SCOTT CAAN

'Scott Caan' (born August 23, 1976) is an American actor.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Selected filmography

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Caan was born in Los Angeles, California to actor James Caan and Sheila Ryan, an actress and former model. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Germany.^[1] His parents divorced a year after his birth; he has four half-siblings from his father's other marriages.
Caan was a roadie for the rap groups Cypress Hill and House of Pain, and was a member of the hip-hop group The Whooliganz (with producer and fellow emcee, The Alchemist), before enrolling at the Playhouse West acting school in Los Angeles.

Career

Caan began acting in the late 1990s, appearing in a number of low-budget independent films and low-budget films. His first role in a major film release was that of a Texas football player in the financially successful 1999 film, ''Varsity Blues''. Caan subsequently appeared in several
studio films such as ''Ready To Rumble'' (2000) co-starring David Arquette, and ''American Outlaws'' (2001), co-starring Colin Farrell, in which Caan played 19th century outlaw Cole Younger. In 2003, Caan made his directorial debut with the film ''Dallas 362'', which won a prize at the 2003 Las Vegas Film Festival.
Subsequently, Caan has appeared in other low-budget independent films, as well as the box office successes ''Ocean's Eleven'', ''Ocean's Twelve'', and ''Ocean's Thirteen''. In 2005, Caan co-starred with actor Paul Walker (with whom he appeared in ''Varsity Blues'') in the action film ''Into the Blue''.
Scott Caan has been noted for saying "Sweetheart" frequently in movies in he stars in.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	''Enemy of the State''	Jones
1999	''Varsity Blues''	Charlie Tweeder
1999	''Black and White''	Scotty
2000	''Boiler Room''	Richie O'Flaherty
2000	''Gone in Sixty Seconds''	Tumbler
2000	''Ready to Rumble''	Sean Dawkins
2001	''American Outlaws''	Cole Younger
2001	''Novocaine''	Duane Ivey
2001	''Ocean's Eleven''	Turk Malloy
2003	''Dallas 362''	Dallas
2004	''Ocean's Twelve''	Turk Malloy
2005	''Into the Blue''	Bryce
2006	''Friends with Money''	Mike
2007	''Ocean's Thirteen''	Turk Malloy
2007	''Brooklyn Rules''	Carmine

References

1. The Ultimate Caan

External links

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★ Interview with Sheila Ryan