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Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor, producer and director. He has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. Cage is known for his prolificacy, appearing in at least one film per year, nearly every year since 1980 (with the exception of 1985 and 1991). In the early years of his career, Cage starred in critically acclaimed films such as Valley Girl (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Birdy (1985), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Moonstruck (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993). Cage received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) before coming to the attention of wider audiences with mainstream films such as The Rock (1996), Face/Off (1997), Con Air (1997), City of Angels (1998) and National Treasure (2004). He earned his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation (2002). In 2002, he directed the film Sonny for which he was nominated for Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival. Cage owns a production company, Saturn Films, and produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of David Gale (2003). Though his performances in The Weather Man (2005), Lord of War (2005), The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Kick-Ass (2010) earned critical acclaim, and films such as Ghost Rider (2007) and Knowing (2009) were box office successes, Cage has been strongly criticized in recent years for his choice of roles, some of which have been universally panned. Most recently, he voiced the character of Grug in the animated film The Croods. He was born Nicolas Kim Coppola on January 7, 1964, in Long Beach, California, to parents August Floyd Coppola, a professor of literature, and Joy (Vogelsang), a dancer and choreographer. He was raised in a Catholic family. His father was of Italian descent and his mother is of German and Polish descent. His paternal grandparents were composer Carmine Coppola and actress Italia Pennino, and his paternal great-grandparents were immigrants from Bernalda, Basilicata, Italy. Through his father, Cage is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and of actress Talia Shire, and the cousin of directors Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola, film producer Gian-Carlo Coppola, and actors Robert Carmine and Jason Schwartzman. Cage's two brothers are New York radio personality Marc "The Cope" Coppola and director Christopher Coppola. He attended Beverly Hills High School, which is known for its many alumni who became entertainers. He aspired to act from an early age and also attended UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. His first non-cinematic acting experience was in a school production of Golden Boy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicolas Cage, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jan 7, 1964 In Long Beach, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
128
First Appeared:
In the movie Brubaker 1980-06-20
Latest Project:
Movie Dream Scenario 2023-11-10
Known For
Filmography
Movie Renfield Dracula 2023-04-07
Movie The Old Way Colton Briggs 2023-01-06
Movie Dream Scenario Paul Matthews 2023-11-10
Movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Peter Parker / Spider-Man Noir (archive footage) (uncredited) 2023-05-31
Movie Butcher's Crossing Miller 2023-02-03
Movie The Flash Superman (Uncredited) 2023-06-13
Movie Sympathy for the Devil The Passenger 2023-07-20
Movie The Retirement Plan Matt 2023-08-24
Movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Nick Cage / Nicky 2022-04-20
Series History of Swear Words Self - Host 2021-01-05
Movie Willy's Wonderland The Janitor 2021-02-12
Movie Prisoners of the Ghostland Hero 2021-08-31
Movie Pig Rob Feld 2021-07-16
Movie Jiu Jitsu Wylie 2020-11-20
Movie Kill Chain AraƱa 2020-02-20
Movie The Croods: A New Age Grug Crood (voice) 2020-11-25
Movie A Score to Settle Frank 2019-08-01
Movie Love, Antosha Narrator (voice) 2019-08-02
Movie Running with the Devil The Cook 2019-08-29
Movie Primal Frank Walsh 2019-12-27
Movie Jay and Silent Bob Reboot 2019-10-15
Movie Color Out of Space Nathan Gardner 2019-09-07
Movie Looking Glass Ray 2018-02-16
Movie Mom and Dad Brent Ryan 2018-01-19
Movie 211 Mike Chandler 2018-05-30
Movie Between Worlds Joe 2018-12-21
Movie Teen Titans Go! To the Movies Superman (voice) 2018-07-27
Movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Peter Parker / Spider-Man Noir (voice) 2018-12-06
Movie Mandy Red Miller 2018-09-13
Movie Vengeance: A Love Story Det. John Dromoor 2017-03-16
Movie Arsenal Eddie King 2017-01-06
Movie Inconceivable Brian 2017-06-30
Movie The Humanity Bureau Noah Kross 2017-07-11
Movie Snowden Hank Forrester 2016-09-15
Movie USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage Captain McVay 2016-09-22
