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James Caan

Actor, Writer, Director
Born March 26, 1940Died July 6, 2022 (82 years)
James Edmund Caan (/kɑːn/ KAHN; 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).

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Detachment
  • New York, I Love You
  • Middle Men
  • The Way of the Gun
  • Henry's Crime
  • The Good Neighbor
  • Undercover Grandpa
  • Route 66
  • Holy Lands
  • North Star
  • Death Valley Days
  • Con Man
  • For the Love of Money
  • The Glory Guys
  • Gone with the West
  • JL Family Ranch 2
  • Good Enough

Known For

  • The Godfather
  • Misery
  • Elf
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
  • Rollerball
  • Thief
  • Eraser
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
  • Get Smart
  • A Bridge Too Far
  • Mickey Blue Eyes
  • Detachment
  • Bottle Rocket
  • Alien Nation
  • Dogville
  • Bulletproof
  • That's My Boy
  • The Program
  • El Dorado
  • Brian's Song
  • Middle Men
  • Fast Charlie
  • The Gambler
  • The Killer Elite

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2023
    Fast Charlie · as Stan Mullen
    2021
    Queen Bees · as Dan
    2020
    2020
    2018
    Out of Blue · as Col. Tom Rockwell
    2018
    Con Man · as Agent Gamble
    2017
    2017
    2017
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (TV Series) · as Tim Lockwood
    2016
    Good Enough · as Roger Flynn
    2016
    The Red Maple Leaf · as Senator George Lawrence Secord
    2016
    JL Ranch · as Tap
    2016
    The Good Neighbor · as Harold Grainey
    2015
    Sicilian Vampire · as Professor Bernard Issaacs
    2015
    Elstree 1976 · as Jonathan E.
    2015
    The Wrong Boyfriend · as Earnshaw
    2015
    The Throwaways · as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
    2014
    Preggoland · as Walter
    2014
    A Fighting Man · as Mike 'brother' Albright
    2014
    The Outsider · as Schuuster
    2013
    The Tale of The Princess Kaguya · as The Bamboo Cutter
    2013
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 · as Tim Lockwood (voice)
    2013
    Back in the Game (TV Series) · as Terry 'the Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
    2013
    Blood Ties · as Leon
    2012
    2012
    That's My Boy · as Father Mcnally
    2012
    Magic City (TV Series) · as Sy Berman
    2012
    Small Apartments · as Mr. Allspice
    2011
    Detachment · as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
    2010
    Hawaii Five-0 (2010) (TV Series) · as Tony Archer
    2010
    Henry's Crime · as Max Saltzman
    2009
    Mercy · as Gerry Ryan
    2009
    The Annoying Orange (TV Series) · as Jalapeno
    2009
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs · as Tim Lockwood (voice)
    2009
    Middle Men · as Jerry Haggerty
    2008
    New York, I Love You · as Mr. Riccoli, The Pharmacist
    2008
    Get Smart · as The President
    2008
    Wisegal · as Salvatore Palmeri
    2005
    2005
    Santa's Slay · as Darren Mason
    2003
    Elf · as Walter
    2003
    Las Vegas (TV Series) · as Ed Deline
    2003
    The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie · as Mr. Harry Dewitt
    2003
    Dogville · as The Big Man
    2003
    Jericho Mansions · as Leonard Grey
    2002
    This Thing of Ours · as Jimmy
    2002
    Blood Crime · as Sheriff Morgan Mckenna
    2002
    City of Ghosts · as Marvin
    2002
    Lathe of Heaven · as Dr. William Haber
    2001
    Night at the Golden Eagle · as Prison Warden
    2001
    Crossing Jordan (TV Series) · as Ed Deline
    2001
    Viva Las Nowhere · as Roy Baker
    2001
    In the Shadows · as Lance Huston
    2001
    A Glimpse of Hell · as Capt. Fred Moosally
    2001
    Warden of Red Rock · as John Flinders
    2000
    2000
    Luckytown · as Charlie Doyles
    2000
    The Yards · as Frank Olchin
    1999
    Mickey Blue Eyes · as Frank Vitale
    1999
    Family Guy (TV Series) · as James Caan (voice)
    1998
    This Is My Father · as Kieran Johnson
