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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.

From Long Beach, California, USA

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Kick-Ass 2010
Damon Macready / Big Daddy
The Croods 2013
Grug (voice)
National Treasure 2004
Benjamin Franklin Gates
Ghost Rider 2007
Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
Face/Off 1997
Castor Troy
Knowing 2009
John Koestler
The Sorcerer's Apprentice 2010
Balthazar Blake, Executive Producer
Lord of War 2005
Yuri Orlov, Producer
The Rock 1996
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
The Flash 2023
Superman (uncredited)
Snowden 2016
Hank Forrester
Con Air 1997
Cameron Poe

Credit 158

2027 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Spider-Man Noir (voice)

2025 The Carpenter's Son as The Carpenter Producer

2025 Lords of War as Yuri Orlov Producer

2025 The Prince

2025 Madden as John Madden

2025 The Surfer as The Surfer

2025 Gunslingers as Ben

2024 Shadowland as Self (archive footage)

2024 An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley as Self (archive footage)

2024 Longlegs as Longlegs Producer

2024 Arcadian as Paul Producer

2023 Dream Scenario as Paul Matthews Producer

2023 TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy as Self - Ex-Husband of Lisa Marie Presley (archive footage)

2023 The Retirement Plan as Matt

2023 Sympathy for the Devil as The Passenger Producer

2023 The Flash as Superman (uncredited)

2023 Lynch/Oz as Sailor Ripley (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023 Renfield as Dracula

2023 Butcher's Crossing as Miller

2023 The Old Way as Colton Briggs

2022 The Act Of Dying as (archive footage)

2022 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent as Nick Cage / Nicky Producer

2021 Prisoners of the Ghostland as Hero

2021 Val as Self (archive footage)

2021 Pig as Rob Feld Producer

2021 Willy's Wonderland as The Janitor Producer

2021 Dear Diary: World's First Pranks as Grug (voice)

2020 The Croods: A New Age as Grug (voice)

2020 Jiu Jitsu as Wylie

2020 Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space

2020 Kill Chain as Araña

2020 Color Out of Space as Nathan Gardner

2019 Primal as Frank Walsh

2019 Grand Isle as Walter

2019 Running with the Devil as The Cook

2019 Love, Antosha as Narrator (voice)

2019 A Score to Settle as Frank Executive Producer

2018 Between Worlds as Joe

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

2018 Mandy as Red Miller

2018 Becoming Iconic as Self

2018 Teen Titans Go! To the Movies as Superman (voice)

2018 211 as Mike Chandler

2018 Looking Glass as Ray

2018 Mom and Dad as Brent Ryan

2017 The Humanity Bureau as Noah Kross

2017 Inconceivable as Brian

2017 Vengeance: A Love Story as Det. John Dromoor Producer

2017 Arsenal as Eddie King

2016 Dog Eat Dog as Troy

2016 Army of One as Gary Faulkner

2016 HyperNormalisation as Self (archive footage)

2016 USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage as Captain McVay

2016 Snowden as Hank Forrester

2016 The Trust as Jim Stone

2015 Pay the Ghost as Mike

2015 The Runner as Colin Price

2015 The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? as Self (archive footage)

2014 Dying of the Light as Evan Lake

2014 Left Behind as Rayford Steele

2014 Outcast as Gallain

2014 Rage as Paul Maguire

2014 Joe as Joe Ransom

2013 The Frozen Ground as Jack Halcombe

2013 The Croods as Grug (voice)

2012 Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police Producer

2012 Stolen as Will Montgomery

2012 The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Self

2012 A Thousand Words Producer

2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)

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

2011 Trespass as Kyle Miller

2011 Seeking Justice as Will Gerard

2011 Drive Angry as Milton

2011 Season of the Witch as Behman

2010 With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self

2010 The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Balthazar Blake Executive Producer

2010 I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later as Self (archival footage)

2010 The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans as Himself

2010 Kick-Ass as Damon Macready / Big Daddy

2009 Astro Boy as Dr. Tenma (voice)

2009 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans as Terence McDonagh

2009 G-Force as Speckles the Mole (voice)

2009 Knowing as John Koestler

2008 Bangkok Dangerous as Joe Producer

2008 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self (archive footage)

2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Benjamin Franklin Gates

2007 The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off' as Self

2007 Next as Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac Producer

2007 Werewolf Women of the S.S. as Fu Manchu

2007 Grindhouse as Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)

2007 Ghost Rider as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider

2006 The Wicker Man as Edward Malus Producer

2006 World Trade Center as John McLoughlin

2006 The Ant Bully as Zoc (voice)

2006 Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family as Self (archival footage)

2005 Live 8 as Self

2005 The Weather Man as David Spritz

2005 Lord of War as Yuri Orlov Producer

2005 What Is It? Thanks

2004 Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

2004 National Treasure as Benjamin Franklin Gates

2003 Matchstick Men as Roy Waller

2003 The Music of Valley Girl as Self

2003 Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later as Self

2003 Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage And Martha Coolidge as Self

2003 The Life of David Gale Producer

2002 Adaptation. as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

2002 Sonny as Acid Yellow Director, Producer

2002 Windtalkers as Sergeant Joe Enders

2001 Christmas Carol: The Movie as Jacob Marley (voice)

2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin as Captain Antonio Corelli

2000 The Family Man as Jack Campbell

2000 Shadow of the Vampire Producer

2000 Gone in Sixty Seconds as Memphis Raines

1999 Bringing Out the Dead as Frank Pierce

1999 8MM as Tom Welles

1998 Junket Whore as Self

1998 Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery as Self

1998 Snake Eyes as Rick Santoro

1998 City of Angels as Seth

1998 Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self

1998 Inside the Golden Statue as Self

1997 Face/Off as Castor Troy

1997 Con Air as Cameron Poe

1996 The Rock as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed

1996 Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self

1995 Leaving Las Vegas as Ben Sanderson

1995 Kiss of Death as Little Junior Brown

1994 Trapped in Paradise as Bill Firpo

1994 It Could Happen to You as Charlie Lang

1994 Guarding Tess as Doug Chesnic

1993 Deadfall as Eddie

1993 Red Rock West as Michael Williams

1993 Amos & Andrew as Amos Odell

1992 Honeymoon in Vegas as Jack Singer

1991 Rabbit Ears - Davy Crockett as Narrator

1991 Zandalee as Johnny Collins

1990 Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self

1990 Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted as Heartbreaker

1990 Wild at Heart as Sailor Ripley

1990 Fire Birds as Jake Preston

1989 Time to Kill as Enrico Silvestri

1989 Vampire's Kiss as Peter Loew

1989 Never on Tuesday as Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited)

1987 Moonstruck as Ronny Cammareri

1987 Raising Arizona as H.I.

1986 Peggy Sue Got Married as Charlie Bodell

1986 The Boy in Blue as Ned Hanlan

1984 Birdy as Sergeant Al Columbato

1984 The Cotton Club as Vincent Dwyer

1984 Racing with the Moon as Nicky / Bud

1983 Rumble Fish as Smokey

1983 Valley Girl as Randy

1983 The Outsiders as Soc (uncredited)

1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High as Brad's Bud

1981 The Best of Times as Nicolas

1980 Brubaker as Prisoner (uncredited)

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6.57 Documentary 20

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6.43 Romance 14

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6.18 Crime 39

6.17 Drama 49

6.17 Science Fiction 12

6.12 Horror 16

6.10 War 5

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6.00 Action 44

5.94 Fantasy 20

5.86 Mystery 10

5.81 Thriller 54

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