James Caan

L'acteur américain James Caan, connu pour ses rôles dans la trilogie «Le Parrain» et dans le film «Misery», s'éteint à 82 ans.

La famille apprécie tout l'amour et les condoléances, et demande le respect de leur intimité durant cette période difficile», peut-on lire. En plus de posséder sa propre étoile sur le Hollywood Walk of Fame, il aura été nommé pour un Oscar, un Emmy ainsi que quatre Golden Globes au cours de sa carrière. C'est en effet ce qui a été annoncé jeudi sur le compte Twitter officiel de l'artiste, de façon posthume.

Tributes have already begun pouring in for the 82-year-old, with many taking to social media to share their memories of Caan both on and off the big screen.

The following year he played a tongue-in-cheek version of Sonny Corleone in the comedy “Honeymoon in Vegas.” He had five children — a daughter and four sons — with Scott Caan following in his father’s footsteps as an actor. He also made a brief appearance in a flashback sequence in “The Godfather, Part II.” But by the early 1980s he began to sour on films. He managed a long career despite drug problems, outbursts of temper, and minor brushes with the law. “Jimmy was one of the greatest.

James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences as both the dying ...

The following year he played a tongue-in-cheek version of Sonny Corleone in the comedy “Honeymoon in Vegas.” He also made a brief appearance in a flashback sequence in “The Godfather, Part II.” Caan was already a star on television, breaking through in the 1971 TV movie “Brian’s Song,” an emotional drama about Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo, who had died of cancer the year before at age 26. Despite Coppola’s fears he had made a flop, the 1972 release was an enormous critical and commercial success and brought supporting actor Oscar nominations for Caan, Duvall and Al Pacino. He managed a long career despite drug problems, outbursts of temper and minor brushes with the law. “Jimmy was one of the greatest.

Joueur de football à l'Université d'État du Michigan — et aussi joueur de tours infatigable sur les plateaux de tournage —, James Caan était un bel acteur avec ...

Par la suite, de 2003 à 2007, il a été la tête d’affiche de la télésérie «Las Vegas», dans le rôle de «Big Ed», ex-agent de la CIA devenu propriétaire d’un casino. Il est revenu à la célébrité à part entière en 1990, face à Kathy Bates dans «Misery», adaptation d’un roman de Stephen King. Après «Brian’s Song» et «Le Parrain», James Caan est devenu l’un des acteurs les plus demandés de Hollywood. Il a joué notamment dans «Impossible témoin» («Hide in Plain Sight», 1980), qu’il a également réalisé, «Funny Lady» (1975), en face de Barbra Streisand, «Tueur d’élite» (1975), de Sam Peckinpah, avec Robert Duvall, et «Chapter Two» (1979), sur un scénario de Neil Simon.

James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences as both the dying ...

The following year he played a tongue-in-cheek version of Sonny Corleone in the comedy “Honeymoon in Vegas.” He also made a brief appearance in a flashback sequence in “The Godfather, Part II.” Caan was already a star on television, breaking through in the 1971 TV movie “Brian’s Song,” an emotional drama about Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo, who had died of cancer the year before at age 26. Despite Coppola’s fears he had made a flop, the 1972 release was an enormous critical and commercial success and brought supporting actor Oscar nominations for Caan, Duvall and Al Pacino. He managed a long career despite drug problems, outbursts of temper and minor brushes with the law. “Jimmy was one of the greatest.

Caan, best known for playing Sonny Corleone in 1970s gangster film, The Godfather, died on Wednesday, his family said.

He had begun to struggle with drug use and was devastated by the 1981 leukemia death of his sister, Barbara, who until then had been a guiding force in his career. Caan recounted becoming so angry when he realised the scene was not included that he walked out of the screening. For much of the 1980s he made no films, telling people he preferred to coach his son Scott’s Little League games. One of three siblings, Caan began acting on television in 1961. “It’s hard to believe that he won’t be in the world anymore because he was so alive and daring. I just walked out of a picture at Paramount. I said you haven’t got enough money to make me go to work every day with a director I don’t like.” So happy I got to know him. The statement was posted on Caan’s Twitter account on Thursday but did not mention a cause of death. Always wanted to be like him. “Jimmy made it so funny,” said Duvall. “I’ve done pictures where I’d rather do time. In an article in the Hollywood Reporter marking the 50-year anniversary of the first Godfather film this year, actor Robert Duvall said that Caan was a buoyant presence on the set and made the first film the most fun to work on.

