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Acting

James Caan

Career: Active from 1962 to 2023, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 72
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: The Godfather
95/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 107 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Caan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
1.1, average 1.7
Scare
1.9, average 2.6
Uncanny
2.0, average 2.5
Wonder
2.9, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 9
Character-Driven 8
Gritty Realism 7
Social Commentary 7
Fast-Paced 6
Emotional Journey 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
Romantic Comedy 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Historical Drama 4
Situational Humor 3
Psychological Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

120

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 62

Fast Charlie

68

as Stan Mullen

Queen Bees

57

as Dan

JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift

61

as Tap

2010s

23 titles · average score 45

Holy Lands

39

as Harry

Undercover Grandpa

36

as Grandpa

The Good Neighbor

47

as Harold Grainey

Sicilian Vampire

39

as Professor Bernard Issaacs

The Outsider

19

as Schuuster

The Throwaways

41

as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden

Preggoland

44

as Walter

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

64

as Tim Lockwood (voice)

Back in the Game

56

TV show · as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.

Small Apartments

42

as Mr. Allspice

Detachment

66

as Mr. Charles Seaboldt

Henry's Crime

48

as Max Saltzman

2000s

26 titles · average score 54

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

72

as Tim Lockwood (voice)

Middle Men

56

as Jerry Haggerty

Get Smart

57

as The President

Wisegal

59

as Salvatore Palmeri

Las Vegas

67

TV show · as Ed Deline

Elf

73

as Walter

City of Ghosts

56

as Marvin

In the Shadows

47

as Lance Huston

Warden of Red Rock

58

as John Flinders

A Glimpse of Hell

35

as Capt. Fred Moosally

The Yards

63

as Frank Olchin

Luckytown

41

as Charlie Doyles

1990s

19 titles · average score 60

Mickey Blue Eyes

51

as Frank Vitale

This Is My Father

74

as Kieran Johnson

Family Guy

64

TV show · as James Caan (voice)

Poodle Springs

49

as Philip Marlowe

Eraser

54

as DeGuerin

Bulletproof

37

as Frank Colton

North Star

40

as Sean McLennon

Flesh and Bone

55

as Roy Sweeney

The Program

58

as Sam Winters

Honeymoon in Vegas

59

as Tommy Korman

For the Boys

55

as Eddie Sparks

Misery

81

as Paul Sheldon

1980s

7 titles · average score 65

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as James Caan (voice)

Alien Nation

53

as Matthew Sykes

Gardens of Stone

47

as Sgt. Clell Hazard

Kiss Me Goodbye

59

as Jolly

Thief

77

as Frank

Bolero

68

as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

Hide in Plain Sight

67

as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.

1970s

21 titles · average score 59

Comes a Horseman

49

as Frank 'Buck' Athearn

A Bridge Too Far

68

as SSgt. Eddie Dohun

Harry and Walter Go to New York

48

as Harry Digby

Rollerball

60

as Jonathan E.

Funny Lady

56

as Billy Rose

The Killer Elite

51

as Mike Locken

The Gambler

73

as Axel

Freebie and the Bean

43

as Freebie

The Godfather Part II

92

as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)

Cinderella Liberty

60

as John Baggs Jr.

The Godfather

95

as Sonny Corleone

Brian's Song

73

as Brian Piccolo

1960s

19 titles · average score 61

The Rain People

71

as Jimmy Kilgannon

Journey to Shiloh

31

as Buck Burnett

Submarine X-1

43

as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR

Countdown

59

as Lee Stegler

Games

60

as Paul Montgomery

El Dorado

83

as Mississippi

Red Line 7000

57

as Mike

Get Smart

84

TV show · as Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)

The Glory Guys

54

as Pvt. Anthony Dugan

Lady in a Cage

42

as Randall Simpson O'Connell

The Wide Country

TV show · as Buddie Simpson

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone

1950s

2 titles · average score 61

The Untouchables

53

TV show · as Keir Brannon

Naked City

69

TV show · as Marty Feketi