James Caan

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

Notable Roles

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The Godfather Part II

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Dogville

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Alien Nation

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D'un film à l'autre

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Mickey Blue Eyes

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The Way of the Gun

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Misery

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Poodle Springs

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Elf

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Bulletproof

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Silent Movie

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A Bridge Too Far

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

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Freebie and the Bean

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Thief

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El Dorado

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Rollerball

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The Killer Elite