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