James Caan

Acting · Born 1940-03-26 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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),…

Filmography

• The Godfather Part II as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
• Dogville as The Big Man
• Misery as Paul Sheldon
• A Bridge Too Far as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
• Thief as Frank
• El Dorado as Mississippi
• Detachment as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
• The Godfather as Sonny Corleone
• Irma la Douce as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
• Alien Nation as Matthew Sykes

TV

• The Simpsons as James Caan (voice)
• Combat! as Sgt. Beckman
• Hawaii Five-0 as Tony Archer
• The Untouchables as Keir Brannon
• Get Smart as Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• Family Guy as James Caan (voice)
• Kraft Suspense Theatre as Rick Peterson
• The F.B.I. as Eugene David Holt
• Las Vegas as Ed Deline