James Caan
Actor
Born March 26, 1940 in The Bronx, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self
Fast Charlie
Stan Mullen
King on Screen
Self
Secrets of Playboy
Self
Queen Bees
Dan
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
Tap
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
Out of Blue
Col. Tom Rockwell
Holy Lands
Harry
Con Man
Agent Gamble
Good Enough
Roger Flynn
Undercover Grandpa
Grandpa
The Red Maple Leaf
Senator George Lawrence Secord
The Good Neighbor
Harold Grainey
J.L. Family Ranch
Tap
The American West
Self
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Sicilian Vampire
Professor Bernard Issaacs
The Outsider
Schuuster
Wuthering High
Earnshaw
The Throwaways
Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Preggoland
Walter
Altman
Self
A Fighting Man
Mike 'Brother' Albright
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Tim Lockwood (voice)
Back in the Game
Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
Blood Ties
Leon
Seduced and Abandoned
Self
The Godfather Legacy
Self
That's My Boy
Father McNally
For the Love of Money
Micky
Small Apartments
Mr. Allspice
Detachment
Mr. Charles Seaboldt
His Way
Self
Hawaii Five-0
Tony Archer
Henry's Crime
Max Saltzman
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Self (voice)
Mercy
Gerry Ryan
The Annoying Orange
Jalapeño
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Tim Lockwood (voice)
Middle Men
Jerry Haggerty
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
Self
New York, I Love You
Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
Get Smart
The President
Wisegal
Salvatore Palmeri
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
Brando
Self
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
The Godfather and the Mob
Self (archive footage)
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Santa's Slay
Darren Mason
Elf: Film School for Kids
Self
Elf: That's a Wrap
Self
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Mr. Harry Dewitt
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
Elf
Walter
Las Vegas
Ed Deline
Dogville
The Big Man
Jericho Mansions
Leonard Grey
Misery Loves Company
Self
Blood Crime
Sheriff Morgan McKenna
City of Ghosts
Marvin
Lathe of Heaven
Dr. William Haber
Night at the Golden Eagle
Prison Warden
This Thing of Ours
Jimmy
Crossing Jordan
Ed Deline
Dead Simple
Roy Baker
In the Shadows
Lance Huston
Warden of Red Rock
John Flinders
A Glimpse of Hell
Capt. Fred Moosally
The Way of the Gun
Joe Sarno
Luckytown
Charlie Doyles
The Yards
Frank Olchin
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
Mickey Blue Eyes
Frank Vitale
This Is My Father
Kieran Johnson
Family Guy
James Caan (voice)
Poodle Springs
Philip Marlowe
Bulletproof
Frank Colton
Eraser
U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
A Boy Called Hate
Jim
Bottle Rocket
Mr. Abe Henry
North Star
Sean McLennon
NewsRadio
James Caan (uncredited)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Flesh and Bone
Roy Sweeney
The Program
Sam Winters
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Sonny Corleone
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Honeymoon in Vegas
Tommy Korman
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
Self (uncredited)
For the Boys
Eddie Sparks
The Dark Backward
Dr. Scurvy
Misery
Paul Sheldon
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
Dick Tracy
Spaldoni
The Simpsons
James Caan (voice)
Alien Nation
Matthew Sykes
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Clell Hazard
Biography
Self
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
Kiss Me Goodbye
Jolly
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Bolero
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Thief
Frank
Hide in Plain Sight
Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
Chapter Two
George Schneider
1941
Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
Self (uncredited)
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Comes a Horseman
Frank 'Buck' Athearn
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Another Man, Another Chance
David Williams
Playboy's Playmate Party
A Bridge Too Far
SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Silent Movie
Self
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Harry Digby
The Killer Elite
Mike Locken
Rickles
Gone with the West
Jud McGraw
Rollerball
Jonathan E.
Funny Lady
Billy Rose
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Self
Freebie and the Bean
Freebie
The Godfather Part II
Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
The Gambler
Axel
Cinderella Liberty
John Baggs Jr.
Slither
Dick Kanipsia
The Godfather
Sonny Corleone
Brian's Song
Brian Piccolo
T.R. Baskin
Larry Moore
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Self
Rabbit, Run
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
The Rain People
Jimmy Kilgannon
Filmmaker
Self (uncredited)
Journey to Shiloh
Buck Burnett
Submarine X-1
Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
Games
Paul Montgomery
Countdown
Lee Stegler
El Dorado
Mississippi
Red Line 7000
Mike
The F.B.I.
Eugene David Holt
Get Smart
Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
The Glory Guys
Pvt. Anthony Dugan
Lady in a Cage
Randall Simpson O'Connell
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Rick Peterson
Irma la Douce
Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
Combat!
Sgt. Beckman
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Wide Country
Buddie Simpson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Guest
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
Charley Johnson
Route 66
The Untouchables
Keir Brannon
Naked City
Marty Feketi
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee