Nicolas Cage is a national treasure.
Here's the 20-year-old Oscar winner back in 1984 (left) -- and 26 years later, the blonde 46-year-old version at an event in L.A. on Tuesday (right).
(ATOR MARAVILHOSOOOO !!!! , SOU FÃ !)
Hallelujah - Nicolas Cage - FaceOff
A clip from the movie FaceOff where Nicolas Cage interprets hallelujah.Face/Off
FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) assumes the identity of sadistic criminal Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) through the use of a revolutionary plastic surgery technique in order to infiltrate his organization. But, when Troy wakes from a coma and discovers what has happened, he forces the doctors to give him Archer's face and proceeds to take over his life. Directed by John Woo. With Joan Allen and Gina Gershon. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1997.
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Filmography
In Development:
- Ghost Rider 2 (details only on IMDbPro)
- National Treasure 3 (details only on IMDbPro)
- The Dance (details only on IMDbPro)
Actor:
- The Croods (2012) (filming) (voice) .... Crug
- Drive Angry (2011) (filming)
... aka "Drive Angry 3D" - USA (promotional title) - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) (post-production) .... Balthazar Blake
- The Hungry Rabbit Jumps (2010) (post-production)
- Season of the Witch (2010) (completed) .... Behman
- Kick-Ass (2010) .... Damon Macready / Big Daddy
- Astro Boy (2009) (voice) .... Dr. Tenma
- The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009) .... Terence McDonagh
... aka "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" - USA (promotional title)
... aka "Bad Lieutenant" - Japan (English title) - G-Force (2009) (voice) .... Speckles
... aka "Spy Animal: G-Force" - Japan (English title) - Knowing (2009) .... John Koestler
... aka "Know1ng" - USA (promotional title) - Bangkok Dangerous (2008) .... Joe
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) .... Ben Gates
... aka "National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets" - South Africa (English title) (DVD box title), USA (DVD box title) - Next (2007) .... Cris Johnson
- Grindhouse (2007) .... Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- Ghost Rider (2007) .... Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
... aka "Spirited Racer" - Philippines (English title) (review title) - The Wicker Man (2006) .... Edward Malus
- World Trade Center (2006) .... John McLoughlin
- The Ant Bully (2006) (voice) .... Zoc
- The Weather Man (2005) .... David Spritz
- Lord of War (2005) .... Yuri Orlov
- National Treasure (2004) .... Ben Gates
... aka "Sonomo" - Philippines (English title) (review title) - Matchstick Men (2003) .... Roy Waller
- Adaptation. (2002) .... Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
- Sonny (2002) .... Acid Yellow
- Windtalkers (2002) .... Sergeant Joe Enders
- Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) (voice) .... Jacob Marley
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) .... Captain Antonio Corelli
- The Family Man (2000) .... Jack Campbell
- Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) .... Memphis Raines
- Bringing Out the Dead (1999) .... Frank Pierce
- 8MM (1999) .... Tom Welles
- Snake Eyes (1998) .... Rick Santoro
- City of Angels (1998) .... Seth
- Face/Off (1997) .... Castor Troy / Sean Archer
- Con Air (1997) .... Cameron Poe
- The Rock (1996) .... Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
- Leaving Las Vegas (1995) .... Ben Sanderson
- Kiss of Death (1995/I) .... Little Junior Brown
- Trapped in Paradise (1994) .... Bill Firpo
- It Could Happen to You (1994) .... Charlie Lang
- Guarding Tess (1994) .... Doug Chesnic
- Deadfall (1993) .... Eddie
- Red Rock West (1993) .... Michael Williams
- Amos & Andrew (1993) .... Amos Odell
- Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) .... Jack Singer
- Zandalee (1991) .... Johnny Collins
- Wild at Heart (1990) .... Sailor Ripley
... aka "David Lynch's Wild at Heart" - USA (complete title) - Fire Birds (1990) .... Jake Preston
- Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990) (TV) .... Heartbreaker
- Tempo di uccidere (1989) .... Enrico Silvestri
- Vampire's Kiss (1988) .... Peter Loew
- Never on Tuesday (1988) (uncredited) .... Man in Red Sports Car
- Moonstruck (1987) .... Ronny Cammareri
- Raising Arizona (1987) .... H.I. McDunnough
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) .... Charlie Bodell
- The Boy in Blue (1986) .... Ned Hanlan
- Birdy (1984) .... Sgt. Alfonso 'Al' Columbato
- The Cotton Club (1984) .... Vincent Dwyer
- Racing with the Moon (1984) .... Nicky/Bud
- Rumble Fish (1983) .... Smokey
- Valley Girl (1983) .... Randy
... aka "College Lovers" - Philippines (English title) - Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) (as Nicolas Coppola) .... Brad's Bud
... aka "Fast Times" - Australia (poster title), International (English title) (informal short title) - Best of Times (1981) (TV) .... Nicholas
