Biography
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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024
as Self
Follows multi-talented and versatile Chuck Zito: Boxer, martial arts expert, bodyguard, stunt man, actor, and ex-president of the New York Hells Angel...

Fast Charlie
2023
as Stan Mullen
When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.

Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Robert De Niro is famous for his award-winning portrayals of gangsters, criminals and socially disturbed men who show surprising traces of vulnerabili...

King on Screen
2023
as Self
1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than...

Queen Bees
2021
as Dan
Helen is an independent widow who moves into the Pine Grove Senior Community and discovers it’s just like high school – full of cliques and flirtatiou...

JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
2020
as Tap
When Henry proposes it looks like Rebecca will get her fairytale ending until her daughter invites a visitor from her past to the ranch that will chan...

It Takes a Lunatic
2019
as Self
The extraordinary life of beloved acting teacher and theatre producer Wynn Handman is recalled in this portrait of a provocative, innovative artist.

Out of Blue
2019
as Col. Tom Rockwell
Mike Hoolihan is an unconventional New Orleans cop investigating the murder of renowned astrophysicist Jennifer Rockwell, a black hole expert found sh...

Holy Lands
2019
as Harry
When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his...

Con Man
2018
as Agent Gamble
The story of Barry Minkow, a young and charismatic figure in business who reaches CEO status by lying and scheming his way to the top.

Good Enough
2017
as Roger Flynn
This is a comedic drama that follows New York City based flight attendant Lorna Flynn on her obsessive journey to find her long lost relative after he...

Undercover Grandpa
2017
as Grandpa
When the girl he likes goes missing, Jake enlists the help of his grandpa and Grandpa's former special ops buddies.

The Red Maple Leaf
2017
as Senator George Lawrence Secord
A detective, who is deeply grieving over the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, becomes determined to find the kidnapped daughter of the U.S. Ambas...

The Good Neighbor
2016
as Harold Grainey
Two high school filmmakers decide to create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor.

J.L. Family Ranch
2016
as Tap
A veteran rancher and former sheriff, forced to face some federal bureaucracy when an old enemy-cum-millionaire alleges he doesn't actually own his be...

Sicilian Vampire
2015
as Professor Bernard Issaacs
Equal parts Goodfellas and Dusk till Dawn, Sicilian Vampire tells the story of reputed mobster Sonny Traficante who was hoping to get away to the fami...

The Outsider
2015
as Schuuster
Revolves around a British military contractor Lex Walker who is told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body is n...

Wuthering High
2015
as Earnshaw
An updated 21st century version of the Emily Bronte novel set in modern day Malibu, California where the wealthy Earnshaw family adopts Heath, a troub...

The Throwaways
2015
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
Notorious hacker Drew Reynolds is captured by the CIA and given a proposition - work for them or spend the rest of his life in prison. Agreeing on the...

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb ...

Preggoland
2014
as Walter
A 35-year-old woman fakes being pregnant to fit in with her friends.

Altman
2014
as Self
Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution o...

A Fighting Man
2014
as Mike 'Brother' Albright
Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Ches...

Blood Ties
2013
as Leon
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.

Seduced and Abandoned
2013
as Self
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of r...

The Godfather Legacy
2012
as Self
THE GODFATHER LEGACY goes deep inside Francis Ford Coppola's epic saga about the Corleone crime family and reveals how the Academy Award-winning film ...

That's My Boy
2012
as Father McNally
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for ...

For the Love of Money
2012
as Micky
Spanning over two decades, "For the Love of Money" follows the true account of an Israeli immigrant who searches for his piece of the American dream.

Small Apartments
2012
as Mr. Allspice
When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lus...

Detachment
2011
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Bar...

D'un film à l'autre
2011
as Self (archive footage)
On April 13, 2011, Les Films 13 production company turned 50. How can one celebrate an anniversary of this sort ? By simply making "another" film that...

His Way
2011
as Self
A look at the professional, political and personal life of legendary movie producer Jerry Weintraub featuring interviews with friends, family and coll...

Henry's Crime
2010
as Max Saltzman
An aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
as Self (voice)
Peter makes good on another power outage at home by retelling Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

Mercy
2009
as Gerry Ryan
A young novelist tries to write about love, but realizes he will first need some real-life experience before taking on the subject.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But wh...

Middle Men
2009
as Jerry Haggerty
Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobste...
Hollywood Gangster
2008
as Self
Documentary about American gangster movies.

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
2008
as Self
Interviews with individuals involved in the making of Wes Anderson's 1996 film "Bottle Rocket."

New York, I Love You
2008
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond Dist...

