James Caan

from The Bronx, New York, USA

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Biography

James Edmund Caan (/kɑːn/ KAHN; 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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Timeline

2023Aged 83

  • Poster for King on Screen

    Self

  • Poster for Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Fast Charlie

    Stan Mullen

2021Aged 81

  • Poster for Queen Bees

    Dan

2020Aged 80

  • Poster for JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift

    Tap

2019Aged 79

  • Poster for Holy Lands

    Harry

  • Poster for Out of Blue

    Col. Tom Rockwell

  • Poster for It Takes a Lunatic

    Self

2018Aged 78

  • Poster for Con Man

    Agent Gamble

2017Aged 77

  • Poster for The Red Maple Leaf

    Senator George Lawrence Secord

  • Poster for Undercover Grandpa

    Grandpa

  • Poster for Good Enough

    Roger Flynn

2016Aged 76

  • Poster for JL Family Ranch

    Tap

  • Poster for The Good Neighbor

    Harold Grainey

2015Aged 75

  • Poster for The Throwaways

    Lt. Col. Christopher Holden

  • Poster for Wuthering High

    Earnshaw

  • Poster for Sicilian Vampire

    Professor Bernard Issaacs

2014Aged 74

  • Poster for And the Oscar Goes To...

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Outsider

    Schuuster

  • Poster for A Fighting Man

    Mike 'Brother' Albright

  • Poster for Altman

    Self

  • Poster for Preggoland

    Walter

  • Poster for Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

    Self - Actor (archive footage)

2013Aged 73

  • Poster for Seduced and Abandoned

    Self

  • Poster for Blood Ties

    Leon

  • Poster for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

    Tim Lockwood (voice)

2012Aged 72

  • Poster for Small Apartments

    Mr. Allspice

  • Poster for For the Love of Money

    Micky

  • Poster for That's My Boy

    Father McNally

  • Poster for The Godfather Legacy

    Self

2011Aged 71

  • Poster for His Way

    Self

  • Poster for D'un film à l'autre

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Detachment

    Mr. Charles Seaboldt

2010Aged 70

  • Poster for Henry's Crime

    Max Saltzman

2009Aged 69

  • Poster for Middle Men

    Jerry Haggerty

  • Poster for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

    Tim Lockwood (voice)

  • Poster for Mercy

    Gerry Ryan

  • Poster for Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

    Self (voice)

2008Aged 68

2007Aged 67

  • Poster for Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

    Self

2006Aged 66

  • Poster for The Godfather and the Mob

    Self (archive footage)

2005Aged 65

  • Poster for This Thing of Ours

    Jimmy

  • Poster for Santa's Slay

    Darren Mason

  • Poster for Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood

    (Unknown)

2004Aged 64

  • Poster for The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

    Mr. Harry Dewitt

  • Poster for Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels

    (Unknown)

2003Aged 63

  • Poster for Misery Loves Company

    Self

  • Poster for Jericho Mansions

    Leonard Grey

  • Poster for Dogville

    The Big Man

  • Poster for Elf

    Walter

2002Aged 62

  • Poster for Night at the Golden Eagle

    Prison Warden

  • Poster for The Kid Stays in the Picture

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Lathe of Heaven

    Dr. William Haber

  • Poster for City of Ghosts

    Marvin

  • Poster for Blood Crime

    Sheriff Morgan McKenna

2001Aged 61

2000Aged 60

  • Poster for The Yards

    Frank Olchin

  • Poster for Luckytown

    Charlie Doyles

  • Poster for The Way of the Gun

    Joe Sarno

1999Aged 59

1998Aged 58

  • Poster for Poodle Springs

    Philip Marlowe

1996Aged 56

  • Poster for North Star

    Sean McLennon

  • Poster for Bottle Rocket

    Mr. Abe Henry

  • Poster for A Boy Called Hate

    Jim

  • Poster for Eraser

    U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin

  • Poster for Bulletproof

    Frank Colton

1993Aged 53

1992Aged 52

  • Poster for The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!

    Self (uncredited)

  • Poster for Honeymoon in Vegas

    Tommy Korman

  • Poster for Earth and the American Dream

    Reader (voice)

1991Aged 51

  • Poster for The Dark Backward

    Dr. Scurvy

  • Poster for For the Boys

    Eddie Sparks

1990Aged 50

  • Poster for Dick Tracy

    Spaldoni

  • Poster for The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

    Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone

  • Poster for Misery

    Paul Sheldon

1988Aged 48

  • Poster for Alien Nation

    Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes

1987Aged 47

  • Poster for Gardens of Stone

    Sgt. Clell Hazard

1985Aged 45

  • Poster for Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story

    (Unknown)

1982Aged 42

  • Poster for Night of 100 Stars

    Self

  • Poster for Kiss Me Goodbye

    Jolly

1981Aged 41

  • Poster for The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

    Santino "Sonny" Corleone

  • Poster for Thief

    Frank

  • Poster for Bolero: Dance of Life

    Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

  • Poster for The Godfather Epic: 1901-1959

    Sonny Corleone

1980Aged 40

  • Poster for Hide in Plain Sight

    Thomas Hacklin, Jr.

1979Aged 39

  • Poster for Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

    Himself (uncredited)

  • Poster for Chapter Two

    George Schneider

  • Poster for 1941

    Sailor in Fight (uncredited)

1978Aged 38

  • Poster for Comes a Horseman

    Frank 'Buck' Athearn

1977Aged 37

  • Poster for A Bridge Too Far

    SSgt. Eddie Dohun

  • Poster for Another Man, Another Chance

    David Williams

1976Aged 36

  • Poster for Silent Movie

    Self

  • Poster for Harry and Walter Go to New York

    Harry Digby

1975Aged 35

1974Aged 34

  • Poster for The Gambler

    Axel Freed

  • Poster for The Godfather Part II

    Sonny Corleone (uncredited)

  • Poster for Freebie and the Bean

    Freebie

1973Aged 33

  • Poster for Slither

    Dick Kanipsia

  • Poster for Cinderella Liberty

    John Baggs Jr.

1972Aged 32

  • Poster for The Godfather

    Sonny Corleone

1971Aged 31

1970Aged 30

  • Poster for Rabbit, Run

    Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom

1969Aged 29

  • Poster for The Rain People

    Jimmy Kilgannon

1968Aged 28

  • Poster for Submarine X-1

    Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR

  • Poster for Journey to Shiloh

    Buck Burnett

  • Poster for Filmmaker

    Self (uncredited)

1967Aged 27

  • Poster for Countdown

    Lee Stegler

  • Poster for Games

    Paul Montgomery

1966Aged 26

  • Poster for El Dorado

    Mississippi

1965Aged 25

  • Poster for The Glory Guys

    Pvt. Anthony Dugan

  • Poster for Red Line 7000

    Mike

1964Aged 24

  • Poster for Lady in a Cage

    Randall Simpson O'Connell

1963Aged 23

  • Poster for Irma la Douce

    Soldier with Radio (uncredited)

Year unknown