James Caan
Acting
- Born:
- 1940-03-26
- Died:
- 2022-07-06
- Place of birth:
- The Bronx, New York, USA
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).
Known For
Filmography
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Fast Charlie
King on Screen
Secrets of Playboy
Queen Bees
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
It Takes a Lunatic
Out of Blue
Holy Lands
Con Man
Good Enough
Undercover Grandpa
The Red Maple Leaf
The Good Neighbor
J.L. Family Ranch
The American West
Sicilian Vampire
The Outsider
Wuthering High
The Throwaways
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Preggoland
Altman
A Fighting Man
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Back in the Game
Blood Ties
Seduced and Abandoned
The Godfather Legacy
That's My Boy
For the Love of Money
Small Apartments
Detachment
His Way
Hawaii Five-0
Henry's Crime
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Mercy
Annoying Orange
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Middle Men
Hollywood Gangster
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
New York, I Love You
Get Smart
Wisegal
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Brando
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
The Godfather and the Mob
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Santa's Slay
Elf: Film School for Kids
Elf: That's a Wrap
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Leçon de Cinéma
Elf
Las Vegas
Dogville
Jericho Mansions
Misery Loves Company
Blood Crime
City of Ghosts
Lathe of Heaven
Night at the Golden Eagle
This Thing of Ours
Crossing Jordan
Dead Simple
In the Shadows
Warden of Red Rock
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
A Glimpse of Hell
The Way of the Gun
Luckytown
The Yards
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
Mickey Blue Eyes
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
This Is My Father
Playmate Pajama Party
Family Guy
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Poodle Springs
Howard Hawks: American Artist
Bulletproof
Eraser
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
A Boy Called Hate
Bottle Rocket
North Star
NewsRadio
Inside the Actors Studio
Flesh and Bone
The Program
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Earth and the American Dream
Honeymoon in Vegas
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
For the Boys
The Dark Backward
Misery
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Dick Tracy
The Simpsons
Alien Nation
Gardens of Stone
Biography
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
Kiss Me Goodbye
Night of 100 Stars
Bolero
Thief
Hide in Plain Sight
Chapter Two
1941
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Comes a Horseman
Ciné regards
Superstunt
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Another Man, Another Chance
Playboy's Playmate Party
A Bridge Too Far
Silent Movie
Harry and Walter Go to New York
The Killer Elite
Rickles
Gone with the West
Rollerball
Funny Lady
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
Freebie and the Bean
The Godfather Part II
The Gambler
Cinderella Liberty
Slither
The Godfather
Brian's Song
Film '72
T.R. Baskin
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Rabbit, Run
The Rain People
Filmmaker
Journey to Shiloh
Submarine X-1
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Games
Countdown
El Dorado
Red Line 7000
The F.B.I.
Get Smart
The Glory Guys
Lady in a Cage
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Irma la Douce
Combat!
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Wide Country
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Mike Douglas Show
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
Route 66
The Untouchables
Naked City
Golden Globe Awards