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Nicolas Cage

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Nicolas Cage

Born January 7, 1964Long Beach, California, USA

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.

Highlights

Known For

Movie Credits

Filmography

141 movies

Val poster

Val

2021

Self (archive)

Pig poster

Pig

2021

Rob Feld • Producer

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211

2018

Mike Chandler

Rage poster

Rage

2014

Paul Maguire

Joe poster

Joe

2014

Joe Ransom

G-Force poster

G-Force

2009

Speckles the Mole (voice)

Next poster

Next

2007

Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac • Producer

Grindhouse poster

Grindhouse

2007

Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)

Sonny poster

Sonny

2002

Acid Yellow • Director • Producer

8MM poster

8MM

1999

Tom Welles

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Birdy

1984

Sergeant Al Columbato