
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).

The Godfather
1972 · as Sonny Corleone

The Godfather Part II
1974 · as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009 · as Tim Lockwood (voice)

Eraser
1996 · as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013 · as Tim Lockwood (voice)

That's My Boy
2012 · as Father McNally

Misery
1990 · as Paul Sheldon

Get Smart
2008 · as The President

Elf
2003 · as Walter

A Bridge Too Far
1977 · as SSgt. Eddie Dohun

Dick Tracy
1990 · as Spaldoni

Detachment
2011 · as Mr. Charles Seaboldt

New York, I Love You
2008 · as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist

El Dorado
1966 · as Mississippi

Fast Charlie
2023 · as Stan Mullen

Dogville
2003 · as The Big Man

Thief
1981 · as Frank

1941
1979 · as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)