James Caan
Acting
Born March 26, 1940 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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).
Directed (1)
Acting (138)
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024
Fast Charlie
2023
King on Screen
2023
Queen Bees
2021
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
2020
It Takes a Lunatic
2019
Out of Blue
2019
Holy Lands
2019
Con Man
2018
Good Enough
2017
Undercover Grandpa
2017
The Red Maple Leaf
2017
The Good Neighbor
2016
J.L. Family Ranch
2016
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
Sicilian Vampire
2015
The Outsider
2015
Wuthering High
2015
The Throwaways
2015
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
Preggoland
2014
Altman
2014
A Fighting Man
2014
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013
Blood Ties
2013
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
The Godfather Legacy
2012
That's My Boy
2012
For the Love of Money
2012
Small Apartments
2012
Detachment
2011
His Way
2011
Henry's Crime
2010
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
Mercy
2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
Middle Men
2009
Hollywood Gangster
2008
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
2008
New York, I Love You
2008
Get Smart
2008
Wisegal
2008
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
Brando
2007
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
2006
The Godfather and the Mob
2006
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
Santa's Slay
2005
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
2004
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
Elf
2003
Dogville
2003
Jericho Mansions
2003
Misery Loves Company
2003
Blood Crime
2002
City of Ghosts
2002
Lathe of Heaven
2002
Night at the Golden Eagle
2002
This Thing of Ours
2002
Dead Simple
2001
In the Shadows
2001
Warden of Red Rock
2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
A Glimpse of Hell
2001
The Way of the Gun
2000
Luckytown
2000
The Yards
2000
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
Mickey Blue Eyes
1999
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999
This Is My Father
1999
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999
Poodle Springs
1998
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997
Bulletproof
1996
Eraser
1996
A Boy Called Hate
1996
Bottle Rocket
1996
North Star
1996
Flesh and Bone
1993
The Program
1993
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
1993
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
Earth and the American Dream
1992
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
1992
For the Boys
1991
The Dark Backward
1991
Misery
1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
Dick Tracy
1990
Alien Nation
1988
Gardens of Stone
1987
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1985
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Bolero
1981
Thief
1981
Hide in Plain Sight
1980
Chapter Two
1979
1941
1979
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
1979
Comes a Horseman
1978
Superstunt
1977
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
A Bridge Too Far
1977
Silent Movie
1976
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976
The Killer Elite
1975
Rickles
1975
Gone with the West
1975
Rollerball
1975
Funny Lady
1975
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
1975
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
1975
Freebie and the Bean
1974
The Godfather Part II
1974
The Gambler
1974
Cinderella Liberty
1973
Slither
1973
The Godfather
1972
Brian's Song
1971
T.R. Baskin
1971
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971
Rabbit, Run
1970
The Rain People
1969
Filmmaker
1968
Journey to Shiloh
1968
Submarine X-1
1968
Games
1967
Countdown
1967
El Dorado
1966
Red Line 7000
1965
The Glory Guys
1965
Lady in a Cage
1964
Irma la Douce
1963