James Caan
Known for
Acting
Born
March 26, 1940
Birthplace
The Bronx, New York, USA
Died
July 6, 2022 (aged 82)
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 th...
Best known work
The Godfather
1972
The Godfather Part II
1974
The Simpsons
1989
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
Misery
1990
Family Guy
1999
Elf
2003
Get Smart
2008
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013
Dogville
2003Filmography
2024
2023
Fast Charlieas Stan Mullen
2023
King on Screenas Self
2022
2021
Queen Beesas Dan
2020
2020
2019
It Takes a Lunaticas Self
2019
Out of Blueas Col. Tom Rockwell
2019
Holy Landsas Harry
2018
Con Manas Agent Gamble
2017
Good Enoughas Roger Flynn
2017
Undercover Grandpaas Grandpa
2017
The Red Maple Leafas Senator George Lawrence Secord
2016
The Good Neighboras Harold Grainey
2016
J.L. Family Ranchas Tap
2016
2015
Sicilian Vampireas Professor Bernard Issaacs
2015
The Outsideras Schuuster
2015
Wuthering Highas Earnshaw
2015
The Throwawaysas Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desireas Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
Preggolandas Walter
2014
Altmanas Self
2014
A Fighting Manas Mike 'Brother' Albright