James Caan (actor)

James Caan
Caan in 1976.
Born	James Edmund Caan (1940-03-26) March 26, 1940 (age 76) The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Residence	Beverly Hills, California, United States
Other names	Jimmy Caan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961–present
Spouse(s)	Dee Jay Mattis (m. 1960; div. 1966) Sheila Marie Ryan (m. 1976; div. 1977) Ingrid Hajek (m. 1990; div. 1995) Linda Stokes (m. 1995; div. 2009)
Children	5, including Scott Caan

James Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American actor. After early roles in The Glory Guys (1965), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, El Dorado (1966), and The Rain People (1969), he came to prominence in the 1970s with significant roles in films such as Brian's Song (1971), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Gambler (1974), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Rollerball (1975), Funny Lady (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), 1941 (1979), and Chapter Two (1979). For his signature role in The Godfather (1972), that of hot-tempered Sonny Corleone, Caan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe.

Caan's subsequent notable performances include roles in Thief (1981), Misery (1990), For the Boys (1991), Eraser (1996), Bottle Rocket (1996) and Elf (2003), as well as the role of "Big Ed" Deline in the television series Las Vegas (2003–08). He also prominently lent his voice to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) as Tim Lockwood, father of Bill Hader's protagonist Flint Lockwood.