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).
2024 | Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self |
2023 | Tamirci as Stan Mullen |
2023 | Robert De Niro, l'arme du silence as Self (archive footage) |
2023 | King on Screen as Self |
2021 | Queen Bees as Dan |
2020 | JL Aile Çiftliği: Düğün Hediyesi as Tap |
2019 | It Takes a Lunatic as Self |
2019 | Aniden as Col. Tom Rockwell |
2019 | Holy Lands as Harry |
2018 | Con Man as Agent Gamble |
2017 | Good Enough as Roger Flynn |
2017 | Gizemli Büyükbaba as Grandpa |
2017 | The Red Maple Leaf as Senator George Lawrence Secord |
2016 | The Good Neighbor as Harold Grainey |
2016 | JL Family Ranch as Tap |
2015 | Sicilian Vampire as Professor Bernard Issaacs |
2015 | Wuthering High as Earnshaw |
2015 | İşe Yaramazlar as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden |
2014 | Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir as Self - Actor (archive footage) |
2014 | Preggoland as Walter |
2014 | Altman as Self |
2014 | Dövüşçü as Mike 'Brother' Albright |
2014 | The Outsider as Schuuster |
2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage) |
2013 | Köfte Yağmuru 2 as Tim Lockwood (voice) |
2013 | Kan Bağları as Leon |
2013 | Seduced and Abandoned as Self |
2012 | The Godfather Legacy as Self |
2012 | Babasının Oğlu as Father McNally |
2012 | For the Love of Money as Micky |
2012 | Garip Komşular as Mr. Allspice |
2011 | Detachment as Mr. Charles Seaboldt |
2011 | D'un film à l'autre as Self (archive footage) |
2011 | His Way as Self |
2010 | Suçlu Kim? as Max Saltzman |
2009 | Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side as Self (voice) |
2009 | Merhamet as Gerry Ryan |
2009 | Köfte Yağmuru as Tim Lockwood (voice) |
2009 | Arabulucu as Jerry Haggerty |
2008 | Hollywood Gangster as Self |
2008 | The Making of 'Bottle Rocket' as Self |
2008 | Seni Seviyorum New York as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist |
2008 | Akıllı Ol as The President |
2008 | Wisegal as Salvatore Palmeri |
2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self |
2007 | Brando as Self |
2006 | The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood as Self (uncredited) |
2006 | The Godfather and the Mob as Self (archive footage) |
2005 | Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood |
2005 | Santa's Slay as Darren Mason |
2005 | This Thing of Ours as Jimmy |
2004 | Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels |
2004 | The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie as Mr. Harry Dewitt |
2003 | Elf as Walter |
2003 | Dogville as The Big Man |
2003 | Jericho’da Terör as Leonard Grey |
2003 | Misery Loves Company as Self |
2002 | Kasabanın Gizemi as Sheriff Morgan McKenna |
2002 | Hayaletler Şehri as Marvin |
2002 | Lathe of Heaven as Dr. William Haber |
2002 | The Kid Stays in the Picture as Self (archive footage) |
2002 | Night at the Golden Eagle as Prison Warden |
2001 | Dead Simple as Roy Baker |
2001 | In the Shadows as Lance Huston |
2001 | Warden of Red Rock as John Flinders |
2001 | Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self |
2001 | A Glimpse of Hell as Capt. Fred Moosally |
2000 | Silahların Gölgesinde as Joe Sarno |
2000 | Luckytown as Charlie Doyles |
2000 | Çeteler Savaşı as Frank Olchin |
1999 | Belalı Aşk as Frank Vitale |
1999 | The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' as Self |
1999 | This Is My Father as Kieran Johnson |
1998 | Poodle Springs as Philip Marlowe |
1997 | Howard Hawks: American Artist as Self |
1996 | Mermi İşlemez as Frank Colton |
1996 | Silici as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin |
1996 | A Boy Called Hate as Jim |
1996 | Bottle Rocket as Mr. Abe Henry |
1996 | North Star as Sean McLennon |
1993 | Flesh and Bone as Roy Sweeney |
1993 | The Program as Sam Winters |
1993 | Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle |
1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 as Sonny Corleone |
1992 | Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice) |
1992 | Vegas'ta Balayı as Tommy Korman |
1992 | The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live! as Self (uncredited) |
1991 | For the Boys as Eddie Sparks |
1991 | The Dark Backward as Dr. Scurvy |
1990 | Ölüm Kitabı as Paul Sheldon |
1990 | The Godfather Family: A Look Inside as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone |
1990 | Dick Tracy as Spaldoni |
1988 | Yabancılar as Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes |
1987 | Taş Mezarlar as Sgt. Clell Hazard |
1985 | Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story |
1982 | Günü Gününe as Jolly |
1982 | Night of 100 Stars as Self |
1981 | Les uns et les autres as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn |
1981 | Hırsız as Frank |
1981 | The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic as Santino "Sonny" Corleone |
1980 | Hide in Plain Sight as Thomas Hacklin, Jr. |
1979 | 1941 as Sailor in Fight (uncredited) |
1979 | Chapter Two as George Schneider |
1979 | Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party as Self (uncredited) |
1979 | Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self |
1978 | Comes a Horseman as Frank 'Buck' Athearn |
1977 | Un autre homme, une autre chance as David Williams |
1977 | Savaş Köprüleri as SSgt. Eddie Dohun |
1976 | Deli Dolu as Self |
1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New York as Harry Digby |
1975 | The Killer Elite as Mike Locken |
1975 | Rickles |
1975 | Gone with the West as Jud McGraw |
1975 | Ölüm Pateni as Jonathan E. |
1975 | Komik Kadın as Billy Rose |
1975 | Funny Girl to Funny Lady as Self |
1975 | From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle |
1974 | Freebie and the Bean as Freebie |
1974 | Baba 2 as Sonny Corleone (uncredited) |
1974 | Kumarbaz as Axel |
1973 | Cinderella Liberty as John Baggs Jr. |
1973 | Slither as Dick Kanipsia |
1972 | Baba as Sonny Corleone |
1971 | Sessiz Çığlık as Brian Piccolo |
1971 | T.R. Baskin as Larry Moore |
1971 | The Godfather: Behind the Scenes as Self |
1970 | Rabbit, Run as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom |
1969 | The Rain People as Jimmy Kilgannon |
1968 | Filmmaker as Self (uncredited) |
1968 | Journey to Shiloh as Buck Burnett |
1968 | Submarine X-1 as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR |
1967 | Games as Paul Montgomery |
1967 | Countdown as Lee Stegler |
1966 | Eldorado as Mississippi |
1965 | Red Line 7000 as Mike |
1965 | Zafere Doğru as Pvt. Anthony Dugan |
1964 | Kafesteki Kadın as Randall Simpson O'Connell |
1963 | Sokak Kızı İrma as Soldier with Radio (uncredited) |
| Acre Beyond the Rye as Sherriff Doyle |
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