James Caan

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
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Personal Info

Id

3085

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

2

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-03-26

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • James Edmund Caan
  • Jimmy Caan
  • 詹姆斯·凯恩
  • جیمز کان
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    Known For

    The Godfather Part II

    The Godfathe

    Dogville

    Dogville

    Alien Nation

    Alien Nation

    D'un film à l'autre

    D'un film à

    Mickey Blue Eyes

    Mickey Blue

    The Way of the Gun

    The Way of t

    Misery

    Misery

    Poodle Springs

    Poodle Sprin

    Elf

    Elf

    Bulletproof

    Bulletproof

    Silent Movie

    Silent Movie

    A Bridge Too Far

    A Bridge Too

    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

    Cloudy with

    Freebie and the Bean

    Freebie and

    Thief

    Thief

    El Dorado

    El Dorado

    Rollerball

    Rollerball

    The Killer Elite

    The Killer E

    Get Smart

    Get Smart

    City of Ghosts

    City of Ghos

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    Misery Loves

    For the Boys

    For the Boys

    This Is My Father

    This Is My F

    Santa's Slay

    Santa's Slay

    Eraser

    Eraser

    Lathe of Heaven

    Lathe of Hea

    The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

    The Godfathe

    Honeymoon in Vegas

    Honeymoon in

    Countdown

    Countdown

    Bottle Rocket

    Bottle Rocke

    Gardens of Stone

    Gardens of S

    In the Shadows

    In the Shado

    Chapter Two

    Chapter Two

    Comes a Horseman

    Comes a Hors

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    Hollywood Ga

    Lady in a Cage

    Lady in a Ca

    Bolero

    Bolero

    The Glory Guys

    The Glory Gu

    Blood Crime

    Blood Crime

    The Gambler

    The Gambler

    His Way

    His Way

    Mercy

    Mercy

    A Glimpse of Hell

    A Glimpse of

    Middle Men

    Middle Men

    Luckytown

    Luckytown

    Submarine X-1

    Submarine X-

    Funny Lady

    Funny Lady

    Hide in Plain Sight

    Hide in Plai

    Brian's Song

    Brian's Song

    Flesh and Bone

    Flesh and Bo

    The Program

    The Program

    Red Line 7000

    Red Line 700

    King on Screen

    King on Scre

    Wisegal

    Wisegal

    The Yards

    The Yards

    Kiss Me Goodbye

    Kiss Me Good

    Henry's Crime

    Henry's Crim

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    Night at the

    Detachment

    Detachment

    Jericho Mansions

    Jericho Mans

    Cinderella Liberty

    Cinderella L

    Games

    Games

    Small Apartments

    Small Apartm

    The Godfather

    The Godfathe

    Slither

    Slither

    That's My Boy

    That's My Bo

    The Rain People

    The Rain Peo

    The Kid Stays in the Picture

    The Kid Stay

    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

    Cloudy with

    Irma la Douce

    Irma la Douc

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    The Incredib

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    Dead Simple

    Rabbit, Run

    Rabbit, Run

    For the Love of Money

    For the Love

    Another Man, Another Chance

    Another Man,

    T.R. Baskin

    T.R. Baskin

    Harry and Walter Go to New York

    Harry and Wa

    Blood Ties

    Blood Ties

    North Star

    North Star

    Seduced and Abandoned

    Seduced and

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    Playboy's 25

    A Fighting Man

    A Fighting M

    The Outsider

    The Outsider

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    Gangland: Bu

    Fast Charlie

    Fast Charlie

    Journey to Shiloh

    Journey to S

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    Willie Nelso

    A Boy Called Hate

    A Boy Called

    New York, I Love You

    New York, I

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    Gone with th

    Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight

    Robert De Ni

    The Godfather Legacy

    The Godfathe

    Altman

    Altman

    Preggoland

    Preggoland

    The Throwaways

    The Throwawa

    Wuthering High

    Wuthering Hi

    The Good Neighbor

    The Good Nei

    Brando

    Brando

    The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

    The Godfathe

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    The Godfathe

    JL Family Ranch

    JL Family Ra

    Sicilian Vampire

    Sicilian Vam

    Warden of Red Rock

    Warden of Re

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    This Thing o

    Con Man

    Con Man

    Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

    Mr. Warmth:

