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Cazale started as a theater actor in New York City, ranging from regional, to off-Broadway, to Broadway acting alongside Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Sam Waterston. Cazale soon became one of Hollywood's premier character actors , starting with his role as the doomed, weak-minded Fredo Corleone opposite longtime friend Pacino in Francis Ford ...
Frederico "Fredo" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather. Fredo is portrayed by American actor John Cazale in the Francis Ford Coppola 1972 film adaptation and in the 1974 sequel, The Godfather Part II. Fredo is the second son of the Mafia don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro).
He is the oldest son of the Vito and Carmela Corleone. He has two brothers, Fredo and Michael, and a sister, Connie. In the film, Sonny was portrayed by James Caan, who reprised his role for a flashback scene in The Godfather Part II. Roman Coppola played Sonny as a boy in the 1920s scenes of The Godfather Part II. Sonny's hot-tempered nature ...
James Edmund Caan (/ k ɑː n / KAHN; March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor.He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972) – a performance that earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
A character actor, [2] Cazale holds the unique distinction of only appearing in feature films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. After appearing in a short film and an episode of the television series N.Y.P.D., Cazale made his feature film debut as Fredo Corleone in the Francis Ford Coppola-directed The Godfather (1972).
John Cazale was given the part of Fredo Corleone after Coppola saw him perform in an Off Broadway production. [91] Gianni Russo was given the role of Carlo Rizzi after he was asked to perform a screen test in which he acted out the fight between Rizzi and Connie. [92] Nearing the start of filming on March 29, Michael Corleone had yet to be cast ...
Fredo Corleone: brother; played by John Cazale; Michael Corleone: brother; ... one unknown off-Broadway actor named Robert De Niro also read for Sonny's part, ...
Bright also played Neri in both sequels, thus becoming one of five actors to appear in all three Godfather films; his character murders Fredo Corleone (John Cazale) at the end of The Godfather Part II and the Vatican banker Archbishop Gilday at the end of The Godfather Part III.