Birth Day: 1940-03-26
Place of birth: The Bronx, 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.
Credits
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As Stan Mullen
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As Self (archive footage)
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As Self
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As Dan
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As Tap
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As Harry
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As Col. Tom Rockwell
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As Self
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As Agent Gamble
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As Grandpa
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As Roger Flynn
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As Senator George Lawrence Secord
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As Harold Grainey
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As Tap
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As Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
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As Professor Bernard Issaacs
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As Earnshaw
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As Self (archive footage)
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As Schuuster
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As Walter
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As Self
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As Self - Actor (archive footage)
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As Mike 'Brother' Albright
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As Self
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As Leon
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As Tim Lockwood (voice)
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As Self
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As Father McNally
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As Micky
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As Mr. Allspice
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As Self
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As Mr. Charles Seaboldt
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As Self (archive footage)
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As Max Saltzman
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As Gerry Ryan
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As Tim Lockwood (voice)
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As Jerry Haggerty
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As Self (voice)
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As Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
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As Self
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As Salvatore Palmeri
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As The President
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As Self
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As Self
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As Self (archive footage)
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As Jimmy
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As Darren Mason
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As Mr. Harry Dewitt
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As Leonard Grey
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As Walter
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As The Big Man
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As Self
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As Marvin
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As Dr. William Haber
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As Prison Warden
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As Self (archive footage)
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As Sheriff Morgan McKenna
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As Capt. Fred Moosally
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As John Flinders
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As Roy Baker
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As Lance Huston
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As Self
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As Charlie Doyles
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As Joe Sarno
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As Frank Olchin
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As Kieran Johnson
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As Self
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As Frank Vitale
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As Philip Marlowe
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As Self
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As U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
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As Frank Colton
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As Sean McLennon
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As Jim
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As Mr. Abe Henry
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As Sam Winters
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As Roy Sweeney
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As Tommy Korman
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As Self (uncredited)
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As Reader (voice)
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As Eddie Sparks
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As Dr. Scurvy
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As Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
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As Paul Sheldon
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As Spaldoni
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As Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes
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As Sgt. Clell Hazard
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As Self
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As Jolly
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As Frank
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As Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
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As Sonny Corleone
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As Santino "Sonny" Corleone
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As Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
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As George Schneider
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As Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
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As Frank 'Buck' Athearn
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As SSgt. Eddie Dohun
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As David Williams
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As Self
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As Harry Digby
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As Jonathan E.
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As Mike Locken
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As Billy Rose
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As Jud McGraw
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As Self
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As Freebie
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As Axel Freed
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As Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
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As Dick Kanipsia
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As John Baggs Jr.
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As Sonny Corleone
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As Self
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As Brian Piccolo
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As Larry Moore
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As Sherriff Doyle
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As Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
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As Jimmy Kilgannon
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As Himself
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As Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
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As Buck Burnett
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As Paul Montgomery
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As Lee Stegler
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As Mississippi
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As Mike
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As Pvt. Anthony Dugan
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As Randall Simpson O'Connell
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As Soldier with Radio (uncredited)