James Caan
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).
Filmography · 164
Family Guy
1999 · James Caan (voice)
The Simpsons
1989 · James Caan (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · Tony Archer
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Guest
The Godfather
1972 · Sonny Corleone
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Ed Deline
Las Vegas
2003 · Ed Deline
The Godfather Part II
1974 · Sonny Corleone (uncred...
Get Smart
1965 · Rupert of Rathskeller...
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Jay Shaw / Phil Beldon...
Combat!
1962 · Sgt. Beckman
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Charley Johnson
The Untouchables
1959 · Keir Brannon
Naked City
1958 · Marty Feketi
The F.B.I.
1965 · Eugene David Holt
Route 66
1960
Ben Casey
1961
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
Biography
1987 · Self
NewsRadio
1995 · James Caan (uncredited...
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Rick Peterson
Annoying Orange
2009 · Jalapeño
Elf
2003 · Walter
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009 · Tim Lockwood (voice)
Misery
1990 · Paul Sheldon
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013 · Tim Lockwood (voice)
Dick Tracy
1990 · Spaldoni
That's My Boy
2012 · Father McNally
1941
1979 · Sailor in Fight (uncre...
Leçon de Cinéma
2004 · Self
Eraser
1996 · U.S. Marshal Robert De...
Get Smart
2008 · The President
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977 · Santino "Sonny" Corleo...
Dogville
2003 · The Big Man
New York, I Love You
2008 · Mr. Riccoli, the Pharm...
Detachment
2011 · Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Fast Charlie
2023 · Stan Mullen
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · SSgt. Eddie Dohun
El Dorado
1966 · Mississippi
The American West
2016 · Self
The Wide Country
1962 · Buddie Simpson
Thief
1981 · Frank
Secrets of Playboy
2022 · Self
The Yards
2000 · Frank Olchin
Silent Movie
1976 · James Caan
Back in the Game
2013 · Terry 'The Cannon' Gan...
Irma la Douce
1963 · Soldier with Radio (un...
Blood Ties
2013 · Leon
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020 · Self
Bottle Rocket
1996 · Mr. Abe Henry
The Good Neighbor
2016 · Harold Grainey
The Way of the Gun
2000 · Joe Sarno
Bulletproof
1996 · Frank Colton
Henry's Crime
2010 · Max Saltzman
Rollerball
1975 · Jonathan E.
Seduced and Abandoned
2013 · Self
Middle Men
2009 · Jerry Haggerty
The Rain People
1969 · Jimmy Kilgannon
Preggoland
2014 · Walter
Flesh and Bone
1993 · Roy Sweeney
Altman
2014 · Self
Small Apartments
2012 · Mr. Allspice
The Program
1993 · Sam Winters
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992 · Sonny Corleone
J.L. Family Ranch
2016 · Tap
Funny Lady
1975 · Billy Rose
Mickey Blue Eyes
1999 · Frank Vitale
Undercover Grandpa
2017 · Grandpa
Gardens of Stone
1987 · Sgt. Clell Hazard
Bolero
1981 · Jack Glenn / Jason Gle...
The Gambler
1974 · Axel
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009 · Self (voice)
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992 · Tommy Korman
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016 · Santino "Sonny" Corleo...
Alien Nation
1988 · Matthew Sykes
The Killer Elite
1975 · Mike Locken
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
Sicilian Vampire
2015 · Professor Bernard Issa...
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Freebie and the Bean
1974 · Freebie
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · Reader (voice)
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024 · Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990 · Self / Sonny Corleone...
Comes a Horseman
1978 · Frank 'Buck' Athearn
Con Man
2018 · Agent Gamble
Santa's Slay
2005 · Darren Mason
For the Boys
1991 · Eddie Sparks
The Glory Guys
1965 · Pvt. Anthony Dugan
A Fighting Man
2014 · Mike 'Brother' Albrigh...
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979 · Self (uncredited)
City of Ghosts
2002 · Marvin
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982 · Jolly
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004 · Mr. Harry Dewitt
Brando
2007 · Self
Warden of Red Rock
2001 · John Flinders
Poodle Springs
1998 · Philip Marlowe
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
The Godfather and the Mob
2006 · Self (archive footage)
The Godfather Legacy
2012 · Self
Brian's Song
1971 · Brian Piccolo
In the Shadows
2001 · Lance Huston
King on Screen
2023 · Self
Filmmaker
1968 · Self (uncredited)
Holy Lands
2019 · Harry
The Outsider
2015 · Schuuster
Lathe of Heaven
2002 · Dr. William Haber
Cinderella Liberty
1973 · John Baggs Jr.
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976 · Harry Digby
Red Line 7000
1965 · Mike
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 · Self
Countdown
1967 · Lee Stegler
Another Man, Another Chance
1977 · David Williams
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014 · Self - Actor (archive...
The Dark Backward
1991 · Dr. Scurvy
Queen Bees
2021 · Dan
It Takes a Lunatic
2019 · Self
Slither
1973 · Dick Kanipsia
Night at the Golden Eagle
2002 · Prison Warden
The Throwaways
2015 · Lt. Col. Christopher H...
For the Love of Money
2012 · Micky
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971 · Self
North Star
1996 · Sean McLennon
His Way
2011 · Self
Elf: Film School for Kids
2004 · Self
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
2008 · Self
Elf: That's a Wrap
2004 · Self
Journey to Shiloh
1968 · Buck Burnett
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
2020 · Tap
Gone with the West
1975 · Jud McGraw
Lady in a Cage
1964 · Randall Simpson O'Conn...
Misery Loves Company
2003 · Self
A Boy Called Hate
1996 · Jim
Out of Blue
2019 · Col. Tom Rockwell
T.R. Baskin
1971 · Larry Moore
Games
1967 · Paul Montgomery
The Red Maple Leaf
2017 · Senator George Lawrenc...
Luckytown
2000 · Charlie Doyles
Jericho Mansions
2003 · Leonard Grey
Blood Crime
2002 · Sheriff Morgan McKenna
Wisegal
2008 · Salvatore Palmeri
Mercy
2009 · Gerry Ryan
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
1975 · Self
Chapter Two
1979 · George Schneider
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
Submarine X-1
1968 · Cmdr. Richard Bolton,...
This Is My Father
1999 · Kieran Johnson
Wuthering High
2015 · Earnshaw
Hide in Plain Sight
1980 · Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
This Thing of Ours
2002 · Jimmy
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
1992 · Self (uncredited)
Good Enough
2017 · Roger Flynn
Rabbit, Run
1970 · Harry "Rabbit" Angstro...
A Glimpse of Hell
2001 · Capt. Fred Moosally
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
1979 · Self
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1985
Rickles
1975
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
2004
Dead Simple
2001 · Roy Baker
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
2006 · Self (uncredited)