Actor
John Cazale
December 8, 1935 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
John Holland Cazale (August 12, 1935 - March 12, 1978) was an American actor. He appeared in five films during six years, each one nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter. He appeared in archival footage in The Godfather Part III, also nominated for Best Picture, making him the only actor to have this multi-film distinction. From his start as a theater actor, he became one of Hollywood's premier character actors, starting with his role as the doomed, weak-minded Fredo Corleone opposite longtime friend Al Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather and its 1974 sequel.
Notable work
8.7The Godfather (1972)
as Fredo Corleone
8.6The Godfather Part II (1974)
as Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone
7.4The Godfather Part III (1990)
as Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)
8The Deer Hunter (1978)
as Stan
7.9Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
as Sal
7.5The Conversation (1974)
as Stan
6.3The Freshman (1990)
as Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)
Often works with
Al Pacino
8 titles together
The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III
Robert Duvall
6 titles together
The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Conversation
Diane Keaton
6 titles together
The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III
Talia Shire
6 titles together
The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III
Marlon Brando
5 titles together
The Godfather, The Freshman, The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Morgana King
5 titles together
The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Full filmography · 12
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
as Frederico "Fredo" Corleone
2016
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Fredo Corleone
19928.9
The Godfather Part III
as Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)
19907.4
The Freshman
as Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)
19906.3
The Deer Hunter
as Stan
19788
Dog Day Afternoon
as Sal
19757.9
The Godfather Part II
as Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone
19748.6
The Conversation
as Stan
19747.5
The Godfather
as Fredo Corleone
19728.7
The American Way
as Beatnik
1962