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Birthday: Jan 07, 1964
Place of Birth: Long Beach, California, USA

Nicolas Cage

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Rumble Fish Smokey 1983
Raising Arizona H.I. 1987
Leaving Las Vegas Ben Sanderson 1995
Wild at Heart Sailor Ripley 1990
Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider 2007
Moonstruck Ronny Cammareri 1987
The Cotton Club Vincent Dwyer 1984
Peggy Sue Got Married Charlie Bodell 1986
Face/Off Castor Troy 1997
City of Angels Seth 1998
Con Air Cameron Poe 1997
Captain Corelli's Mandolin Captain Antonio Corelli 2001
Next Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac 2007
The Old Way Colton Briggs 2023
Lord of War Yuri Orlov 2005
World Trade Center John McLoughlin 2006
It Could Happen to You Charlie Lang 1994
Adaptation. Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman 2002
Red Rock West Michael Williams 1993
Amos & Andrew Amos Odell 1993
Fire Birds Jake Preston 1990
Guarding Tess Doug Chesnic 1994
The Family Man Jack Campbell 2000
Birdy Sergeant Al Columbato 1984
Season of the Witch Behman 2011
Kiss of Death Little Junior Brown 1995
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans Terence McDonagh 2009
National Treasure: Book of Secrets Benjamin Franklin Gates 2007
Kick-Ass Damon Macready / Big Daddy 2010
The Weather Man David Spritz 2005
Vampire's Kiss Peter Loew 1989
Trapped in Paradise Bill Firpo 1994
Matchstick Men Roy Waller 2003
8MM Tom Welles 1999
Bringing Out the Dead Frank Pierce 1999
Windtalkers Sergeant Joe Enders 2002
Snake Eyes Rick Santoro 1998
The Wicker Man Edward Malus 2006
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Balthazar Blake 2010
The Rock Dr. Stanley Goodspeed 1996
Honeymoon in Vegas Jack Singer 1992
Gone in Sixty Seconds Memphis Raines 2000
Fast Times at Ridgemont High Brad's Bud 1982
Deadfall Eddie 1993
The Ant Bully Zoc (voice) 2006
Bangkok Dangerous Joe 2008
Sonny Acid Yellow 2002
Knowing John Koestler 2009
Christmas Carol: The Movie Jacob Marley (voice) 2001
Zandalee Johnny Collins 1991
Renfield Dracula 2023
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted Heartbreaker 1990
Astro Boy Dr. Tenma (voice) 2009
The Best of Times Nicolas 1981
Drive Angry Milton 2011
Racing with the Moon Nicky / Bud 1984
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery Self 1998
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story Self 2010
Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later Self 2003
Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage And Martha Coolidge Self 2003
The Music of Valley Girl Self 2003
The Croods Grug (voice) 2013
National Treasure Benjamin Franklin Gates 2004
Valley Girl Randy 1983
Lords of War Yuri Orlov 1970
G-Force Speckles the Mole (voice) 2009
Trespass Kyle Miller 2011
The Surfer The Surfer 2025
Time to Kill Enrico Silvestri 1989
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider 2011
Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space 2020
The Boy in Blue Ned Hanlan 1986
Seeking Justice Will Gerard 2011
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Spider-Man Noir (voice) 1970
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (archive footage) 2012
Stolen Will Montgomery 2012
Never on Tuesday Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited) 1989
Joe Joe Ransom 2014
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Self (archive footage) 2008
The Frozen Ground Jack Halcombe 2013
Left Behind Rayford Steele 2014
Rage Paul Maguire 2014
Inside the Golden Statue Self 1998
The Runner Colin Price 2015
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? Self (archive footage) 2015
Outcast Gallain 2014
Pay the Ghost Mike 2015
Dream Scenario Paul Matthews 2023
Dying of the Light Evan Lake 2014
Longlegs Longlegs 2024
Sympathy for the Devil The Passenger 2023
TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy 2023
Snowden Hank Forrester 2016
Army of One Gary Faulkner 2016
The Trust Jim Stone 2016
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage Captain McVay 2016
Becoming Iconic Self 2018
Arcadian Paul 2024
The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Self 2012
Dog Eat Dog Troy 2016
Live 8 Self 2005
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs Self 1998
HyperNormalisation Self (archive footage) 2016
The Carpenter's Son The Carpenter 2025
Gunslingers Ben 2025
Arsenal Eddie King 2017
Vengeance: A Love Story Det. John Dromoor 2017
The Prince 2025
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch Self 1990
Mom and Dad Brent Ryan 2018
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Himself 2010
Junket Whore Self 1998
Dark Evan Lake 2017
Grindhouse Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited) 2007
Madden John Madden 1970
The Act Of Dying (archive footage) 2022
Rabbit Ears - Davy Crockett Narrator 1991
Inconceivable Brian 2017
Looking Glass Ray 2018
The Humanity Bureau Noah Kross 2017
Mandy Red Miller 2018
A Score to Settle Frank 2019
211 Mike Chandler 2018
Primal Frank Walsh 2019
Between Worlds Joe 2018
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies Superman (voice) 2018
Prisoners of the Ghostland Hero 2021
Running with the Devil The Cook 2019
Kill Chain Araña 2020
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Spider-Man Noir (voice) 2018
The Croods: A New Age Grug Crood (voice) 2020
Grand Isle Walter 2019
Color Out of Space Nathan Gardner 2019
Love, Antosha Narrator (voice) 2019
Jiu Jitsu Wylie 2020
Werewolf Women of the S.S. Fu Manchu 2007
Pig Rob Feld 2021
Brubaker Prisoner (uncredited) 1980
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Nick Cage / Nicky 2022
Willy's Wonderland The Janitor 2021
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels Self 1996
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks Grug (voice) 2021
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family Self (archival footage) 2006
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later Self (archival footage) 2010
Butcher's Crossing Miller 2023
The Retirement Plan Matt 2023
The Outsiders Soc (uncredited) 1983
Shadowland Self (archive footage) 2024
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart 2004
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off' Self 2007
Lynch/Oz Sailor Ripley (archive footage) (uncredited) 2023
Series Cast Year
This Morning Self 1988
Entertainment Tonight 1981
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
HypaSpace Self 2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
Celebrities Uncensored Self 2003
MTV Movie & TV Awards Self 1992
Where Are They Now? Self 1999
The Oscars Self 1953
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
Live from Studio Five Self 2009
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
Wetten, dass..? Self 1981
Terry Wogan's Friday Night Self 1992
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014
Honest Trailers Self / Superman / Paul Matthews / Various (archive footage) 2012
Goldene Kamera Verleihung Self 1966
Saturday Night Live Self (archive footage) 1975
Spider-Noir Noir 1970
Hi Octane Self 1994
NDR Kultur – Das Journal Self 2002
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters Self 2018
History of Swear Words Self - Host 2021
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