James Caan
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).
Acting
Movie
The Godfather
as Sonny Corleone
1972
Movie
The Godfather Part II
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
1974
TV
The Simpsons
as James Caan (voice)
1989
Movie
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
2009
Movie
Misery
as Paul Sheldon
1990
TV
Family Guy
as James Caan (voice)
1999
Movie
Elf
as Walter
2003
Movie
Get Smart
as The President
2008
Movie
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
2013
Movie
Dogville
as The Big Man
2003
Movie
That's My Boy
as Father McNally
2012
Movie
Eraser
as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
1996
Movie
Detachment
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
2011
TV
Hawaii Five-0
as Tony Archer
2010
Movie
Bottle Rocket
as Mr. Abe Henry
1996
Movie
Dick Tracy
as Spaldoni
1990
Movie
A Bridge Too Far
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
1977
Movie
Thief
as Frank
1981
Movie
1941
as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
1979
Movie
Bulletproof
as Frank Colton
1996
Movie
Rollerball
as Jonathan E.
1975
Movie
New York, I Love You
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
2008
Movie
Mickey Blue Eyes
as Frank Vitale
1999
Movie
El Dorado
as Mississippi
1966
