James Caan

Known for ActingBorn 1940-03-26Died 2022-07-06The Bronx, 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).Read more

Movies & web series

Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle

Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle

The Godfather

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels

The Godfather Part II

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Misery Loves Company

The Simpsons

Hawaii Five-0

Dogville

Detachment

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

Misery

Get Smart

The Untouchables

Combat!

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

Family Guy

NewsRadio

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

King on Screen

The Godfather Legacy

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

Crossing Jordan

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Godfather and the Mob

Thief

Leçon de Cinéma

Las Vegas

El Dorado

Irma la Douce

Brian's Song

The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

Filmmaker

A Bridge Too Far

The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!

Brando

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

The American West

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Altman

Bolero