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).
Filmography (47)
Fast Charlie
Queen Bees
Holy Lands
The Good Neighbor
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Blood Ties
That's My Boy
Small Apartments
Detachment
Henry's Crime
Middle Men
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Get Smart
New York, I Love You
Santa's Slay
Elf
Dogville
City of Ghosts
In the Shadows
The Way of the Gun
The Yards
Mickey Blue Eyes
Poodle Springs
Eraser
Bottle Rocket
Bulletproof
The Program
Flesh and Bone
Honeymoon in Vegas
For the Boys
Dick Tracy
Misery
Alien Nation
Gardens of Stone
Kiss Me Goodbye
Thief
1941
A Bridge Too Far
Silent Movie
Rollerball
The Killer Elite
The Godfather Part II
The Gambler
The Godfather
Brian's Song
The Rain People