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James Caan (born March 26, 1940, Bronx, New York)
is an United States|American actor.

Caan began acting in television in such television
series|series as The Untouchables. His first
substantial film role was as a menacing villain in
the 1964 thriller film|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 American football|football player in
The Rain People (1969), film director|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.

== Stardom ==
From 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 (movie)|The Gambler, The Killer
Elite, Rollerball (1975 movie)|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
(movie)|Thief, directed by Michael Mann (film
director)|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 clinical
depression|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 (movie)|Alien Nation, Dick
Tracy (movie)|Dick Tracy and Misery (co-star Kathy
Bates won a Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress|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 1996 he appeared in the indie hit Bottle Rocket
and pursued Arnold Schwarzenegger in Eraser
(movie)|Eraser.

In 1999, Caan joined the ranks of Humphrey Bogart,
Robert Mitchum and Powers Boothe when he portrayed
Philip Marlowe in the HBO film Poodle Springs.

Some of his most recent appearances have been in
The Yards (2000), City of Ghosts (2002) and
Dogville (2003).

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 marriage|married four times. In 1960
he married Dee Jay Mathis; they divorced in 1966
and had one child. His second marriage with Sheila
Ryan (1976) was short lived, and they divorced the
next year. His son Scott Caan|Scott was born in
1976. Between September 1990 and March 1995 Caan
was married to Ingrid Hajek; they also had one
child. He married Linda Stokes in October 1995,
but got recently divorced from her in April 2005.
They have two children.

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