Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 7, 1964
Place of Birth:
Long Beach, California, USA
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Spider-Man Noir (voice) |
| 2025 | The Surfer | The Surfer |
| 2025 | The Carpenter's Son | The Carpenter |
| 2025 | Gunslingers | Ben |
| 2024 | Longlegs | Longlegs |
| 2024 | Arcadian | Paul |
| 2024 | Shadowland | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | The Old Way | Colton Briggs |
| 2023 | Renfield | Dracula |
| 2023 | Dream Scenario | Paul Matthews |
| 2023 | Sympathy for the Devil | The Passenger |
| 2023 | TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy | Self - Ex-Husband of Lisa Marie Presley (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Butcher's Crossing | Miller |
| 2023 | The Retirement Plan | Matt |
| 2023 | Lynch/Oz | Sailor Ripley (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2022 | The Act Of Dying | (archive footage) |
| 2022 | The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent | Nick Cage / Nicky |
| 2021 | Prisoners of the Ghostland | Hero |
| 2021 | Pig | Rob Feld |
| 2021 | Willy's Wonderland | The Janitor |
| 2021 | Dear Diary: World's First Pranks | Grug (voice) |
| 2021 | Val | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space | |
| 2020 | Kill Chain | Araña |
| 2020 | The Croods: A New Age | Grug (voice) |
| 2020 | Color Out of Space | Nathan Gardner |
| 2020 | Jiu Jitsu | Wylie |
| 2019 | A Score to Settle | Frank |
| 2019 | Primal | Frank Walsh |
| 2019 | Running with the Devil | The Cook |
| 2019 | Grand Isle | Walter |
| 2019 | Love, Antosha | Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Becoming Iconic | Self |
| 2018 | Mom and Dad | Brent Ryan |
| 2018 | Looking Glass | Ray |
| 2018 | Mandy | Red Miller |
| 2018 | 211 | Mike Chandler |
| 2018 | Between Worlds | Joe |
| 2018 | Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | Superman (voice) |
| 2018 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Spider-Man Noir (voice) |
| 2017 | Arsenal | Eddie King |
| 2017 | Vengeance: A Love Story | Det. John Dromoor |
| 2017 | Inconceivable | Brian |
| 2017 | The Humanity Bureau | Noah Kross |
| 2016 | Snowden | Hank Forrester |
| 2016 | Army of One | Gary Faulkner |
| 2016 | The Trust | Jim Stone |
| 2016 | USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage | Captain McVay |
| 2016 | Dog Eat Dog | Troy |
| 2016 | HyperNormalisation | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | The Runner | Colin Price |
| 2015 | The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Pay the Ghost | Mike |
| 2014 | Joe | Joe Ransom |
| 2014 | Left Behind | Rayford Steele |
| 2014 | Rage | Paul Maguire |
| 2014 | Outcast | Gallain |
| 2014 | Dying of the Light | Evan Lake |
| 2013 | The Croods | Grug (voice) |
| 2013 | The Frozen Ground | Jack Halcombe |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Stolen | Will Montgomery |
| 2012 | The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Self |
| 2011 | Season of the Witch | Behman |
| 2011 | Drive Angry | Milton |
| 2011 | Trespass | Kyle Miller |
| 2011 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider |
| 2011 | Seeking Justice | Will Gerard |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass | Damon Macready / Big Daddy |
| 2010 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Balthazar Blake |
| 2010 | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Self |
| 2010 | The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Himself |
| 2010 | I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later | Self (archival footage) |
| 2009 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans | Terence McDonagh |
| 2009 | Knowing | John Koestler |
| 2009 | Astro Boy | Dr. Tenma (voice) |
| 2009 | G-Force | Speckles the Mole (voice) |
| 2008 | Bangkok Dangerous | Joe |
| 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Ghost Rider | Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider |
| 2007 | Next | Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Benjamin Franklin Gates |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited) |
| 2007 | The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off' | Self |
| 2006 | World Trade Center | John McLoughlin |
| 2006 | The Wicker Man | Edward Malus |
| 2006 | The Ant Bully | Zoc (voice) |
| 2006 | Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family | Self (archival footage) |
| 2005 | Lord of War | Yuri Orlov |
| 2005 | The Weather Man | David Spritz |
| 2005 | Live 8 | Self |
| 2004 | National Treasure | Benjamin Franklin Gates |
| 2004 | Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart | |
| 2003 | Matchstick Men | Roy Waller |
| 2003 | 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 |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman |
| 2002 | Windtalkers | Sergeant Joe Enders |
| 2002 | Sonny | Acid Yellow |
| 2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Captain Antonio Corelli |
| 2001 | Christmas Carol: The Movie | Jacob Marley (voice) |
| 2000 | The Family Man | Jack Campbell |
| 2000 | Gone in Sixty Seconds | Memphis Raines |
| 1999 | 8MM | Tom Welles |
| 1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | Frank Pierce |
| 1998 | City of Angels | Seth |
| 1998 | Snake Eyes | Rick Santoro |
| 1998 | Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery | Self |
| 1998 | Inside the Golden Statue | Self |
| 1998 | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self |
| 1998 | Junket Whore | Self |
| 1997 | Face/Off | Castor Troy |
| 1997 | Con Air | Cameron Poe |
| 1996 | The Rock | Dr. Stanley Goodspeed |
| 1996 | Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self |
| 1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | Ben Sanderson |
| 1995 | Kiss of Death | Little Junior Brown |
| 1994 | It Could Happen to You | Charlie Lang |
| 1994 | Guarding Tess | Doug Chesnic |
| 1994 | Trapped in Paradise | Bill Firpo |
| 1993 | Red Rock West | Michael Williams |
| 1993 | Amos & Andrew | Amos Odell |
| 1993 | Deadfall | Eddie |
| 1992 | Honeymoon in Vegas | Jack Singer |
| 1991 | Zandalee | Johnny Collins |
| 1991 | Rabbit Ears - Davy Crockett | Narrator |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | Sailor Ripley |
| 1990 | Fire Birds | Jake Preston |
| 1990 | Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted | Heartbreaker |
| 1990 | Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch | Self |
| 1989 | Vampire's Kiss | Peter Loew |
| 1989 | Time to Kill | Enrico Silvestri |
| 1989 | Never on Tuesday | Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Raising Arizona | H.I. |
| 1987 | Moonstruck | Ronny Cammareri |
| 1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Charlie Bodell |
| 1986 | The Boy in Blue | Ned Hanlan |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Vincent Dwyer |
| 1984 | Birdy | Sergeant Al Columbato |
| 1984 | Racing with the Moon | Nicky / Bud |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish | Smokey |
| 1983 | Valley Girl | Randy |
| 1983 | The Outsiders | Soc (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Brad's Bud |
| 1981 | The Best of Times | Nicolas |
| 1980 | Brubaker | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Lords of War | Yuri Orlov | |
| The Prince | ||
| Madden | John Madden |