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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

16

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-12-08 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

John Holland Cazale

John Cazale

Biography

John Holland Cazale (August 12, 1935 - March 12, 1978) was an American actor. He appeared in five films during six years, each one nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter. He appeared in archival footage in The Godfather Part III, also nominated for Best Picture, making him the only actor to have this multi-film distinction. From his start as a theater actor, he became one of Hollywood's premier character actors, starting with his role as the doomed, weak-minded Fredo Corleone opposite longtime friend Al Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather and its 1974 sequel.

Known For

Acting

The Godfather Part II

1974

The Godfather Part II

as

Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone

The Deer Hunter

1978

The Deer Hunter

as

Stan

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

1981

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

as

Frederico "Fredo" Corleone

The Godfather

1972

The Godfather

as

Fredo Corleone

The Freshman

1990

The Freshman

as

Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)

The American Way

1962

The American Way

as

Beatnik

Black Baby

2018

Black Baby

as

Fredo Corleone (archive footage)

N.Y.P.D.

N.Y.P.D.

as

Tom Andrews

Production

Crew

The Box

1969

The Box

as

Directing