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    Playboy's Ro

    The Dark Backward

    The Dark Bac

    Undercover Grandpa

    Undercover G

    Out of Blue

    Out of Blue

    1941

    1941

    The Red Maple Leaf

    The Red Mapl

    Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

    Funny Girl to Funny Lady

    Funny Girl t

    Holy Lands

    Holy Lands

    Queen Bees

    Queen Bees

    Filmmaker

    Filmmaker

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    Good Enough

    The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

    The Godfathe

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    And the Osca

    It Takes a Lunatic

    It Takes a L

    Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

    Family Guy P

    Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

    Marlon Brand

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    Earth and th

    The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

    The Making o

    JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift

    JL Family Ra

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    Rickles

    The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!

    The Please W

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    Dorothy Stra

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    Night of 100

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    The Phillie

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    Chuck Zito:

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    2023

    Fast Charlie

    asStan Mullen

    2023

    Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2021

    Queen Bees

    asDan

    2019

    It Takes a Lunatic

    asSelf

    2019

    Out of Blue

    asCol. Tom Rockwell

    2019

    Holy Lands

    asHarry

    2018

    Con Man

    asAgent Gamble

    2017

    Good Enough

    asRoger Flynn

    2017

    Undercover Grandpa

    asGrandpa

    2017

    The Red Maple Leaf

    asSenator George Lawrence Secord

    2016

    The Good Neighbor

    asHarold Grainey

    2016

    JL Family Ranch

    asTap

    2015

    Sicilian Vampire

    asProfessor Bernard Issaacs

    2015

    Wuthering High

    asEarnshaw

    2015

    The Throwaways

    asLt. Col. Christopher Holden

    2014

    Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

    asSelf - Actor (archive footage)

    2014

    Preggoland

    asWalter

    2014

    Altman

    asSelf

    2014

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2012

    The Godfather Legacy

    asSelf

    2009

    Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

    asSelf (voice)

    2008

    New York, I Love You

    asMr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist

    2007

    Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

    asSelf

    2007

    Brando

    asSelf

    2006

    The Godfather and the Mob

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2005

    This Thing of Ours

    asJimmy

    2004

    Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels

    as

    2001

    Warden of Red Rock

    asJohn Flinders

    2001

    Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

    asSelf

    1996

    A Boy Called Hate

    asJim

    1993

    Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle

    as

    1992

    The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

    asSonny Corleone

    1992

    Earth and the American Dream

    asReader (voice)

    1991

    The Dark Backward

    asDr. Scurvy

    1990

    The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

    asSelf / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone

    1990

    Dick Tracy

    asSpaldoni

    1979

    1941

    asSailor in Fight (uncredited)

    1979

    Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

    asSelf (uncredited)

    1975

    Gone with the West

    asJud McGraw

    1975

    Funny Girl to Funny Lady

    asSelf

    1971

    The Godfather: Behind the Scenes

    asSelf

    1968

    Filmmaker

    asSelf (uncredited)

    1968

    Journey to Shiloh

    asBuck Burnett

    Acre Beyond the Rye

    asSherriff Doyle

    2024

    Chuck Zito: An American Story

    asSelf

    2023

    King on Screen

    asSelf

    2020

    JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift

    asTap

    2014

    A Fighting Man

    asMike 'Brother' Albright

    2014

    The Outsider

    asSchuuster

    2013

    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

    asTim Lockwood (voice)

    2013

    Blood Ties

    asLeon

    2013

    Seduced and Abandoned

    asSelf

    2012

    That's My Boy

    asFather McNally

    2012

    For the Love of Money

    asMicky

    2012

    Small Apartments

    asMr. Allspice

    2011

    Detachment

    asMr. Charles Seaboldt

    2011

    D'un film à l'autre

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2011

    His Way

    asSelf

    2010

    Henry's Crime

    asMax Saltzman

    2009

    Mercy

    asGerry Ryan

    2009

    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

    asTim Lockwood (voice)

    2009

    Middle Men

    asJerry Haggerty

    2008

    Hollywood Gangster

    asSelf

    2008

    The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

    asSelf

    2008

    Get Smart

    asThe President

    2008

    Wisegal

    asSalvatore Palmeri

    2006

    The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood

    asSelf (uncredited)

