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.
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Primarily2027 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)
6.72 Animation 8
6.57 Documentary 20
6.57 Music 3
6.52 History 3
6.43 Romance 14
6.24 Comedy 31
6.23 Family 7
6.19 Adventure 16
6.18 Crime 39
6.17 Drama 49
6.17 Science Fiction 12
6.12 Horror 16
6.10 War 5
6.03 Western 3
6.00 Action 44
5.94 Fantasy 20
5.86 Mystery 10
5.81 Thriller 54
5.44 TV Movie 1