Get Smart
2008
as The President
When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief h...

Wisegal
2008
as Salvatore Palmeri
A drama centered around Patty Montanari, the widowed mother of two who went to work for her lover Frank Russo, a captain in a Brooklyn crime family.

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
The documentary consists of tape of Don's show (never been filmed before), interviews with Don's contemporaries, (Steve Lawrence, Bob Newhart, Debbie ...

Brando
2007
as Self
The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.

The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
2006
as Self (uncredited)
In The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood, the iconic Phillies mascot takes his wild and crazy act to Hollywood in an effort to make and star in his own ...

The Godfather and the Mob
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Godfather And The Mob reveals the true life story of murder, mafia and mayhem that occurred behind the scenes of the most iconic gangster film eve...

Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
"Bullets Over Hollywood" delves into America's fascination with gangsters and features historical perspective, analysis, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, ...

Santa's Slay
2005
as Darren Mason
Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an angel, so he became the giver of toys and happiness. But this year the bet is off, and Santa is...

This Thing of Ours
2005
as Jimmy
Using the Internet and global satellites, a group of gangsters pull off the biggest bank heist in the Mafia's history.

Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
2004
The performances come from a 2004 Willie Nelson Special aired on cable television; guests include many well-known musicians.

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
as Mr. Harry Dewitt
A troubled teen is given the chance to redeem his criminal debt to society.

Elf
2003
as Walter
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's help...

Dogville
2003
as The Big Man
When beautiful young Grace arrives in the isolated township of Dogville, the small community agrees to hide her from a gang of ruthless gangsters, and...

Jericho Mansions
2003
as Leonard Grey
A murder in an old apartment building leads the superintendent to suspect everyone, and eventually himself, of the murder.

Misery Loves Company
2003
as Self
A documentary presenting the behind the scenes of Rob Reiner's classic "Misery", with Reiner himself, Kathy Bates, James Caan, Frances Sternhagen, wri...

Blood Crime
2002
as Sheriff Morgan McKenna
For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hos...

City of Ghosts
2002
as Marvin
A con man who is on the run from law enforcement in the U.S. travels to Cambodia to collect his share in an insurance scam but discovers more than he...

Lathe of Heaven
2002
as Dr. William Haber
In a near future society a man claims that his dreams physically change reality. His therapist is confused at first but soon decides to use him for hi...

The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.

Night at the Golden Eagle
2002
as Prison Warden
Two elderly criminals spend their final night in Los Angeles, California at the Golden Eagle Hotel prior to their departure to Las Vegas, Nevada, to l...

Dead Simple
2001
as Roy Baker
The life of motel owner is turned upside down by a femme-fatale lounge singer and her abusive manager.

In the Shadows
2001
as Lance Huston
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, ...

Warden of Red Rock
2001
as John Flinders
In 1910, John Flinders is warden of Red Rock Territorial Prison, in Arizona. When a condemned man's last request brings Flinders into contact with the...
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
as Self
See inside the exclusive Playboy Mansion, with parties attended by all the A-List celebrities

A Glimpse of Hell
2001
as Capt. Fred Moosally
A Navy officer tries to set the record straight after the Navy blames a 1989 explosion aboard the USS Iowa on a homosexual affair between two sailors.

The Way of the Gun
2000
as Joe Sarno
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and...

Luckytown
2000
as Charlie Doyles
A young woman goes in search of her father, a professional gambler who abandoned her years before. Along the way, she finds herself at odds with her ...

The Yards
2000
as Frank Olchin
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. W...

Mickey Blue Eyes
1999
as Frank Vitale
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999
as Self

This Is My Father
1999
as Kieran Johnson
When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, he loo...

Poodle Springs
1998
as Philip Marlowe
Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997
as Self
A tribute of Howard Hawks by the British Film Institute.

Bulletproof
1996
as Frank Colton
An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Fran...

Eraser
1996
as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.

A Boy Called Hate
1996
as Jim
After a run-in with the law, an angry maladjusted young man starts calling himself "Hate". One night he saves a girl from a lusty Assistant District A...

Bottle Rocket
1996
as Mr. Abe Henry
Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than...

North Star
1996
as Sean McLennon
Set during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800s. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town, Sean McLennon is buying up every claim that...

Flesh and Bone
1993
as Roy Sweeney
Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focusing his energy on his work. One day, the traumati...

The Program
1993
as Sam Winters
Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure diff...
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
1993
American Documentary: A documentary celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Co., with news footage, film clips, and interv...

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Sonny Corleone
Following the release of The Godfather Part III in 1990, Coppola, Barry Malkin, and Walter Murch edited the three Godfather movies into chronological ...

Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness l...

Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
as Tommy Korman
On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. T...

The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
1992
as Self (uncredited)
A half-hour parody special in the style of Playhouse 90, starring comedian and SNL veteran Jon Lovitz.

For the Boys
1991
as Eddie Sparks
Talented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over the course of 5 decades from World War II to the Vi...

The Dark Backward
1991
as Dr. Scurvy
A man pursues stand-up comedy encouraged by his fellow garbage man. Though his friend, who accompanies him on accordion, continues to tell him how gre...

Misery
1990
as Paul Sheldon
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she h...

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
A documentary on the making of the three Godfather films, with interviews and recollections from the film makers and cast. This feature also includes ...

Dick Tracy
1990
as Spaldoni
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Ca...

Alien Nation
1988
as Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes
A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilization. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated in...

Gardens of Stone
1987
as Sgt. Clell Hazard
A sergeant; stationed in Arlington, Virginia in the late 1960s; must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. ...

Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1985
This documentary presents the story of Dorothy Stratten, who was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Year in 1980. Stratten was murdered by her husband...

Kiss Me Goodbye
1982
as Jolly
Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But so...

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...

Bolero
1981
as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930...

Thief
1981
as Frank
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime an...

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
1981
as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Comple...

Hide in Plain Sight
1980
as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.

Hide in Plain Sight
1980
Director
True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.

Chapter Two
1979
as George Schneider
George Schneider is an author whose wife had just died. His brother Leo gives him the number of Jennie Malone, and somehow they hit it off. And just w...

1941
1979
as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979
as Self (uncredited)
Hugh Hefner invites you to Playboy’s Roller Disco and Pajama Party! With your host, Richard Dawson!

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
1979
as Self
A salute to Playboy Magazine on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary, hosted by founding publisher Hugh Hefner and an all-male guest list.

Comes a Horseman
1978
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her ne...

Another Man, Another Chance
1977
as David Williams
Young Jeanne falls in love with photographer Francis, who soon takes her with him when he emigrates to America. In a small town in the still wild west...

A Bridge Too Far
1977
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in H...

Silent Movie
1976
as Self
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the mo...

Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976
as Harry Digby
Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century—by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank ...

The Killer Elite
1975
as Mike Locken
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for...

Rickles
1975
Various comedy sketches with the Master of Insults, Don Rickles.

Gone with the West
1975
as Jud McGraw
After being framed, a cowboy is sent to jail. After his time is served, he leaves with vengeance in his heart. Soon he meets a young Native American w...

Rollerball
1975
as Jonathan E.
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy tho...

Funny Lady
1975
as Billy Rose
Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but me...

Funny Girl to Funny Lady
1975
as Self
A benefit concert for the Special Olympics and an opportunity to promote Streisand's upcoming film (Funny Lady), this special was a combination of Str...
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
1975
Behind the scenes footage on the set filming Rollerball

Freebie and the Bean
1974
as Freebie
Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they'll have to get to him before a hitman does.

The Godfather Part II
1974
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone at...

The Godfather Part II
1974
Thanks
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone at...

The Gambler
1974
as Axel
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling add...

Cinderella Liberty
1973
as John Baggs Jr.
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his servi...

Slither
1973
as Dick Kanipsia
While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doting wife and a kooky drifter find themselves being ...

The Godfather
1972
as Sonny Corleone
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corl...

Brian's Song
1971
as Brian Piccolo
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.

T.R. Baskin
1971
as Larry Moore
Enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with the emotional coldness of the big city and has to searc...
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971
as Self
A behind the scenes look at "The Godfather" from 1971.

Rabbit, Run
1970
as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom comes home one day from his dead-end job to find his pregnant wife Janice asleep, splayed in front of the TV, highball glass i...

The Rain People
1969
as Jimmy Kilgannon
When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.

Filmmaker
1968
as Self (uncredited)
A behind-the-scenes documentary by George Lucas about 29-year-old Francis Ford Coppola and his crew creating the 1969 film "The Rain People."

Journey to Shiloh
1968
as Buck Burnett
At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join the Confederate army.

Submarine X-1
1968
as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with mi...

Games
1967
as Paul Montgomery
A mysterious woman in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers and helps one trick the other.

Countdown
1967
as Lee Stegler
Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar she...

El Dorado
1966
as Mississippi
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher...

Red Line 7000
1965
as Mike
The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world.

The Glory Guys
1965
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a gene...

Lady in a Cage
1964
as Randall Simpson O'Connell
A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.

Irma la Douce
1963
as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who’s to be her only customer.