Superb actor whose defining role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather found echoes in his colourful personal life.

In later years, Caan was content to have the security of a popular TV series, Las Vegas (2003-07), appearing as a former CIA agent now the head of security at the fictional Montecito resort and casino. In The Rain People, the first of the three films Caan made with Coppola, a certain vulnerability and warmth surfaced as he played a soft-hearted drifter. While studying at Hofstra, he became interested in acting and was soon taken on by the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York, where he studied under Sanford Meisner, whose technique was allied to the method. His first role was as a young thug terrorising Olivia de Havilland in Lady in a Cage (1964). Tough insouciance was his style, well suited to handsome but rather emotionless features. When his brother Ronnie was held at gunpoint by gangsters, Caan enlisted the help of his mafia pal Anthony “the Animal” Fiato. Caan arranged to meet and pay the kidnappers, then arrived with Fiato and his crew with guns and baseball bats. His first and last directorial effort, Hide in Plain Sight (1980), in which he starred as a man in search of his ex-wife and children, was generally given a chilly critical reception. Although he received professional help and was cured of the addiction, he was unemployable in Hollywood. After attending various schools, he entered two universities, Michigan State University, at which he was a football hero, and Hofstra University, Long Island, but failed to graduate from either. (The matter was settled out of court.) Then came the morning when he woke up in a friend’s flat to find 10 Los Angeles policemen standing over him with guns drawn. His defining role came as Sonny Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972). Caan, who was nominated for an Oscar, was perfect as the hedonistic and volatile heir apparent to the Corleone family, whose bloody ways end in his own death. On another occasion, the FBI intercepted a phone conversation between Fiato and Caan concerning the actor Joe Pesci. Caan asked his friend to “take care” of Pesci after learning about an unpaid $8,000 bill from Pesci’s stay at a friend’s Miami hotel. More violence came his way as the brutal CIA man in Sam Peckinpah’s The Killer Elite and, in contrast, he portrayed Billy Rose, the gambling, philandering husband of Barbra Streisand’s Fanny Brice in Funny Lady, all in the same year.

David Reid of Rothesay became James Caan's golfing buddy during the late actor's time in Saint John making the film Jericho Mansions.

He really was one of the guys." "He was one of the guys. "And I think we spent so much time with him because he did feel comfortable with the fact that we were comfortable with him and we weren't mauling him or anything like that. "I don't know how many rounds we played, but I'm going to say we played three or four or five rounds over the week. "I was very, very comfortable with it. Caan died on Wednesday at the age of 82.

James Caan's filmography stretches back almost 60 years and he was regarded as one of the best in the biz.

He also made a brief appearance in a flashback sequence in The Godfather, Part II. But by the early 1980s he began to sour on films. Despite Coppola’s fears he had made a flop, the 1972 release was an enormous critical and commercial success and brought supporting actor Oscar nominations for Caan, Duvall and Al Pacino. For decades after, he once said, strangers would approach him on the street and jokingly warn him to stay clear of toll roads. He built a thriving Hollywood career, despite drug problems, outbursts of temper and minor brushes with the law. On his way to another job, Corleone stops at a toll booth that he discovers is unnervingly empty of customers.

L'acteur américain James Caan, connu entre autres pour son rôle de Santino « Sonny » Corleone dans Le Parrain de Francis Ford Coppola, est mort mercredi ...

