James Caan
Acting1940The Bronx, New York City, 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
Acting History
2023
Fast Charlie
as Stan Mullen
King on Screen
as Self
2022
Secrets of Playboy
TVas Self
2021
Queen Bees
as Dan
2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
TVas Self
2019
Out of Blue
as Col. Tom Rockwell
Holy Lands
as Harry
2018
Con Man
as Agent Gamble
2017
Good Enough
as Roger Flynn
The Red Maple Leaf
as Senator George Lawrence Secord
Undercover Grandpa
as Grandpa
2016
The Good Neighbor
as Harold Grainey
The American West
TVas Self
2015
2014
2013
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
Blood Ties
as Leon
Back in the Game
TVas Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
2012
The Godfather Legacy
as Self
That's My Boy
as Father McNally
Small Apartments
as Mr. Allspice
For the Love of Money
as Micky
Hawaii Five-0
TVas Tony Archer• 1 eps
2011
His Way
as Self
Detachment
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
2010
Henry's Crime
as Max Saltzman
Family Guy
TVas James Caan (voice)• 1 eps
2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
Middle Men
as Jerry Haggerty
Mercy
as Gerry Ryan
2008
Get Smart
as The President
New York, I Love You
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
Hollywood Gangster
as Self
Wisegal
as Salvatore Palmeri
2007
2006
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
2005
Santa's Slay
as Darren Mason
2004
The Simpsons
TVas James Caan (voice)• 1 eps
Crossing Jordan
TVas Ed Deline• 1 eps
Leçon de Cinéma
TVas Self
2003
Misery Loves Company
as Self
Elf
as Walter
Jericho Mansions
as Leonard Grey
Dogville
as The Big Man
Las Vegas
TVas Ed Deline• 88 eps
Biography
TVas Self• 1 eps
2002
Night at the Golden Eagle
as Prison Warden
City of Ghosts
as Marvin
Blood Crime
as Sheriff Morgan McKenna
This Thing of Ours
as Jimmy
2001
In the Shadows
as Lance Huston
A Glimpse of Hell
as Capt. Fred Moosally
2000
1999
Mickey Blue Eyes
as Frank Vitale
This Is My Father
as Kieran Johnson
1998
Poodle Springs
as Philip Marlowe
1996
Bulletproof
as Frank Colton
North Star
as Sean McLennon
Bottle Rocket
as Mr. Abe Henry
Eraser
as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TVas Self - Guest
NewsRadio
TVas James Caan (uncredited)• 1 eps
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
TVas Self
1993
The Program
as Sam Winters
Flesh and Bone
as Roy Sweeney
1992
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Sonny Corleone
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Tommy Korman
1991
For the Boys
as Eddie Sparks
The Dark Backward
as Dr. Scurvy
1990
Dick Tracy
as Spaldoni
Misery
as Paul Sheldon
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
1988
Alien Nation
as Matthew Sykes
1987
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Clell Hazard
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TVWriter
1982
Kiss Me Goodbye
as Jolly
1980
Hide in Plain Sight
as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
Hide in Plain Sight
Director
1979
1941
as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
1978
Comes a Horseman
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
1977
A Bridge Too Far
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
TVas Santino "Sonny" Corleone• 4 eps
1976
Silent Movie
as Self
Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Harry Digby
1975
Rollerball
as Jonathan E.
Funny Lady
as Billy Rose
The Killer Elite
as Mike Locken
Gone with the West
as Jud McGraw
1974
The Gambler
as Axel
Freebie and the Bean
as Freebie
The Godfather Part II
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
The Godfather Part II
Thanks
1973
Cinderella Liberty
as John Baggs Jr.
Slither
as Dick Kanipsia
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee / Presenter• 1 eps
1972
The Godfather
as Sonny Corleone
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TVas Self• 1 eps
1971
Brian's Song
as Brian Piccolo
T.R. Baskin
as Larry Moore
1969
The Rain People
as Jimmy Kilgannon
The F.B.I.
TVas Eugene David Holt• 1 eps
Get Smart
TVas Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)• 2 eps
1968
Journey to Shiloh
as Buck Burnett
Submarine X-1
as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
1966
El Dorado
as Mississippi
1965
The Glory Guys
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
1964
Lady in a Cage
as Randall Simpson O'Connell
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVas Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone• 1 eps
1963
Irma la Douce
as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
Combat!
TVas Sgt. Beckman• 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Rick Peterson• 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
TVas Charley Johnson• 1 eps
1962
The Untouchables
TVas Keir Brannon• 1 eps
1961
