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James Caan

James Edmund Caan came to prominence playing Santino 'Sonny' Corleone in The Godfather, along with roles in Kiss Me Goodbye, Gardens of Stone and Dick Tracy. His recurring television roles include Las Vegas as Ed Deline, and Terry Gannon in Back in the Game.

Aliases
  • Jimmy Caan
English
Filmography

The Godfather

1972
as Santino 'Sonny' Corleone

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2009
as Tim Lockwood (voice)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

2013
as Tim Lockwood (voice)

Elf

2003
as Walter Hobbs

Las Vegas

2003
as Edward "Big Ed" Melvin Deline

Misery

1990
as Paul Sheldon

Detachment

2011
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt

The Godfather: Part II

1974
as Sonny Corleone

That's My Boy

2012
as Father McNally

Dogville

2003
as The Big Man

Get Smart

2008
as The President

Magic City

2012
as Sy Berman

Wisegal

2008
as Salvatore Palmeri

North Star

1996
as Sean McLennon

The Making of Bottle Rocket

2008
as James Caan

Come Get Some: The Women of the WWF

1999
as James Caan

Eraser

1996
as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin

T.R. Baskin

1971
as Larry Moore

A Boy Called Hate

1996

A Bridge Too Far

1977
as Sgt. Eddie Dohun

Back in the Game

2013
as Terry "The Cannon" Sr.

Fast Charlie

2023
as Stan

Con Man

2018
as Agent Gamble

Comes a Horseman

1978
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn

Harry and Walter Go to New York

1976
as Harry Digby

Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune

2000
as Paul Sheldon

Mickey Blue Eyes

1999
as Frank Vitale

The Throwaways

2015
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden

Freebie and the Bean

1974
as Freebie

Games

1967
as Paul Montgomery

Bottle Rocket

1996
as Mr. Henry

Bulletproof

1996
as Frank Colton

Cinderella Liberty

1973
as John Baggs Jr.

Night At The Golden Eagle

2002

Good Enough

2017
as Roger Flynn

Red Line 7000

1965
as Mike

The Dark Backward

1991
as Dr. Scurvy

Dick Tracy

1990
as Spaldoni

Mercy

2009
as Gerry Ryan

The Glory Guys

1965
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan

Dragons' Den

2005
as Himself

Queen Bees

2021
as Dan Simpson

Seduced and Abandoned

2013
as Himself

This Is My Father

1999
as Kieran Johnson

Blood Crime

2002
as Sheriff Morgan McKenna

El Dorado

1966
as Mississippi

Earth and the American Dream

1992
as Reader

City of Ghosts

2002
as Marvin

Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity

1999
as James Caan

The Red Maple Leaf

2017
as Senator George Lawrence Secord

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

2001
as James Caan

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

1990
as Himself

Hide in Plain Sight

1980
as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.

Thief

1981
as Frank

The Outsider

2014
as Schuuster

The Killer Elite

1975
as MIke Locken

Jericho Mansions

2003
as Leonard Grey

Kiss Me Goodbye

1982
as Jolly

Chapter Two

1979
as George Schneider

Brian's Song

1971
as Brian Piccolo

1941

1979
as Sailor in Fight

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

2007
as Himself

For the Boys

1991
as Eddie Sparks

Rollerball

1975
as Jonathan E.

Another Man, Another Chance

1977
as David Williams / Photographer

Acre Beyond the Rye

as Sheriff Doyle

The Way of the Gun

2000
as Joe Sarno

Middle Men

2009
as Jerry Haggerty

For the Love of Money

2012
as Micky

Gardens of Stone

1987
as Sgt. Clell Hazard

Flesh and Bone

1993
as Roy Sweeney

Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood

2005

The Godfather Legacy

2012
as Himself

Lady in a Cage

1964
as Randall Simpson O'Connell

Dead Simple

2001
as Roy Baker

Holy Lands

2019
as Harry

The Program

1993
as Sam Winters

The Godfather and the Mob

2006
as (archive footage)

Silent Movie

1976
as Himself

Undercover Grandpa

2017
as Grandpa

Warden of Red Rock

2001
as John Flinders

Countdown

1968
as Lee Stegler

Gone With the West

1975
as Jud McGraw

Journey to Shiloh

1968
as Buck Burnett

Preggoland

2014
as Walter

Out of Blue

2019
as Col. Tom Rockwell

Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle

1992
as James Caan

A Glimpse of Hell

2001
as Capt. Fred Moosally

Filmmaker

1968
as Himself

A Fighting Man

2014
as Mike 'Brother' Albright

JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift

2020
as Tap

Slither

1973
as Dick Kanipsia

Submarine X-1

1969
as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR

Poodle Springs

1998
as Philip Marlowe

Honeymoon in Vegas

1992
as Tommy Korman

Henry's Crime

2010
as Max Saltzman

New York, I Love You

2008
as Mr. Riccoli (segment "Brett Ratner")

D'un film à l'autre

2011
as James Caan

His Way

2011
as Himself

Sicilian Vampire

2015
as Professor Bernard Issaacs

Funny Girl to Funny Lady

1975
as Himself

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2017
as Tim Lockwood

The Yards

2000
as Frank Olchin

Santa's Slay

2005
as Darren Mason

Howard Hawks: American Artist

1997
as James Caan

Alien Nation

1988
as Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes

Wuthering High

2015
as Earnshaw

In the Shadows

2001
as Lance Huston

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

2004
as Mr. Harry Dewitt

The Good Neighbor

2016
as Harold Grainey

Les Uns et les autres

1981
as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

The Gambler

1974
as Axel Freed

Funny Lady

1975
as Billy Rose

Choice Point

2012
as James Caan

Blood Ties

2013
as Leon

Luckytown

2000
as Charlie Doyles

The Rain People

1969
as Jimmy Kilgannon

Small Apartments

2012
as Mr. Allspice

JL Family Ranch

2016
as Tap

Altman

2014

Rabbit, Run

1970
as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom

Director

Movie Hide in Plain Sight 1980

Guest Star

Episode Crossing Jordan
What Happens in Vegas Dies in Boston (1) 		2004
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Apolo Anton Ohno/Cast of 		2006
Episode Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Lekio 		2012
Episode Dr. Kildare
The Mosaic 		1963
Episode Hallmark Summer Nights
J.L. Family Ranch 		2016
Episode Get Smart
To Sire, with Love (1) 		1969
Episode NewsRadio
Movie Star 		1996
Episode The Untouchables
A Fist of Five 		1962
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
James Caan 		1982
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Memo from Purgatory 		1964
Episode Route 66
... and the Cat Jumped Over the Moon 		1961
Episode C.P.O. Sharkey
RICKLES 		1975
Episode Ben Casey
Justice to a Microbe 		1963
Episode Combat!
Anatomy of a Patrol 		1963
Episode Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Hunt 		1963
Episode Get Smart
To Sire, with Love (2) 		1969
Episode The Wide Country
A Cry From The Mountain 		1963
Episode The F.B.I.
A Life in the Balance 		1969
Episode The Simpsons
All's Fair in Oven War 		2004
Episode The Merv Griffin Show
Jan 13 1972 James Caan 		1972
Episode Alcoa Premiere
The Masked Marine 		1962
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
James Caan, Jeremy Piven 		2004
Episode Wagon Train
The Echo Pass Story 		1965
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
James Caan; Morena Baccarin; Grouplove 		2013