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).
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-03-26
Place of birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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Cast
The Godfather Part II
1974
8.57
Dogville
2003
7.80
Alien Nation
1988
6.04
Mickey Blue Eyes
1999
5.69
The Way of the Gun
2000
6.32
Misery
1990
7.75
Poodle Springs
1998
5.38
Elf
2003
6.66
Bulletproof
1996
5.71
Silent Movie
1976
6.54
A Bridge Too Far
1977
7.21
Freebie and the Bean
1974
6.06
Thief
1981
7.20
El Dorado
1966
7.40
Rollerball
1975
6.28
The Killer Elite
1975
5.70
Get Smart
2008
6.20
City of Ghosts
2002
5.80
Misery Loves Company
2003
7.00
For the Boys
1991
6.20
This Is My Father
1999
5.40
Santa's Slay
2005
5.47
Eraser
1996
6.08
Lathe of Heaven
2002
5.70
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
5.65
Countdown
1967
5.70
Bottle Rocket
1996
6.70
Gardens of Stone
1987
6.19
In the Shadows
2001
5.25
Chapter Two
1979
5.70
Comes a Horseman
1978
6.09
Hollywood Gangster
2008
0.00
Lady in a Cage
1964
6.10
Bolero
1981
6.90
The Glory Guys
1965
6.50
Blood Crime
2002
5.30
The Gambler
1974
6.70
His Way
2011
6.40
Mercy
2009
5.17
A Glimpse of Hell
2001
4.90
Middle Men
2009
6.48
Luckytown
2000
5.30
Submarine X-1
1968
6.00
Funny Lady
1975
5.20
Hide in Plain Sight
1980
5.30
Brian's Song
1971
7.22
Flesh and Bone
1993
6.00
The Program
1993
6.40
Red Line 7000
1965
5.20
King on Screen
2023
6.93
Wisegal
2008
5.30
The Yards
2000
6.20
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982
5.80
Henry's Crime
2010
5.80
Night at the Golden Eagle
2002
4.21
Detachment
2011
7.62
Jericho Mansions
2003
4.74
Cinderella Liberty
1973
6.60
Games
1967
6.12
Small Apartments
2012
5.80
The Godfather
1972
8.69
Slither
1973
5.68
That's My Boy
2012
5.81
The Rain People
1969
6.48
Irma la Douce
1963
7.41
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
7.20
Dead Simple
2001
4.40
Rabbit, Run
1970
3.00
For the Love of Money
2012
4.27
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
6.00
T.R. Baskin
1971
4.80
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976
5.67
Blood Ties
2013
6.13
North Star
1996
4.72
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
6.16
A Fighting Man
2014
5.40
The Outsider
2015
4.45
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
7.30
Fast Charlie
2023
6.16
Journey to Shiloh
1968
5.30
A Boy Called Hate
1996
4.33
New York, I Love You
2008
5.94
Gone with the West
1975
2.10
The Godfather Legacy
2012
7.21
Altman
2014
6.60
Preggoland
2014
5.70
The Throwaways
2015
5.40
Wuthering High
2015
5.10
The Good Neighbor
2016
6.21
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971
0.00
Brando
2007
6.80
The Godfather and the Mob
2006
7.00
J.L. Family Ranch
2016
5.90
Sicilian Vampire
2015
3.40
Warden of Red Rock
2001
5.20
This Thing of Ours
2002
3.40
Con Man
2018
5.00
The Dark Backward
1991
5.62
Undercover Grandpa
2017
5.62
Out of Blue
2019
5.20
1941
1979
5.78
The Red Maple Leaf
2017
4.30
Dick Tracy
1990
6.14
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
1975
2.00
Holy Lands
2019
6.10
Queen Bees
2021
5.96
Filmmaker
1968
7.10
Good Enough
2017
5.80
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
8.90
It Takes a Lunatic
2019
5.30
Earth and the American Dream
1992
6.70
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
2008
5.00
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997
5.80
Rickles
1975
0.00
Night of 100 Stars
1982
6.70
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024
2.00
