
Acting
Community Rating
6.0
TMDB estimate
Born
January 7, 1964 (age 62)
Born in
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.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man Noir (voice)
2018

Face/Off
Castor Troy
1997

Longlegs
Longlegs
2024

Con Air
Cameron Poe
1997

Kick-Ass
Damon Macready / Big Daddy
2010

Ghost Rider
Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
2007

The Rock
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
1996

The Outsiders
Soc (uncredited)
1983

The Croods
Grug (voice)
2013

Lord of War
Yuri Orlov
2005

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Balthazar Blake
2010

The Croods: A New Age
Grug (voice)
2020

8MM
Tom Welles
1999

National Treasure
Benjamin Franklin Gates
2004

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
2011

Knowing
John Koestler
2009

Drive Angry
Milton
2011

National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Benjamin Franklin Gates
2007

City of Angels
Seth
1998

Outcast
Gallain
2014