Producer:
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) (post-production) (executive producer)
- A Thousand Words (2011) (completed) (producer)
- The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009) (producer)
... aka "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" - USA (promotional title)
... aka "Bad Lieutenant" - Japan (English title) - Bangkok Dangerous (2008) (producer)
- "The Dresden Files" (executive producer) (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
- Unaired Pilot: Storm Front (2008) TV episode (executive producer)
- Second City (2007) TV episode (executive producer)
- What About Bob? (2007) TV episode (executive producer)
- Things That Go Bump (2007) TV episode (executive producer)
- The Other Dick (2007) TV episode (executive producer)
(8 more) - Next (2007) (producer)
- The Wicker Man (2006) (producer)
- Lord of War (2005) (producer)
- The Life of David Gale (2003) (producer)
- Sonny (2002) (producer)
- Shadow of the Vampire (2000) (producer)
Soundtrack:
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) (performer: "O'Mio Babbino Caro")
- The Family Man (2000) (performer: "La La (Means I Love You)")
- Leaving Las Vegas (1995) (writer: "Ridiculous") (performer: "Ridiculous")
- Wild at Heart (1990) (performer: "Love Me", "Love Me Tender")
... aka "David Lynch's Wild at Heart" - USA (complete title) - Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) (performer: "He Don't Love You" (uncredited))
Thanks:
- Renegade Live @ the House of Blues (2009) (V) (special thanks)
- What Is It? (2005) (thanks)
- Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' (2004) (V) (special thanks)
- Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch (2004) (V) (special thanks)
- Tricks of the Trade: Making 'Matchstick Men' (2004) (V) (special thanks)
- Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later (2003) (V) (special thanks)
- Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage and Martha Coolidge (2003) (V) (special thanks)
- End of the Century (2003) (thanks) (as Nicholas Cage)
... aka "End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones" - USA (alternative title)
Self:
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Himself (6 episodes, 1992-2010)
- Episode #18.31 (2010) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 12 February 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 8 November 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 11 June 2002 (2002) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 16 August 2001 (2001) TV episode .... Himself
(1 more) - "Días de cine" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 10 September 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "Entertainment Tonight" .... Himself (10 episodes, 2007-2009)
... aka "E.T." - USA (informal title)
... aka "This Week in Entertainment" - USA (weekend title)
- Episode dated 21 July 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 21 May 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 27 March 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 20 March 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 5 September 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
(5 more) - "Making of..." (1 episode, 2009)
- Knowing (2009) TV episode - "Le grand journal de Canal+" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 31 March 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 18 March 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" .... Himself (5 episodes, 2004-2009)
... aka "Live with Regis" - USA (new title)
... aka "Live with Regis & Kelly" - USA (new title)
- Episode dated 17 March 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 14 December 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 14 February 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 27 October 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 17 November 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Late Show with David Letterman" .... Himself / ... (4 episodes, 2005-2009)
... aka "Late Show Backstage" - USA (title for episodes with guest hosts)
... aka "The Late Show" - USA (informal short title)
- Episode #16.107 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Guest
- Episode #16.1 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 25 April 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 24 October 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "The Movie Loft" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 20 January 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Samuel L. Jackson: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
- Nicolas Cage/Vivica A. Fox/Delta Spirit (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 15 February 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - NT2: Set in History (2008) (V) .... Himself
- NT2: Creating the London Chase (2008) (V) .... Himself
- NT2: Crafting the Presidents' Book (2008) (V) .... Himself
- NT2: On Location (2008) (V) .... Himself
