1940 - Today
James Edmund Caan ( KAHN; born March 26, 1940) is an American actor who has been nominated for several awards, including four Golden Globes, an Emmy and an Oscar. Caan was awarded a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978.After early roles in Howard Hawks's El Dorado (1966), Robert Altman's Countdown (1967) and Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People (1969), he came to prominence for playing his signature role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. He reprised the role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974) with a cameo appearance at the end. Caan had significant roles in films such as Brian's Song (1971), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Gambler (1974), Rollerball (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Alan J. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Caan has received more than 10,065,304 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). James Caan is the 218th most popular actor (up from 244th in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from United States (up from 489th in 2019) and the 110th most popular American Actor.
James Caan is most famous for playing Sonny Corleone in the 1972 film, The Godfather.
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Among actors, James Caan ranks 218 out of 10,030. Before him are Peter Fonda, Leonard Nimoy, Dianne Wiest, Franco Nero, Susan Sarandon, and Anna Magnani. After him are Nicole Kidman, Fernandel, Julia Roberts, Ernest Borgnine, Bryan Cranston, and Jack Lemmon.
1940 - 2019
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 212
1931 - 2015
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 213
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 214
1941 - Present
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 215
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 216
1908 - 1973
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 217
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 218
1967 - Present
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 219
1903 - 1971
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 220
1967 - Present
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 221
1917 - 2012
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 222
1956 - Present
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 223
1925 - 2001
HPI: 75.09
Rank: 224
Among people born in 1940, James Caan ranks 29. Before him are Joachim Gauck, Martin Sheen, John Hurt, Zodiac Killer, Patrick Stewart, and Peter Fonda. After him are Terry Gilliam, Joseph Brodsky, Abbas Kiarostami, J. M. G. Le Clézio, Julie Christie, and Giorgio Moroder.
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 23
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 24
1940 - 2017
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 25
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 26
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 27
1940 - 2019
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 28
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 29
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 30
1940 - 1996
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 31
1940 - 2016
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 32
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 33
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 34
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 35
Among people born in United States, James Caan ranks 423 out of 15,968. Before him are Jeff Bezos (1964), Susan Sarandon (1946), Barry Barish (1936), Bernie Madoff (1938), Katherine Johnson (1918), and Kurt Vonnegut (1922). After him are Nicole Kidman (1967), Julia Roberts (1967), Dean Martin (1917), Ernest Borgnine (1917), Bryan Cranston (1956), and Jack Lemmon (1925).
1964 - Present
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 417
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 418
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 419
1938 - Present
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 420
1918 - 2020
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 421
1922 - 2007
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 422
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 423
1967 - Present
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 424
1967 - Present
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 425
1917 - 1995
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 426
1917 - 2012
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 427
1956 - Present
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 428
1925 - 2001
HPI: 75.09
Rank: 429
Among actors born in United States, James Caan ranks 110. Before him are Doris Day (1922), Richard Kiel (1939), Peter Fonda (1940), Leonard Nimoy (1931), Dianne Wiest (1946), and Susan Sarandon (1946). After him are Nicole Kidman (1967), Julia Roberts (1967), Ernest Borgnine (1917), Bryan Cranston (1956), Jack Lemmon (1925), and Lauren Bacall (1924).
1922 - 2019
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 104
1939 - 2014
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 105
1940 - 2019
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 106
1931 - 2015
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 107
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 108
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 109
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 110
1967 - Present
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 111
1967 - Present
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 112
1917 - 2012
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 113
1956 - Present
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 114
1925 - 2001
HPI: 75.09
Rank: 115
1924 - 2014
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 116