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January 7, 1964

Nicolas Kim Coppola

Patricia Arquette (1995–2001)

Lisa Marie Presley (2002–2004)

Alice Kim (2004–present)

Actor:

Seeking Justice (2011)

Trespass (2011)

Drive Angry 3D (2011)

Season of the Witch (2011)

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

Kick Ass (2010)

Astro Boy (voice) (2009)

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)

G-Force (voice) (2009)

Knowing (2009)

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

Next (2007)

Grindhouse (2007)

Ghost Rider (2007)

The Wicker Man (2006)

World Trade Center (2006)

The Ant Bully (voice) (2006)

The Weather Man (2005)

Lord Of War (2005)

National Treasure (2004)

Matchstick Men (2003)

Adaptation (2002)

Sonny (2002)

Windtalkers (2002)

Christmas Carol: The Movie (voice) (2001)

Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

Family Man (2000)

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

8MM (1999)

Snake Eyes (1998)

City of Angels (1998)

Face Off (1997)

Con Air (1997)

The Rock (1996)

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Kiss of Death (1995)

Trapped in Paradise (1994)

It Could Happen to You (1994)

Guarding Tess (1994)

Deadfall (1993)

Red Rock West (1993)

Amos & Andrew (1993)

Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)

Zandalee (1991)

Wild at Heart (1990)

Fire Birds (1990)

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (TV movie) (1990)

Tempo di uccidere (1989)

Vampire's Kiss (1988)

Never on Tuesday (1988)

Moonstruck (1987)

Raising Arizona (1987)

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

The Boy in Blue (1986)

Birdy (1984)

The Cotton Club (1984)

Racing with the Moon (1984)

Rumble Fish (1983)

Valley Girl (1983)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Best of Times (TV movie) (1981)

Producer:

A Thousand Words (2011)

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

The Dresden Files (TV mini-series) (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Next (2007)

The Wicker Man (2006)

Lord of War (2005)

The Life of David Gale (2003)

Sonny (2002)

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

Director:

Sonny (2002)

Appearances:

Janela Indiscreta (TV series) (2 episodes, 2010-2011)

Made in Hollywood (TV series) (2 episodes, 2010-2011)

ES.TV HD (TV series) (1 episode, 2011)

Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series) (3 episodes, 2009-2011)

Attack of the Show! (TV series) (1 episode, 2011)

Jump Start Live (TV series) (1 episode, 2011)

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (documentary) (2010)

Lopez Tonight (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Mark at the Movies (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

EntertainmentTonight (TV series) (15 episodes, 1990-2010)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Late Show with David Letterman (TV series) (6 episodes, 2005-2010)

The Rotten Tomatoes Show (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series) (6 episodes, 1992-2010)

Días de cine (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

Making of... (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2009)

Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

Live with Regis and Kelly (TV series) (5 episodes, 2004-2009)

The Movie Loft (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

Samuel L. Jackson: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV documentary) (2008)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series) (2 episodes, 2007-2008)

NT2: Set in History (video documentary short) (2008)

NT2: Creating the London Chase (video documentary short) (2008)

NT2: On Location (video documentary short) (2008)

NT2: Evolution of a Golden City (video documentary short) (2008)

NT2: Secrets of a Sequel (video documentary short) (2008)

NT2: Inside the Library of Congress (video documentary short) (2008)

NT2: Crafting the Presidents' Book (video documentary short) (2008)

NT2: Underground Action (video documentary short) (2008)

Eigo de shabera-night (TV series) (1 episode, 2008)

The Directors (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2008)

Wetten, dass..? (TV series) (1 episode, 2007)

Making the Best Next Thing (video documentary short) (2007)

Weekend Sunrise (TV series) (2 episodes, 2007)

HypaSpace (TV series documentary) (4 episodes, 2006-2007)

Ghost Rider: Inside the Action (TV movie) (2007)

Corazón de... (TV series) (2 episodes, 2006-2007)

The Making of 'World Trade Center' (video documentary) (2006)

Visual and Special Effects (video documentary short) (2006)

Movie Rush (TV series documentary) (2006)

The Charlie Rose Show (TV series) (4 episodes, 2002-2006)

Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone (documentary) (2006)

Relative Humidity: The Characters (video documentary short) (2006)

Forecast: Becoming a Weatherman (video short) (2006)

Extended Outlook: The Script (video documentary short) (2006)

The Making of 'Lord of War' (video documentary short) (2006)

Magacine (TV series) (1 episode, 2005)

'National Treasure' on Location (video documentary short) (2005)

Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (TV special) (2005)

GMTV (TV series) (1 episode, 2004)

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' (video documentary short) (2004)

Sunday Morning Shootout (TV series) (1 episode, 2004)

John Travolta: The Inside Story (TV documentary) (2004)

The 76th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (2004)

