James Caan Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This James Caan filmography covers 83 movie titles and 17 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

James Caan movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• Irma la Douce (1963) as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
• Lady in a Cage (1964) as Randall Simpson O'Connell
• Red Line 7000 (1965) as Mike
• The Glory Guys (1965) as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
• El Dorado (1966) as Mississippi
• Countdown (1967) as Lee Stegler
• Games (1967) as Paul Montgomery
• Journey to Shiloh (1968) as Buck Burnett
• The Rain People (1969) as Jimmy Kilgannon
• Brian's Song (1971) as Brian Piccolo
• The Godfather (1972) as Sonny Corleone
• Cinderella Liberty (1973) as John Baggs Jr.
• Slither (1973) as Dick Kanipsia
• Freebie and the Bean (1974) as Freebie
• The Gambler (1974) as Axel
• The Godfather Part II (1974) as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
• Funny Lady (1975) as Billy Rose
• Rollerball (1975) as Jonathan E.
• The Killer Elite (1975) as Mike Locken
• Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) as Harry Digby
• Silent Movie (1976) as Self
• A Bridge Too Far (1977) as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
• Comes a Horseman (1978) as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
• 1941 (1979) as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
• Bolero (1981) as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
• Thief (1981) as Frank
• Kiss Me Goodbye (1982) as Jolly
• Gardens of Stone (1987) as Sgt. Clell Hazard
• Alien Nation (1988) as Matthew Sykes
• Dick Tracy (1990) as Spaldoni
• Misery (1990) as Paul Sheldon
• The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990) as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
• For the Boys (1991) as Eddie Sparks
• The Dark Backward (1991) as Dr. Scurvy
• Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) as Tommy Korman
• The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) as Sonny Corleone
• Flesh and Bone (1993) as Roy Sweeney
• The Program (1993) as Sam Winters
• Bottle Rocket (1996) as Mr. Abe Henry
• Bulletproof (1996) as Frank Colton
• Eraser (1996) as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
• North Star (1996) as Sean McLennon
• Poodle Springs (1998) as Philip Marlowe
• Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) as Frank Vitale
• Luckytown (2000) as Charlie Doyles
• The Way of the Gun (2000) as Joe Sarno
• The Yards (2000) as Frank Olchin
• City of Ghosts (2002) as Marvin
• Dogville (2003) as The Big Man
• Elf (2003) as Walter
• Jericho Mansions (2003) as Leonard Grey
• Santa's Slay (2005) as Darren Mason
• Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) as Self
• Get Smart (2008) as The President
• New York, I Love You (2008) as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
• Wisegal (2008) as Salvatore Palmeri
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) as Tim Lockwood (voice)
• Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2009) as Self (voice)
• Mercy (2009) as Gerry Ryan
• Middle Men (2009) as Jerry Haggerty
• Henry's Crime (2010) as Max Saltzman
• Detachment (2011) as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
• For the Love of Money (2012) as Micky
• Small Apartments (2012) as Mr. Allspice
• That's My Boy (2012) as Father McNally
• Blood Ties (2013) as Leon
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) as Tim Lockwood (voice)
• Seduced and Abandoned (2013) as Self
• A Fighting Man (2014) as Mike 'Brother' Albright
• Altman (2014) as Self
• Preggoland (2014) as Walter
• The Outsider (2015) as Schuuster
• The Throwaways (2015) as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
• Wuthering High (2015) as Earnshaw
• J.L. Family Ranch (2016) as Tap
• The Good Neighbor (2016) as Harold Grainey
• Undercover Grandpa (2017) as Grandpa
• Con Man (2018) as Agent Gamble
• Holy Lands (2019) as Harry
• Out of Blue (2019) as Col. Tom Rockwell
• JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift (2020) as Tap
• Queen Bees (2021) as Dan
• Fast Charlie (2023) as Stan Mullen

James Caan television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for James Caan; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• Back in the Game as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
• Biography as Self
• Combat! as Sgt. Beckman
• Crossing Jordan as Ed Deline
• Family Guy as James Caan (voice)
• Get Smart as Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
• Hawaii Five-0 as Tony Archer
• Las Vegas as Ed Deline
• Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
• NewsRadio as James Caan (uncredited)
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
• The American West as Self
• The F.B.I. as Eugene David Holt
• The Holiday Movies That Made Us as Self
• The Simpsons as James Caan (voice)
• The Untouchables as Keir Brannon

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of James Caan's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.