James Caan

James Caan

Date of Birth:

Mar 26, 1940

Place of Birth:

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

James Edmund Caan (/kɑːn/ KAHN; 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Caan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

filmography:

Altman Altman

2014

Preggoland Preggoland

2014

Brando Brando

2007

Blood Ties Blood Ties

2013

North Star North Star

1996

Rickles Rickles

1975

1941 1941

1979

Con Man Con Man

2018

Dick Tracy Dick Tracy

1990

Filmmaker Filmmaker

1968

Queen Bees Queen Bees

2021

Holy Lands Holy Lands

2019

Eraser Eraser

1996

Get Smart Get Smart

2008

Countdown Countdown

1967

Rollerball Rollerball

1975

Misery Misery

1990

Dogville Dogville

2003

Elf Elf

2003

Thief Thief

1981

El Dorado El Dorado

1966

Detachment Detachment

2011

Wisegal Wisegal

2008

The Yards The Yards

2000

Games Games

1967

Slither Slither

1973

His Way His Way

2011

Mercy Mercy

2009

Middle Men Middle Men

2009

Luckytown Luckytown

2000

Funny Lady Funny Lady

1975

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