Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/26/1940
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
James Edmund Caan Jimmy Caan
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. ...
Known For
The Godfather
as Sonny Corleone
The Godfather Part II
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
Elf
as Walter
Dogville
as The Big Man
His Way
as Self
El Dorado
as Mississippi
That's My Boy
as Father McNally
Detachment
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
North Star
as Sean McLennon
Countdown
as Lee Stegler
Rollerball
as Jonathan E.
The Gambler
as Axel
The Outsider
as Schuuster
Chapter Two
as George Schneider
Fast Charlie
as Stan Mullen
The Program
as Sam Winters
Cinderella Liberty
as John Baggs Jr.
The Yards
as Frank Olchin