James Caan
- Born: 26 Mar, 1939
After some stage experience, James Caan began his film career with an uncredited bit part in "Irma La Douce" (1963). Tall and curly-haired, with a ruddy complexion, Caan gained prominence in the early 1970s with two powerful performances: as the cancer-stricken football player in the made-for-TV-movie "Brian's Song" (ABC, 1971) and as the hot-tempered eldest son Santino "Sonny" Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" (1972). He used the stardom he derived from playing Sonny Corleone in the latter to star in Karel Reisz's "The Gambler" (1974). That same year, he co-starred with Alan Arkin in "Freebie and the Bean" before moving on to play a sailor who falls for Marsha Mason in "Cinderella Liberty" (1975). He oo...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father Arthur Caan: family name is said to be Dutch version of 'Kahn' or 'Cohen'
- mother Sophie Caan:
- brother Ronald Caan:
- sister Barbara Caan: died of cancer in 1981; Caan was very close with her and her death is said to have devastated him
- daughter Tara Caan: mother, DeeJay Mathis
- son Scott Caan: born c. 1976; mother Sheila Ryan; underwent kidney surgery c. 1978; arrested for assault in September 1998
- son Alexander James Caan: born on April 10, 1991; mother, Ingrid Hajek
- son James Arthur Caan: born on November 6, 1995, mother, Linda Stokes
- son Jacob Nicholas Caan: born on Septmeber 24, 1998; mother, Linda Stokes
- wife DeeJay Mathis: married 1961; divorced 1966
- wife Sheila Ryan: married 1976; divorced
- Leesa Rowland: together in the mid-1980s; sued Caan for mistreatment and won $84,000 verdict
- wife Ingrid Hajek: married September 9, 1990; born c. 1961; Caan's third marriage; separated April 1995
- wife Linda Stokes: married October 7, 1995; Caan's fourth wife; born c. 1956
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