Nicolas Cage
Acting
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.
Born: January 7, 1964
Place of Birth: Long Beach, California, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Spider-Man Noir (voice)
as The Carpenter
as Ben
as The Surfer
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Longlegs
as Paul
as Paul Matthews
as Self - Ex-Husband of Lisa Marie Presley (archive footage)
as Matt
as The Passenger
as Superman
as Policia 1
as Dracula
as Miller
as Colton Briggs
as Nick Cage / Nicky
as Hero
as Rob Feld
as The Janitor
as Grug (voice)
as Self - Host
as Grug (voice)
as Wylie
as Araña
as Nathan Gardner
as Frank Walsh
as Walter
as Self
as The Cook
as Narrator (voice)
as Frank
as Joe
as Spider-Man Noir (voice)
as Red Miller
as Self
as Superman (voice)
as Mike Chandler
as Ray
as Brent Ryan
as Noah Kross
as Brian
as Det. John Dromoor
as Eddie King
as Gary Faulkner
as Troy
as Self (archive footage)
as Captain McVay
as Hank Forrester
as Jim Stone
as Mike
as Colin Pryce
as Self (archive footage)
as Evan Lake
as Rayford Steele
as Gallain
as Paul Maguire
as Joe Ransom
as Jack Halcombe
as Grug (voice)
as Will Montgomery
as (archive footage)
as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
as Kyle Miller
as Will Gerard
as Milton
as Behman
as Balthazar Blake
as Self (archival footage)
as Damon Macready / Big Daddy
as Dr. Tenma (voice)
as Self
as Terence McDonagh
as Speckles the Mole (voice)
as John Koestler
as Joe
as Self (archive footage)
as Benjamin Franklin Gates
as Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac
as Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)
as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
as Edward Malus
as John McLoughlin
as Zoc (voice)
as Self (archival footage)
as Self
as David Spritz
as Yuri Orlov
as Benjamin Franklin Gates
as Roy Waller
as Self
as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
as Acid Yellow
as Sergeant Joe Enders
as Jacob Marley (voice)
as Captain Antonio Corelli
as Jack Campbell
as Memphis Raines
as Frank Pierce
as Self
as Tom Welles
as Self
as Rick Santoro
as Seth
as Self
as Castor Troy
as Cameron Poe
as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
as Ben Sanderson
as Little Junior Brown
as Bill Firpo
as Self
as Charlie Lang
as Self
as Doug Chesnic
as Eddie
as Self - Guest
as Michael Williams
as Amos Odell
as Jack Singer
as Self
as Narrator
as Johnny Collins
as Heartbreaker
as Sailor
as Jake Preston
as Enrico Silvestri
as Peter Loew
as Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Ronny Cammareri
as H.I.
as Charlie Bodell
as Ned Hanlan
as Sergeant Al Columbato
as Vincent Dwyer
as Nicky / Bud
as Smokey
as Randy
as Soc (uncredited)
as Brad's Bud
as Nicolas
as Self
as Prisoner (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Presenter
as Yuri Orlov
as Noir