James Caan

Birthday: 1940-03-26
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
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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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Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1973 33 The Godfather (1972) Supporting Actor Nom 0
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Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
Acre Beyond the Rye Sherriff Doyle
2023-12-08 Fast Charlie Stan Mullen
2021-06-11 Queen Bees Dan
2020-09-27 JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift Tap
2019-03-22 Out of Blue Col. Tom Rockwell
2019-01-16 Holy Lands Harry
2018-03-02 Con Man Agent Gamble
2017-10-10 Good Enough Roger Flynn
2017-07-07 Undercover Grandpa Grandpa
2017-02-24 The Red Maple Leaf Senator George Lawrence Secord
2016-09-16 The Good Neighbor Harold Grainey
2016-07-22 JL Family Ranch Tap
2015-11-03 Sicilian Vampire Professor Bernard Issaacs
2015-05-29 Wuthering High Earnshaw
2015-01-30 The Throwaways Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
2014-09-04 Preggoland Walter
2014-04-24 A Fighting Man Mike 'Brother' Albright
2014-03-11 The Outsider Schuuster
2013-09-26 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Tim Lockwood (voice)
2013-08-22 Blood Ties Leon
2012-06-14 That's My Boy Father McNally
2012-06-08 For the Love of Money Micky
2012-03-10 Small Apartments Mr. Allspice
2011-04-24 Detachment Mr. Charles Seaboldt
2010-01-14 Henry's Crime Max Saltzman
2009-11-11 Mercy Gerry Ryan
2009-09-17 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Tim Lockwood (voice)
2009-05-17 Middle Men Jerry Haggerty
2008-09-06 New York, I Love You Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
2008-06-19 Get Smart The President
2008-03-15 Wisegal Salvatore Palmeri
2005-12-02 Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005-10-25 Santa's Slay Darren Mason
2005-01-01 This Thing of Ours Jimmy
2004-09-21 Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
2004-03-30 The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie Mr. Harry Dewitt
2003-10-09 Elf Walter
2003-05-21 Dogville The Big Man
2003-05-17 Jericho Mansions Leonard Grey
2002-09-13 Blood Crime Sheriff Morgan McKenna
2002-09-10 City of Ghosts Marvin
2002-09-08 Lathe of Heaven Dr. William Haber
2002-05-17 Night at the Golden Eagle Prison Warden
2001-08-21 Dead Simple Roy Baker
2001-06-24 In the Shadows Lance Huston
2001-06-06 Warden of Red Rock John Flinders
2001-03-18 A Glimpse of Hell Capt. Fred Moosally
2000-09-08 The Way of the Gun Joe Sarno
2000-08-04 Luckytown Charlie Doyles
2000-04-27 The Yards Frank Olchin
1999-08-16 Mickey Blue Eyes Frank Vitale
1999-05-07 This Is My Father Kieran Johnson
1998-07-25 Poodle Springs Philip Marlowe
1996-09-06 Bulletproof Frank Colton
1996-06-21 Eraser U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
1996-05-22 A Boy Called Hate Jim
1996-02-21 Bottle Rocket Mr. Abe Henry
1996-01-03 North Star Sean McLennon
1993-11-05 Flesh and Bone Roy Sweeney
1993-09-24 The Program Sam Winters
1993-01-01 Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
1992-10-21 The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 Sonny Corleone
1992-10-01 Earth and the American Dream Reader (voice)
1992-08-28 Honeymoon in Vegas Tommy Korman
1991-11-22 For the Boys Eddie Sparks
1991-07-26 The Dark Backward Dr. Scurvy
1990-11-30 Misery Paul Sheldon
1990-04-05 Dick Tracy Spaldoni
1988-10-07 Alien Nation Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes
1987-05-05 Gardens of Stone Sgt. Clell Hazard
1985-10-13 Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1982-12-22 Kiss Me Goodbye Jolly
1981-05-27 Bolero: Dance of Life Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
1981-03-27 Thief Frank
1981-03-24 The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic Santino "Sonny" Corleone
1980-03-21 Hide in Plain Sight Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
1979-12-14 Chapter Two George Schneider
1979-12-14 1941 Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
1978-10-25 Comes a Horseman Frank 'Buck' Athearn
1977-09-28 Another Man, Another Chance David Williams
1977-06-15 A Bridge Too Far SSgt. Eddie Dohun
1976-06-17 Harry and Walter Go to New York Harry Digby
1975-12-19 The Killer Elite Mike Locken
1975-11-19 Rickles
1975-09-01 Gone with the West Jud McGraw
1975-06-25 Rollerball Jonathan E.
1975-03-15 Funny Lady Billy Rose
1975-01-01 From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
1974-12-25 Freebie and the Bean Freebie
1974-12-20 The Godfather Part II Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
1974-10-02 The Gambler Axel Freed
1973-12-18 Cinderella Liberty John Baggs Jr.
1973-03-07 Slither Dick Kanipsia
1972-03-14 The Godfather Sonny Corleone
1971-11-30 Brian's Song Brian Piccolo
1971-10-20 T.R. Baskin Larry Moore
1970-10-01 Rabbit, Run Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
1969-08-27 The Rain People Jimmy Kilgannon
1968-05-10 Journey to Shiloh Buck Burnett
1968-03-22 Submarine X-1 Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
1967-09-17 Games Paul Montgomery
1967-08-20 Countdown Lee Stegler
1966-12-17 El Dorado Mississippi
1965-11-09 Red Line 7000 Mike
1965-07-07 The Glory Guys Pvt. Anthony Dugan
1964-06-10 Lady in a Cage Randall Simpson O'Connell
1963-06-05 Irma la Douce Soldier with Radio (uncredited)