As of July 2026, James Caan is best known for Get Smart and Las Vegas. Find every show and movie James Caan has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
James Caan

James Caan

Actor Born 1940 The Bronx, New York, USA 4 TV Shows 8 Movies

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).

James Caan has built a filmography of 12 credits over a career spanning from 1965 to 2013.

James Caan's most notable role to date came in The Godfather (1972), where he played Sonny Corleone. He also appeared in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) as Tim Lockwood (voice). Most recently appeared in Misery (1990) as Paul Sheldon.

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📺 James Caan's TV Shows

Get Smart
Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
1965
Las Vegas
Ed Deline
2003
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
1977
Back in the Game
Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
2013

🎬 James Caan's Movies

The Godfather
Sonny Corleone
1972
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Tim Lockwood (voice)
2009
Misery
Paul Sheldon
1990
That's My Boy
Father McNally
2012
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Tim Lockwood (voice)
2013
Eraser
U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
1996
Elf
Walter
2003
Get Smart
The President
2008

📝 Created / Written by James Caan

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Writer
1987
Hide in Plain Sight
Director
1980

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