James Caan
1940-2022
Known for The Godfather, Misery, Elf.
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), 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).
Movie Credits
Holy Lands (2019)
Undercover Grandpa (2017)
The Red Maple Leaf (2016)
Sicilian Vampire (2015)
Jericho Mansions (2003)
This Thing of Ours (2003)
Blood Crime (2002)
Poodle Springs (1998)
North Star (1996)
The Program (1993)
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Alien Nation (1988)
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Thief (1981)
Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
Chapter Two (1979)
Comes a Horseman (1978)
Rollerball (1975)
The Killer Elite (1975)
Gone with the West (1974)
The Gambler (1974)
Cinderella Liberty (1973)
Slither (1973)
Brian's Song (1971)
Rabbit, Run (1970)
The Rain People (1969)
Journey to Shiloh (1968)
Submarine X-1 (1968)
Countdown (1967)
Red Line 7000 (1965)
Queen Bees (2021)
The Throwaways (2015)
Preggoland (2014)
The Godfather Legacy (2012)
Elf (2003)
City of Ghosts (2002)
Misery Loves Company (2002)
In the Shadows (2001)
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
This Is My Father (1998)
For the Boys (1991)
Misery (1990)
Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
Funny Lady (1975)
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
Games (1967)
Lady in a Cage (1964)
Fast Charlie (2023)
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift (2020)
J.L. Family Ranch (2016)
The Good Neighbor (2016)
Wuthering High (2015)
The Outsider (2014)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
Small Apartments (2012)
Detachment (2011)
Henry's Crime (2010)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Wisegal (2008)
Dead Simple (2001)
Luckytown (2000)
Bulletproof (1996)
Eraser (1996)
Flesh and Bone (1993)
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990)
The Godfather (1972)
T.R. Baskin (1971)
El Dorado (1966)
It Takes a Lunatic (2019)
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2016)
For the Love of Money (2012)
Mercy (2009)
The Yards (2000)
King on Screen (2023)
Out of Blue (2018)
