James Caan

JAMES CAAN d2022. American actor who has been nominated for several awards including ; four Golden Globes / an Emmy and an Oscar. He 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. He also had significant roles in films ; Brian's Song (1971) / Cinderella Liberty (1973) / The Gambler (1974) / Rollerball (1975) / A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Comes a Horseman (1978). He has sporadically worked in film since the 1980s including ; Thief (1981) / Gardens of Stone (1987) / Misery (1990) / Dick Tracy (1990) / Bottle Rocket (1996) / The Yards (2000) / Dogville (2003) and Elf (2003). He died aged 82 on July 6th 2022