James Caan
Acting
🎂 1940-03-26
James Edmund Caan 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).
Cast credits(168)
James Caan (voice)
1989
James Caan (voice)
1999
Tony Archer
2010
Self
1962
Sonny Corleone
1972
Self
1961
Ed Deline
2003
Ed Deline
2001
Self - Nominee
1944
Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
1965
Marty Feketi
1958
Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
1974
1960
Eugene David Holt
1965
Keir Brannon
1959
Sgt. Beckman
1962
Charley Johnson
1961
Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
1962
1961
James Caan (uncredited)
1995
Rick Peterson
1963
Self
1968
Tim Lockwood (voice)
2013
Tim Lockwood (voice)
2009
Father McNally
2012
Walter
2003
U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
1996
SSgt. Eddie Dohun
1977
Paul Sheldon
1990
Mr. Charles Seaboldt
2011
Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
2008
The President
2008
The Big Man
2003
Self
2023
Max Saltzman
2010
Buck Burnett
1968
Self
2011
Self (archive footage)
2014
Reader (voice)
1992
Self
2007
Stan Mullen
2023
Frank
1981
Sheriff Morgan McKenna
2002
Frank Olchin
2000
Jerry Haggerty
2009
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
1977
Mississippi
1966
Frank Colton
1996
Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
1963
John Baggs Jr.
1973
Self (voice)
2009
Leon
2013
Sonny Corleone
1992
Darren Mason
2005
Axel
1974
Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
1979
Spaldoni
1990
Self - Guest
1996
1985
Self
1987
Frank Vitale
1999
Salvatore Palmeri
2008
Tap
2016
Frank 'Buck' Athearn
1978
Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
1990
Mike
1965
Mr. Abe Henry
1996
Jonathan E.
1975
Self. Actor & Playboy Mansion Regular.
2022
Self (uncredited)
1968
Self
2024
Harry
2019
Mr. Allspice
2012
Dan
2021
Jolly
1982
Earnshaw
2015
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
1981
Self
2020
Joe Sarno
2000
Charlie Doyles
2000
Self
1976
Self
2007
Self (uncredited)
1979
Marvin
2002
2004
Sam Winters
1993
Self
2004
Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
2013
Self (archive footage)
2006
Self
2012
Lee Stegler
1967
Roger Flynn
2017
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
Micky
2012
Jim
1996
Lance Huston
2001
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
1981
Mike Locken
1975
Self
1971
Sgt. Clell Hazard
1987
Tommy Korman
1992
Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
1968
Self
1979
Paul Montgomery
1967
Self (archive footage)
2023
1975
Self (archive footage)
2002
Mike 'Brother' Albright
2014
Eddie Sparks
1991
Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
2015
Pvt. Anthony Dugan
1965
Tap
2020
Philip Marlowe
1998
Schuuster
2015
Mr. Harry Dewitt
2004
1975
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
1970
Self
2016
Harold Grainey
2016
Capt. Fred Moosally
2001
Larry Moore
1971
Harry Digby
1976
Self
2008
Self
2019
Grandpa
2017
Senator George Lawrence Secord
2017
Leonard Grey
2003
Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes
1988
Self
1982
Self (archive footage)
2011
Brian Piccolo
1971
Roy Sweeney
1993
Agent Gamble
2018
Billy Rose
1975
Col. Tom Rockwell
2019
Jimmy Kilgannon
1969
Gerry Ryan
2009
Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
1980
Jud McGraw
1975
Sean McLennon
1996
Professor Bernard Issaacs
2015
George Schneider
1979
Jimmy
2002
Self
2014
Self (uncredited)
1992
Walter
2014
Self (uncredited)
2006
Dick Kanipsia
1973
Self
2013
Buddie Simpson
1962
Prison Warden
2002
Freebie
1974
Self
1975
Self
2001
Randall Simpson O'Connell
1964
David Williams
1977
John Flinders
2001
Self
1994
2005
Self
2008
Kieran Johnson
1999
Self
1999
Dr. Scurvy
1991
Self
2003
Dr. William Haber
2002
Roy Baker
2001
Self
1997
1993
