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James Caan
Known for: ActingJames 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 92
The Godfather
+7
as Sonny Corleone 
Misery
+3
as Paul Sheldon 
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
+4
as Tim Lockwood (voice) 
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
+5
as Tim Lockwood (voice) 
That's My Boy
+2
as Father McNally 
Bottle Rocket
+2
as Mr. Abe Henry 
Eraser
as DeGuerin 
Dogville
as The Big Man 
Get Smart
+3
as The President 
A Bridge Too Far
+4
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun 
The Outsider
+4
as Schuuster 
Elf
+4
as Walter 
Fast Charlie
+7
as Stan Mullen 
Queen Bees
+2
as Dan 
Detachment
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt 
Flesh and Bone
+2
as Roy Sweeney 
New York, I Love You
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist 
Henry's Crime
as Max Saltzman 
The Yards
+1
as Frank Olchin 
Blood Ties
+5
as Leon 
Back in the Game
as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr. 
Thief
+4
as Frank 
El Dorado
+2
as Mississippi 
Dick Tracy
as Spaldoni 
Con Man
+4
as Agent Gamble 
Mickey Blue Eyes
as Frank Vitale 
The Way of the Gun
+6
as Joe Sarno 
Bulletproof
+1
as Frank Colton 
Middle Men
+1
as Jerry Haggerty 
The Gambler
+1
as Axel 
Rollerball
+3
as Jonathan E. 
Gardens of Stone
+1
as Sgt. Clell Hazard 
The Good Neighbor
as Harold Grainey 
Funny Lady
+1
as Billy Rose 
Alien Nation
as Matthew Sykes 
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Tommy Korman 
Altman
+3
as Self 
Santa's Slay
+1
as Darren Mason 
The Killer Elite
+4
as Mike Locken 
The Program
as Sam Winters 
Small Apartments
+2
as Mr. Allspice 
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as Self (voice) 
The Throwaways
+1
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden 
City of Ghosts
as Marvin 
For the Boys
+1
as Eddie Sparks 
Holy Lands
+5
as Harry 
Freebie and the Bean
+1
as Freebie 
For the Love of Money
+3
as Micky 
Wisegal
as Salvatore Palmeri 
Undercover Grandpa
+3
as Grandpa 
J.L. Family Ranch
as Tap 
Out of Blue
+4
as Col. Tom Rockwell 
The Glory Guys
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan 
The Red Maple Leaf
as Senator George Lawrence Secord 
King on Screen
+1
as Self 
Comes a Horseman
+4
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn 
Seduced and Abandoned
as Self 
The Dark Backward
as Dr. Scurvy 
In the Shadows
as Lance Huston 
Slither
as Dick Kanipsia 
Harry and Walter Go to New York
+1
as Harry Digby 
Kiss Me Goodbye
as Jolly 
Games
as Paul Montgomery 
It Takes a Lunatic
as Self 
Brian's Song
+2
as Brian Piccolo 
Lady in a Cage
+1
as Randall Simpson O'Connell 
A Fighting Man
as Mike 'Brother' Albright 
The Rain People
+1
as Jimmy Kilgannon 
Submarine X-1
as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR 
Preggoland
+1
as Walter 
Hide in Plain Sight
as Thomas Hacklin, Jr. 
Night at the Golden Eagle
as Prison Warden 
Journey to Shiloh
as Buck Burnett 
Another Man, Another Chance
as David Williams 
Gone with the West
+1
as Jud McGraw 
Red Line 7000
as Mike 
Wuthering High
+1
as Earnshaw 
This Is My Father
as Kieran Johnson 
Countdown
as Lee Stegler 
North Star
as Sean McLennon 
Chuck Zito: An American Story
as Self 
Cinderella Liberty
+1
as John Baggs Jr. 
T.R. Baskin
as Larry Moore 
Rabbit, Run
as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom 
His Way
+1
as Self 
Mercy
as Gerry Ryan 
Blood Crime
as Sheriff Morgan McKenna 
Chapter Two
as George Schneider 
Sicilian Vampire
as Professor Bernard Issaacs 
This Thing of Ours
as Jimmy