JC
James Caan
Actor, Writer, Director
Died 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).
Description above from the Wikipedia article James Caan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
| 2021 | Queen Bees · as Dan |
| 2018 | Con Man · as Agent Gamble |
| 2018 | Out of Blue · as Col. Tom Rockwell |
| 2017 | Undercover Grandpa · as Grandpa |
| 2017 | Holy Lands · as Harry |
| 2016 | The Good Neighbor · as Harold Grainey |
| 2016 | JL Ranch · as Tap |
| 2016 | The Red Maple Leaf · as Senator George Lawrence Secord |
| 2016 | Good Enough · as Roger Flynn |
| 2015 | The Throwaways · as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden |
| 2015 | Elstree 1976 · as Jonathan E. |
| 2015 | The Wrong Boyfriend · as Earnshaw |
| 2014 | A Fighting Man · as Mike 'Brother' Albright |
| 2014 | Preggoland · as Walter |
| 2014 | The Outsider · as Schuuster |
| 2013 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 · as Tim Lockwood (voice) |
| 2013 | The Tale of The Princess Kaguya · as The Bamboo Cutter |
| 2013 | Blood Ties · as Leon |
| 2013 | Back in the Game (TV Series) · as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr. |
| 2012 | That's My Boy · as Father McNally |
| 2012 | For the Love of Money · as Micky |
| 2012 | Magic City (TV Series) · as Sy Berman |
| 2012 | Small Apartments · as Mr. Allspice |
| 2011 | Detachment · as Mr. Charles Seaboldt |
| 2010 | Henry's Crime · as Max Saltzman |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs · as Tim Lockwood (voice) |
| 2009 | Mercy · as Gerry Ryan |
| 2009 | Middle Men · as Jerry Haggerty |
| 2009 | The Annoying Orange (TV Series) · as Jalapeno |
| 2008 | Wisegal · as Salvatore Palmeri |
| 2008 | Get Smart · as The President |
| 2008 | New York, I Love You · as Mr. Riccoli (segment "Brett Ratner") |
| 2005 | Santa's Slay · as Darren Mason |
| 2004 | Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Dogville · as The Big Man |
| 2003 | Elf · as Walter |
| 2003 | Jericho Mansions · as Leonard Grey |
| 2003 | The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie · as Mr. Harry Dewitt |
| 2003 | Las Vegas (TV Series) · as Ed Deline |
| 2002 | Blood Crime · as Sheriff Morgan McKenna |
| 2002 | This Thing of Ours · as Jimmy |
| 2002 | City of Ghosts · as Marvin |
| 2001 | In the Shadows · as Lance Huston |
| 2001 | A Glimpse of Hell · as Capt. Fred Moosally |
| 2001 | Night at the Golden Eagle · as Prison Warden |
| 2001 | Viva Las Nowhere · as Roy Baker |
| 2001 | Warden of Red Rock · as John Flinders |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan (TV Series) · as Ed Deline |
| 2000 | Luckytown · as Charlie Doyles |
| 2000 | The Way of the Gun · as Joe Sarno |
| 2000 | The Yards · as Frank Olchin |
| 1999 | Mickey Blue Eyes · as Frank Vitale |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as James Caan (voice) |
| 1998 | Poodle Springs · as Philip Marlowe |
| 1998 | This Is My Father · as Kieran Johnson |
| 1996 | Eraser · as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin |
| 1996 | Bulletproof · as Frank Colton |
| 1996 | North Star · as Sean McLennon |
| 1996 | Bottle Rocket · as Mr. Henry |
| 1995 | A Boy Called Hate · as Unknown |
| 1995 | NewsRadio (TV Series) · as James Caan |
| 1993 | The Program · as Sam Winters |
| 1993 | Flesh and Bone · as Roy Sweeney |
| 1992 | Honeymoon in Vegas · as Tommy Korman |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Sonny Corleone |
| 1991 | For the Boys · as Eddie Sparks |
| 1991 | The Dark Backward · as Dr. Scurvy |
| 1990 | Misery · as Paul Sheldon |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy · as Spaldoni |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | Alien Nation · as Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes |
| 1987 | Gardens of Stone · as Sgt. Clell Hazard |
| 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye · as Jolly |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Thief · as Frank |
| 1981 | Bolero · as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn |
| 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 | A Bridge Too Far · as Sgt. Eddie Dohun |
| 1977 | Another Man, Another Chance · as David Williams / Photographer |
| 1977 | The Godfather Saga (TV Series) · as Santino "Sonny" Corleone |
| 1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New York · as Harry Digby |
| 1975 | The Killer Elite · as Mike Locken |
| 1975 | Funny Lady · as Billy Rose |
| 1975 | Rollerball · as Jonathan E. |
| 1975 | Rickles · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Little Moon And Jud McGraw · as Jud McGraw |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II · as Sonny Corleone |
| 1974 | Freebie and the Bean · as Freebie |
| 1974 | Gone with the West · as Jud McGraw |
| 1974 | The Gambler · as Axel Freed |
| 1973 | Cinderella Liberty · as John Baggs Jr. |
| 1973 | Slither · as Dick Kanipsia |
| 1972 | The Godfather · as Santino '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 | Submarine X-1 · as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR |
| 1968 | Journey to Shiloh · as Buck Burnett |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | El Dorado · as Mississippi |
| 1965 | The Glory Guys · as Pvt. Anthony Dugan |
| 1965 | Red Line 7000 · as Mike |
| 1965 | Get Smart (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Eugene David Holt |
| 1964 | Lady in a Cage · as Randall Simpson O'Connell |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce · as Soldier with Radio (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Breaking Point (TV Series) · as Gerry |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Rick Peterson |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) · as Sgt. Beckman |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 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 |