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James Caan

Mar 26, 1940 - Jul 06, 2022 (82 years old) in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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. 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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The Simpsons
James Caan (voice)
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Family Guy
James Caan (voice)
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Hawaii Five-0
Tony Archer
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The F.B.I.
Eugene David Holt
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The Untouchables
Keir Brannon
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Get Smart
Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
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Crossing Jordan
Ed Deline
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Las Vegas
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The Godfather
Sonny Corleone
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self

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