- NT2: Underground Action (2008) (V)
- NT2: Evolution of a Golden City (2008) (V) .... Himself
- NT2: Secrets of a Sequel (2008) (V) .... Himself
- NT2: Inside the Library of Congress (2008) (V) .... Himself
- "Eigo de shabera-night" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 2 January 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "The Directors" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- The Films of Jon Turteltaub (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "Wetten, dass..?" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Wetten, dass..? aus Graz (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Making the Best Next Thing (2007) (V) .... Himself
- "Weekend Sunrise" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2007)
- Episode dated 19 August 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 25 February 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - "HypaSpace" .... Himself (4 episodes, 2006-2007)
... aka "HypaSpace Daily" - Canada (English title) (long title)
... aka "HypaSpace Weekly" - Canada (English title) (long title)
- Episode #6.33 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #6.32 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #5.172 (2006) TV episode (as Nicholas Cage) .... Himself
- Episode #5.150 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - Ghost Rider: Inside the Action (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- "Corazón de..." .... Himself (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
- Episode dated 30 January 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 25 July 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - The Making of 'World Trade Center' (2006) (V) .... Himself
- Visual and Special Effects (2006) (V) .... Himself
- "Movie Rush" (2006) TV series .... Himself
- "The Charlie Rose Show" .... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 2002-2006)
... aka "Charlie Rose" - USA (new title)
- Episode dated 3 August 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 4 December 2002 (2002) TV episode .... Himself - Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone (2006) .... Himself
- Forecast: Becoming a Weatherman (2006) (V) .... Himself
- Relative Humidity: The Characters (2006) (V) .... Himself
- Extended Outlook: The Script (2006) (V) .... Himself
- The Making of 'Lord of War' (2006) (V) .... Himself
- "Magacine" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 7 October 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - 'National Treasure' on Location (2005) (V) .... Himself
- Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- "GMTV" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 17 December 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' (2004) (V) .... Himself
- "Sunday Morning Shootout" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka "Hollywood Shootout" - USA (syndication title)
... aka "Shootout" - USA (new title)
- Episode #2.10 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - John Travolta: The Inside Story (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World' Film Clip
- Tricks of the Trade: Making 'Matchstick Men' (2004) (V) .... Himself - 'Roy'
- National Treasure Uncovered (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- "Intimate Portrait" .... Himself (3 episodes, 1996-2003)
- Vanessa Marcil (2003) TV episode .... Himself
- Laura Dern (1999) TV episode .... Himself
- Shirley MacLaine (1996) TV episode .... Himself - "Tinseltown TV" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode dated 20 September 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage and Martha Coolidge (2003) (V) .... Himself
- Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later (2003) (V) .... Himself
- The Code Talkers: A Secret Code of Honor (2003) (V) .... Himself
- The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV) .... Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role/Past Winner
- "Inside the Actors Studio" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka "Inside the Actors Studio: The Craft of Theatre and Film" - USA (first season title)
... aka "Actors Interview" - Japan (English title)
- Episode #9.10 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "Biography" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
- John Travolta (2003) TV episode .... Himself - The Cult: Music Without Fear (2002) (V) (uncredited) .... Himself
- "Howard Stern" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1996-2002)
- Episode dated 11 June 2002 (2002) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 1 July 1996 (1996) TV episode .... Himself - 2002 MTV Movie Awards (2002) (TV) .... Himself
- Hollywood Salutes Nicolas Cage: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2002) (TV) .... Himself
- 2001 ABC World Stunt Awards (2001) (TV) .... Himself
- The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- "Nyhetsmorgon" .... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
- Filmen 'En andra chans (The Family Man)' (2001) TV episode .... Himself / Jack Campbell
- Filmen 'Gone in Sixty Seconds' (2000) TV episode .... Himself / Randall 'Memphis' Raines - Italian Soldiers (2001) .... Himself
... aka "Spaghetti Requiem" - USA - 2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV) .... Himself
- "VH-1 Where Are They Now?" .... Himself (1 episode, 2000)
- Music Movie Stars (2000) TV episode .... Himself - 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000) (TV) .... Himself
- The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Award to Norman Jewison
- "HBO First Look" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
- 8mm (1999) TV episode .... Himself - Welcome to Hollywood (1998) .... Himself
- Junket Whore (1998) .... Himself
- "Bravo Profiles: The Entertainment Business" (1998) TV mini-series .... Himself
- Making Angels (1998) (V) .... Himself - 'Seth'
- The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
- 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997) (TV)
- "Wild On..." .... Himself (1 episode)
- Wild on Spring Break 2001 (????) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself - Sean Connery, an Intimate Portrait (1997) .... Himself
- Sean Connery Close Up (1997) (V) .... Himself
- "Mundo VIP" .... Himself (1 episode, 1996)
- Show nº 14 (1996) TV episode .... Himself - The American Film Institute Salute to Clint Eastwood (1996) (TV) .... Himself
- The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) (TV) .... Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards
- The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Sound
- A Century of Cinema (1994) .... Himself
- "Wogan" .... Himself (1 episode, 1992)
- Episode dated 13 November 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Himself - "Saturday Night Live" .... Himself - Host (1 episode, 1992)
... aka "NBC's Saturday Night" - USA (complete title)
... aka "SNL" - USA (informal title)
... aka "SNL 25" - USA (alternative title)
... aka "Saturday Night" - USA (first season title)
... aka "Saturday Night Live '80" - USA (sixth season title)
... aka "Saturday Night Live 15" - USA (fifteenth season title)
... aka "Saturday Night Live 20" - USA (twentieth season title)
... aka "Saturday Night Live 25" - USA (twentiefifth season title)
- Nicolas Cage/Bobby Brown (1992) TV episode .... Himself - Host - Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990) (TV) (as Nicholas Cage) .... Himself
- The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988) (TV) .... Himself -Co-Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Archive Footage:
- "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien"
- Episode #1.108 (2009) TV episode .... Terence McDonagh - Del corto a Hollywood (2008) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) .... Himself
- The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off' (2007) (V) .... Himself
- Horâ wo 666 bai tanoshiku miru hô'hô (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (2007) (TV) .... Captain Antonio Corelli
- Old Hollywood: Silent Stars, Deadly Secrets (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- San Sebastián 2006: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (2006) (TV) .... John McLoughlin
- Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (2006) (TV) (uncredited) .... Smokey
- The Curse of Superman (2006) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006) (V) .... Himself
- VH1 News Presents: Hollywood Secrets Revealed - Scenes They Don't Want You to See (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005) (V) .... Himself
- "Cinema mil"
- Episode #1.1 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004) (TV) .... Himself - #28 Francis Ford Coppola casts Sofia in Godfather 3
- "Bully & Rick"
- Plattenladen (2004) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself - "Celebrities Uncensored"
- Episode #1.4 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "E! True Hollywood Story"
- Lisa Marie Presley (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "Love Chain"
- Lisa Marie Presley (2003) TV episode .... Himself - Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000) (TV) .... H.I. McDunnough
- The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987) (TV) (uncredited) .... Charlie Bodell
Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964)[1][2][3] is an American actor.
Cage pursued acting as a career, making his debut on television in 1981. Cage has been featured in "bad boy" roles, and has won awards such as the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1995 for his lead role in Leaving Las Vegas, and the Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in 2002 for Adaptation.
Cage has appeared in over 60 films including Face/Off (1997), Gone In 60 Seconds (2000), National Treasure (2004), Ghost Rider (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Kick-Ass (2010). Cage has been married three times: to Patricia Arquette, Lisa Marie Presley, and Alice Kim Cage, his current wife.
