James Caan
Born March 26, 1940 (Age: 86)
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The Bronx, New York, USA
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 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).
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 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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Filmography
Out of Blue
2019
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as Col. Tom Rockwell
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Age: 78
The Good Neighbor
2016
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as Harold Grainey
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Age: 76
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013
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as Tim Lockwood (voice)
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Age: 73
Blood Ties
2013
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as Leon
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Age: 73
That's My Boy
2012
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as Father McNally
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Age: 72
Detachment
2011
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as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
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Age: 71
Henry's Crime
2010
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as Max Saltzman
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Age: 69
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
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as Self (voice)
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Age: 69
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
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as Tim Lockwood (voice)
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Age: 69
New York, I Love You
2008
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as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
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Age: 68
Get Smart
2008
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as The President
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Age: 68
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
2006
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 66
The Godfather and the Mob
2006
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 66
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
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as
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Age: 65
Elf
2003
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as Walter
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Age: 63
Dogville
2003
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as The Big Man
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Age: 63
Blood Crime
2002
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as Sheriff Morgan McKenna
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Age: 62
City of Ghosts
2002
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as Marvin
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Age: 62
Lathe of Heaven
2002
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as Dr. William Haber
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Age: 62
Night at the Golden Eagle
2002
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as Prison Warden
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Age: 62
This Thing of Ours
2002
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as Jimmy
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Age: 61
A Glimpse of Hell
2001
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as Capt. Fred Moosally
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Age: 60
The Way of the Gun
2000
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as Joe Sarno
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Age: 60
Luckytown
2000
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as Charlie Doyles
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Age: 60
The Yards
2000
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as Frank Olchin
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Age: 60
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
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as
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Age: 59
Mickey Blue Eyes
1999
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as Frank Vitale
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Age: 59
This Is My Father
1999
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as Kieran Johnson
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Age: 59
Poodle Springs
1998
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as Philip Marlowe
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Age: 58
No Image
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997
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as Self
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Age: 56
Bulletproof
1996
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as Frank Colton
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Age: 56
Eraser
1996
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as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
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Age: 56
A Boy Called Hate
1996
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as Jim
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Age: 56
Bottle Rocket
1996
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as Mr. Abe Henry
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Age: 55
North Star
1996
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as Sean McLennon
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Age: 55
Flesh and Bone
1993
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as Roy Sweeney
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Age: 53
The Program
1993
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as Sam Winters
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Age: 53
No Image
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
1993
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as
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Age: 52
Earth and the American Dream
1992
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as Reader (voice)
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Age: 52
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
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as Tommy Korman
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Age: 52
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
1992
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 52
For the Boys
1991
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as Eddie Sparks
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Age: 51
The Dark Backward
1991
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as Dr. Scurvy
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Age: 51
Misery
1990
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as Paul Sheldon
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Age: 50
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
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as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
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Age: 50
Dick Tracy
1990
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as Spaldoni
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Age: 50
Alien Nation
1988
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as Matthew Sykes
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Age: 48
Gardens of Stone
1987
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as Sgt. Clell Hazard
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Age: 47
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1985
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as
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Age: 45
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982
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as Jolly
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Age: 42
Bolero
1981
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as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
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Age: 41
Thief
1981
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as Frank
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Age: 41
Hide in Plain Sight
1980
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as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
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Age: 39
1941
1979
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as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
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Age: 39
Comes a Horseman
1978
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as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
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Age: 38
No Image
Superstunt
1977
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as Self
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Age: 37
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
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as
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Age: 37
A Bridge Too Far
1977
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as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
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Age: 37
Silent Movie
1976
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as Self
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Age: 36
The Killer Elite
1975
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as Mike Locken
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Age: 35
Rollerball
1975
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as Jonathan E.
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Age: 35
Funny Lady
1975
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as Billy Rose
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Age: 34
Freebie and the Bean
1974
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as Freebie
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Age: 34
The Godfather Part II
1974
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as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
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Age: 34
The Gambler
1974
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as Axel
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Age: 34
Cinderella Liberty
1973
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as John Baggs Jr.
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Age: 33
Slither
1973
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as Dick Kanipsia
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Age: 32
The Godfather
1972
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as Sonny Corleone
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Age: 31
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971
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as Self
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Age: 30
The Rain People
1969
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as Jimmy Kilgannon
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Age: 29
Journey to Shiloh
1968
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as Buck Burnett
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Age: 28
El Dorado
1966
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as Mississippi
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Age: 26
Red Line 7000
1965
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as Mike
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Age: 25
The Glory Guys
1965
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as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
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Age: 25
Lady in a Cage
1964
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as Randall Simpson O'Connell
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Age: 24
Irma la Douce
1963
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as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
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Age: 23