James Caan

ActorWriterDirectorCrew Mar 26 (died age 82) The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA 1944–2024 (80 year career)

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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

Film

The Godfather

Sonny Corleone

Film

The Godfather Part II

Sonny Corleone (uncredited)

Film

Misery

Paul Sheldon

Film

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Writer

Film

Dogville

The Big Man

Film

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Tim Lockwood (voice)

Film

Detachment

Mr. Charles Seaboldt

Film

Elf

Walter

Filmography

Acting (169)

Movies (138)

Chuck Zito: An American Story

as Self

Fast Charlie

as Stan Mullen

King on Screen

as Self

Queen Bees

as Dan

JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift

as Tap

Holy Lands

as Harry

Out of Blue

as Col. Tom Rockwell

It Takes a Lunatic

as Self

Con Man

as Agent Gamble

Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition

2018

as Walter

Undercover Grandpa

2017

as Grandpa

5.6

The Red Maple Leaf

2017

as Senator George Lawrence Secord

Good Enough

as Roger Flynn

The Good Neighbor

as Harold Grainey

J.L. Family Ranch

as Tap

The Throwaways

as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden

The Outsider

as Schuuster

Wuthering High

as Earnshaw

Sicilian Vampire

as Professor Bernard Issaacs

3.4

A Fighting Man

2014

as Mike 'Brother' Albright

Altman

as Self

Preggoland

as Walter

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

2014

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.3

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

2013

as Tim Lockwood (voice)

6.5

Blood Ties

2013

as Leon

6.1

Seduced and Abandoned

as Self

That's My Boy

as Father McNally

The Godfather Legacy

as Self

For the Love of Money

as Micky

Small Apartments

as Mr. Allspice

Detachment

as Mr. Charles Seaboldt

His Way

as Self

Henry's Crime

as Max Saltzman

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2009

as Tim Lockwood (voice)

6.7

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

as Self (voice)

Middle Men

as Jerry Haggerty

Mercy

as Gerry Ryan

Get Smart

as The President

New York, I Love You

as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist

5.9

Wisegal

2008

as Salvatore Palmeri

5.3

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

2008

as Self

5.0

Hollywood Gangster

2008

as Self

Brando

2007

as Self

6.8

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

2007

as Self

6.8

The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood

2006

as Self (uncredited)

The Godfather and the Mob

2006

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Santa's Slay

2005

as Darren Mason

5.5

Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood

2005

7.3

Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels

2004

8.3

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

as Mr. Harry Dewitt

Elf

as Walter

Dogville

as The Big Man

Jericho Mansions

as Leonard Grey

Misery Loves Company

as Self

Blood Crime

as Sheriff Morgan McKenna

Lathe of Heaven

as Dr. William Haber

City of Ghosts

as Marvin

This Thing of Ours

as Jimmy

Night at the Golden Eagle

2002

as Prison Warden

4.2

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

as Self

In the Shadows

as Lance Huston

A Glimpse of Hell

as Capt. Fred Moosally

Dead Simple

as Roy Baker

Warden of Red Rock

as John Flinders

The Yards

as Frank Olchin

The Way of the Gun

as Joe Sarno

Luckytown

as Charlie Doyles

Mickey Blue Eyes

as Frank Vitale

This Is My Father

as Kieran Johnson

The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

1999

as Self

6.0

Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party

1999

Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity

as Self

Poodle Springs

as Philip Marlowe

Howard Hawks: American Artist

1997

as Self

5.8

Eraser

1996

as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin

Bulletproof

as Frank Colton

Bottle Rocket

as Mr. Abe Henry

North Star

as Sean McLennon

A Boy Called Hate

as Jim

Flesh and Bone

as Roy Sweeney

The Program

as Sam Winters

Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle

1993

Honeymoon in Vegas

1992

as Tommy Korman

5.6

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

1992

as Sonny Corleone

8.9

Earth and the American Dream

1992

as Reader (voice)

6.7

The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!

1992

as Self (uncredited)

For the Boys

as Eddie Sparks

The Dark Backward

as Dr. Scurvy

Misery

as Paul Sheldon

Dick Tracy

as Spaldoni

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

1990

as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone

Alien Nation

as Matthew Sykes

Gardens of Stone

as Sgt. Clell Hazard

Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Kiss Me Goodbye

as Jolly

Thief

as Frank

Bolero

as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

6.9

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

1981

as Santino "Sonny" Corleone

8.9

Hide in Plain Sight

1980

as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.

5.3

1941

1979

as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)

5.8

Chapter Two

1979

as George Schneider

5.7

Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

1979

as Self (uncredited)

1.0

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration

1979

as Self

1.0

Comes a Horseman

1978

as Frank 'Buck' Athearn

6.1

A Bridge Too Far

1977

as SSgt. Eddie Dohun

7.2

Another Man, Another Chance

1977

as David Williams

6.0

Playboy's Playmate Party

1977

Silent Movie

1976

as Self

6.5

Harry and Walter Go to New York

as Harry Digby

Rollerball

as Jonathan E.

The Killer Elite

as Mike Locken

Rickles

Funny Lady

as Billy Rose

Funny Girl to Funny Lady

as Self

Gone with the West

as Jud McGraw

From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle

1975

The Godfather Part II

1974

as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)

The Gambler

as Axel

Freebie and the Bean

as Freebie

Cinderella Liberty

as John Baggs Jr.

Slither

as Dick Kanipsia

The Godfather

as Sonny Corleone

Brian's Song

as Brian Piccolo

T.R. Baskin

as Larry Moore

The Godfather: Behind the Scenes

1971

as Self

Rabbit, Run

1970

as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom

The Rain People

as Jimmy Kilgannon

Journey to Shiloh

as Buck Burnett

Filmmaker

as Self (uncredited)

Submarine X-1

as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR

Countdown

as Lee Stegler

Games

as Paul Montgomery

El Dorado

as Mississippi

Red Line 7000

as Mike

The Glory Guys

as Pvt. Anthony Dugan

6.5

Lady in a Cage

1964

as Randall Simpson O'Connell

6.1

Irma la Douce

1963

as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)

7.4

Television (31)

Secrets of Playboy

2022

as Self

6.4

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

as Self

The American West

as Self

Back in the Game

as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.

Hawaii Five-0

as Tony Archer

Leçon de Cinéma

as Self

Las Vegas

as Ed Deline

Las Vegas

as Ed Deline

Crossing Jordan

as Ed Deline

Family Guy

as James Caan (voice)

7.4

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

as Self - Guest

3.9

NewsRadio

1995

as James Caan (uncredited)

7.3

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

The Simpsons

1989

as James Caan (voice)

8.0

Biography

1987

as Self

6.5

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

1977

as Santino "Sonny" Corleone

8.6

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self

The F.B.I.

as Eugene David Holt

Get Smart

as Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)

7.9

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Rick Peterson

5.3

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone

Combat!

as Sgt. Beckman

The Wide Country

as Buddie Simpson

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Guest

Dr. Kildare

as Charley Johnson

Ben Casey

Route 66

The Untouchables

as Keir Brannon

Naked City

as Marty Feketi

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

7.2

Crew (3)

Movies (2)

Hide in Plain Sight

1980

Director

5.3

The Godfather Part II

1974

Thanks

8.6

Television (1)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

Writer

8.4