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[edit] Early life
Cage was born in Long Beach, California. His father, August Coppola, was a professor of literature, while Cage's mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a dancer and choreographer; Cage's parents divorced in 1976.[1][4] Cage's mother is of German descent and his father is of Italian descent (his paternal great-grandparents were immigrants from Bernalda, Basilicata).[5] His paternal grandparents were Carmine Coppola, a composer, and Italia Pennino, an actress. Through his father, Cage is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, as well as the cousin of directors Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola, late film producer Gian-Carlo Coppola, and actors Robert Carmine and Jason Schwartzman. Cage's two brothers are Christopher Coppola, a director; and Marc "The Cope" Coppola, a New York radio personality.[6] Cage, who attended Beverly Hills High School (the same high school as fellow entertainers Albert Brooks, Angelina Jolie, Lenny Kravitz, Slash, Rob Reiner, Richard Dreyfuss, Bonnie Franklin and David Schwimmer), aspired to act from an early age. Cage also attended UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television. His first non-cinematic acting experience was in a school production of Golden Boy. He is also good friends with fellow actor Johnny Depp, whom he advised to get into acting.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
In order to avoid the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, he changed his name early in his career to Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage.[7] Since his minor role in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High, with Sean Penn, Cage has appeared in a wide range of films, both mainstream and offbeat. He tried out for the role of Dallas Winston in his uncle's film The Outsiders, based on S.E. Hinton's novel, but lost to Matt Dillon. He was also in Coppola's films Rumble Fish and Peggy Sue Got Married.
Other Cage roles included appearances in the acclaimed 1987 romantic-comedy Moonstruck, also starring Cher; The Coen Brothers cult-classic comedy Raising Arizona; David Lynch's 1990 offbeat film Wild at Heart; a lead role in Martin Scorsese's 1999 New York City paramedic drama Bringing Out the Dead; and Ridley Scott's 2003 quirky drama Matchstick Men, in which he played an agoraphobic, mysophobic, obsessive-compulsive con artist with a tic disorder.
Cage has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, winning once for his performance as a suicidal alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas. His other nomination was for his portrayal of real-life screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and Kaufman's fictional twin Donald in Adaptation. Despite these successes, most of his lower-profile films have performed poorly at the box office compared to his mainstream action/adventure roles. The suspense thriller 8mm (1999) was not a box office success, but is now considered a cult film. He took the lead role in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin and learned to play the mandolin from scratch for the part. In 2005, two offbeat films he headlined, Lord of War and The Weather Man, failed to find a significant audience despite nationwide releases and good reviews for his acting in those roles. Poor reviews for The Wicker Man resulted in low box office sales. The much criticized Ghost Rider (2007), based on the Marvel Comics character, fared better, earning more than $45 million (the top earner) during its opening weekend and over $208 million worldwide through the weekend ending on March 25, 2007. Also in 2007, he starred in Next, which shares the concept of a glimpse into an alternate timeline with The Family Man (2000).
Most of Cage's movies that have achieved financial success were in the action/adventure genre. In his second-highest grossing film to date, National Treasure, he plays an eccentric historian who goes on a dangerous adventure to find treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers of the United States. Other action hits include The Rock, in which Cage plays a young FBI chemical weapons expert who infiltrates Alcatraz Island in hopes of neutralizing a terrorist threat, Face/Off, a John Woo film where he plays both a hero and a villain, and World Trade Center, director Oliver Stone's film regarding the September 11, 2001 attacks. He had a small but notable role as the Chinese criminal mastermind Dr. Fu Manchu in Rob Zombie's fake trailer Werewolf Women of the S.S. from the B-movie double feature Grindhouse.
In recent years, Cage made his directorial debut with Sonny, a low-budget drama starring James Franco as a male prostitute whose mother (Brenda Blethyn) serves as his pimp.[8] Cage had a small role in the grim film, which received poor reviews and a short run in a limited number of theatres. Cage's producing career includes Shadow of the Vampire, the first film from Saturn Films.
