
Nicolas Cage
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
- 2025 · The Carpenter's Son as The Carpenter
- 2025 · The Prince as
- 2025 · Gunslingers as Ben
- 2025 · The Surfer as The Surfer
- 2024 · Shadowland as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Longlegs as Longlegs
- 2024 · Arcadian as Paul
- 2023 · Dream Scenario as Paul Matthews
- 2023 · The Retirement Plan as Matt
- 2023 · Sympathy for the Devil as The Passenger
- 2023 · Las Crónicas De Sergio as Policia 1
- 2023 · Lynch/Oz as Sailor Ripley (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023 · Renfield as Dracula
- 2023 · Butcher's Crossing as Miller
- 2023 · TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy as
- 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
- 2021 · Prisoners of the Ghostland as Hero
- 2021 · Pig as Rob Feld
- 2021 · Willy's Wonderland as The Janitor
- 2021 · Dear Diary: World's First Pranks as Grug (voice)
- 2021 · History of Swear Words as Self - Host
- 2020 · The Croods: A New Age as Grug Crood (voice)
- 2020 · Jiu Jitsu as Wylie
- 2020 · Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space as
- 2020 · Kill Chain as Araña
- 2019 · Primal as Frank Walsh
- 2019 · Grand Isle as Walter
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Color Out of Space as Nathan Gardner
- 2019 · Running with the Devil as The Cook
- 2019 · Love, Antosha as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · A Score to Settle as Frank
- 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 · GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
- 2018 · Looking Glass as Ray
- 2018 · Mom and Dad as Brent Ryan
- 2017 · Dark as Evan Lake
- 2017 · The Humanity Bureau as Noah Kross
- 2017 · Inconceivable as Brian
- 2017 · Vengeance: A Love Story as Det. John Dromoor
- 2017 · Arsenal as Eddie King
- 2016 · Army of One as Gary Faulkner
- 2016 · Dog Eat Dog as Troy
- 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 Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 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
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2013 · The Frozen Ground as Jack Halcombe
- 2013 · The Croods as Grug (voice)
- 2012 · Stolen as Will Montgomery
- 2012 · The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Self
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Self / Superman / Paul Matthews / Various (archive footage)
- 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
- 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 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 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
- 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
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)
- 2007 · Werewolf Women of the S.S. as Fu Manchu
- 2007 · Ghost Rider as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
- 2006 · The Wicker Man as Edward Malus
- 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
- 2004 · Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart as
- 2004 · National Treasure as Benjamin Franklin Gates
- 2003 · Matchstick Men as Roy Waller
- 2003 · Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage And Martha Coolidge as Self
- 2003 · Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later as Self
- 2003 · The Music of Valley Girl as Self
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2002 · Adaptation. as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
- 2002 · Sonny as Acid Yellow
- 2002 · Windtalkers as Sergeant Joe Enders
- 2002 · HypaSpace as Self
- 2002 · NDR Kultur – Das Journal as Self
- 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 · Gone in Sixty Seconds as Memphis Raines
- 1999 · Bringing Out the Dead as Frank Pierce
- 1999 · Where Are They Now? as Self
- 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 · Inside the Golden Statue as Self
- 1998 · Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs 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 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · It Could Happen to You as Charlie Lang
- 1994 · Hi Octane as Self
- 1994 · Guarding Tess as Doug Chesnic
- 1993 · Deadfall as Eddie
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Red Rock West as Michael Williams
- 1993 · Amos & Andrew as Amos Odell
- 1992 · Terry Wogan's Friday Night as Self
- 1992 · Honeymoon in Vegas as Jack Singer
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 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)
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 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 · The Cotton Club as Vincent Dwyer
- 1984 · Birdy as Sergeant Al Columbato
- 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 · Entertainment Tonight as
- 1981 · The Best of Times as Nicolas
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · Brubaker as Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self (archive footage)
- 1966 · Golden Camera Awards as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Spider-Man Noir (voice)
- Future · Spider-Noir as Noir
- Future · Lords of War as Yuri Orlov
- Future · Madden as John Madden