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).
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Simpsons
1989
Family Guy
1999
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Crossing Jordan
2001
Las Vegas
2003
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Get Smart
1965
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Simpsons
as James Caan (voice) · 1989
Family Guy
as James Caan (voice) · 1999
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Guest · 1961
Hawaii Five-0
as Tony Archer · 2010
Crossing Jordan
as Ed Deline · 2001
Las Vegas
as Ed Deline · 2003
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1944
Get Smart
as Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited) · 1965
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone · 1962
Dr. Kildare
as Charley Johnson · 1961
The Godfather
as Sonny Corleone · 1972
Naked City
as Marty Feketi · 1958
The Untouchables
as Keir Brannon · 1959
The F.B.I.
as Eugene David Holt · 1965
Ben Casey
· 1961
Combat!
as Sgt. Beckman · 1962
Route 66
· 1960
NewsRadio
as James Caan (uncredited) · 1995
The Godfather Part II
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited) · 1974
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Rick Peterson · 1963
Biography
as Self · 1987
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self · 1968
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Tim Lockwood (voice) · 2009
Ciné regards
as Self · 1978
Get Smart
as The President · 2008
Misery
as Paul Sheldon · 1990
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
as Tim Lockwood (voice) · 2013
That's My Boy
as Father McNally · 2012
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest · 1996
Elf
as Walter · 2003
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
as Santino "Sonny" Corleone · 1977
Dogville
as The Big Man · 2003
Leçon de Cinéma
as Self · 2004
Annoying Orange
as Jalapeño · 2009
A Bridge Too Far
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun · 1977
Detachment
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt · 2011
Eraser
as DeGuerin · 1996
Fast Charlie
as Stan Mullen · 2023
Blood Ties
as Leon · 2013
New York, I Love You
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist · 2008
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self · 2020
Back in the Game
as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr. · 2013
The Yards
as Frank Olchin · 2000
Henry's Crime
as Max Saltzman · 2010
Dick Tracy
as Spaldoni · 1990
The American West
as Self · 2016
1941
as Sailor in Fight (uncredited) · 1979
Mickey Blue Eyes
as Frank Vitale · 1999
El Dorado
as Mississippi · 1966
Thief
as Frank · 1981
Flesh and Bone
as Roy Sweeney · 1993
Bottle Rocket
as Mr. Abe Henry · 1996
Secrets of Playboy
as Self · 2022
Bulletproof
as Frank Colton · 1996
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as Self (voice) · 2009
Irma la Douce
as Soldier with Radio (uncredited) · 1963
The Way of the Gun
as Joe Sarno · 2000
Silent Movie
as James Caan · 1976
Rollerball
as Jonathan E. · 1975
The Outsider
as Schuuster · 2015
Alien Nation
as Matthew Sykes · 1988
The Wide Country
as Buddie Simpson · 1962
The Good Neighbor
as Harold Grainey · 2016
Small Apartments
as Mr. Allspice · 2012
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Clell Hazard · 1987
Middle Men
as Jerry Haggerty · 2009
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Sonny Corleone · 1992
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Tommy Korman · 1992
Funny Lady
as Billy Rose · 1975
The Gambler
as Axel · 1974
Freebie and the Bean
as Freebie · 1974
Comes a Horseman
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn · 1978
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
as Self · 2001
Santa's Slay
as Darren Mason · 2005
Altman
as Self · 2014
Lady in a Cage
as Randall Simpson O'Connell · 1964
City of Ghosts
as Marvin · 2002
The Throwaways
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden · 2015
For the Boys
as Eddie Sparks · 1991
Out of Blue
as Col. Tom Rockwell · 2019
The Program
as Sam Winters · 1993
Poodle Springs
as Philip Marlowe · 1998
The Rain People
as Jimmy Kilgannon · 1969
Queen Bees
as Dan · 2021
King on Screen
as Self · 2023
The Killer Elite
as Mike Locken · 1975
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Superstunt
as Self · 1977
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone · 1990
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
· 1999
Sicilian Vampire
as Professor Bernard Issaacs · 2015
Night of 100 Stars
as Self · 1982
For the Love of Money
as Micky · 2012
This Is My Father
as Kieran Johnson · 1999
Preggoland
as Walter · 2014
Holy Lands
as Harry · 2019
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
as Self (uncredited) · 1979
Another Man, Another Chance
as David Williams · 1977
Undercover Grandpa
as Grandpa · 2017
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self · 2007
Bolero
as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn · 1981
A Fighting Man
as Mike 'Brother' Albright · 2014
J.L. Family Ranch
as Tap · 2016
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage) · 2014
Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Harry Digby · 1976
Seduced and Abandoned
as Self · 2013
Con Man
as Agent Gamble · 2018
Warden of Red Rock
as John Flinders · 2001
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
as Tap · 2020
A Glimpse of Hell
as Capt. Fred Moosally · 2001
In the Shadows
as Lance Huston · 2001
The Glory Guys
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan · 1965
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mr. Harry Dewitt · 2004
Journey to Shiloh
as Buck Burnett · 1968
Red Line 7000
as Mike · 1965
Kiss Me Goodbye
as Jolly · 1982
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Self · 1979
Brian's Song
as Brian Piccolo · 1971
Playboy's Playmate Party
· 1977
Chuck Zito: An American Story
as Self · 2024
Gone with the West
as Jud McGraw · 1975
Countdown
as Lee Stegler · 1967
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
as Self · 1971
Brando
as Self · 2007
It Takes a Lunatic
as Self · 2019
Elf: That's a Wrap
as Self · 2004
Hide in Plain Sight
as Thomas Hacklin, Jr. · 1980
The Red Maple Leaf
as Senator George Lawrence Secord · 2017
Night at the Golden Eagle
as Prison Warden · 2002
Games
as Paul Montgomery · 1967
Wisegal
as Salvatore Palmeri · 2008
This Thing of Ours
as Jimmy · 2002
Blood Crime
as Sheriff Morgan McKenna · 2002
A Boy Called Hate
as Jim · 1996
Filmmaker
as Self (uncredited) · 1968
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice) · 1992
Elf: Film School for Kids
as Self · 2004
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
as Self · 2008
The Dark Backward
as Dr. Scurvy · 1991
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
as Self · 1999
His Way
as Self · 2011
Luckytown
as Charlie Doyles · 2000
Howard Hawks: American Artist
as Self · 1997
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
· 1985
Chapter Two
as George Schneider · 1979
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
· 2004
The Godfather and the Mob
as Self (archive footage) · 2006
Cinderella Liberty
as John Baggs Jr. · 1973
North Star
as Sean McLennon · 1996
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
as Self · 1975
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
· 2005
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
as Self · 1999
Lathe of Heaven
as Dr. William Haber · 2002
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
· 1993
Slither
as Dick Kanipsia · 1973
Rabbit, Run
as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom · 1970
Jericho Mansions
as Leonard Grey · 2003
T.R. Baskin
as Larry Moore · 1971
Submarine X-1
as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR · 1968
Mercy
as Gerry Ryan · 2009
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
as Self (uncredited) · 1992
Misery Loves Company
as Self · 2003
Wuthering High
as Earnshaw · 2015
The Godfather Legacy
as Self · 2012
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
· 1975
Dead Simple
as Roy Baker · 2001
Good Enough
as Roger Flynn · 2017
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
as Self (uncredited) · 2006
Rickles
· 1975
Hollywood Gangster
as Self · 2008
Playmate Pajama Party
as self · 1999