Movie The Trust Jim Stone 2016-04-29
Movie Dog Eat Dog Troy 2016-11-04
Movie Army of One Gary Faulkner 2016-11-04
Movie The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? Self (archive footage) 2015-05-01
Movie The Runner Colin Price 2015-08-07
Movie Pay the Ghost Mike 2015-09-16
Movie Joe Joe Ransom 2014-04-11
Movie Rage Paul Maguire 2014-05-09
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... 2014-02-01
Movie Dying of the Light Evan Lake 2014-12-04
Movie Left Behind Rayford Steele 2014-10-03
Movie Outcast Gallain 2014-09-26
Movie The Croods Grug Crood (voice) 2013-03-15
Movie The Frozen Ground Jack Halcombe 2013-07-11
Movie Elvis Found Alive Self (archive footage) 2012-01-24
Movie Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (archive footage) 2012-02-04
Movie Stolen Will Montgomery 2012-09-06
Movie Season of the Witch Behman 2011-01-07
Movie Drive Angry Milton 2011-02-24
Movie Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider 2011-12-10
Movie Seeking Justice Will Gerard 2011-09-02
Movie Trespass Kyle Miller 2011-10-13
Movie I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later Self (archival footage) 2010-06-28
Movie Kick-Ass Damon Macready / Big Daddy 2010-03-22
Movie The Sorcerer's Apprentice Balthazar Blake 2010-07-13
Movie With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story Self 2010-07-24
Movie Knowing John Koestler 2009-03-19
Movie G-Force Speckles the Mole (voice) 2009-07-24
Movie Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans Terence McDonagh 2009-09-11
Movie Astro Boy Dr. Tenma (voice) 2009-10-15
Movie Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Self (archive footage) 2008-01-18
Movie Bangkok Dangerous Joe 2008-08-21
Movie Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider 2007-01-15
Movie Werewolf Women of the S.S. Fu Manchu 2007-04-06
Movie Grindhouse Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited) 2007-04-06
Movie National Treasure: Book of Secrets Benjamin Franklin Gates 2007-12-13
Movie Next Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac 2007-04-25
Movie Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone Himself 2006-04-26
Movie The Ant Bully Zoc (voice) 2006-07-28
Movie World Trade Center John McLoughlin 2006-08-09
Movie The Wicker Man Edward Malus 2006-08-31
Movie The Weather Man David Spritz 2005-10-20
Movie Lord of War Yuri Orlov 2005-09-16
Movie Live 8 Self 2005-11-07
Movie John Travolta: The Inside Story Himself 2004-04-22
Movie Crossings: John Woo Self 2004-06-20
Movie National Treasure Benjamin Franklin Gates 2004-11-19
Movie Matchstick Men Roy Waller 2003-09-12
Series HypaSpace Self 2002-05-13
Movie Windtalkers Sergeant Joe Enders 2002-06-14
Movie Adaptation. Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman 2002-12-06
Movie Sonny Acid Yellow 2002-10-26
Movie Captain Corelli's Mandolin Captain Antonio Corelli 2001-04-18
Movie Christmas Carol: The Movie Jacob Marley (voice) 2001-12-07
Movie Gone in Sixty Seconds Memphis Raines 2000-06-09
Movie The Family Man Jack Campbell 2000-12-12
Movie Bringing Out the Dead Frank Pierce 1999-10-22
Movie 8MM Tom Welles 1999-02-26
Movie City of Angels Seth 1998-04-10
Movie Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs Self 1998-01-01
Movie Snake Eyes Rick Santoro 1998-08-07
Movie Con Air Cameron Poe 1997-06-05
Movie Face/Off Castor Troy 1997-06-27
Movie The Rock Dr. Stanley Goodspeed 1996-06-07
Movie Leaving Las Vegas Ben Sanderson 1995-10-27
Movie Kiss of Death Little Junior Brown 1995-04-21
Movie Guarding Tess Doug Chesnic 1994-03-11
Movie It Could Happen to You Charlie Lang 1994-07-29
Movie Trapped in Paradise Bill Firpo 1994-12-02
Movie Red Rock West Michael Williams 1993-05-14
Movie Amos & Andrew Amos Odell 1993-03-05
Movie Deadfall Eddie 1993-10-08
Movie Honeymoon in Vegas Jack Singer 1992-08-28
Movie Zandalee Johnny Collins 1991-05-09
Movie Wild at Heart Sailor Ripley 1990-08-17
Movie Fire Birds Jake Preston 1990-05-25
Movie Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted Heartbreaker 1990-12-01
Movie Never on Tuesday Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited) 1989-04-13
Movie Time to Kill Enrico Silvestri 1989-09-10
Movie Vampire's Kiss Peter Loew 1988-09-17
Movie Raising Arizona H.I. 1987-03-13
Movie Moonstruck Ronny Cammareri 1987-12-16
Movie Peggy Sue Got Married Charlie Bodell 1986-10-10
Movie The Boy in Blue Ned Hanlan 1986-01-17
Movie Racing with the Moon Nicky / Bud 1984-03-23
Movie Birdy Sergeant Al Columbato 1984-12-14
Movie The Cotton Club Vincent Dwyer 1984-12-14
Movie Valley Girl Randy 1983-04-08
Movie Rumble Fish Smokey 1983-10-09
Movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High Brad's Bud 1982-08-13
Series Entertainment Tonight 1981-09-15
Movie The Best of Times Nicolas 1981-07-13
Movie Brubaker Prisoner (uncredited) 1980-06-20