C’est avec grande tristesse que nous vous informons du décès de Jimmy, survenu dans la soirée du 6 juillet. Love to the family.— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) July 7, 2022 L’acteur américain James Caan, connu entre autres pour son rôle de Santino « Sonny » Corleone dans Le Parrain de Francis Ford Coppola, est mort mercredi soir à l’âge de 82 ans, a affirmé sa famille sur le compte Twitter de l’acteur.

James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of 'The Godfather' and to television audiences as both the dying ...

Born March 26, 1939, in New York City, Caan was the son of a kosher meat wholesaler. Once again in demand, Caan starred in "For the Boys" with Bette Midler in 1991 as part of a song-and-dance team entertaining U.S. soldiers during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. He also made a brief appearance in a flashback sequence in "The Godfather, Part II." For much of the 1980s he made no films, telling people he preferred to coach his son Scott's Little League games. Caan left the show during the fourth season and it was later canceled. Caan didn't take a starring role in a TV series until 2003 but his first effort, “Las Vegas,” was an immediate hit. Caan was already a star on television, breaking through in the 1971 TV movie "Brian's Song," an emotional drama about Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo, who had died of cancer the year before at age 26. I just walked out of a picture at Paramount. I said you haven't got enough money to make me go to work every day with a director I don't like." Despite Coppola's fears he had made a flop, the 1972 release was an enormous critical and commercial success and brought supporting actor Oscar nominations for Caan, Duvall and Al Pacino. For decades after, he once said, strangers would approach him on the street and jokingly warn him to stay clear of toll roads. On his way to another job, Corleone stops at a toll booth that he discovers is unnervingly empty of customers. He managed a long career despite drug problems, outbursts of temper and minor brushes with the law.

He also starred in the TV drama “Brian's Song” and proved, beyond his tough-guy exterior, a versatile performer of wry expressiveness and unexpected ...

Actor who played Sonny Corleone in the groundbreaking 1972 epic engineered a comeback after his career went off the rails in the early 1980s.

Besides being a talented instinctive actor, he was the only Jew I knew who could rope a calf with the best of them. Thief, released in 1981 and directed by Michael Mann, in which Caan played a safecracker who takes on the mob, boded well for his ability to reinvent himself for the new decade, but Caan’s career would swiftly derail. Caan was born in 1940 in the Bronx, New York City, the son of a kosher butcher. He had five children, one of whom, Scott, followed him into acting, appearing in Gone in 60 Seconds, Ocean’s Eleven and the Hawaii Five-0 reboot. In 2018 he appeared in Carol Morley’s Martin Amis adaptation Out of Blue, as the father of murder victim Jennifer Rockwell. The family appreciates the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time.”

James Caan, best known for his role as Sonny Corleone in the first two Godfather films, died Wednesday at age 82, according to a statement on his official ...

The following year he played a tongue-in-cheek version of Sonny Corleone in the comedy Honeymoon in Vegas. He also made a brief appearance in a flashback sequence in The Godfather, Part II. But by the early 1980s he began to sour on films. For decades after, Caan once said, strangers would approach him on the street and jokingly warn him to stay clear of toll roads. He managed a long career despite drug problems, outbursts of temper and minor brushes with the law. Not only was he one of the best actors our business has ever seen, he was funny, loyal, caring and beloved," said Caan's manager Matt DelPiano on Wednesday. "Our relationship was always friendship before business.

James Edmund Caan was an athletic kid from the Bronx, the son of German-Jewish immigrants who grew up to play tough movie guys: sailors, football players, ...

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L'acteur américain James Caan, connu pour ses rôles dans la trilogie «Le Parrain» et dans le film «Misery», s'éteint à 82 ans.

«Jimmy était l'un des plus grands. Né à New York, dans le quartier du Bronx, en 1940, James Caan avait incarné en 1972 Sonny Corleone, le fils aîné de Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) dans le film mythique de Francis Ford Coppola, «Le Parrain», sur la mafia italo-américaine. «C'est avec une grande tristesse que nous vous informons du décès de Jimmy le soir du 6 juillet», a déclaré sa famille dans un tweet posté sur le compte de Caan. Son gérant, Matt DelPiano, a confirmé la nouvelle à l'AFP.

