Nicolas Cage
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.
Acting (141 movies)
Rumble Fish
1983
Raising Arizona
1987
Leaving Las Vegas
1995
Wild at Heart
1990
Ghost Rider
2007
Moonstruck
1987
The Cotton Club
1984
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
Face/Off
1997
City of Angels
1998
Con Air
1997
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
Next
2007
The Old Way
2023
Lord of War
2005
World Trade Center
2006
It Could Happen to You
1994
Adaptation.
2002
Red Rock West
1993
Amos & Andrew
1993
Fire Birds
1990
Guarding Tess
1994
The Family Man
2000
Birdy
1984
Season of the Witch
2011
Kiss of Death
1995
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
2009
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
Kick-Ass
2010
The Weather Man
2005
Vampire's Kiss
1989
Trapped in Paradise
1994
Matchstick Men
2003
8MM
1999
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
Windtalkers
2002
Snake Eyes
1998
The Wicker Man
2006
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010
The Rock
1996
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
Deadfall
1993
The Ant Bully
2006
Bangkok Dangerous
2008
Sonny
2002
Knowing
2009
Christmas Carol: The Movie
2001
Zandalee
1991
Renfield
2023
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
1990
Astro Boy
2009
The Best of Times
1981
Drive Angry
2011
Racing with the Moon
1984
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010
The Croods
2013
National Treasure
2004
Valley Girl
1983
G-Force
2009
Trespass
2011
Time to Kill
1989
The Surfer
2025
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
The Boy in Blue
1986
Seeking Justice
2011
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
Stolen
2012
Never on Tuesday
1989
Joe
2014
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
The Frozen Ground
2013
Left Behind
2014
Rage
2014
Inside the Golden Statue
1998
The Runner
2015
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
2015
Outcast
2014
Pay the Ghost
2015
Dream Scenario
2023
Dying of the Light
2014
Longlegs
2024
Sympathy for the Devil
2023
TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy
2023
Snowden
2016
Army of One
2016
The Trust
2016
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016
Becoming Iconic
2018
Arcadian
2024
The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2012
Dog Eat Dog
2016
Live 8
2005
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
HyperNormalisation
2016
The Carpenter's Son
2025
Gunslingers
2025
Arsenal
2017
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow of the Vampire | 2000 | Producer |
| Sonny | 2002 | Producer |
| The Life of David Gale | 2003 | Producer |
| Lord of War | 2005 | Producer |
| The Wicker Man | 2006 | Producer |
| Next | 2007 | Producer |
| Bangkok Dangerous | 2008 | Producer |
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | 2010 | Executive Producer |
| A Thousand Words | 2012 | Producer |
| Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police | 2012 | Producer |
| Vengeance: A Love Story | 2017 | Producer |
| A Score to Settle | 2019 | Executive Producer |
| Willy's Wonderland | 2021 | Producer |
| Pig | 2021 | Producer |
| The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent | 2022 | Producer |
| Sympathy for the Devil | 2023 | Producer |
| Dream Scenario | 2023 | Producer |
| Arcadian | 2024 | Producer |
| Longlegs | 2024 | Producer |
| The Carpenter's Son | 2025 | Producer |