James Caan

James Caan

Birthday: 1940-03-26

Deathday: 2022-07-06

Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: James Edmund Caan , Jimmy Caan, 詹姆斯·凯恩, جیمز کان

imdb_id: nm0001001

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).

Played in movies:

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

Score: 9.5

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

Score: 8.9

The Godfather

Score: 8.7

The Godfather Part II

Score: 8.6

Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels

Score: 8.3

Dogville

Score: 7.8

Misery

Score: 7.7

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

Score: 7.7

Detachment

Score: 7.6

Irma la Douce

Score: 7.4

El Dorado

Score: 7.4

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

Score: 7.3

Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood

Score: 7.3

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

Score: 7.3

A Bridge Too Far

Score: 7.2

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

Score: 7.2

Brian's Song

Score: 7.2

Thief

Score: 7.2

Filmmaker

Score: 7.1

The Godfather Legacy

Score: 7.1

The Godfather and the Mob

Score: 7.0

Misery Loves Company

Score: 7.0

King on Screen

Score: 6.9

Bolero

Score: 6.9

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Score: 6.8

Brando

Score: 6.8

Night of 100 Stars

Score: 6.7

Earth and the American Dream

Score: 6.7

The Gambler

Score: 6.7

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Score: 6.7

Bottle Rocket

Score: 6.7

Elf

Score: 6.7

Altman

Score: 6.6

Cinderella Liberty

Score: 6.6

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Score: 6.5

The Rain People

Score: 6.5

Middle Men

Score: 6.5

The Glory Guys

Score: 6.5

Silent Movie

Score: 6.5

JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift

Score: 6.4

The Program

Score: 6.4

His Way

Score: 6.4

The Way of the Gun

Score: 6.3

Rollerball

Score: 6.3

The Good Neighbor

Score: 6.2

The Yards

Score: 6.2

Get Smart

Score: 6.2

Seduced and Abandoned

Score: 6.2

Gardens of Stone

Score: 6.2

For the Boys

Score: 6.2

Fast Charlie

Score: 6.2

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Score: 6.1

Dick Tracy

Score: 6.1

Blood Ties

Score: 6.1

Games

Score: 6.1

Lady in a Cage

Score: 6.1

Comes a Horseman

Score: 6.1

Alien Nation

Score: 6.1

Eraser

Score: 6.1

Holy Lands

Score: 6.1

Freebie and the Bean

Score: 6.1

Queen Bees

Score: 6.0

The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

Score: 6.0

Another Man, Another Chance

Score: 6.0

Flesh and Bone

Score: 6.0

Submarine X-1

Score: 6.0

J.L. Family Ranch

Score: 5.9

New York, I Love You

Score: 5.9

City of Ghosts

Score: 5.8

Howard Hawks: American Artist

Score: 5.8

Good Enough

Score: 5.8

That's My Boy

Score: 5.8

Small Apartments

Score: 5.8

Henry's Crime

Score: 5.8

Kiss Me Goodbye

Score: 5.8

1941

Score: 5.8

Countdown

Score: 5.7

Preggoland

Score: 5.7

Chapter Two

Score: 5.7

Lathe of Heaven

Score: 5.7

The Killer Elite

Score: 5.7

Bulletproof

Score: 5.7

Mickey Blue Eyes

Score: 5.7

Slither

Score: 5.7

The Dark Backward

Score: 5.6

Undercover Grandpa

Score: 5.6

Harry and Walter Go to New York

Score: 5.6

Honeymoon in Vegas

Score: 5.6

The Throwaways

Score: 5.4

A Fighting Man

Score: 5.4

Santa's Slay

Score: 5.4

This Is My Father

Score: 5.4

Poodle Springs

Score: 5.4

It Takes a Lunatic

Score: 5.3

Journey to Shiloh

Score: 5.3

Wisegal

Score: 5.3

Hide in Plain Sight

Score: 5.3

Luckytown

Score: 5.3

Blood Crime

Score: 5.3

In the Shadows

Score: 5.3

Out of Blue

Score: 5.2

Warden of Red Rock

Score: 5.2

Red Line 7000

Score: 5.2

Funny Lady

Score: 5.2

Mercy

Score: 5.2

Wuthering High

Score: 5.1

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

Score: 5.0

Con Man

Score: 5.0

A Glimpse of Hell

Score: 4.9

T.R. Baskin

Score: 4.8

Jericho Mansions

Score: 4.7

North Star

Score: 4.7

The Outsider

Score: 4.4

Dead Simple

Score: 4.4

A Boy Called Hate

Score: 4.3

The Red Maple Leaf

Score: 4.3

For the Love of Money

Score: 4.3

Night at the Golden Eagle

Score: 4.2

This Thing of Ours

Score: 3.4

Sicilian Vampire

Score: 3.4

Rabbit, Run

Score: 3.0

Gone with the West

Score: 2.1

Chuck Zito: An American Story

Score: 2.0

Funny Girl to Funny Lady

Score: 2.0

Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

Score: 1.0

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration

Score: 1.0

Elf: Buddy's Sing & Cheer Along Edition

Score: 0.0

The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood

Score: 0.0

Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story

Score: 0.0

The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!

Score: 0.0

Rickles

Score: 0.0

From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle

Score: 0.0

Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle

Score: 0.0

The Godfather: Behind the Scenes

Score: 0.0

Hollywood Gangster

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

Score: 8.6

The Simpsons

Score: 8.0

Get Smart

Score: 7.9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Score: 7.9

The Untouchables

Score: 7.8

Hawaii Five-0

Score: 7.8

Combat!

Score: 7.7

Inside the Actors Studio

Score: 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

Family Guy

Score: 7.4

NewsRadio

Score: 7.3

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

Score: 7.2

Crossing Jordan

Score: 7.2

Las Vegas

Score: 7.0

Leçon de Cinéma

Score: 7.0

The American West

Score: 6.7

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Score: 6.6

Biography

Score: 6.5

Secrets of Playboy

Score: 6.3

Route 66

Score: 6.3

Back in the Game

Score: 6.3

The Wide Country

Score: 6.0

Ben Casey

Score: 5.6

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

Naked City

Score: 5.5

The Mike Douglas Show

Score: 5.4

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.4

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Score: 5.3

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Score: 3.9