Nicolas Cage
Acting
- Born:
- 1964-01-07
- Place of birth:
- Long 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.
Known For
Filmography
Hexagram
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Best Pancakes in the County
Madden
Spider-Noir
The Carpenter's Son
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Nicolas Cage: Hollywood's Mad Genius
The Surfer
Gunslingers
Shadowland
Longlegs
Arcadian
Dream Scenario
The Retirement Plan
Sympathy for the Devil
Renfield
Butcher's Crossing
The Old Way
The Act Of Dying
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Val
Pig
Willy's Wonderland
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
History of Swear Words
The Croods: A New Age
Jiu Jitsu
Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space
Kill Chain
Color Out of Space
Primal
Grand Isle
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Running with the Devil
Love, Antosha
A Score to Settle
Between Worlds
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Mandy
Becoming Iconic
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
211
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Looking Glass
Mom and Dad
The Humanity Bureau
Inconceivable
Vengeance: A Love Story
Arsenal
Army of One
Dog Eat Dog
HyperNormalisation
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Snowden
The Trust
Pay the Ghost
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Runner
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
Dying of the Light
Left Behind
Outcast
Rage
Joe
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Frozen Ground
The Croods
Stolen
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Trespass
Seeking Justice
Drive Angry
Season of the Witch
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Kick-Ass
Astro Boy
Live from Studio Five
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
G-Force
Knowing: Visions of the Apocalypse
Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller
Knowing
Bangkok Dangerous
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider
Next
Grindhouse
Ghost Rider
The Wicker Man
World Trade Center
The Ant Bully
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Live 8
The Weather Man
Lord of War
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
National Treasure
Matchstick Men
Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later
Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage And Martha Coolidge
The Music of Valley Girl
Celebrities Uncensored
Adaptation.
Sonny
Windtalkers
HypaSpace
NDR Kultur – Das Journal
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
The Family Man
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Bringing Out the Dead
Where Are They Now?
8MM
Junket Whore
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Snake Eyes
City of Angels
Inside the Golden Statue
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Face/Off
Con Air
The Rock
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Leaving Las Vegas
Kiss of Death
Trapped in Paradise
Inside the Actors Studio
It Could Happen to You
Hi Octane
Guarding Tess
A Century of Cinema
Deadfall
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Red Rock West
Amos & Andrew
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
Honeymoon in Vegas
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Rabbit Ears - Davy Crockett
Zandalee
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Wild at Heart
The Word
Fire Birds
Time to Kill
Vampire's Kiss
Never on Tuesday
This Morning
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Moonstruck
Raising Arizona
Peggy Sue Got Married
The Boy in Blue
The Cotton Club
Birdy
Racing with the Moon
Goldene Kamera
Rumble Fish
Valley Girl
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Entertainment Tonight
The Best of Times
Wetten, dass..?
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
Lords of War
The Prince
Fortitude
Gambino
Parish
Untitled National Treasure 3
C.L.A.Y.