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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
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as Sonny Corleone 
Det regner med frikadeller
+4
as Tim Lockwood (voice) 
Det regner med frikadeller 2: Madkampen
+4
as Tim Lockwood (voice) 
Misery
+1
as Paul Sheldon 
That is my Boy
+4
as Father McNally 
Eraser
+3
as DeGuerin 
Dogville
+2
as The Big Man 
Get Smart
+4
as The President 
Broen ved Arnhem
+1
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun 
The Outsider
as Schuuster 
Elf
+4
as Walter 
Fast Charlie
+4
as Stan Mullen 
Detachment
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt 
Queen Bees
as Dan 
Flesh and Bone
as Roy Sweeney 
The Yards
+1
as Frank Olchin 
New York, I Love You
+4
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist 
Henry's Crime
+2
as Max Saltzman 
Blood Ties
+2
as Leon 
Back in the Game
as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr. 
Voldens gade
as Frank 
El Dorado
+3
as Mississippi 
Uorganiseret Kriminalitet
as Mr. Abe Henry 
Dick Tracy
as Spaldoni 
Con Man
as Agent Gamble 
Mickey Blue Eyes
+1
as Frank Vitale 
The Way of the Gun
as Joe Sarno 
Bulletproof
as Frank Colton 
Middle Men
as Jerry Haggerty 
Hasard
as Axel 
Rollerball
as Jonathan E. 
Bag krigen
as Sgt. Clell Hazard 
The Good Neighbor
+1
as Harold Grainey 
De mystiske fremmede
as Matthew Sykes 
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Tommy Korman 
Altman
as Self 
Santa's Slay
as Darren Mason 
Killer Elite
+1
as Mike Locken 
Funny Lady
+1
as Billy Rose 
The Program
as Sam Winters 
Small Apartments
+2
as Mr. Allspice 
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as Self (voice) 
City of Ghosts
as Marvin 
For the Boys
as Eddie Sparks 
Knust bil til frokost
as Freebie 
The Money
as Micky 
Wisegal
as Salvatore Palmeri 
Undercover Grandpa
as Grandpa 
J.L. Family Ranch
as Tap 
Out of Blue
+1
as Col. Tom Rockwell 
Indianerne går til angreb
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan 
The Red Maple Leaf
as Senator George Lawrence Secord 
Hvor vinden raser
+1
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn 
Seduced and Abandoned
as Self 
The Dark Backward
as Dr. Scurvy 
In the Shadows
as Lance Huston 
Den hovedløse jagt
as Dick Kanipsia 
Forbrydelse betaler sig
as Harry Digby 
Kiss Me Goodbye
as Jolly 
Games
as Paul Montgomery 
It Takes a Lunatic
as Self 
Brian's Song
as Brian Piccolo 
Lady in a Cage
as Randall Simpson O'Connell 
The Throwaways
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden 
A Fighting Man
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as Mike 'Brother' Albright 
Flygtig som regnen
as Jimmy Kilgannon 
King on Screen
+4
as Self 
Holy Lands
+3
as Harry 
Hide in Plain Sight
as Thomas Hacklin, Jr. 
Night at the Golden Eagle
as Prison Warden 
De 7 fra Texas
as Buck Burnett 
Another Man, Another Chance
as David Williams 
Gone with the West
as Jud McGraw 
Spræng speedometret
as Mike 
Wuthering High
as Earnshaw 
This Is My Father
as Kieran Johnson 
Countdown
as Lee Stegler 
North Star
as Sean McLennon 
Submarine X-1
as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR 
Rabbit, Run
as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom 
Chuck Zito: An American Story
as Self 
Orlov til midnat
as John Baggs Jr. 
T.R. Baskin
as Larry Moore 
Preggoland
as Walter 
His Way
as Self 
Mercy
as Gerry Ryan 
Blood Crime
as Sheriff Morgan McKenna 
Et nyt kapitel
as George Schneider 
Sicilian Vampire
as Professor Bernard Issaacs 
This Thing of Ours
as Jimmy