
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

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Honest Trailers

Celebrities Uncensored

Golden Globe Awards

The Oscars

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

Cars on the Road

Val

The Flash

HyperNormalisation

The Outsiders

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Entertainment Tonight

Avengers: Secret Wars

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Snowden

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Astro Boy

Sonny

G-Force

Kick-Ass

The Ant Bully

Sympathy for the Devil

The Rock

Renfield

Peggy Sue Got Married

Longlegs

Face/Off

Racing with the Moon

Moonstruck

Jiu Jitsu

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Drive Angry

Bringing Out the Dead

Dream Scenario

Ghost Rider

Red Rock West

National Treasure

Gone in Sixty Seconds

The Croods: A New Age

Pay the Ghost

The Family Man

The Humanity Bureau

The Croods

History of Swear Words

Knowing

Leaving Las Vegas

The Surfer

Color Out of Space

The Trust

Wild at Heart

Grand Isle

Spider-Noir

Dog Eat Dog

Mom and Dad

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

Season of the Witch

Trapped in Paradise

Pig

Butcher's Crossing

Lord of War

The Wicker Man

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Valley Girl

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

Kill Chain

Prisoners of the Ghostland

The Weather Man

Arcadian

City of Angels

Mandy

Madden

It Could Happen to You

Stolen

Arsenal

The Retirement Plan

Joe

Snake Eyes

The Old Way

Rage

211

Con Air

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Willy's Wonderland

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

World Trade Center
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