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James Caan

  • Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
  • Birthday: March 26, 1939

Despite an up-and-down career that was mired by excess and irrational behavior, actor James Caan was a gifted performer who was as capable of pulling heart strings as he was of breaking someone’s kneecaps. Caan emerged from the cauldron of New York City’s thriving acting scene in the 1950s to become a noted player on the stage and on television. Though he graduated to films soon after his salad days in New York after swearing off television for the next several years, he had his first big breakthrough on the small screen, playing dying foot…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2004

    Appeared as The Big Man in Lars von Trier's "Dogville"

  • 2003 to 2007

    Cast as Big Ed Deline, the head of the surveillance team for the Montecito Resort & Casino in the NBC drama "Las Vegas"; left the show's after the fourth season

  • 2003

    Cast in the mafia drama feature "This Thing Of Ours"

  • 2003

    Played Will Ferrell's biological father a cold-hearted children's book publishing executive in the comedy, "Elf"

  • 2002

    Had lead role in the USA Network film "Hearts of Men"

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