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
Golden Globe Awards
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Celebrities Uncensored
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
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Astro Boy
Sonny
G-Force
The Ant Bully
Kick-Ass
Moonstruck
Renfield
Peggy Sue Got Married
Racing with the Moon
Longlegs
The Rock
Jiu Jitsu
Face/Off
Sympathy for the Devil
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Retirement Plan
World Trade Center
Wild at Heart
The Old Way
Rage
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Bringing Out the Dead
Gone in Sixty Seconds
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Valley Girl
Pay the Ghost
City of Angels
8MM
Pig
The Wicker Man
The Croods: A New Age
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Snake Eyes
Trapped in Paradise
Arsenal
The Croods
History of Swear Words
Con Air
Spider-Noir
Butcher's Crossing
The Humanity Bureau
Dog Eat Dog
Lord of War
The Family Man
Willy's Wonderland
Madden
Stolen
The Weather Man
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Dream Scenario
Red Rock West
Arcadian
Mandy
Season of the Witch
Kill Chain
The Surfer
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Drive Angry
211
Mom and Dad
It Could Happen to You
National Treasure
Knowing
Color Out of Space
Grand Isle
Leaving Las Vegas
Ghost Rider
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
The Trust
Joe
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