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Ocean's Turk Malloy Background: ''I don't mean this in a bad way, but a lot of actors today are just more girly than the actors I grew up respecting... I'm into the school of actors like Marlon Brando, my father, Bobby Duvall and Al Pacino, who in their day had to be pretty tough. They weren't waify, skinny little pretty boys. In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their lips and tongues. I don't get it. It's like wearing dresses. Men should have rough hands and be strong.'' Scott Caan. The eldest child of veteran actor James Caan, Scott Caan made his first film alongside his father as his titular alienated on-screen son in the road flick "A Boy Called Hate" (1995). He subsequently began to make a name for himself with roles in such films as ''Enemy of the State'' (1998) and ''Varsity Blues'' (1999). He later played significant roles in films like "Boiler Room" (2000), "Ready to Rumble" (2000), "Gone in Sixty Seconds" (2000), "American Outlaws" (2001), "In Enemy Hands" (2004), "Into the Blue" (2005), "Friends with Money" (2006), "Lonely Hearts" (2006) and "Brooklyn Rules" (2007). The 5' 8'' of muscle and machismo has played Turk Malloy, the wisecracking getaway driver, in all "Ocean's" films: "Ocean's Eleven" (2001), "Ocean's Twelve" (2004) and "Ocean's Thirteen" (2007). He will next be seen in an upcoming comedy film titled "Deep in the Valley," alongside Chris Pratt, Brendan Hines, Denise Richards, and Tracy Morgan. Caan also has tried his hand in writing and directing. He wrote, directed and starred in "Dallas 362" (2003; also stars Shawn Hatosy, Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Lynch), which won a Critics Award at the CineVegas International Film Festival, and the romantic comedy ''The Dog Problem'' (2006; also stars Don Cheadle, Giovanni Ribisi and Mena Suvari). ''I may not be great, and it's because I try something and it doesn't work.'' Scott Caan. More personally, the actor who has been noted for saying "sweetheart" frequently in movies that he stars in, was romantically linked to Polish actress and model Izabella Miko (born January 21, 1981).
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Childhood and Family: The eldest son of legendary actor James Caan (born on March 26, 1940) and his actress/former model wife Sheila Ryan (born in 1952), Scott Andrew Caan was born on August 23, 1976 in Los Angeles, California. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Germany. One year after his birth, his parents divorced, and Scott had to spend his childhood shuttling between his divorced father and mother. In the 1980s, his father took a hiatus from acting for several years to focus on coaching Scott's Little League team. Scott has four half-siblings from his father's other marriages: Alexander James Caan (born on April 10, 1991), Jacob Nicholas Caan (born on September 24, 1998), James Arthur Caan (born on November 6, 1995) and Tara Caan (older). His uncle is producer Ronnie Caan. In the early 1990s, Scott drifted from school to school, spending time at the celebrity-magnet Beverly Hills High School alongside Angelina Jolie, whom he later appeared alongside in the film ''Gone in Sixty Seconds'' (2000). He eventually graduated from Excelsior High School. ''I was the bad kid in school. I was usually in trouble. I'd get suspended for fighting, for graffiti, for smoking pot. And I learned that it's not worth it.'' Scott Caan. Scott 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. He was arrested for assault after a West Hollywood bar brawl in September 1998.
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Career: ''He reads my screenplays and gives me honest opinions. His advice to me was ‘stay out of the business’. He wanted me to play short-stop for the Yankees!'' Scott Caan (on his veteran actor father James Caan). A former roadie for the rap groups ''Cypress Hill'' and ''House of Pain,'' and member of the hip-hop group ''The Whooliganz,'' Scott Caan, like many other children of famous Hollywood types, decide to follow his father's path as an actor despite his perpetual love of baseball. He perfected his craft at the Playhouse West acting school in Los Angeles and made his feature debut alongside his father as his titular on-screen son, an alienated suburban Arizona teenager, in the road flick "A Boy Called Hate" (1995), written and directed by Mitch Marcus. The newcomer followed it up with "Nowhere" (1997), the third installment of writer/director Gregg Araki's ''teen apocalypse'' trilogy in which he played Ducky, the brother of Sarah Lassez's starstruck character and the love interest of Christina Applegate's air-headed social butterfly character. And after being busted for assault after a West Hollywood bar brawl in September 1998, he returned in front of the camera to play a cocky government agent pursuing Will Smith's character in Tony Scott's blockbuster thriller, "Enemy of the State" (1998), alongside Gene Hackman and father's friend Jon Voight. "When I auditioned for 'Enemy of the State,' Tony Scott told me, 'You're intimidating enough, man. Don't try to be intimidating. I already know you can kick the s--- out of someone.'" Scott Caan. The late 1990s saw Caan as the trouble-making boyfriend of Tricia Vessy's rebellious teen character in John Caire's independent film "Nowhere to Go" (1998) and delivered comic relief as Charlie Tweeder, a rowdy, girl-chasing high school football player, in Brian Robbins' box office hit, "Varsity Blues" (1999), opposite James Van Der Beek, Paul Walker and Voight. He also played the lead role of a young man stuck with caring for his alzheimer victim father (played by Leo Burmester) who can hardly communicate at all, in Rob Schmidt's bleak indie set in Brooklyn, "Saturn" (1999). Entering the new millennium, Caan co-starred with David