James Caan
Acting • Born 1940-03-26 – Died 2022-07-06
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).
Filmography
169 credits
The Godfather Part II
Movie • 1974
Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
Dogville
Movie • 2003
The Big Man
Alien Nation
Movie • 1988
Matthew Sykes
Mickey Blue Eyes
Movie • 1999
Frank Vitale
The Way of the Gun
Movie • 2000
Joe Sarno
Misery
Movie • 1990
Paul Sheldon
Poodle Springs
Movie • 1998
Philip Marlowe
Elf
Movie • 2003
Walter
Bulletproof
Movie • 1996
Frank Colton
Silent Movie
Movie • 1976
Self
A Bridge Too Far
Movie • 1977
SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Movie • 2009
Tim Lockwood (voice)
Freebie and the Bean
Movie • 1974
Freebie
Thief
Movie • 1981
Frank
El Dorado
Movie • 1966
Mississippi
Rollerball
Movie • 1975
Jonathan E.
The Killer Elite
Movie • 1975
Mike Locken
Get Smart
Movie • 2008
The President
City of Ghosts
Movie • 2002
Marvin
Misery Loves Company
Movie • 2003
Self
For the Boys
Movie • 1991
Eddie Sparks
This Is My Father
Movie • 1999
Kieran Johnson
Santa's Slay
Movie • 2005
Darren Mason
Eraser
Movie • 1996
U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
Lathe of Heaven
Movie • 2002
Dr. William Haber
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Movie • 2016
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Honeymoon in Vegas
Movie • 1992
Tommy Korman
Countdown
Movie • 1967
Lee Stegler
Bottle Rocket
Movie • 1996
Mr. Abe Henry
Gardens of Stone
Movie • 1987
Sgt. Clell Hazard
In the Shadows
Movie • 2001
Lance Huston
Chapter Two
Movie • 1979
George Schneider
Comes a Horseman
Movie • 1978
Frank 'Buck' Athearn
Hollywood Gangster
Movie • 2008
Self
Lady in a Cage
Movie • 1964
Randall Simpson O'Connell
Bolero
Movie • 1981
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
The Glory Guys
Movie • 1965
Pvt. Anthony Dugan
Blood Crime
Movie • 2002
Sheriff Morgan McKenna
The Gambler
Movie • 1974
Axel
His Way
Movie • 2011
Self
Mercy
Movie • 2009
Gerry Ryan
A Glimpse of Hell
Movie • 2001
Capt. Fred Moosally
Middle Men
Movie • 2009
Jerry Haggerty
Luckytown
Movie • 2000
Charlie Doyles
Submarine X-1
Movie • 1968
Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
Funny Lady
Movie • 1975
Billy Rose
Hide in Plain Sight
Movie • 1980
Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
Brian's Song
Movie • 1971
Brian Piccolo
Flesh and Bone
Movie • 1993
Roy Sweeney
The Program
Movie • 1993
Sam Winters
Red Line 7000
Movie • 1965
Mike
King on Screen
Movie • 2023
Self
Wisegal
Movie • 2008
Salvatore Palmeri
The Yards
Movie • 2000
Frank Olchin
Kiss Me Goodbye
Movie • 1982
Jolly
Henry's Crime
Movie • 2010
Max Saltzman
Night at the Golden Eagle
Movie • 2002
Prison Warden
Detachment
Movie • 2011
Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Jericho Mansions
Movie • 2003
Leonard Grey
Cinderella Liberty
Movie • 1973
John Baggs Jr.