    2005

    Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood

    as

    2005

    Santa's Slay

    asDarren Mason

    2004

    The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

    asMr. Harry Dewitt

    2003

    Elf

    asWalter

    2003

    Dogville

    asThe Big Man

    2003

    Jericho Mansions

    asLeonard Grey

    2003

    Misery Loves Company

    asSelf

    2002

    Blood Crime

    asSheriff Morgan McKenna

    2002

    City of Ghosts

    asMarvin

    2002

    Lathe of Heaven

    asDr. William Haber

    2002

    The Kid Stays in the Picture

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2002

    Night at the Golden Eagle

    asPrison Warden

    2001

    Dead Simple

    asRoy Baker

    2001

    In the Shadows

    asLance Huston

    2001

    A Glimpse of Hell

    asCapt. Fred Moosally

    2000

    The Way of the Gun

    asJoe Sarno

    2000

    Luckytown

    asCharlie Doyles

    2000

    The Yards

    asFrank Olchin

    1999

    Mickey Blue Eyes

    asFrank Vitale

    1999

    The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

    asSelf

    1999

    This Is My Father

    asKieran Johnson

    1998

    Poodle Springs

    asPhilip Marlowe

    1997

    Howard Hawks: American Artist

    asSelf

    1996

    Bulletproof

    asFrank Colton

    1996

    Eraser

    asU.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin

    1996

    Bottle Rocket

    asMr. Abe Henry

    1996

    North Star

    asSean McLennon

    1993

    Flesh and Bone

    asRoy Sweeney

    1993

    The Program

    asSam Winters

    1992

    Honeymoon in Vegas

    asTommy Korman

    1992

    The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!

    asSelf (uncredited)

    1991

    For the Boys

    asEddie Sparks

    1990

    Misery

    asPaul Sheldon

    1988

    Alien Nation

    asDet. Sgt. Matthew Sykes

    1987

    Gardens of Stone

    asSgt. Clell Hazard

    1985

    Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story

    as

    1982

    Kiss Me Goodbye

    asJolly

    1982

    Night of 100 Stars

    asSelf

    1981

    Bolero

    asJack Glenn / Jason Glenn

    1981

    Thief

    asFrank

    1981

    The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

    asSantino "Sonny" Corleone

    1980

    Hide in Plain Sight

    asThomas Hacklin, Jr.

    1979

    Chapter Two

    asGeorge Schneider

    1979

    Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration

    asSelf

    1978

    Comes a Horseman

    asFrank 'Buck' Athearn

    1977

    Another Man, Another Chance

    asDavid Williams

    1977

    A Bridge Too Far

    asSSgt. Eddie Dohun

    1976

    Silent Movie

    asSelf

    1976

    Harry and Walter Go to New York

    asHarry Digby

    1975

    The Killer Elite

    asMike Locken

    1975

    Rickles

    as

    1975

    Rollerball

    asJonathan E.

    1975

    Funny Lady

    asBilly Rose

    1975

    From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle

    as

    1974

    Freebie and the Bean

    asFreebie

    1974

    The Godfather Part II

    asSonny Corleone (uncredited)

    1974

    The Gambler

    asAxel

    1973

    Cinderella Liberty

    asJohn Baggs Jr.

    1973

    Slither

    asDick Kanipsia

    1972

    The Godfather

    asSonny Corleone

    1971

    Brian's Song

    asBrian Piccolo

    1971

    T.R. Baskin

    asLarry Moore

    1970

    Rabbit, Run

    asHarry "Rabbit" Angstrom

    1969

    The Rain People

    asJimmy Kilgannon

    1968

    Submarine X-1

    asCmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR

    1967

    Games

    asPaul Montgomery

    1967

    Countdown

    asLee Stegler

    1966

    El Dorado

    asMississippi

    1965

    Red Line 7000

    asMike

    1965

    The Glory Guys

    asPvt. Anthony Dugan

    1964

    Lady in a Cage

    asRandall Simpson O'Connell

    1963

    Irma la Douce

    asSoldier with Radio (uncredited)

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    (4 episode)asSantino "Sonny" Corleone

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