James Caan
Highest Rated: 100% El Dorado (1967)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Mar 26, 1940
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
Actor James Caan was a gifted performer who was as capable of pulling heart strings as he was of breaking someone's kneecaps. Caan emerged from the cauldron of New York City's thriving acting scene in the 1950s to become a noted player on the stage and on television. Though he graduated to films soon after his salad days in New York after swearing off television for the next several years, he had his first big breakthrough on the small screen, playing dying football player Brian Piccolo in "Brian's Song" (ABC, 1971). His performance in what was considered to be one of the best television movies ever made earned Caan considerable acclaim, as well as an Emmy Award nomination. But the following year put Caan on the map permanently, with his energetic portrayal of the hot-headed Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather" (1972), a role with which he was forever identified - most notably in the numerous mobster roles he played in the ensuing decades. James Caan died on July 6, 2022 at the age of 82.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fast Charlie | Stan (Character) | - | 2023 |
| 55% | 89% | Queen Bees | Dan (Character) | $1.9M | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift | Tap Peterson (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 32% | No Score Yet | Holy Lands | Harry (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 37% | 33% | Out of Blue | Col. Tom Rockwell (Character) | $11.7K | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Con Man | Agent Gamble (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Enough | Roger Flynn (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Undercover Grandpa | Grandpa (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | The Red Maple Leaf | George Lawrence Secord (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 33% | 46% | The Waiting | Harold Grainey (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | J.L. Family Ranch | Tap Peterson (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Sicilian Vampire | Professor Bernard Issaacs (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | The Throwaways | Lt. Col. Christopher Holden (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Wuthering High | Earnshaw (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 47% | 37% | Preggoland | Walter (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 70% | 67% | Altman | Self | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | A Fighting Man | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 5% | 12% | The Outsider | Schuuster (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 100% | 90% | The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | The Bamboo Cutter (Voice) | $681.1K | 2013 |
| 52% | 39% | Blood Ties | Leon (Character) | $41.2K | 2013 |
| 71% | 66% | Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Tim Lockwood (Voice) | $119.8M | 2013 |
| 30% | 41% | Small Apartments | Mr. Allspice (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 0% | 50% | For the Love of Money | Micky (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 20% | 51% | That's My Boy | Father McNally (Character) | $36.9M | 2012 |
| 58% | 74% | Detachment | Mr. Seaboldt (Character) | $71.2K | 2011 |
| 42% | 25% | Henry's Crime | Max (Character) | $101.9K | 2010 |
| 40% | 56% | Middle Men | Jerry Haggerty (Character) | $723.7K | 2009 |
| 60% | 69% | Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel | Unknown (Character) | $21.9K | 2009 |
| 43% | 56% | Mercy | Gerry (Character) | $5.1K | 2009 |
| 37% | 37% | New York, I Love You | Mr. Riccoli (Character) | $1.6M | 2009 |
| 86% | 72% | Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs | Tim Lockwood (Voice) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Wisegal | Salvatore Palmeri (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 51% | 67% | Get Smart | The President (Character) | $130.3M | 2008 |
| 56% | 61% | Dallas 362 | Walter (Character) | $18.9K | 2003 |
| 69% | 89% | Dogville | The Big Man (Character) | $1.5M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Jericho Mansions | Leonard Grey (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 85% | 79% | Elf | Walter (Character) | $177.1M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie | Mr. Harry Dewitt (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 40% | 26% | This Thing of Ours | Jimmy 'the con' (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 47% | 46% | City of Ghosts | Marvin (Character) | $325.5K | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | Blood Crime | Sheriff Morgan McKenna (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | Lathe of Heaven | Dr. William Haber (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 41% | 62% | Night at the Golden Eagle | Prison Warden (Character) | $17.3K | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 39% | In the Shadows | Lance Huston (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 33% | 38% | A Glimpse of Hell | Capt. Fred Moosally (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Warden of Red Rock | John Flinders (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Viva Las Nowhere | Roy Baker (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Luckytown | Charlie Doyles (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 64% | 51% | The Yards | Frank Olchin (Character) | $882.7K | 2000 |
