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