Tricks of the Trade: Making 'Matchstick Men' (video documentary) (2004)

The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special) (2004)

National Treasure Uncovered (TV movie) (2004)

Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary) (3 episodes, 1996-2003)

Tinseltown TV (TV series) (1 episode, 2003)

Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage and Martha Coolidge (video documentary short) (2003)

Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later (video documentary short) (2003)

The Code Talkers: A Secret Code of Honor (video documentary short) (2003)

The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (2003)

Inside the Actors Studio (TV series) (1 episode, 2003)

The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special) (2003)

Biography (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2003)

The Cult: Music Without Fear (video) (2002)

Sean Connery, an Intimate Portrait (documentary) (2002)

Howard Stern (TV series) (2 episodes, 1996-2002)

2002 MTV Movie Awards (TV special) (2002)

Hollywood Salutes Nicolas Cage: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV special) (2002)

2001 ABC World Stunt Awards (TV special) (2001)

2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (TV special) (2001)

The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (2001)

Nyhetsmorgon (TV series) (2 episodes, 2000-2001)

Italian Soldiers (documentary) (2001)

2000 MTV Movie Awards (TV special documentary) (2000)

VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2000)

2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (TV special) (2000)

The 71st Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (1999)

HBO First Look (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 1999)

Welcome to Hollywood (1998)

Junket Whore (documentary) (1998)

Bravo Profiles: The Entertainment Business (TV mini-series documentary) (1998)

1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (TV special) (1998)

Making Angels (video documentary short) (1998)

The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (1997)

3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special) (1997)

The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special) (1997)

Wild On... (TV series) (1 episode, 1997)

Sean Connery Close Up (video documentary) (1997)

Very Important Pennis (TV series) (1 episode, 1996)

Mundo VIP (TV series) (1 episode, 1996)

The American Film Institute Salute to Clint Eastwood (TV special documentary) (1996)

The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (1996)

The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special) (1996)

The 66th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (1994)

A Century of Cinema (documentary) (1994)

The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special) (1993)

Wogan (TV series) (1 episode, 1992)

Saturday Night Live
(TV series) (1 episode, 1992)

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (TV documentary) (1990)

The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series) (1 episode, 1989)

The 60th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (1988)

The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special) (1988)

Captain Corelli's Mandolin (performer: "O'Mio Babbino Caro") (2001)

The Family Man (performer: "La La Means I Love You") (2000)

Leaving Las Vegas (writer: "Ridiculous" / performer: "Ridiculous") (1995)

Wild at Heart (performer: "Love Me", "Love Me Tender") (1990)

Peggy Sue Got Married (performer: "He Don't Love You" - uncredited) (1986)

Academy Awards

2003 Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Adaptation. (2002)

1996 Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

1998 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actor for: Face/Off (1997)

American Cinematheque Gala Tribute

2001 Won American Cinematheque Award

BAFTA Awards

2003 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: Adaptation. (2002)

1996 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995) USA

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

2001 Won Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Comedy/Romance for: The Family Man (2000)

2001 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor – Action for: Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

1999 Won Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Drama/Romance for: City of Angels (1998)

1999 Won Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor – Suspense for: Snake Eyes (1998)

1998 Won Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Action/Adventure for: Face/Off (1997) and Con Air (1997)

1997 Won Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Action/Adventure for: The Rock (1996)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

1995 Won BSFC Award Best Actor for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2003 Nominated CFCA Award Best Actor for: Adaptation. (2002)

1996 Won CFCA Award Best Actor for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Chicago International Film Festival

2003 Won Career Achievement Award

Chlotrudis Awards

2010 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actor for: The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)

2003 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actor for: Adaptation. (2002)

1996 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actor for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

CineVegas International Film Festival

2005 Won Half-Life Award

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

1996 Won DFWFCA Award Best Actor for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Deauville Film Festival

2002 Nominated Grand Special Prize for: Sonny (2002)

Golden Camera, Germany

2007 Won Golden Camera Film International

Golden Globes, USA

2003 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for: Adaptation. (2002)

1996 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

1993 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)

1988 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: Moonstruck (1987)

Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards

2004 Won Barrymore Award

Independent Spirit Awards

1996 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Male Lead for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

1990 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Male Lead for: Vampire's Kiss (1988)

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2004 Nominated ALFS Award Actor of the Year for: Adaptation. (2002)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1995 Won LAFCA Award Best Actor for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

MTV Movie Awards

1999 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best On-Screen Duo for: City of Angels (1998). Shared with: Meg Ryan

1998 Won MTV Movie Award Best On-Screen Duo for: Face/Off (1997). Shared with: John Travolta

1998 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Male Performance for: Face/Off (1997)

1998 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Villain for: Face/Off (1997). Shared with: John Travolta

