James Caan
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).
Acting (125 movies)
The Godfather Part II
1974
Dogville
2003
Alien Nation
1988
Mickey Blue Eyes
1999
The Way of the Gun
2000
Misery
1990
Poodle Springs
1998
Elf
2003
Bulletproof
1996
Silent Movie
1976
A Bridge Too Far
1977
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
Freebie and the Bean
1974
Thief
1981
El Dorado
1966
Rollerball
1975
The Killer Elite
1975
Get Smart
2008
City of Ghosts
2002
Misery Loves Company
2003
For the Boys
1991
This Is My Father
1999
Santa's Slay
2005
Eraser
1996
Lathe of Heaven
2002
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
Countdown
1967
Bottle Rocket
1996
Gardens of Stone
1987
In the Shadows
2001
Chapter Two
1979
Comes a Horseman
1978
Lady in a Cage
1964
Bolero
1981
The Glory Guys
1965
Blood Crime
2002
The Gambler
1974
His Way
2011
Mercy
2009
A Glimpse of Hell
2001
Middle Men
2009
Luckytown
2000
Submarine X-1
1968
Funny Lady
1975
Hide in Plain Sight
1980
Brian's Song
1971
Flesh and Bone
1993
The Program
1993
Red Line 7000
1965
King on Screen
2023
Wisegal
2008
The Yards
2000
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982
Henry's Crime
2010
Night at the Golden Eagle
2002
Detachment
2011
Jericho Mansions
2003
Cinderella Liberty
1973
Games
1967
Small Apartments
2012
The Godfather
1972
Slither
1973
That's My Boy
2012
The Rain People
1969
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013
Irma la Douce
1963
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
Dead Simple
2001
Rabbit, Run
1970
For the Love of Money
2012
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
T.R. Baskin
1971
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976
Blood Ties
2013
North Star
1996
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
1979
A Fighting Man
2014
The Outsider
2015
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
Fast Charlie
2023
Journey to Shiloh
1968
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
2004
A Boy Called Hate
1996
New York, I Love You
2008
Gone with the West
1975
The Godfather Legacy
2012
Altman
2014
Preggoland
2014
The Throwaways
2015
Wuthering High
2015
The Good Neighbor
2016
Brando
2007
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
The Godfather and the Mob
2006
J.L. Family Ranch
2016
Sicilian Vampire
2015
Warden of Red Rock
2001
This Thing of Ours
2002
Con Man
2018
Directing (1 movie)
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