Nicolas Cage
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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
Credits
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
as Spider-Man Noir (voice)
The Croods (2013)
as Grug (voice)
Ghost Rider (2007)
as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
as Grug (voice)
Con Air (1997)
as Cameron Poe
The Rock (1996)
as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
National Treasure (2004)
as Benjamin Franklin Gates
Kick-Ass (2010)
as Damon Macready / Big Daddy
Face/Off (1997)
as Castor Troy
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
as Balthazar Blake
Longlegs (2024)
as Longlegs
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
as Benjamin Franklin Gates
Lord of War (2005)
as Yuri Orlov
Knowing (2009)
as John Koestler
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
as Memphis Raines
Arcadian (2024)
as Paul
Left Behind (2014)
as Rayford Steele
City of Angels (1998)
as Seth
Renfield (2023)
as Dracula
Season of the Witch (2011)
as Behman
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027)
as Spider-Man Noir (voice)
8MM (1999)
as Tom Welles
Outcast (2014)
as Gallain
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
as Nick Cage / Nicky
Next (2007)
as Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac
Snowden (2016)
as Hank Forrester
Drive Angry (2011)
as Milton
Dream Scenario (2023)
as Paul Matthews
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)
as Superman (voice)
It Could Happen to You (1994)
as Charlie Lang
The Ant Bully (2006)
as Zoc (voice)
G-Force (2009)
as Speckles the Mole (voice)
Moonstruck (1987)
as Ronny Cammareri
The Family Man (2000)
as Jack Campbell
The Carpenter's Son (2025)
as The Carpenter
Adaptation. (2002)
as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Windtalkers (2002)
as Sergeant Joe Enders
Color Out of Space (2020)
as Nathan Gardner
The Frozen Ground (2013)
as Jack Halcombe
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
as Frank Pierce
Wild at Heart (1990)
as Sailor
Trespass (2011)
as Kyle Miller
Willy's Wonderland (2021)
as The Janitor
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
as Ben Sanderson
The Surfer (2025)
as The Surfer
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
as Joe
Astro Boy (2009)
as Dr. Tenma (voice)
Mandy (2018)
as Red Miller
Vengeance: A Love Story (2017)
as Det. John Dromoor
Snake Eyes (1998)
as Rick Santoro
Pig (2021)
as Rob Feld
Stolen (2012)
as Will Montgomery
The Wicker Man (2006)
as Edward Malus
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
as Brad's Bud
The Retirement Plan (2023)
as Matt
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
as Terence McDonagh
Raising Arizona (1987)
as H.I.
Grindhouse (2007)
as Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)
Rumble Fish (1983)
as Smokey
Sympathy for the Devil (2023)
as The Passenger
Gunslingers (2025)
as Ben
Primal (2019)
as Frank Walsh
The Old Way (2023)
as Colton Briggs
Seeking Justice (2011)
as Will Gerard
World Trade Center (2006)
as John McLoughlin
Running with the Devil (2019)
as The Cook
Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
as Hero
The Cotton Club (1984)
as Vincent Dwyer
Matchstick Men (2003)
as Roy Waller
211 (2018)
as Mike Chandler
Vampire's Kiss (1989)
as Peter Loew
Rage (2014)
as Paul Maguire
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
as Captain Antonio Corelli
Looking Glass (2018)
as Ray
Grand Isle (2019)
as Walter
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
as Charlie Bodell
Pay the Ghost (2015)
as Mike
Kiss of Death (1995)
as Little Junior Brown
Dog Eat Dog (2016)
as Troy
Jiu Jitsu (2020)
as Wylie
Butcher's Crossing (2023)
as Miller
A Score to Settle (2019)
as Frank
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
as Captain McVay
Mom and Dad (2018)
as Brent Ryan
The Weather Man (2005)
as David Spritz
The Trust (2016)
as Jim Stone
The Humanity Bureau (2017)
as Noah Kross
Valley Girl (1983)
as Randy
Between Worlds (2018)
as Joe
Birdy (1984)
as Sergeant Al Columbato
Kill Chain (2020)
as Araña
Dying of the Light (2014)
as Evan Lake
Inconceivable (2017)
as Brian
Amos & Andrew (1993)
as Amos Odell
Zandalee (1991)
as Johnny Collins
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
as Jacob Marley (voice)
Army of One (2016)
as Gary Faulkner
Arsenal (2017)
as Eddie King
Fire Birds (1990)
as Jake Preston
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
as Jack Singer
Love, Antosha (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Joe (2014)
as Joe Ransom
Madden (2026)
as John Madden
The Runner (2015)
as Colin Pryce
Val (2021)
as Self (archive)
Guarding Tess (1994)
as Doug Chesnic
Trapped in Paradise (1994)
as Bill Firpo
Junket Whore (1998)
as Self
Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider (2007)
as Self
Racing with the Moon (1984)
as Nicky / Bud
Red Rock West (1993)
as Michael Williams
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010)
as Self
Deadfall (1993)
as Eddie
Lords of War (—)
as Yuri Orlov
HyperNormalisation (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Golden Statue (1998)
as Self
The Boy in Blue (1986)
as Ned Hanlan
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' (2012)
as Self
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Nicolas Cage: Hollywood's Mad Genius (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Live 8 (2005)
as Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs (1998)
as Self
Parish (—)
as Parish
Sonny (2002)
as Acid Yellow
Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller (2009)
as self (archival footage)
Never on Tuesday (1989)
as Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited)
Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later (2003)
as Self
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks (2021)
as Grug (voice)
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart (2004)
Actor
The Prince (—)
Actor
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off (2007)
as Self
Benjamin Gates 3 (2028)
as Benjamin Franklin Gates
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Iconic (2018)
as Self
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2010)
as Himself
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family (2006)
as Self (archival footage)
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990)
as Self
Best Pancakes in the County (—)
Actor
TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy (2023)
as Self - Ex-Husband of Lisa Marie Presley (archive footage)
Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space (2020)
Actor
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery (1998)
as Self
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990)
as Heartbreaker
Shadowland (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - Davy Crockett (1991)
as Narrator
Fortitude (—)
Actor
Time to Kill (1989)
as Enrico Silvestri
The Best of Times (1981)
as Nicolas
Knowing: Visions of the Apocalypse (2009)
as self (archival footage)
Untitled Longlegs Film (2028)
as Longlegs
The Act Of Dying (2022)
as (archive footage)
Gambino (—)
as Carlo Gambino
Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage And Martha Coolidge (2003)
as Self
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later (2010)
as Self (archival footage)
The Music of Valley Girl (2003)
as Self