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What is the cast of the trilogy up to now?
Read on to find out … or else you’ll “sleep with the fishes.”
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The comeback didn’t last, unfortunately.
In 2004, Brandodied at 80.
He returned to the role forPart II,but sat outPart III.
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Along with Duvall and Pacino, Caan secured a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for the film.
He also appeared briefly inPart II, reprising the role of Sonny in a flashback.
Caan worked steadily from then on, though in less prominent parts than some of his costars.
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Caan is also known to younger audiences as Buddy’s (Will Ferrell) curmudgeonly father in 2003’sElf.
Caandied at age 82in 2022.
On television, she appeared inHBO’sThe Young Pope(as a nun who raisedJude Law’s titular cleric).
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She also starred in the 2018 hitBook Cluband a 2020Father of the BridereuniononNetflix.
De Niro teamed with Scorsese yet again for the anticipatedKillers of the Flower Moon(2023).
Cazale appeared in only five filmsbefore dying of lung cancer at age 42in 1978.
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Cazale also continued to act on stage until his death.
He reprised the role briefly inPart II’s closing flashback scene.
Vigoda’s most famous role besides Tessio is probably the grouchy Det.
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Phil Fish on the 1970s sitcomBarney Miller.He appeared in numerous films and TV shows beforehis death in 2016.
Shire also appears inPart IIandPart III, with Connie becoming a close advisor to Michael in the latter film.
She received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination forPart II.
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Kirbydied from leukemia-related complicationsin 2006.
For his portrayal of the loyal but hot-tempered Vincent, Garcia earned an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actor.
Garcia’s subsequent appearances have includedSteven Soderbergh’sOcean’strilogy(20012007) and HBO’sBallers.
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He’s also booked roles inBook Cluband its sequel (withGodfather Part IIIcostar Diane Keaton),Mamma Mia!
(He alsoearned praise from EWfor his performance as a mobster!
in the playKey Largoin 2019.)
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It wasn’t until her role inPart III as journalist Grace Hamilton that her career took off, however.
Fonda retired from acting in 2002, and married composerDanny Elfmanshortly thereafter.
Coppola also appeared in the firstGodfather, playing Connie’s infant son in the climactic baptism scene.
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Oddly enough, she only sings on screen once inThe Godfather, during the opening wedding sequence.
She died in March 2018.
Strasberg died unexpectedly at age 80 in 1982.
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Russo’s screen career might be the least interesting thing about him.
And he sings, too!
He also performed a vocal version ofThe Godfather’s iconic theme for the soundtrack.
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Part IIIremains D’Ambrosio’s only screen credit.
He continues to tour and perform worldwide as a solo artist.
Wallach continued to act into his 90s, and his career ultimately spanned more than six decades.
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His later work included 2006’sThe Holidayand theWall StreetsequelMoney Never Sleepsbefore he retired in 2010.
Wallachdied at age 98in 2014.
As Michael’s doomed first wife Apollonia, she played a small but memorable role in the crime epic.
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Despite the attentionThe Godfatherbrought, Stefanelli did not pursue a career in Hollywood.
“They wanted nothing more than to expose my body,” shetold PEOPLEin 1997.
“I refused so much work.”
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She appeared in several more European films before retiring from acting in 1992.
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