    1998
    Poodle Springs · as Philip Marlowe
    1996
    Bulletproof · as Frank Colton
    1996
    Eraser · as U.s. Marshal Robert Deguerin
    1996
    Bottle Rocket · as Mr. Abe Henry
    1996
    North Star · as Sean Mclennon
    1995
    1995
    NewsRadio (TV Series) · as James Caan (uncredited)
    1993
    Flesh and Bone · as Roy Sweeney
    1993
    The Program · as Sam Winters
    1992
    1992
    Earth and the American Dream · as Reader (voice)
    1992
    Honeymoon in Vegas · as Tommy Korman
    1992
    1991
    For the Boys · as Eddie Sparks
    1991
    The Dark Backward · as Dr. Scurvy
    1990
    Misery · as Paul Sheldon
    1990
    Hollywood Mavericks · as Kilgannon
    1990
    Dick Tracy · as Spaldoni
    1989
    The Simpsons (TV Series) · as James Caan (voice)
    1988
    Alien Nation · as Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes
    1987
    Gardens of Stone · as Sgt. Clell Hazard
    1982
    Kiss Me Goodbye · as Jolly
    1981
    Les uns et les autres (TV Series) · as Glenn Jr.
    1981
    Bolero · as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
    1981
    Thief · as Frank
    1980
    Hide in Plain Sight · as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
    1979
    1941 · as Sailor In Fight (uncredited)
    1979
    Chapter Two · as George Schneider
    1978
    Comes a Horseman · as Frank 'buck' Athearn
    1977
    The Godfather: A Novel for Television (TV Series) · as Santino "sonny" Corleone
    1977
    Another Man, Another Chance · as David Williams
    1977
    A Bridge Too Far · as Ssgt. Eddie Dohun
    1976
    1975
    The Killer Elite · as Mike Locken
    1975
    1975
    Rollerball · as Jonathan E.
    1975
    Funny Lady · as Billy Rose
    1974
    1974
    Freebie and the Bean · as Freebie
    1974
    The Godfather Part II · as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
    1974
    The Gambler · as Axel Freed
    1973
    Cinderella Liberty · as John Baggs Jr.
    1973
    Slither · as Dick Kanipsia
    1972
    The Godfather · as Sonny Corleone
    1971
    Brian's Song · as Brian Piccolo
    1971
    T.R. Baskin · as Larry Moore
    1970
    Rabbit, Run · as Harry "rabbit" Angstrom
    1969
    The Rain People · as Jimmy Kilgannon
    1968
    Journey to Shiloh · as Buck Burnett
    1968
    Submarine X-1 · as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, Rnvr
    1967
    Games · as Paul Montgomery
    1967
    Countdown · as Lee Stegler
    1966
    El Dorado · as Mississippi
    1965
    Red Line 7000 · as Mike
    1965
    Get Smart (TV Series) · as Rupert Of Rathskeller (uncredited)
    1965
    The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Eugene David Holt
    1965
    The Glory Guys · as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
    1964
    Lady in a Cage · as Randall Simpson O'connell
    1963
    Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Rick Peterson
    1963
    Channing (TV Series) · as Jeff Brubaker
    1963
    Breaking Point (TV Series) · as Gerry
    1963
    Irma la Douce · as Soldier With Radio (uncredited)
    1962
    Combat! (TV Series) · as Sgt. Beckman
    1962
    The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Dr. Dick Harris
    1962
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
    1962
    The Wide Country (TV Series) · as Buddie Simpson
    1961
    Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Arch Williams
    1961
    Ben Casey (TV Series)
    1961
    Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Charley Johnson
    1960
    Route 66 (TV Series)
    1959
    The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Cast
    1959
    The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Keir Brannon
    1958
    Naked City (TV Series) · as Marty Feketi
    1957
    Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Paul
    1952
    Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Bob

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