James Caan
Acting
1940-03-26 · The Bronx, New York, USA
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).
Filmography
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024 · Movie
Fast Charlie
2023 · Movie
King on Screen
2023 · Movie
Secrets of Playboy
2022 · Series
Queen Bees
2021 · Movie
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020 · Series
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
2020 · Movie
It Takes a Lunatic
2019 · Movie
Out of Blue
2019 · Movie
Holy Lands
2019 · Movie
Con Man
2018 · Movie
Good Enough
2017 · Movie
Undercover Grandpa
2017 · Movie
The Red Maple Leaf
2017 · Movie
The Good Neighbor
2016 · Movie
J.L. Family Ranch
2016 · Movie
The American West
2016 · Series
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016 · Movie
Sicilian Vampire
2015 · Movie
The Outsider
2015 · Movie
Wuthering High
2015 · Movie
The Throwaways
2015 · Movie
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014 · Movie
Preggoland
2014 · Movie
Altman
2014 · Movie
A Fighting Man
2014 · Movie
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013 · Movie
Back in the Game
2013 · Series
Blood Ties
2013 · Movie
Seduced and Abandoned
2013 · Movie
The Godfather Legacy
2012 · Movie
That's My Boy
2012 · Movie
For the Love of Money
2012 · Movie
Small Apartments
2012 · Movie
Detachment
2011 · Movie
His Way
2011 · Movie
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · Series
Henry's Crime
2010 · Movie
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009 · Movie
Mercy
2009 · Movie
Annoying Orange
2009 · Series
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009 · Movie
Middle Men
2009 · Movie
Hollywood Gangster
2008 · Movie
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
2008 · Movie
New York, I Love You
2008 · Movie
Get Smart
2008 · Movie
Wisegal
2008 · Movie
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 · Movie
Brando
2007 · Movie
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
2006 · Movie
The Godfather and the Mob
2006 · Movie
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005 · Movie
Santa's Slay
2005 · Movie
Elf: Film School for Kids
2004 · Movie
Elf: That's a Wrap
2004 · Movie
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
2004 · Movie
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004 · Movie
Leçon de Cinéma
2004 · Series
Elf
2003 · Movie
Las Vegas
2003 · Series
Dogville
2003 · Movie
Jericho Mansions
2003 · Movie
Misery Loves Company
2003 · Movie
Blood Crime
2002 · Movie
City of Ghosts
2002 · Movie
Lathe of Heaven
2002 · Movie
Night at the Golden Eagle
2002 · Movie
This Thing of Ours
2002 · Movie
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Series
Dead Simple
2001 · Movie
In the Shadows
2001 · Movie
Warden of Red Rock
2001 · Movie
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001 · Movie
A Glimpse of Hell
2001 · Movie
The Way of the Gun
2000 · Movie
Luckytown
2000 · Movie
The Yards
2000 · Movie
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999 · Movie
Mickey Blue Eyes
1999 · Movie
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999 · Movie
This Is My Father
1999 · Movie
Playmate Pajama Party
1999 · Movie
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999 · Movie
Poodle Springs
1998 · Movie
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997 · Movie
Bulletproof
1996 · Movie
Eraser
1996 · Movie
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Series
A Boy Called Hate
1996 · Movie
Bottle Rocket
1996 · Movie
North Star
1996 · Movie
NewsRadio
1995 · Series
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Series
Flesh and Bone
1993 · Movie
The Program
1993 · Movie
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
1993 · Movie
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992 · Movie
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · Movie
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992 · Movie
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
1992 · Movie
For the Boys
1991 · Movie
The Dark Backward
1991 · Movie
Misery
1990 · Movie
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990 · Movie
Dick Tracy
1990 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
Alien Nation
1988 · Movie
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Series
Gardens of Stone
1987 · Movie
Biography
1987 · Series
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1985 · Movie
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
Bolero
1981 · Movie
Thief
1981 · Movie
Hide in Plain Sight
1980 · Movie
1941
1979 · Movie
Chapter Two
1979 · Movie
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979 · Movie
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
1979 · Movie
Comes a Horseman
1978 · Movie
Ciné regards
1978 · Series
Superstunt
1977 · Movie
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977 · Series
Another Man, Another Chance
1977 · Movie
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977 · Movie
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Movie
Silent Movie
1976 · Movie
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976 · Movie
The Killer Elite
1975 · Movie
Rickles
1975 · Movie
Gone with the West
1975 · Movie
Rollerball
1975 · Movie
Funny Lady
1975 · Movie
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
1975 · Movie
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
1975 · Movie
Freebie and the Bean
1974 · Movie
The Godfather Part II
1974 · Movie
The Gambler
1974 · Movie
Cinderella Liberty
1973 · Movie
Slither
1973 · Movie
The Godfather
1972 · Movie
Brian's Song
1971 · Movie
Film '72
1971 · Series
T.R. Baskin
1971 · Movie
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971 · Movie
Rabbit, Run
1970 · Movie
The Rain People
1969 · Movie
Filmmaker
1968 · Movie
Journey to Shiloh
1968 · Movie
Submarine X-1
1968 · Movie
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Series
Games
1967 · Movie
Countdown
1967 · Movie
El Dorado
1966 · Movie
Red Line 7000
1965 · Movie
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
Get Smart
1965 · Series
The Glory Guys
1965 · Movie
Lady in a Cage
1964 · Movie
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Series
Irma la Douce
1963 · Movie
Combat!
1962 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
The Wide Country
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
Route 66
1960 · Series
The Untouchables
1959 · Series
Naked City
1958 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series