Nicolas Cage
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.
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Filmography (78)
Ben Reilly / The Spider
The Surfer
Longlegs
Dracula
Paul Matthews
Colton Briggs
Nick Cage / Nicky
The Janitor
Rob Feld
Grug (voice)
Nathan Gardner
Frank Walsh
Walter
Superman (voice)
Red Miller
Mike Chandler
Brent Ryan
Det. John Dromoor
Noah Kross
Captain McVay
Jim Stone
Rayford Steele
Gallain
Paul Maguire
Grug (voice)
Jack Halcombe
Will Montgomery
Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
Milton
Kyle Miller
Will Gerard
Damon Macready / Big Daddy
Balthazar Blake
John Koestler
Dr. Tenma (voice)
Speckles the Mole (voice)
Terence McDonagh
Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
Benjamin Franklin Gates
Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac
Zoc (voice)
Edward Malus
John McLoughlin
Yuri Orlov
David Spritz
Benjamin Franklin Gates
Roy Waller
Sergeant Joe Enders
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Captain Antonio Corelli
Memphis Raines
Jack Campbell
Tom Welles
Frank Pierce
Rick Santoro
Cameron Poe
Castor Troy
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Ben Sanderson
Charlie Lang
Doug Chesnic
Peter Loew
Ronny Cammareri
Charlie Bodell
Sergeant Al Columbato
Vincent Dwyer
