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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 26, 1940
Died
July 6, 2022
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- James Edmund Caan
- Jimmy Caan
James Caan
4.3 Popularity
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
2.0
Self
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024
6.2
Stan Mullen
Fast Charlie
2023
6.9
Self
King on Screen
2023
6.3
Self
Secrets of Playboy
2022
6.0
Dan
Queen Bees
2021
7.2
Self
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
6.4
Tap
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
2020
5.3
Self
It Takes a Lunatic
2019
5.2
Col. Tom Rockwell
Out of Blue
2019
6.1
Harry
Holy Lands
2019
Credits
Chuck Zito: An American Story
as Self
2024
2.0
Fast Charlie
as Stan Mullen
2023
6.2
King on Screen
as Self
2023
6.9
Secrets of Playboy
as Self
2022
6.3
Queen Bees
as Dan
2021
6.0
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self
2020
7.2
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
as Tap
2020
6.4
It Takes a Lunatic
as Self
2019
5.3
Out of Blue
as Col. Tom Rockwell
2019
5.2
Holy Lands
as Harry
2019
6.1
Con Man
as Agent Gamble
2018
5.0
Good Enough
as Roger Flynn
2017
5.8
Undercover Grandpa
as Grandpa
2017
5.6
The Red Maple Leaf
as Senator George Lawrence Secord
2017
4.3
The Good Neighbor
as Harold Grainey
2016
6.2
J.L. Family Ranch
as Tap
2016
5.9
The American West
as Self
2016
6.7
Sicilian Vampire
as Professor Bernard Issaacs
2015
3.4
The Outsider
as Schuuster
2015
4.4
Wuthering High
as Earnshaw
2015
5.1
The Throwaways
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
2015
5.4
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
7.3
Preggoland
as Walter
2014
5.7
Altman
as Self
2014
6.6
A Fighting Man
as Mike 'Brother' Albright
2014
5.4
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
2013
6.5
Back in the Game
as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
2013
6.3
Blood Ties
as Leon
2013
6.1
Seduced and Abandoned
as Self
2013
6.2
The Godfather Legacy
as Self
2012
7.2
That's My Boy
as Father McNally
2012
5.8
For the Love of Money
as Micky
2012
4.3
Small Apartments
as Mr. Allspice
2012
5.8
Detachment
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
2011
7.6
His Way
as Self
2011
6.4
Hawaii Five-0
as Tony Archer
2010
7.8
Henry's Crime
as Max Saltzman
2010
5.8
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as Self (voice)
2009
7.3
Mercy
as Gerry Ryan
2009
5.2
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
2009
6.7
Middle Men
as Jerry Haggerty
2009
6.5
🎬
Hollywood Gangster
as Self
2008
0.0
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
as Self
2008
5.0
New York, I Love You
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
2008
5.9
Get Smart
as The President
2008
6.2
Wisegal
as Salvatore Palmeri
2008
5.3
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
2007
6.8
Brando
as Self
2007
6.8
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
2006
0.0
The Godfather and the Mob
as Self (archive footage)
2006
7.0
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
7.3
Santa's Slay
as Darren Mason
2005
5.5
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
2004
8.3
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mr. Harry Dewitt
2004
7.2
Leçon de Cinéma
as Self
2004
7.0
Elf
as Walter
2003
6.7
Las Vegas
as Ed Deline
2003
7.0
Dogville
as The Big Man
2003
7.8
Jericho Mansions
as Leonard Grey
2003
4.7
Misery Loves Company
as Self
2003
7.0
Blood Crime
as Sheriff Morgan McKenna
2002
5.3
City of Ghosts
as Marvin
2002
5.8
Lathe of Heaven
as Dr. William Haber
2002
5.7
Night at the Golden Eagle
as Prison Warden
2002
4.2
This Thing of Ours
as Jimmy
2002
3.4
Crossing Jordan
as Ed Deline
2001
7.2
Dead Simple
as Roy Baker
2001
4.4
In the Shadows
as Lance Huston
2001
5.3
Warden of Red Rock
as John Flinders
2001
5.2
🎬
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
as Self
2001
6.1
A Glimpse of Hell
as Capt. Fred Moosally
2001
4.9
The Way of the Gun
as Joe Sarno
2000
6.3
Luckytown
as Charlie Doyles
2000
5.3
The Yards
as Frank Olchin
2000
6.2
Mickey Blue Eyes
as Frank Vitale
1999
5.7
🎬
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
as Self
1999
6.0
This Is My Father
as Kieran Johnson
1999
5.4
Family Guy
as James Caan (voice)
1999
7.4
🎬
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
as Self