Arquette as two dimwitted sewage workers embark on a quest to help their fallen wrestler hero (played by Oliver Platt) regain his title and his honor, in Brian Robbins' comedy movie "Ready to Rumble" (2000), which is based on the now defunct professional wrestling promotion, World Championship Wrestling. He was also featured as a young broker named Richie O'Flaherty, alongside Ben Affleck, Giovanni Ribisi and Vin Diesel, in writer/director Ben Younger's drama, "Boiler Room," about the world of greed that is the underbelly of Wall Street, and became a fast-driving car lifter named Tumbler in Dominic Sena's remake of the 1974 H.B. Halicki film, ''Gone in Sixty Seconds,'' alongside Nicolas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi and Angelina Jolie. In 2001, Caan was cast as Helena Bonham Carter’s menacing brother in David Atkins' indie thriller which also stars Steve Martin and Laura Dern, ''Novocaine,'' and then as Turk Malloy, the wisecracking getaway driver and the twin brother of Casey Affleck's Virgil Malloy (known as two Jethros), in Steven Soderbergh's successful remake of the 1960 Rat Pack caper film, "Ocean's Eleven." Sharing the screen with such Hollywood A-listers as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia and Julia Roberts, Caan's work in the film has been nominated an MTV Movie Award and a Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS) Award. He subsequently reprised his role in its two sequels, ''Ocean's Twelve'' (2004) and ''Ocean's Thirteen'' (2007), for which Caan was nominated a Teen Choice Award. Being asked about his ''Ocean's'' co-stars public adoration, Caan commented, ''For me it’s not really an issue, obviously, as it is for them. I’m sure for them it’s tiring but for me I don’t see it. I’m more of an outsider watching. Every once in a while someone’s like, hey Scott, can I have your autograph too? I’m just watching them deal with it and they all handle it with such class and grace and style. It’s a good lesson.'' Meanwhile, Caan returned to Playhouse West to appear in the play ''Almost Love,'' a musing on the nature of post-collegiate age love which ran for a week of performances. He then went back to films, playing Western bandit Cole Younger to Colin Farrell's Jesse James in Les Mayfield-directed "American Outlaws" (2001) and was cast alongside James Franco in Nicolas Cage's directional debut, the period crime/drama "Sonny" (2002). In the following year, Caan made his own directorial debut with "Dallas 362" (2003), which he also wrote and starred alongside Shawn Hatosy, Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Lynch. The movie later won a Critics Award at the CineVegas International Film Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. ''It’s something I just always kind of wanted to do. I studied in a theater group for ten years and I was writing and directing plays over there. I figured that I should direct a movie because I felt like I understood acting very well and I understood the craft and I understood actors and respected actors. So initially for me it was just hire a great D.P. and be an actor’s director. But then when I started directing I really got obsessed with film and lenses and shooting.'' Scott Caan (on directing). In 2004, Caan co-starred with William H. Macy in Tony Giglio's World War II submarine film "In Enemy Hands" (aka "U-Boat"), and with Paul Walker and Jessica Alba, playing Walker's New York City lawyer friend Bryce, in John Stockwell's action/adventure/thriller film set in the deep, shark-infested waters of the Bahamas, "Into the Blue," in 2005. He was also cast opposite Jennifer Aniston, playign her love interest Mike, in writer/director Nicole Holofcener's romantic drama comedy, "Friends with Money." The film opened at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2006 and went into limited release in North America on April 7, 2006. After writing, directing and starring in the romantic comedy ''The Dog Problem'' (2006; also stars Don Cheadle, Giovanni Ribisi, and Mena Suvari), a low-key effort about intertwined romantic dog-owners in Los Angeles, Caan played a detective in writer/director Todd Robinson's "Lonely Hearts" (2006; with John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto, and James Gandolfini), which is based on the true story the notorious Lonely Hearts Killers of the 1940s. Most recently, he portrayed Carmine Mancuso, Freddie Prinze Jr.'s handsome lady-killer close friend who longs to be a part of the mafia lifestyle, in Michael Corrente's mobster drama set in Brooklyn 1985, "Brooklyn Rules" (2007; also starring Alec Baldwin). On working with "Brooklyn Rules" director Michael Corrente, Caan recalled, ''Director Michael Corrente always strived to bring out the best in his actors. I think Michael’s really understated and he doesn’t make a big deal of all the things he does but he’s so smart the way he makes a movie. Everything has a purpose. At one point in the movie he called me and told me that I sucked. And he knows that I’m the kind of guy who will argue with him and get fired up and show up the next day and go above and beyond. He knows how to get what he wants out of his actors.'' Caan will soon complete his upcoming film project, "Deep in the Valley," a comedy by writer/director Christian Forte in which he will co-star with Chris Pratt, Brendan Hines, Denise Richards, and Tracy Morgan. ''If you watch Brando, if you watch McQueen, every scene you could see that they were doing something and that’s why it seemed so human and so real as opposed to actors trying to find an emotion or play that emotion…when the cameras are up and the lights are on it’s hard to settle in and have a real moment. I think the only real way to do it is to have an objective for what you’re doing in the scene.'' Scott Caan.
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