James Caan, who portrayed Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather" and Paul Sheldon in "Misery," died Wednesday at 82.

Rob Reiner, who directed Caan in "Misery," wrote in a tweet Thursday that he was "so sorry to hear the news. RIP Jimmy," with a broken heart emoji. Caan previously worked with Coppola in 1969's "The Rain People." Williams tweeted Thursday: "Team Mates and friends until the end. Although known for that passion, Caan had a decidedly down-to-earth demeanor. Piccolo was close friends with NFL legend Gale Sayers, who was played by Billy Dee Williams. He navigated a long career despite drug problems and minor brushes with the law. "He's very fidgety. This release." They say never meet your heroes, but he proved that to be very very wrong." I loved working with him. He was always kind to me.

L'acteur américain James Caan, vedette des films Le Parrain et Misery, est mort à l'âge de 82 ans, ont annoncé sa famille sur Twitter et son gérant jeudi.

Par la suite, de 2003 à 2007, il a été la tête d’affiche de la télésérie Las Vegas, dans le rôle de Big Ed, ex-agent de la CIA devenu propriétaire d’un casino. Après Brian’s Song et Le Parrain, James Caan est devenu l’un des acteurs les plus demandés de Hollywood. Il a joué notamment dans Impossible témoin (Hide in Plain Sight, 1980), qu’il a également réalisé, Funny Lady (1975), en face de Barbra Streisand, Tueur d’élite (1975), de Sam Peckinpah, avec Robert Duvall, et Chapter Two (1979), sur un scénario de Neil Simon. James Caan, qui a interprété le fougueux Sonny Corleone dans Le Parrain en 1972 et le patron d’un casino dans Las Vegas, 30 ans plus tard, est mort à l’âge de 82 ans.

James Caan est né le 26 mars 1940, à New-York, au sein d'une famille juive d'origine allemande. Sa première éducation physique fut de transporter des carcasses de boeuf à 5 heures du matin pour son père, qui travaillait dans le marché en gros de la ...

Pour Coppola, il sera Sonny Corleone dans Le Parrain (1972), pour lequel il a été nommé pour l’Oscar du meilleur second rôle masculin et pour le Golden Globe du meilleur second rôle masculin. Il reprend le rôle dans Le Parrain, 2e partie (1975). « Je suis devenu acteur après avoir essayé tout le reste, basket, football, bagarre dans la rue, maître-nageur sur les plages, directeur des sports dans un camp de vacances…

L'acteur américain James Caan, connu pour ses rôles dans la trilogie «Le Parrain» et dans le film «Misery», s'éteint à 82 ans.

«Jimmy était l'un des plus grands. Caan avait aussi eu des rôles dans les films «Le Solitaire» et «Rollerball». L'acteur américain James Caan, vedette des films «Le Parrain» et «Misery», est mort à l'âge de 82 ans, ont annoncé sa famille et son gérant jeudi.

James Caan, who portrayed the hot-headed, ill-fated mobster Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather," has died at the age of 82, his family announced on Twitter.

"The Godfather," released in 1972, is regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made and is considered – well – the godfather of the gangster genre. Caan appeared in almost 100 movies over the course of his career. "The family appreciates the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time."

Il avait incarné l'un des fils Corleone dans le mythique Parrain, et un écrivain séquestré dans l'angoissant Misery : l'acteur américain James Caan est mort ...

Puis, il avait témoigné, toujours à New York, en 1992 dans un autre procès, où il s’était présenté comme le meilleur ami d’un membre réputé de la famille mafieuse Bonanno encore sur le banc des accusés. «Ses films étaient les meilleurs des meilleurs», lui a rendu hommage dans un tweet l’acteur et scénariste new-yorkais Adam Sandler. «Je l’aimais beaucoup. «Je continue à penser que si j’avais eu la monnaie ce jour-là, j’aurais pu devenir beaucoup plus riche», avait-il plaisanté des années plus tard, en allusion à sa mort au péage pendant qu’il attendait sa monnaie.