Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

March 25, 1940 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

James Caan

Biography

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.

Known For

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels

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

Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle

From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle

The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!

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

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