Cast & creator
James Caan
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Simpsons, Family Guy
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).
Also known as: James Edmund Caan , Jimmy Caan
142
film credits
35
television credits
174
1944–2024 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (177)
Showing 177 of 177 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Simpsons
James Caan (voice)
1989
Family Guy
James Caan (voice)
1999
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Guest
1961
Hawaii Five-0
Tony Archer
2010
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Writer
1987
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Crossing Jordan
Ed Deline
2001
Las Vegas
Ed Deline
2003
Get Smart
Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
1965
Dr. Kildare
Charley Johnson
1961
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
1962
The Godfather
Sonny Corleone
1972
Naked City
Marty Feketi
1958
The Untouchables
Keir Brannon
1959
The F.B.I.
Eugene David Holt
1965
Ben Casey
1961
Combat!
Sgt. Beckman
1962
Route 66
1960Film '72
Self
1971
NewsRadio
James Caan (uncredited)
1995
The Godfather Part II
Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
1974The Godfather Part II
Thanks
1974
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Rick Peterson
1963
Biography
Self
1987
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Tim Lockwood (voice)
2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Tim Lockwood (voice)
2013
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Get Smart
The President
2008
Misery
Paul Sheldon
1990
That's My Boy
Father McNally
2012
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
1977
Elf
Walter
2003
Dogville
The Big Man
2003
Annoying Orange
Jalapeño
2009
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
2004
A Bridge Too Far
SSgt. Eddie Dohun
1977
Detachment
Mr. Charles Seaboldt
2011
Eraser
DeGuerin
1996
Fast Charlie
Stan Mullen
2023
New York, I Love You
Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
2008
Henry's Crime
Max Saltzman
2010
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self
2020
Thief
Frank
1981
The Yards
Frank Olchin
2000
Blood Ties
Leon
2013
Back in the Game
Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
2013
Dick Tracy
Spaldoni
1990
The American West
Self
2016
1941
Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
1979
Bottle Rocket
Mr. Abe Henry
1996
Flesh and Bone
Roy Sweeney
1993
Mickey Blue Eyes
Frank Vitale
1999
The Wide Country
Buddie Simpson
1962
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Self (voice)
2009
Secrets of Playboy
Self
2022
Bulletproof
Frank Colton
1996
El Dorado
Mississippi
1966
The Good Neighbor
Harold Grainey
2016
Alien Nation
Matthew Sykes
1988
Irma la Douce
Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
1963
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Clell Hazard
1987
Rollerball
Jonathan E.
1975
The Way of the Gun
Joe Sarno
2000
Silent Movie
James Caan
1976
The Outsider
Schuuster
2015
Middle Men
Jerry Haggerty
2009
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Sonny Corleone
1992
For the Boys
Eddie Sparks
1991
The Killer Elite
Mike Locken
1975
Honeymoon in Vegas
Tommy Korman
1992
Funny Lady
Billy Rose
1975
Small Apartments
Mr. Allspice
2012
The Gambler
Axel
1974
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Santa's Slay
Darren Mason
2005
The Program
Sam Winters
1993
Comes a Horseman
Frank 'Buck' Athearn
1978
Freebie and the Bean
Freebie
1974
City of Ghosts
Marvin
2002
Poodle Springs
Philip Marlowe
1998
Queen Bees
Dan
2021
Out of Blue
Col. Tom Rockwell
2019
Altman
Self
2014
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
The Throwaways
Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
2015
J.L. Family Ranch
Tap
2016
Lady in a Cage
Randall Simpson O'Connell
1964
King on Screen
Self
2023
Undercover Grandpa
Grandpa
2017
Preggoland
Walter
2014
The Glory Guys
Pvt. Anthony Dugan
1965
Another Man, Another Chance
David Williams
1977
Seduced and Abandoned
Self
2013Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
2001
In the Shadows
Lance Huston
2001
This Is My Father
Kieran Johnson
1999
Bolero
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
1981
The Rain People
Jimmy Kilgannon
1969
Holy Lands
Harry
2019
Warden of Red Rock
John Flinders
2001
For the Love of Money
Micky
2012
Brian's Song
Brian Piccolo
1971
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
2007Superstunt
Self
1977
Hide in Plain Sight
Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
1980Hide in Plain Sight
Director
1980
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
1990
A Fighting Man
Mike 'Brother' Albright
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
Kiss Me Goodbye
Jolly
1982
A Glimpse of Hell
Capt. Fred Moosally
2001
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
Tap
2020
Sicilian Vampire
Professor Bernard Issaacs
2015
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Harry Digby
1976
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
Self (uncredited)
1979
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
2019
His Way
Self
2011Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Self
1999
Brando
Self
2007
Red Line 7000
Mike
1965
The Red Maple Leaf
Senator George Lawrence Secord
2017
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
1979
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Mr. Harry Dewitt
2004
Elf: Film School for Kids
Self
2004
Journey to Shiloh
Buck Burnett
1968
Elf: That's a Wrap
Self
2004
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self
2024
Countdown
Lee Stegler
1967
Night at the Golden Eagle
Prison Warden
2002
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Self
1975
A Boy Called Hate
Jim
1996
Con Man
Agent Gamble
2018
Games
Paul Montgomery
1967
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992
Chapter Two
George Schneider
1979
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Self
1971
Gone with the West
Jud McGraw
1975
Lathe of Heaven
Dr. William Haber
2002
The Dark Backward
Dr. Scurvy
1991
Filmmaker
Self (uncredited)
1968
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1985
Submarine X-1
Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
1968
This Thing of Ours
Jimmy
2002
Wisegal
Salvatore Palmeri
2008
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
Self
2008
Blood Crime
Sheriff Morgan McKenna
2002Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
1993Hollywood Gangster
Self
2008
Mercy
Gerry Ryan
2009
Luckytown
Charlie Doyles
2000
Jericho Mansions
Leonard Grey
2003The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Self
1999
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
Self (uncredited)
1992Howard Hawks: American Artist
Self
1997
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
2004
Slither
Dick Kanipsia
1973
North Star
Sean McLennon
1996
Cinderella Liberty
John Baggs Jr.
1973
Wuthering High
Earnshaw
2015
Rabbit, Run
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
1970
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
The Godfather and the Mob
Self (archive footage)
2006
T.R. Baskin
Larry Moore
1971
The Godfather Legacy
Self
2012
Good Enough
Roger Flynn
2017
Rickles
1975
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
2006
Misery Loves Company
Self
2003From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
1975
Playmate Pajama Party
self
1999
Dead Simple
Roy Baker
2001