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