| 46% | 70% | The Way of the Gun | Sarno (Character) | $6.0M | 2000 |
| 45% | 42% | Mickey Blue Eyes | Frank Vitale (Character) | $33.9M | 1999 |
| 75% | 81% | This Is My Father | Kieran Johnson (Character) | $1.1M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | Poodle Springs | Philip Marlowe (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 85% | 79% | Bottle Rocket | Abe Henry (Mr. Henry) (Character) | $488.6K | 1996 |
| 8% | 44% | Bulletproof | Frank Colton (Character) | $21.3M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | North Star | Sean McLennon (Character) | $3.0K | 1996 |
| 42% | 39% | Eraser | Robert Deguerin (Character) | $101.3M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Boy Called Hate | Jim (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 43% | 80% | The Program | Sam Winters (Character) | $22.8M | 1993 |
| 65% | 42% | Flesh and Bone | Roy Sweeney (Character) | $9.1M | 1993 |
| 66% | 36% | Honeymoon in Vegas | Tommy Korman (Character) | $33.5M | 1992 |
| 45% | 59% | The Dark Backward | Dr. Scurvy (Character) | $7.9K | 1991 |
| 44% | 75% | For the Boys | Eddie Sparks (Character) | $17.7M | 1991 |
| 91% | 90% | Misery | Paul Sheldon (Character) | $54.7M | 1990 |
| 53% | 44% | Alien Nation | Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes (Character) | $24.7M | 1988 |
| 44% | 55% | Gardens of Stone | Sgt. Clell Hazard (Character) | $4.4M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Kiss Me Goodbye | Jolly (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 79% | 81% | Thief | Frank (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 67% | 89% | Bolero |
Jack Glenn/ |
- | 1981 |
| 80% | 35% | Hide in Plain Sight |
Thomas Hacklin (Character), Director |
- | 1980 |
| 50% | 37% | Chapter Two | George Schneider (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 67% | 54% | Comes a Horseman | Frank "Buck" Athearn (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 63% | 56% | Another Man, Another Chance |
David Williams/ |
- | 1977 |
| 63% | 86% | A Bridge Too Far | Staff Sergeant Dohun (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 50% | 30% | Harry and Walter Go to New York | Harry Dighby (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 81% | 72% | Silent Movie | Self | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Little Moon and Jud McGraw | Jud McGraw (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 57% | 33% | The Killer Elite | Mike Locken (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 29% | 55% | Funny Lady | Billy Rose (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 69% | 61% | Rollerball | Jonathan E. (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gone With the West | Jud McGraw (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 80% | 77% | The Gambler | Axel Freed (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 20% | 66% | Freebie and the Bean | Freebie (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 63% | 63% | Cinderella Liberty | John Baggs Jr. (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 75% | 54% | Slither | Dick Kanipsia (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 97% | 98% | The Godfather | Santino "Sonny" Corleone (Character) | $134.8M | 1972 |
| 0% | No Score Yet | T.R. Baskin | Larry Moore (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 92% | 82% | Brian's Song | Brian Piccolo (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Rabbit, Run | Rabbit Angstrom (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 83% | 62% | The Rain People | "Killer" Kilgannon (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 71% | 28% | Countdown | Lee Stegler (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | Submarine X-1 | Cmdr. Richard Bolton (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Journey to Shiloh | Buck Burnett (Character) | - | 1968 |
| 57% | 48% | Games | Paul Montgomery (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 100% | 87% | El Dorado | Mississippi (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 60% | 33% | The Glory Guys | Pvt. Anthony Dugan (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 60% | 33% | Red Line 7000 | Mike (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 20% | 64% | Lady in a Cage | Randall Simpson O'Connell (Character) | - | 1964 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48% | 55% | Back in the Game | Terry "The Cannon" Gannon Sr. (Character) | 2013-2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | The View | Guest | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2013 |
| 65% | 73% | Magic City | Sy Berman (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dragons' Den | Self | 2007-2008 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy | Himself (Guest Voice) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | Las Vegas | Unknown (Character) | 2003-2007 |
| 85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Himself (Guest Voice) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Crossing Jordan | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 95% | 74% | NewsRadio | Himself (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Get Smart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Dr. Keith Gregory (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |