Acting
James Caan
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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. 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).
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Acting (128)
Sonny Corleone
Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
James Caan (voice)
Tim Lockwood (voice)
Paul Sheldon
James Caan (voice)
Walter
President
Tim Lockwood (voice)
The Big Man
Father McNally
DeGuerin
Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Tony Archer
Mr. Abe Henry
Spaldoni
SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Frank
Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
Frank Colton
Jonathan E.
Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
Mississippi
Frank Vitale
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Frank Olchin
Leon
Joe Sarno
Harold Grainey
Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
Max Saltzman
Stan Mullen
Jerry Haggerty
James Caan
Matthew Sykes
Tommy Korman
Darren Mason
Ed Deline
Sonny Corleone
Ed Deline
Mr. Allspice
Mike Locken
James Caan (uncredited)
Keir Brannon
Axel
Sgt. Clell Hazard
Sgt. Beckman
Sam Winters
Roy Sweeney
Brian Piccolo
Marvin
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Frank 'Buck' Athearn
Col. Tom Rockwell
Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
Eddie Sparks
Jimmy Kilgannon
Grandpa
Randall Simpson O'Connell
Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
Freebie
Schuuster
Billy Rose
Dan
Lee Stegler
Jolly
Sean McLennon
Walter
Dr. Scurvy
Mike 'Brother' Albright
Harry
Paul Montgomery
Mike
Pvt. Anthony Dugan
Micky
Earnshaw
John Baggs Jr.
Harry Digby
Tap
Dick Kanipsia
Leonard Grey
Tap
Salvatore Palmeri
Philip Marlowe
Charlie Doyles
Eugene David Holt
Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
Agent Gamble
David Williams
Gerry Ryan
Lance Huston
Buck Burnett
Jalapeño
George Schneider
Charley Johnson
Larry Moore
Capt. Fred Moosally
Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
Professor Bernard Issaacs
Prison Warden
Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
Dr. William Haber
Kieran Johnson
Sheriff Morgan McKenna
Marty Feketi
Jim
Jud McGraw
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
Senator George Lawrence Secord
John Flinders
Roy Baker
Jimmy
Mr. Harry Dewitt
Buddie Simpson
Roger Flynn
Rick Peterson
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Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
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Self - Actor (archive footage)
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