020 · Self
The American West
2016 · Self
Back in the Game
2013 · Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · Tony Archer
Annoying Orange
2009 · Jalapeño
Leçon de Cinéma
2004 · Self
Las Vegas
2003 · Ed Deline
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Ed Deline
Padre de Familia
1999 · James Caan (voice)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
NewsRadio
1995 · James Caan (uncredited)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Los Simpson
1989 · James Caan (voice)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Writer
Biography
1987 · Self
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977 · Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Film '72
1971 · Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
The F.B.I.
1965 · Eugene David Holt
Get Smart
1965 · Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Rick Peterson
Combat!
1962 · Sgt. Beckman
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Wide Country
1962 · Buddie Simpson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Guest
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Charley Johnson
Route 66
1960
The Untouchables
1959 · Keir Brannon
Naked City
1958 · Marty Feketi
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Presenter