1999
5.9
Poodle Springs
as Philip Marlowe
1998
5.4
🎬
Howard Hawks: American Artist
as Self
1997
5.8
Bulletproof
as Frank Colton
1996
5.7
Eraser
as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
1996
6.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
3.9
A Boy Called Hate
as Jim
1996
4.3
Bottle Rocket
as Mr. Abe Henry
1996
6.7
North Star
as Sean McLennon
1996
4.7
NewsRadio
as James Caan (uncredited)
1995
7.3
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Flesh and Bone
as Roy Sweeney
1993
6.0
The Program
as Sam Winters
1993
6.4
🎬
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
1993
0.0
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Sonny Corleone
1992
8.9
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
6.7
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Tommy Korman
1992
5.6
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
as Self (uncredited)
1992
0.0
For the Boys
as Eddie Sparks
1991
6.2
The Dark Backward
as Dr. Scurvy
1991
5.6
Misery
as Paul Sheldon
1990
7.7
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
1990
7.7
Dick Tracy
as Spaldoni
1990
6.1
The Simpsons
as James Caan (voice)
1989
8.0
Alien Nation
as Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes
1988
6.0
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Clell Hazard
1987
6.2
Biography
as Self
1987
6.5
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1985
0.0
Kiss Me Goodbye
as Jolly
1982
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Bolero
as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
1981
6.9
Thief
as Frank
1981
7.2
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
1981
8.9
Hide in Plain Sight
as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
1980
5.3
1941
as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
1979
5.8
Chapter Two
as George Schneider
1979
5.7
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
as Self (uncredited)
1979
1.0
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
1979
1.0
Comes a Horseman
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
1978
6.1
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
1977
8.6
Another Man, Another Chance
as David Williams
1977
6.0
A Bridge Too Far
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
1977
7.2
Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Harry Digby
1976
5.6
Silent Movie
as Self
1976
6.5
The Killer Elite
as Mike Locken
1975
5.7
Rickles
1975
0.0
Gone with the West
as Jud McGraw
1975
2.1
Rollerball
as Jonathan E.
1975
6.3
Funny Lady
as Billy Rose
1975
5.2
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
as Self
1975
2.0
🎬
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
1975
0.0
Freebie and the Bean
as Freebie
1974
6.1
The Godfather Part II
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
1974
8.6
The Gambler
as Axel
1974
6.7
Cinderella Liberty
as John Baggs Jr.
1973
6.6
Slither
as Dick Kanipsia
1973
5.7
The Godfather
as Sonny Corleone
1972
8.7
Brian's Song
as Brian Piccolo
1971
7.2
T.R. Baskin
as Larry Moore
1971
4.8
🎬
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
as Self
1971
0.0
Rabbit, Run
as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
1970
3.0
The Rain People
as Jimmy Kilgannon
1969
6.5
Filmmaker
as Self (uncredited)
1968
7.1
Journey to Shiloh
as Buck Burnett
1968
5.3
Submarine X-1
as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
1968
6.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
Games
as Paul Montgomery
1967
6.1
Countdown
as Lee Stegler
1967
5.7
El Dorado
as Mississippi
1966
7.4
Red Line 7000
as Mike
1965
5.2
The F.B.I.
as Eugene David Holt
1965
5.4
Get Smart
as Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
1965
7.9
The Glory Guys
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
1965
6.5
Lady in a Cage
as Randall Simpson O'Connell
1964
6.1
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Rick Peterson
1963
5.3
Irma la Douce
as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
1963
7.4
Combat!
as Sgt. Beckman
1962
7.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
1962
7.9
The Wide Country
as Buddie Simpson
1962
6.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as Charley Johnson
1961
5.5
Route 66
1960
6.3
The Untouchables
as Keir Brannon
1959
7.8
Naked City
as Marty Feketi
1958
5.5
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
7.2