1997 Won MTV Movie Award Best On-Screen Duo for: The Rock (1996). Shared with: Sean Connery

Montréal World Film Festival

1996 Won Career Exellence Award

National Board of Review, USA

2005 Nominated NBR Award Best Actor for: Lord of War (2005)

1995 Won NBR Award Best Actor for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2010 3rd place NSFC Award Best Actor for: The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)

1996 Won NSFC Award Best Actor for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1995 Won NYFCC Award Best Actor for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2003 Nominated OFCS Award Best Actor for: Adaptation (2002)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2001 Won Desert Palm Achievement Award

People’s Choice Awards

2006 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Male Movie Star

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2003 Nominated PFCS Award Best Acting Ensemble for: Adaptation. (2002). Shared with: Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Cara Seymour, Meryl Streep & Tilda Swinton

2003 Nominated PFCS Award Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Adaptation (2002)

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

1998 Won Peter J. Owens Award

San Sebastián International Film Festival

1995 Won Silver Seashell Best Actor for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Satellite Awards

2003 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical for: Adaptation. (2002)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2003 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for: Adaptation. (2002)

2003 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture for: Adaptation. (2002). Shared with: Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Cara Seymour, Meryl Streep & Tilda Swinton

1996 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

ShoWest Convention, USA

2001 Won Special Award Distinguished Decade of Achievement in Film

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

1989 Won Best Actor for: Vampire's Kiss (1988). Tied with Michael Gambon for The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Sundance Film Festival

1995 Won Tribute to Independent Vision Award

Teen Choice Awards

2010 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure for: Kick-Ass (2010)

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2009 Won TFCA Award Best Actor for: The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)

2002 Won TFCA Award Best Performance, Male for: Adaptation (2002)

Visual Effects Society Awards

2003 Nominated VES Award Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film for: Adaptation (2002)

Walk of Fame (Hollywood)

1998 Won Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 31 July 1998 at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.

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Nicolas Cage took his stage name from Marvel Comics's Luke Cage, since he didn't want to trade off his Coppola birth name, given his uncle is the director Francis Ford Coppola. He often essays human cartoons, but is capable of considerable subtlety. He began in early 1980s teen movies and was goonish in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Valley Girl (1983), and for his uncle in Rumble Fish (1983) and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). His air of ratty desperation, often with strangled accents, worked well in Raising Arizona (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989) - in which he ate a cockroach - and Wild at Heart (1990), but seemed jarring in blander romances such as Moonstruck (1987) and Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2000).

Cage first showed that he could turn himself down with some sensitivity as a psychologically scarred Vietnam veteran, Sergeant Al Columbato, in Alan Parker's Birdy (1984). He then went on to win a Best Actor Oscar as the suicidal drunk in the gritty drama Leaving Las Vegas (1995). He gave a committed performance as the hollowed-out paramedic in Bringing Out the Dead (1999), and managed a tour de force playing contrasting twin brothers in Adaptation, (2002). Meanwhile, he worked up a more mainstream career as an action hero in box-office successes such as The Rock (1996) and Con Air (1997), and insane super-villains such as in Face/Off (1997). After the remake of The Wicker Man (2006), he finally got to play a Marvel Comics hero as the lead in Ghost Rider (2007). Off camera Cage has been the subject of considerable media attention because of his marriages (three, including to Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley), divorces (two), and romances with actresses Jenny Wright and Uma Thurman, and model Christina Fulton.

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.

There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.

I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.

Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild.

I needed to change my name just to liberate myself and find out I could do it without walking into a Hollywood casting office with the name Coppola.

His stage name is taken from comic book character Luke Cage.

He is half German, half Italian.

Collects comic books and sees them as being today's equivalent of mythology.

Got Johnny Depp his first acting job.

Suffers from vertigo.

He has a tattoo of monitor lizard with a top hat on his upper back.

He ate a real cockroach in the film Vampire's Kiss (1988), it reportedly took three takes. He said about the experience: "Every muscle in my body didn't want to do it, but I did it anyway."

Bought Schloss Neidstein, a mini castle in the Bavarian village of Etzelwang. (July 2006)

Bought Midford Castle (a big house, not a real castle) near Bath, England. Purchase price was in the region of £5 million (about $10 million) (2007)

Bought the historic LaLurie House on the corner of Royal and Gov. Nicholls St. in New Orleans for $3,450,000. The house is reputed to be haunted by the many slaves tortured and killed by Delphine LaLurie in the 1830s. (2007)

He donated $2 million to Amnesty International for a fund to help child soldiers. (2006)

When Cage was arrested in New Orleans and charged with alleged domestic violence against his wife, Alice, and disturbing the peace. The $11,000 bail was posted by Duane 'Dog' Chapman, better known as "Dog the Bounty Hunter". (16 April 16, 2011)

Roles Turned Down:

The part of Neo in The Matrix because of family commitments.

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