Actor

James Caan

March 26, 1940 · The Bronx, New York, USA

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.

Notable work

8.7
The Godfather (1972)
as Sonny Corleone
8.6
The Godfather Part II (1974)
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
8
The Simpsons (1989)
as James Caan (voice)
6.7
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
7.8
Misery (1990)
as Paul Sheldon
7.4
Family Guy (1999)
as James Caan (voice)
6.7
Elf (2003)
as Walter
6.2
Get Smart (2008)
as The President
6.5
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
7.8
Dogville (2003)
as The Big Man
5.8
That's My Boy (2012)
as Father McNally
6.1
Eraser (1996)
as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin

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