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James Edmund Caan (March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor who was 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. Pakula's Comes a Horseman (1978). He had sporadically worked in film since the 1980s, with his notable performances including roles in Thief (1981), Gardens of Stone (1987), Misery (1990), Dick Tracy (1990), Bottle Rocket (1996), The Yards (2000), Dogville (2003), and Elf (2003).

James Caan

Lance Vance
for Lance Vance in GTA: Vice City (as movie in 1983)
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In 1980s Miami, Tommy Vercetti, a former mobster from New York City, is sent to Miami by his boss, Sonny Forelli, to oversee a drug deal gone wrong. The deal was intended to cement their foothold in Miami’s lucrative drug trade. However, Tommy is betrayed and left for dead by his associates. Surviving the ambush, Tommy vows revenge and begins a journey to take over Miami’s criminal underworld. He forms alliances with various factions including the Vance brothers, Lance and Victor, and local power players like real estate mogul Avery Carrington and drug lord Ricardo Diaz. Along the way, Tommy navigates through a web of betrayals, power struggles, and alliances, all while building his empire and seeking those who double-crossed him. As Tommy rises to the top, he confronts his past, his enemies, and the temptations of Miami’s glamorous and dangerous lifestyle. Ultimately, he must decide how far he’s willing to go to claim his place as the kingpin of Miami and whether he can trust anyone in a city where loyalty is a rare commodity.