Nicolas Cage
Biography
Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. During the early years of his career, Cage starred in a variety of films such as Rumble Fish (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993). During this period, John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36 listed him as one of twelve Promising New Actors of 1984. For his performance in Leaving Las Vegas (1995), he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation (2002). He subsequently appeared in more mainstream films, such as The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), City of Angels (1998), 8mm (1999), Windtalkers (2002), Lord of War (2005), The Wicker Man (2006), Bangkok Dangerous (2008) and Knowing (2009). He also directed the film Sonny (2002), for which he was nominated for Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival. Cage owns the production company Saturn Films and has produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of David Gale (2003). In October 1997, Cage was ranked No. 40 in Empire magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list, while the next year, he was placed No. 37 in Premiere's 100 most powerful people in Hollywood. In the 2010s, he starred in Kick-Ass (2010), Drive Angry (2011), Joe (2013), The Runner (2015), Dog Eat Dog (2016), Mom and Dad (2017), Mandy (2018), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), and Color Out of Space (2019). His participation in various film genres during this time increased his popularity and gained him a cult following.
Known For
Smokey
Rumble Fish
H.I.
Raising Arizona
Ben Sanderson
Leaving Las Vegas
Sailor Ripley
Wild at Heart
Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider
Ronny Cammareri
Moonstruck
Vincent Dwyer
The Cotton Club
Charlie Bodell
Peggy Sue Got Married
Castor Troy
Face/Off
Seth
City of Angels
Cameron Poe
Con Air
Captain Antonio Corelli
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac
Next
Colton Briggs
The Old Way
Yuri Orlov
Lord of War
John McLoughlin
World Trade Center
Charlie Lang
It Could Happen to You
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Adaptation.
Michael Williams
Red Rock West
Amos Odell
Amos & Andrew
Jake Preston
Fire Birds
Doug Chesnic
Guarding Tess
Jack Campbell
The Family Man
Sergeant Al Columbato
Birdy
Behman
Season of the Witch
Little Junior Brown
Kiss of Death
Terence McDonagh
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Benjamin Franklin Gates
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Damon Macready / Big Daddy
Kick-Ass
David Spritz
The Weather Man
Peter Loew
Vampire's Kiss
Bill Firpo
Trapped in Paradise
Roy Waller
Matchstick Men
Tom Welles
8MM
Frank Pierce
Bringing Out the Dead
Sergeant Joe Enders
Windtalkers
Rick Santoro
Snake Eyes
Edward Malus
The Wicker Man
Balthazar Blake
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
The Rock
Jack Singer
Honeymoon in Vegas
Memphis Raines
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Brad's Bud
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Eddie
Deadfall
Zoc (voice)
The Ant Bully
Joe
Bangkok Dangerous
Acid Yellow
Sonny
John Koestler
Knowing
Jacob Marley (voice)
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Johnny Collins
Zandalee
Dracula
Renfield
Heartbreaker
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Dr. Tenma (voice)
Astro Boy
Nicolas
The Best of Times
Milton
Drive Angry
Nicky / Bud
Racing with the Moon
Self
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Self
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Self
Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later
Self
Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage And Martha Coolidge
Self
The Music of Valley Girl
Grug (voice)
The Croods
Benjamin Franklin Gates
National Treasure
Randy
Valley Girl
Yuri Orlov
Lords of War
Speckles the Mole (voice)
G-Force
Kyle Miller
Trespass
Enrico Silvestri
Tempo di uccidere
The Surfer
The Surfer
Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space
Ned Hanlan
The Boy in Blue
Will Gerard
Seeking Justice
Spider-Man Noir (voice)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Will Montgomery
Stolen
Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited)
Never on Tuesday
Joe Ransom
Joe
Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Jack Halcombe
The Frozen Ground
Rayford Steele
Left Behind
Paul Maguire
Rage
Self
Pesel Ha'Zahav
Colin Price
The Runner
Self (archive footage)
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
Gallain
Outcast
Mike
Pay the Ghost
Paul Matthews
Dream Scenario
Evan Lake
Dying of the Light
Longlegs
Longlegs
The Passenger
Sympathy for the Devil
TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy
Hank Forrester
Snowden
Gary Faulkner
Army of One
Jim Stone
The Trust
Captain McVay
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Self
Becoming Iconic
Paul
Arcadian
Self
The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Troy
Dog Eat Dog
Self
Live 8
Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self (archive footage)
HyperNormalisation
The Carpenter
The Carpenter's Son
Ben
Gunslingers
Eddie King
Arsenal
Det. John Dromoor
Vengeance: A Love Story
The Prince
Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Brent Ryan
Mom and Dad
Himself
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Self
Junket Whore
Evan Lake
Dark
Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)
Grindhouse
John Madden
Madden
(archive footage)
The Act Of Dying
Narrator
Rabbit Ears - Davy Crockett
Brian
Inconceivable
Ray
Looking Glass
Noah Kross
The Humanity Bureau
Red Miller
Mandy
Joe
Between Worlds
Frank Walsh
Primal
Frank
A Score to Settle
Mike Chandler
211
Superman (voice)
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Hero
Prisoners of the Ghostland
The Cook
Running with the Devil
Araña
Kill Chain
Spider-Man Noir (voice)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Grug Crood (voice)
The Croods: A New Age
Walter
Grand Isle
Nathan Gardner
Color Out of Space
Narrator (voice)
Love, Antosha
Wylie
Jiu Jitsu
Fu Manchu
Werewolf Women of the S.S.
Rob Feld
Pig
Prisoner (uncredited)
Brubaker
Nick Cage / Nicky
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
The Janitor
Willy's Wonderland
Self
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Grug (voice)
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Self (archival footage)
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Self (archival footage)
Was ich bin sind meine Filme - Teil 2... nach 30 Jahren
Miller
Butcher's Crossing
Matt
The Retirement Plan
Soc (uncredited)
The Outsiders
Self (archive footage)
Shadowland
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Self
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
Sailor Ripley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lynch/Oz
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
151
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-01-07
Place of Birth
Long Beach, California, USA
Also Known As
Nicolas Coppola