James Caan, actor of “The Godfather” and “Mad Obsession” has died.

James Caan, actor of “The Godfather” and “Mad Obsession” has died.


The 86-year-old actor was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe throughout his career.

The chief’s son is dead. Interpreter of Sonny Corleone, son of Don Vito, James Caan embodied the violence of the firstborn of the brothers of The Godfather, a classic filmed by Francis Ford Coppola based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo. The information was posted by Caan’s family on Twitter on Wednesday evening, 6, he was 86 years old.

Caan began his career on television and, also in the 1960s, began a collaboration with Coppola in Badly traced paths (1969), to play, three years later, the eldest son of the Sicilian mafia boss. The role earned him an Oscar nomination for portraying him in the first film in the series.

Born in New York, the actor’s first major nomination was a Golden Globe in the western The boys of glory, 1962, for the role of Anthony Dugan. The 1960s were prolific, with the actor starring in ten feature films during that time.

With a long career, Caan is also best remembered for his role as writer Paul Sheldon in the film crazy obsession (1990), where she starred opposite Kathy Bates, the madwoman who confines the author to a secluded cabin after a car accident.

In 1999, the actor worked with Hugh Grant on Blue-eyed Mickey Mouse, romantic comedy, in a role that had the easter egg effect (parodied a mobster). His last work was in 2017, in the comedy Undercover Grandpa, as the protagonist grandfather.

Source: Terra

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