Actor · Voice Actor
James Caan
Also known as: James Edmund Caan · Jimmy 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).
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20 creditsCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
Get Smart
as The President
Elf
as Walter
Dogville
as The Big Man
Misery Loves Company
as Self
City of Ghosts
as Marvin
The Way of the Gun
as Joe Sarno
Mickey Blue Eyes
as Frank Vitale
Poodle Springs
as Philip Marlowe
Bulletproof
as Frank Colton
Misery
as Paul Sheldon
Alien Nation
as Matthew Sykes
Thief
as Frank
A Bridge Too Far
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Silent Movie
as James Caan
Rollerball
as Jonathan E.
The Killer Elite
as Mike Locken
The Godfather Part II
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
Freebie and the Bean
as Freebie
El Dorado
as Mississippi