James Caan
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).
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Fast Charlie | Stan Mullen | FLOP | |
| 2023 | King on Screen | Self | HIT | |
| 2020 | JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift | Tap | FLOP | |
| 2014 | Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire | Self - Actor (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2014 | Altman | Self | HIT | |
| 2013 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Tim Lockwood (voice) | HIT | |
| 2013 | Seduced and Abandoned | Self | FLOP | |
| 2012 | The Godfather Legacy | Self | HIT | |
| 2011 | Detachment | Mr. Charles Seaboldt | HIT | |
| 2011 | His Way | Self | FLOP | |
| 2009 | Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | Self (voice) | HIT | |
| 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Tim Lockwood (voice) | HIT | |
| 2009 | Middle Men | Jerry Haggerty | HIT | |
| 2008 | Get Smart | The President | FLOP | |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | HIT | |
| 2007 | Brando | Self | HIT | |
| 2006 | The Godfather and the Mob | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2005 | Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood | - | HIT | |
| 2004 | Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels | - | HIT | |
| 2004 | The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie | Mr. Harry Dewitt | HIT | |
| 2003 | Elf | Walter | HIT | |
| 2003 | Dogville | The Big Man | HIT | |
| 2003 | Misery Loves Company | Self | HIT | |
| 2000 | The Way of the Gun | Joe Sarno | FLOP | |
| 2000 | The Yards | Frank Olchin | FLOP | |
| 1996 | Bottle Rocket | Mr. Abe Henry | HIT | |
| 1993 | The Program | Sam Winters | FLOP | |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 | Sonny Corleone | HIT | |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | HIT | |
| 1991 | For the Boys | Eddie Sparks | FLOP | |
| 1990 | Misery | Paul Sheldon | HIT | |
| 1990 | The Godfather Family: A Look Inside | Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone | HIT | |
| 1987 | Gardens of Stone | Sgt. Clell Hazard | FLOP | |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | HIT | |
| 1981 | Bolero | Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn | HIT | |
| 1981 | Thief | Frank | HIT | |
| 1981 | The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 | Santino "Sonny" Corleone | HIT | |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | SSgt. Eddie Dohun | HIT | |
| 1976 | Silent Movie | Self | HIT | |
| 1975 | Rollerball | Jonathan E. | FLOP | |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Sonny Corleone (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1974 | The Gambler | Axel | HIT | |
| 1973 | Cinderella Liberty | John Baggs Jr. | HIT | |
| 1972 | The Godfather | Sonny Corleone | HIT | |
| 1971 | Brian's Song | Brian Piccolo | HIT | |
| 1969 | The Rain People | Jimmy Kilgannon | HIT | |
| 1968 | Filmmaker | Self (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1966 | El Dorado | Mississippi | HIT | |
| 1965 | The Glory Guys | Pvt. Anthony Dugan | HIT | |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | Soldier with Radio (uncredited) | HIT |