Nicolas Cage
Actor, Celebrity
1964 –
Who is Nicolas Cage?
Nicolas Kim Coppola, known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor, producer and director. He has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. Cage is known for his prolificity; appearing in at least one film per year, nearly every year since 1980.
In the early years of his career, Cage starred in critically acclaimed films such as Valley Girl, Racing with the Moon, Birdy, Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, Vampire's Kiss, Wild at Heart, Honeymoon in Vegas, and Red Rock West.
Cage received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in Leaving Las Vegas before coming to the attention of wider audiences with mainstream films such as The Rock, Face/Off, Con Air, City of Angels and National Treasure. He earned his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation. In 2002, he directed the film Sonny for which he was nominated for Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival. Cage owns a production company Saturn Films and produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire and The Life of David Gale.
Famous Quotes:
- To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.
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- Born
- Jan 7, 1964
Long Beach - Also known as
- Nicolas Kim Coppola
- Nicholas Cage
- Nicolas Coppola
- Nick
- Nicholas Kim Coppola
- Nick Cage
- Nic Cage
- Blue
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Alice Kim
(2004/07/30 - ) - Lisa Marie Presley
(2002/08/10 - 2004/05/16) - Patricia Arquette
(1995/04/08 - 2001/05/18) - Christina Fulton
- Alice Kim
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Italian American
- German American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Beverly Hills High School
- American Conservatory Theater
- UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
- Justin-Siena High School
- Lived in
- Longbeach
- Paradise Island
- Malibu
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on July 23, 2013
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