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Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

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Born January 7, 1964, Long Beach, California, USA

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

Appearances as themselves (52)
  • 2025Nicolas Cage: Hollywood's Mad Genius — Self (archive footage)
  • Tim Burton: Life in the Line — Self (footage)
  • 2024Shadowland — Self (archive footage)
  • History of Swear Words — Self - Host
  • 2021Val — Self (archive)
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
  • 2018Becoming Iconic — Self
  • GQ Presents: Iconic Characters — Self
  • 2016HyperNormalisation — Self (archive footage)
  • 2015The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? — Self (archive footage)
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
  • 2012The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' — Self
  • 2010I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later — Self (archival footage)
  • 2010The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans — Himself
  • 2010With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story — Self
  • 2009Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller — self (archival footage)
  • 2009Knowing: Visions of the Apocalypse — self (archival footage)
  • Live from Studio Five — Self
  • 2008Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider — Self
  • 2007The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off — Self
  • 2006Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family — Self (archival footage)
  • 2005Live 8 — Self
  • 2005On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' — Self (archive footage)
  • Celebrities Uncensored — Self
  • 2003The Music of Valley Girl — Self
  • 2003Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later — Self
  • 2003Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage And Martha Coolidge — Self
  • HypaSpace — Self
  • NDR Kultur – Das Journal — Self
  • Where Are They Now? — Self
  • 1998Inside the Golden Statue — Self
  • 1998Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery — Self
  • 1998Junket Whore — Self
  • 1998Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs — Self
  • 1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels — Self
  • 1994A Century of Cinema — Self
  • Hi Octane — Self
  • Inside the Actors Studio — Self
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
  • MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self
  • Terry Wogan's Friday Night — Self
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
  • 1990Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch — Self
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
  • This Morning — Self
  • Goldene Kamera — Self
  • Wetten, dass..? — Self
  • Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
  • The Oscars — Self
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter
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