This page will contain images about James Caan, as they become available.James CaanJames Caan (born March 26, 1939, Bronx, New York) is an American actor. Caan began acting in television in such series as The Untouchables. Caan's first substantial film role was as a menacing villain in the 1964 thriller Lady In A Cage. In 1967, Caan appeared in El Dorado with John Wayne. Caan first won praise for his role as a brain-damaged football player in The Rain People (1969), directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In 1971, Caan won even greater acclaim as dying football player Brian Piccolo in the television movie Brian's Song. The following year Coppola cast Caan as mobster Sonny Corleone in The Godfather, which also helped launch Al Pacino's career. For his role Caan was nominated for an Academy Award. StardomFrom 1973 to 1982, Caan appeared in many Hollywood films. He played a wide variety of roles and refused to be typecast as a mobster. His many films include Cinderella Liberty, Freebie and The Bean, The Gambler, The Killer Elite, Rollerball, Harry And Walter Go To New York, A Bridge Too Far, Comes A Horseman and Chapter Two (a play screenplay conversion by Neil Simon). In 1980, Caan directed Hide In Plain Sight a film about a father searching for his children lost in the Witness Protection Program. Caan was a devoted family man all his life and said this film was a powerful one about family love and values. Despite critical praise, the film was not a hit. The following year, Caan appeared in Thief, directed by Michael Mann, where he played a professional safe cracker. This film is today regarded as a film noir classic and Caan has often said it is the role he is proudest of next to The Godfather. From 1982 to 1987, Caan did not act in any films. He was suffering from depression over his sister's death, a growing problem with cocaine, and what he described as Hollywood burnout. He made a stirring return to film in 1987 when his old friend Francis Ford Coppola cast him as an Army Sergeant in Gardens Of Stone, a film that dealt with the effect of the Vietnam War on the homefront. In 1988 and 1990, Caan starred in the popular films Alien Nation and Misery (co-star Kathy Bates won a Best Actress Oscar). Caan made one of the most delightful films of his career in 1992 with the hit Honeymoon In Vegas. He co-starred with Sarah Jessica Parker and Nicolas Cage and hilariously spoofed his "Sonny Corleone" character from The Godfather. In 1999, Caan joined the ranks of Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum and Powers Boothe when he portrayed Phillip Marlowe in the HBO film Poodle Springs. Amiable, down to earth and not afraid to tell it like it is, James Caan is a true gentleman, a tough guy with a heart of gold and a Hollywood survivor in every sense of the word. He continues to act on screen and on television. Caan has been married twice. His first, in 1976, to Sheila Ryan, was short lived, and they divorced the next year. He married Linda Stokes in 1996. His son Jacon was born in 1998. This page about James Caan includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about James Caan News stories about James Caan External links for James Caan Videos for James Caan Wikis about James Caan Discussion Groups about James Caan Blogs about James Caan Images of James Caan |
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His son Jacon was born in 1998. In 2004 Dafoe lent his likeness and voice for the highly successful James Bond video game Everything or Nothing. He married Linda Stokes in 1996. Dafoe also worked briefly as a model in a 1990 Prada campaign. His first, in 1976, to Sheila Ryan, was short lived, and they divorced the next year. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1986 for the Platoon and 2000 for the Shadow of the Vampire. Caan has been married twice. He also played Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). He continues to act on screen and on television. He has since become a popular character actor; due to his harsh facial features, he is often typecast as unstable or villainous characters, most recently the Green Goblin in the Spider-Man movies. Amiable, down to earth and not afraid to tell it like it is, James Caan is a true gentleman, a tough guy with a heart of gold and a Hollywood survivor in every sense of the word. A year later he starred as the leader of a motorcycle gang in The Loveless, but his first breakthrough film role was as Sergeant Elias in Platoon (1986). In 1999, Caan joined the ranks of Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum and Powers Boothe when he portrayed Phillip Marlowe in the HBO film Poodle Springs. Dafoe's film career began in 1981, when he was cast in Heaven's Gate, but his role was removed from the film during editing. He co-starred with Sarah Jessica Parker and Nicolas Cage and hilariously spoofed his "Sonny Corleone" character from The Godfather. Lecompte and Dafoe left the Performance Group together and became both collaborators and life partners; they are not married, but have a son. Caan made one of the most delightful films of his career in 1992 with the hit Honeymoon In Vegas. After touring with Theatre X for four years in the United States and Europe, he moved to New York City and joined the Performance Group, where he met director Elizabeth Lecompte. In 1988 and 1990, Caan starred in the popular films Alien Nation and Misery (co-star Kathy Bates won a Best Actress Oscar). He studied drama at the University of Wisconsin, but left before graduation in order to join the newly formed avant-garde group Theatre X. He made a stirring return to film in 1987 when his old friend Francis Ford Coppola cast him as an Army Sergeant in Gardens Of Stone, a film that dealt with the effect of the Vietnam War on the homefront. Born William Dafoe Jr., in Appleton, Wisconsin, the seventh of eight children, he acquired the nickname "Willem" in childhood. From 1982 to 1987, Caan did not act in any films. He was suffering from depression over his sister's death, a growing problem with cocaine, and what he described as Hollywood burnout. He is a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. This film is today regarded as a film noir classic and Caan has often said it is the role he is proudest of next to The Godfather. 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