Birth Location : Long Beach, California, USA
Father August Coppola. Professor of comparative literature
Mother Joy Vogelsang. Dancer and choreographer
Wife Patricia Arquette. Actress
Son Weston, age eight. Mother Christina Fulton, actress.
Education: American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, CA (acting)
Regarded as one of the most versatile actors of our time, Nicolas Cage is equally well known for his poignant portrayals in drama and comedy. He earned an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as Best Actor Awards from the New York Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Chicago Film Critics and the National Board of Review for his performance as an alcoholic who drinks himself to death in "Leaving Las Vegas."
In 1996 he starred opposite Sean Connery and Ed Harris in the blockbuster action film "The Rock." This past summer he starred in the hit action thrillers "Con Air" with John Cusack and John Malkovich, and "Face/Off" with John Travolta. Following his work on "City of Angels," Cage will star in "Snake Eyes" and "Superman Lives," the latter for Warner Bros.
Among Cage's best-known films are "Moonstruck," "Wild at Heart," "Honeymoon in Vegas," "Peggy Sue Got Married," "Vampire's Kiss," "Raising Arizona," "Valley Girl" and "Birdy."
Cage was born in Long Beach, California, and lived there until his family moved to San Francisco when he was 12. He began acting at age 15 when he enrolled in San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater, where he appeared in the school's production of "Golden Boy." He later moved to Los Angeles and, while still a high school student, landed a role in the television film "The Best of Times." He made his feature-film debut in "Rumble Fish."
Filmography :
Adaptation (2002) .... Charlie and Donald Kaufman
Windtalkers (2002) .... Sgt. Joe Enders
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) (voice) .... Jacob Marley
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) .... Captain Antonio Corelli
Family Man, The (2000) .... Jack Campbell
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) .... Randall "Memphis" Rains/Roger
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) .... Frank Pierce
8MM (1999) .... Tom Welles
Welcome to Hollywood (1998) .... Himself
Snake Eyes (1998) .... Richard Santoro
City of Angels (1998) .... Seth
Face Off (1997) .... Castor Troy/Sean Archer
Con Air (1997) .... Cameron Poe
Rock, The (1996) .... Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) .... Ben Sanderson
Kiss of Death (1995) .... Little Junior Brown
Century of Cinema, A (1994) .... Himself
Guarding Tess (1994) .... Doug Chesnic
It Could Happen to You (1994) .... Charlie Lang
Trapped in Paradise (1994) .... Bill Firpo
Deadfall (1993) .... Eddie
Amos & Andrew (1993) .... Amos Odell
Red Rock West (1992) .... Michael Williams
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) .... Jack Singer
Zandalee (1991) .... Johnny
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted (1990) (TV) .... Heartbreaking Man
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990) (TV) .... Himself
Tempo di uccidere (1990) .... Enrico Silvestri
Wild at Heart (1990) .... Sailor Ripley
Fire Birds (1990) .... Jake Preston
Awards :
1999 Blockbuster Entertainment Award for "City of Angels" (Best Actor)
1999 Blockbuster Entertainment Award for "Snake Eyes" (Best Actor)
1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Award for "Con Air" (Best Actor)
1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Award for "Face/Off" (Best Actor)
1998 MTV Movie Award for "Face/Off"
1997 Blockbuster Entertainment Award for "The Rock" (Best Actor)
1997 MTV Movie Award for "The Rock"
1996 Oscar for "Leaving Las Vegas"
1996 Golden Globe for "Leaving Las Vegas"
1996 Screen Actors Guild Award for "Leaving Las Vegas"
1995 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for "Leaving Las Vegas"
1995 National Society of Film Critics award for "Leaving Las Vegas"
1995 New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Leaving Las Vegas"
1995 Silver Seashell Award of San Sebastian International Film Festival for "Leaving Las Vegas"
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