Nicolas Cage
Born: 1964-01-07 in Long Beach, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2028
- Untitled Longlegs Film as Longlegs
2027
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Spider-Man Noir (voice)
- Lords of War as Yuri Orlov
2026
- Spider-Noir as Ben Reilly / The Spider
- Madden as John Madden
2025
- The Surfer as The Surfer
- Gunslingers as Ben
- The Carpenter's Son as The Carpenter
- Nicolas Cage: Hollywood's Mad Genius as Self (archive footage)
2024
- Longlegs as Longlegs
- Arcadian as Paul
- Shadowland as Self (archive footage)
2023
- Renfield as Dracula
- The Old Way as Colton Briggs
- Dream Scenario as Paul Matthews
- Butcher's Crossing as Miller
- The Retirement Plan as Matt
- Sympathy for the Devil as The Passenger
- TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy as Self - Ex-Husband of Lisa Marie Presley (archive footage)
2022
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent as Nick Cage / Nicky
- The Act Of Dying as (archive footage)
2021
- Willy's Wonderland as The Janitor
- Pig as Rob Feld
- Prisoners of the Ghostland as Hero
- History of Swear Words as Self - Host
- Dear Diary: World's First Pranks as Grug (voice)
2020
- The Croods: A New Age as Grug (voice)
- Color Out of Space as Nathan Gardner
- Jiu Jitsu as Wylie
- Kill Chain as Araña
- Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest
- Primal as Frank Walsh
- A Score to Settle as Frank
- Love, Antosha as Narrator (voice)
- Grand Isle as Walter
- Running with the Devil as The Cook
2018
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Spider-Man Noir (voice)
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
- Teen Titans Go! To the Movies as Superman (voice)
- Mandy as Red Miller
- Mom and Dad as Brent Ryan
- 211 as Mike Chandler
- Looking Glass as Ray
- Between Worlds as Joe
- Becoming Iconic as Self
2017
- Arsenal as Eddie King
- Vengeance: A Love Story as Det. John Dromoor
- The Humanity Bureau as Noah Kross
- Inconceivable as Brian
2016
- USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage as Captain McVay
- Snowden as Hank Forrester
- Dog Eat Dog as Troy
- The Trust as Jim Stone
- Army of One as Gary Faulkner
- HyperNormalisation as Self (archive footage)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Pay the Ghost as Mike
- The Runner as Colin Pryce
- The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? as Self (archive footage)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Left Behind as Rayford Steele
- Outcast as Gallain
- Rage as Paul Maguire
- Joe as Joe Ransom
- Dying of the Light as Evan Lake
2013
- The Croods as Grug (voice)
- The Frozen Ground as Jack Halcombe
2012
- A Thousand Words ... (Producer)
- Stolen as Will Montgomery
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' as Self
- Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police ... (Producer)
2011
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
- Drive Angry as Milton
- Season of the Witch as Behman
- Trespass as Kyle Miller
- Seeking Justice as Will Gerard
2010
- Kick-Ass as Damon Macready / Big Daddy
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Balthazar Blake
- With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self
- The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans as Himself
- I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later as Self (archival footage)
2009
- Knowing as John Koestler
- G-Force as Speckles the Mole (voice)
- Astro Boy as Dr. Tenma (voice)
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans as Terence McDonagh
- Live from Studio Five as Self
- Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller as self (archival footage)
- Knowing: Visions of the Apocalypse as self (archival footage)
2008
- Bangkok Dangerous as Joe
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self (archive footage)
2007
- Ghost Rider as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Benjamin Franklin Gates
- Next as Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac
- The Dresden Files ... (Executive Producer)
- Grindhouse as Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)
- Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider as Self
2006
- The Wicker Man as Edward Malus
- The Ant Bully as Zoc (voice)
- World Trade Center as John McLoughlin
- Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family as Self (archival footage)
2005
- Lord of War as Yuri Orlov
- The Weather Man as David Spritz
- Live 8 as Self
- What Is It? ... (Thanks)
- On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' as Self (archive footage)
2004
- National Treasure as Benjamin Franklin Gates
- Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2003
- The Life of David Gale ... (Producer)
- Matchstick Men as Roy Waller
- Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- The Music of Valley Girl as Self
- Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later as Self
- Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage And Martha Coolidge as Self
2002
- Windtalkers as Sergeant Joe Enders
- Adaptation. as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
- NDR Kultur – Das Journal as Self
- HypaSpace as Self
- Sonny as Acid Yellow
2001
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin as Captain Antonio Corelli
- Christmas Carol: The Movie as Jacob Marley (voice)
2000
- Gone in Sixty Seconds as Memphis Raines
- The Family Man as Jack Campbell
- Shadow of the Vampire ... (Producer)
1999
- Where Are They Now? as Self
- 8MM as Tom Welles
- Bringing Out the Dead as Frank Pierce
1998
- City of Angels as Seth
- Snake Eyes as Rick Santoro
- Junket Whore as Self
- Inside the Golden Statue as Self
- Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery as Self
1996
- The Rock as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self
1995
- Leaving Las Vegas as Ben Sanderson
- Kiss of Death as Little Junior Brown
1994
- It Could Happen to You as Charlie Lang
- Guarding Tess as Doug Chesnic
- Trapped in Paradise as Bill Firpo
- Hi Octane as Self
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Amos & Andrew as Amos Odell
- Red Rock West as Michael Williams
- Deadfall as Eddie
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
- Terry Wogan's Friday Night as Self
- Honeymoon in Vegas as Jack Singer
1991
- Zandalee as Johnny Collins
- Rabbit Ears - Davy Crockett as Narrator
1990
- Wild at Heart as Sailor
- Fire Birds as Jake Preston
- Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self
- Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted as Heartbreaker
1989
- Vampire's Kiss as Peter Loew
- Time to Kill as Enrico Silvestri
- Never on Tuesday as Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited)
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- This Morning as Self
1987
- Moonstruck as Ronny Cammareri
- Raising Arizona as H.I.
1986
- Peggy Sue Got Married as Charlie Bodell
- The Boy in Blue as Ned Hanlan
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
- The Cotton Club as Vincent Dwyer
- Birdy as Sergeant Al Columbato
- Racing with the Moon as Nicky / Bud
1983
- Rumble Fish as Smokey
- Valley Girl as Randy
1982
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High as Brad's Bud
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
- Entertainment Tonight
- The Best of Times as Nicolas
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee