
Nicolas Cage
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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

Saturday Night Live

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Honest Trailers

Celebrities Uncensored

Golden Globe Awards

The Oscars

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Cars on the Road

Val

The Outsiders

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Entertainment Tonight

The Flash

Avengers: Secret Wars

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Snowden

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

Astro Boy

Sonny

G-Force

The Ant Bully

Kick-Ass

Longlegs

Face/Off

The Rock

Jiu Jitsu

Peggy Sue Got Married

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Sympathy for the Devil

Racing with the Moon

Moonstruck

Renfield

Bringing Out the Dead

The Family Man

Season of the Witch

Arsenal

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

The Croods: A New Age

Snake Eyes

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Trapped in Paradise

The Surfer

Butcher's Crossing

Arcadian

Kill Chain

Knowing

The Croods

Madden

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

211

World Trade Center

The Retirement Plan

Spider-Noir

Con Air

Red Rock West

National Treasure

Dream Scenario

Grand Isle

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Rage

The Old Way

The Trust

Drive Angry

It Could Happen to You

Stolen

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Willy's Wonderland

History of Swear Words

Joe

The Humanity Bureau

Mom and Dad

Valley Girl

Ghost Rider

Wild at Heart

The Weather Man

City of Angels

Color Out of Space

Pay the Ghost

Dog Eat Dog

Pig

Lord of War

Mandy

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The Wicker Man

Leaving Las Vegas

National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Production Credits
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