James Caan
Birthday: 1940-03-26 | Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USAJames 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 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).
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self
as Self
as Stan Mullen
as Dan
as Walter Hobbs
as Col. Tom Rockwell
as Harry
as Self
as Agent Gamble
as Grandpa
as Roger Flynn
as Senator George Lawrence Secord
as Harold Grainey
as Tap
as Earnshaw
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
as Professor Bernard Issaacs
as Schuuster
as Walter
as Leon
as Mike 'Brother' Albright
as Self
as Self
as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
as Father McNally
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
