James Caan

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).

Known For

The Simpsons

Family Guy

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Hawaii Five-0

The Mike Douglas Show

Crossing Jordan

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

All Movies (138)

• Chuck Zito: An American Story2024 · as Self
• Fast Charlie2023 · as Stan Mullen
• King on Screen2023 · as Self
• Queen Bees2021 · as Dan
• JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift2020 · as Tap
• It Takes a Lunatic2019 · as Self
• Out of Blue2019 · as Col. Tom Rockwell
• Holy Lands2019 · as Harry
• Con Man2018 · as Agent Gamble
• Good Enough2017 · as Roger Flynn
• Undercover Grandpa2017 · as Grandpa
• The Red Maple Leaf2017 · as Senator George Lawrence Secord
• The Good Neighbor2016 · as Harold Grainey
• J.L. Family Ranch2016 · as Tap
• The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–19592016 · as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
• Sicilian Vampire2015 · as Professor Bernard Issaacs
• The Outsider2015 · as Schuuster
• Wuthering High2015 · as Earnshaw
• The Throwaways2015 · as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
• Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire2014 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• Preggoland2014 · as Walter
• Altman2014 · as Self
• A Fighting Man2014 · as Mike 'Brother' Albright
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 22013 · as Tim Lockwood (voice)
• Blood Ties2013 · as Leon
• Seduced and Abandoned2013 · as Self
• The Godfather Legacy2012 · as Self
• That's My Boy2012 · as Father McNally
• For the Love of Money2012 · as Micky
• Small Apartments2012 · as Mr. Allspice
• Detachment2011 · as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
• His Way2011 · as Self
• Henry's Crime2010 · as Max Saltzman
• Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side2009 · as Self (voice)
• Mercy2009 · as Gerry Ryan
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs2009 · as Tim Lockwood (voice)
• Middle Men2009 · as Jerry Haggerty
• Hollywood Gangster2008 · as Self
• The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'2008 · as Self
• New York, I Love You2008 · as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
• Get Smart2008 · as The President
• Wisegal2008 · as Salvatore Palmeri
• Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project2007 · as Self
• Brando2007 · as Self
• The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood2006 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Godfather and the Mob2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood2005
• Santa's Slay2005 · as Darren Mason
• Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels2004
• The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie2004 · as Mr. Harry Dewitt
• Elf2003 · as Walter
• Dogville2003 · as The Big Man
• Jericho Mansions2003 · as Leonard Grey
• Misery Loves Company2003 · as Self
• Blood Crime2002 · as Sheriff Morgan McKenna
• City of Ghosts2002 · as Marvin
• Lathe of Heaven2002 · as Dr. William Haber
• Night at the Golden Eagle2002 · as Prison Warden
• This Thing of Ours2002 · as Jimmy
• Dead Simple2001 · as Roy Baker
• In the Shadows2001 · as Lance Huston
• Warden of Red Rock2001 · as John Flinders
• Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored2001 · as Self
• A Glimpse of Hell2001 · as Capt. Fred Moosally
• The Way of the Gun2000 · as Joe Sarno
• Luckytown2000 · as Charlie Doyles
• The Yards2000 · as Frank Olchin
• Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party1999
• Mickey Blue Eyes1999 · as Frank Vitale
• The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'1999 · as Self
• This Is My Father1999 · as Kieran Johnson
• Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity1999 · as Self
• Poodle Springs1998 · as Philip Marlowe
• Howard Hawks: American Artist1997 · as Self
• Bulletproof1996 · as Frank Colton
• Eraser1996 · as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
• A Boy Called Hate1996 · as Jim
• Bottle Rocket1996 · as Mr. Abe Henry
• North Star1996 · as Sean McLennon
• Flesh and Bone1993 · as Roy Sweeney
• The Program1993 · as Sam Winters
• Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle1993
• The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-19801992 · as Sonny Corleone
• Earth and the American Dream1992 · as Reader (voice)
• Honeymoon in Vegas1992 · as Tommy Korman
• The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!1992 · as Self (uncredited)
• For the Boys1991 · as Eddie Sparks
• The Dark Backward1991 · as Dr. Scurvy
• Misery1990 · as Paul Sheldon
• The Godfather Family: A Look Inside1990 · as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
• Dick Tracy1990 · as Spaldoni
• Alien Nation1988 · as Matthew Sykes
• Gardens of Stone1987 · as Sgt. Clell Hazard
• Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story1985
• Kiss Me Goodbye1982 · as Jolly
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• Bolero1981 · as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
• Thief1981 · as Frank
• Hide in Plain Sight1980 · as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
• Chapter Two1979 · as George Schneider
• 19411979 · as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
• Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party1979 · as Self (uncredited)
• Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration1979 · as Self
• Comes a Horseman1978 · as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
• Superstunt1977 · as Self
• Another Man, Another Chance1977 · as David Williams
• Playboy's Playmate Party1977
• A Bridge Too Far1977 · as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
• Silent Movie1976 · as Self
• Harry and Walter Go to New York1976 · as Harry Digby
• The Killer Elite1975 · as Mike Locken
• Rickles1975
• Gone with the West1975 · as Jud McGraw
• Rollerball1975 · as Jonathan E.
• Funny Lady1975 · as Billy Rose
• Funny Girl to Funny Lady1975 · as Self
• From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle1975
• Freebie and the Bean1974 · as Freebie
• The Godfather Part II1974 · as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
• The Gambler1974 · as Axel
• Cinderella Liberty1973 · as John Baggs Jr.
• Slither1973 · as Dick Kanipsia
• The Godfather1972 · as Sonny Corleone
• Brian's Song1971 · as Brian Piccolo
• T.R. Baskin1971 · as Larry Moore
• The Godfather: Behind the Scenes1971 · as Self
• Rabbit, Run1970 · as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
• The Rain People1969 · as Jimmy Kilgannon
• Filmmaker1968 · as Self (uncredited)
• Journey to Shiloh1968 · as Buck Burnett
• Submarine X-11968 · as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
• Games1967 · as Paul Montgomery
• Countdown1967 · as Lee Stegler
• El Dorado1966 · as Mississippi
• Red Line 70001965 · as Mike
• The Glory Guys1965 · as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
• Lady in a Cage1964 · as Randall Simpson O'Connell
• Irma la Douce1963 · as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)

All TV Shows (32)

• Secrets of Playboy2022 · as Self
• The Holiday Movies That Made Us2020 · as Self
• The American West2016 · as Self
• Back in the Game2013 · as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
• Hawaii Five-02010 · as Tony Archer
• Leçon de Cinéma2004 · as Self
• Las Vegas2003 · as Ed Deline
• Crossing Jordan2001 · as Ed Deline
• Family Guy1999 · as James Caan (voice)
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• NewsRadio1995 · as James Caan (uncredited)
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• The Simpsons1989 · as James Caan (voice)
• Biography1987 · as Self
• Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television1977 · as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
• Film '721971 · as Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Eugene David Holt
• Get Smart1965 · as Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
• Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Rick Peterson
• Combat!1962 · as Sgt. Beckman
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Wide Country1962 · as Buddie Simpson
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Guest
• Ben Casey1961
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Charley Johnson
• Route 661960
• The Untouchables1959 · as Keir Brannon
• Naked City1958 · as Marty Feketi
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter