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).
Known for
The Simpsons
James Caan (voice)
Family Guy
James Caan (voice)
The Godfather
Sonny Corleone
Hawaii Five-0
Tony Archer
The Godfather Part II
Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
Elf
Walter
Las Vegas
Ed Deline
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
Crossing Jordan
Ed Deline
Misery
Paul Sheldon
Get Smart
Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
Naked City
Marty Feketi
Dr. Kildare
Charley Johnson
The Untouchables
Keir Brannon
Ben Casey
Combat!
Sgt. Beckman
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
NewsRadio
James Caan (uncredited)
Route 66
A Bridge Too Far
SSgt. Eddie Dohun
The F.B.I.
Eugene David Holt
That's My Boy
Father McNally
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Rick Peterson
El Dorado
Mississippi
The Way of the Gun
Joe Sarno
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Tim Lockwood (voice)
Bolero
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Biography
Self
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Tim Lockwood (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Self (voice)
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
Self (uncredited)
Dead Simple
Roy Baker
Gone with the West
Jud McGraw
Blood Ties
Leon
For the Love of Money
Micky
Queen Bees
Dan
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
The Program
Sam Winters
Journey to Shiloh
Buck Burnett
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
City of Ghosts
Marvin
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Harry Digby
Hide in Plain Sight
Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Self
Another Man, Another Chance
David Williams
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
Self
The Godfather Legacy
Self
Fast Charlie
Stan Mullen
Small Apartments
Mr. Allspice
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Sonny Corleone
Get Smart
The President
Alien Nation
Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes
Eraser
U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
Detachment
Mr. Charles Seaboldt
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
Tap
A Glimpse of Hell
Capt. Fred Moosally
Rabbit, Run
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
The Dark Backward
Dr. Scurvy
1941
Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
This Thing of Ours
Jimmy
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
A Fighting Man
Mike 'Brother' Albright
Irma la Douce
Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
Con Man
Agent Gamble
The Outsider
Schuuster
New York, I Love You
Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
Chapter Two
George Schneider
Freebie and the Bean
Freebie
The Yards
Frank Olchin
Good Enough
Roger Flynn
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
Self (uncredited)
Santa's Slay
Darren Mason
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
Bottle Rocket
Mr. Abe Henry
Thief
Frank
Dogville
The Big Man
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Self
Holy Lands
Harry
The Red Maple Leaf
Senator George Lawrence Secord
Seduced and Abandoned
Self
Henry's Crime
Max Saltzman
The Gambler
Axel
Red Line 7000
Mike
Submarine X-1
Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
Dick Tracy
Spaldoni
Rollerball
Jonathan E.
The Rain People
Jimmy Kilgannon
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self
The Good Neighbor
Harold Grainey
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Clell Hazard
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
Wisegal
Salvatore Palmeri
The Godfather and the Mob
Self (archive footage)
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
For the Boys
Eddie Sparks
This Is My Father
Kieran Johnson
Undercover Grandpa
Grandpa
Silent Movie
Self
His Way
Self
Lathe of Heaven
Dr. William Haber
Howard Hawks: American Artist
Self
Warden of Red Rock
John Flinders
Comes a Horseman
Frank 'Buck' Athearn
Back in the Game
Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
The Throwaways
Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
Mickey Blue Eyes
Frank Vitale
Poodle Springs
Philip Marlowe
Hollywood Gangster
Self
Countdown
Lee Stegler
Bulletproof
Frank Colton
Secrets of Playboy
Self
Honeymoon in Vegas
Tommy Korman
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Wuthering High
Earnshaw
The American West
Self
Blood Crime
Sheriff Morgan McKenna
Kiss Me Goodbye
Jolly
North Star
Sean McLennon
King on Screen
Self
Slither
Dick Kanipsia
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
Preggoland
Walter
Jericho Mansions
Leonard Grey
Night at the Golden Eagle
Prison Warden
Flesh and Bone
Roy Sweeney
Brian's Song
Brian Piccolo
Games
Paul Montgomery
Middle Men
Jerry Haggerty
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Self
Out of Blue
Col. Tom Rockwell
The Killer Elite
Mike Locken
The Wide Country
Buddie Simpson
Lady in a Cage
Randall Simpson O'Connell
Funny Lady
Billy Rose
Sicilian Vampire
Professor Bernard Issaacs
J.L. Family Ranch
Tap
Altman
Self
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self
Mercy
Gerry Ryan
In the Shadows
Lance Huston
Cinderella Liberty
John Baggs Jr.
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Mr. Harry Dewitt
Luckytown
Charlie Doyles
Brando
Self
The Glory Guys
Pvt. Anthony Dugan
Rickles
T.R. Baskin
Larry Moore
A Boy Called Hate
Jim
Filmmaker
Self (uncredited)
Misery Loves Company
Self
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self