Games
Movie • 1967
Paul Montgomery
Small Apartments
Movie • 2012
Mr. Allspice
The Godfather
Movie • 1972
Sonny Corleone
Slither
Movie • 1973
Dick Kanipsia
That's My Boy
Movie • 2012
Father McNally
The Rain People
Movie • 1969
Jimmy Kilgannon
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Movie • 2013
Tim Lockwood (voice)
Irma la Douce
Movie • 1963
Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Movie • 2004
Mr. Harry Dewitt
Dead Simple
Movie • 2001
Roy Baker
Rabbit, Run
Movie • 1970
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
For the Love of Money
Movie • 2012
Micky
Another Man, Another Chance
Movie • 1977
David Williams
T.R. Baskin
Movie • 1971
Larry Moore
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Movie • 1976
Harry Digby
Blood Ties
Movie • 2013
Leon
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Movie • 1999
Self
North Star
Movie • 1996
Sean McLennon
Seduced and Abandoned
Movie • 2013
Self
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 1979
Self
A Fighting Man
Movie • 2014
Mike 'Brother' Albright
The Outsider
Movie • 2015
Schuuster
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Movie • 2005
Fast Charlie
Movie • 2023
Stan Mullen
Journey to Shiloh
Movie • 1968
Buck Burnett
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
Movie • 2004
A Boy Called Hate
Movie • 1996
Jim
New York, I Love You
Movie • 2008
Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
Gone with the West
Movie • 1975
Jud McGraw
The Godfather Legacy
Movie • 2012
Self
Altman
Movie • 2014
Self
Preggoland
Movie • 2014
Walter
The Throwaways
Movie • 2015
Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
Wuthering High
Movie • 2015
Earnshaw
The Good Neighbor
Movie • 2016
Harold Grainey
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Movie • 1971
Self
Brando
Movie • 2007
Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Movie • 1990
Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
The Godfather and the Mob
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
J.L. Family Ranch
Movie • 2016
Tap
Sicilian Vampire
Movie • 2015
Professor Bernard Issaacs
Warden of Red Rock
Movie • 2001
John Flinders
This Thing of Ours
Movie • 2002
Jimmy
Con Man
Movie • 2018
Agent Gamble
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Movie • 2007
Self
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
Movie • 1979
Self (uncredited)
The Dark Backward
Movie • 1991
Dr. Scurvy
Undercover Grandpa
Movie • 2017
Grandpa
Out of Blue
Movie • 2019
Col. Tom Rockwell
1941
Movie • 1979
Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
The Red Maple Leaf
Movie • 2017
Senator George Lawrence Secord
Dick Tracy
Movie • 1990
Spaldoni
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Movie • 2001
Self
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Movie • 1975
Self
Holy Lands
Movie • 2019
Harry
Queen Bees
Movie • 2021
Dan
Filmmaker
Movie • 1968
Self (uncredited)
Good Enough
Movie • 2017
Roger Flynn
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Movie • 1992
Sonny Corleone
It Takes a Lunatic
Movie • 2019
Self
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Movie • 2009
Self (voice)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Movie • 2014
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Earth and the American Dream
Movie • 1992
Reader (voice)
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
Movie • 1993
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
Movie • 2008
Self
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
Movie • 2020
Tap
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
Movie • 1975
Howard Hawks: American Artist
Movie • 1997
Self
Rickles
Movie • 1975
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
Movie • 1992
Self (uncredited)
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
Movie • 1985
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
Movie • 2006
Self (uncredited)
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Movie • 2024
Self
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Movie • 1999
Self
Playboy's Playmate Party
Movie • 1977
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
Movie • 1999
Superstunt
Movie • 1977
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
James Caan (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Family Guy
TV • 1999
James Caan (voice)
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Rick Peterson
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Eugene David Holt
Las Vegas
TV • 2003
Ed Deline
Route 66
TV • 1960
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Ed Deline
Naked City
TV • 1958
Marty Feketi
Combat!
TV • 1962
Sgt. Beckman
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
TV • 2020
Self
The Wide Country
TV • 1962
Buddie Simpson
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Charley Johnson
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Tony Archer
Back in the Game
TV • 2013
Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Guest
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Keir Brannon
Secrets of Playboy
TV • 2022
Self
The American West
TV • 2016
Self
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
TV • 1977
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Leçon de Cinéma
TV • 2004
Self
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
NewsRadio
TV • 1995
James Caan (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
Biography
TV • 1987
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self