In early December 2006, Cage announced at the Bahamas International Film Festival that he planned to curtail his future acting endeavors in order to pursue other interests. On the The Dresden Files for the Sci-Fi Channel, Cage is listed as the executive producer. Cage said:
I feel I've made a lot of movies already and I want to start exploring other opportunities that I can apply myself to, whether it's writing or other interests that I may develop.[9]
In November 2007, Cage was spotted backstage at a Ring of Honor wrestling show in New York City researching his role for the The Wrestler. The role was ultimately played by Mickey Rourke, who received an Academy Award nomination for his performance.[10]
Wrestler Director Darren Aronofsky, in an interview with slashfilm.com, said of Cage's replacement that:
Nic was a complete gentleman, and he understood that my heart was with Mickey and he stepped aside. I have so much respect for Nic Cage as an actor and I think it really could have worked with Nic but ... you know, Nic was incredibly supportive of Mickey and he is old friends with Mickey and really wanted to help with this opportunity, so he pulled himself out of the race.[11]
In 2008, Cage appeared as Joe, a contract killer who undergoes a change of heart while on a work outing in Bangkok, in the film Bangkok Dangerous. The film is shot by the Pang Brothers and has a distinct South-East Asian flavor.
In 2009, Cage starred in sci-fi thriller Knowing, directed by Alex Proyas. In the film, he plays an MIT professor who examines the contents of a time capsule unearthed at his son's elementary school. Startling predictions found inside the capsule that have already come true lead him to believe the world is going to end at the close of the week, and that he and his son are somehow involved in the destruction. The film received mainly negative reviews but was the box office winner on its opening weekend.
Also in 2009, Cage starred in the film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, directed by acclaimed German director Werner Herzog. He portrayed a corrupt police officer with gambling, drug and alcohol addictions. The film was very well-received by critics, holding a rating of 85% positive reviews on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.[12] Cage received lauds for his performance, with Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune writing "Herzog has found his ideal interpreter, a performer whose truth lies deep in the artifice of performance: ladies and gentlemen, Nicolas Cage, at his finest."[13] This film reunited Cage with Eva Mendes, who played his love interest in Ghost Rider.
Cage will star in the period piece Season of the Witch, playing a 14th-century knight transporting a girl accused of causing the Black Plague to a monastery, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice, in which he will play the sorcerer.[14]
He will star in National Treasure 3, which has a possible release date as early as 2011. He will again take the role of Benjamin Gates, a cryptologist-turned-treasure hunter.[15]
[edit] Praise and criticism
The acting work of Cage has been praised by influential film critic Roger Ebert who writes, in his "Great Movies" essay about the film Adaptation., that:
There are often lists of the great living male movie stars: De Niro, Nicholson and Pacino, usually. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be up there. He's daring and fearless in his choice of roles, and unafraid to crawl out on a limb, saw it off and remain suspended in air. No one else can project inner trembling so effectively.... He always seems so earnest. However improbable his character, he never winks at the audience. He is committed to the character with every atom and plays him as if he were him.[16]
Roger Ebert, in response to mixed reviews of Knowing and their focus on criticizing Cage, wrote an article in which he defends both Cage as an actor and the movie which, in stark contrast to other critics, Ebert gave 4/4 stars.[17]
In March 2009, Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman called on Cage to return to dramas rather than high-paying blockbusters.[18]
In May 2001, Cage was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts by California State University, Fullerton. He spoke at the commencement ceremony.[19]
[edit] Personal life
[edit] Relationships and family
In his early 20s, he dated actress/singer Elizabeth Daily for two years, and was later involved with actress Uma Thurman.
In 1988, Cage began dating Christina Fulton, mother of their son, Weston Coppola Cage (born December 26, 1990). Weston appeared in Cage's film Lord of War as Vladimir, a young Ukrainian mechanic who quickly disarms a Mil Mi-24 helicopter and is lead singer of the black metal band Eyes of Noctum.[20] In December 2009, Fulton sued Cage for $13 million and the house she is living in. The suit was in response to an order that she leave the house, brought about by the financial problems of Cage.[21]
Cage has been married three times. His first wife was the actress Patricia Arquette (married on April 8, 1995, divorce finalized on May 18, 2001).
Cage's second wife was singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley, of whom Cage is a fan and on whom he based his performance in Wild at Heart. They married on August 10, 2002 and filed for divorce on November 25, 2002, after 108 days of marriage; their divorce was finalized on May 16, 2004. The divorce proceeding was longer than the marriage.[22]
His third and current wife Alice Kim, a former waitress who previously worked at the Los Angeles restaurant Kabuki, met Cage at the Los Angeles-based Korean nightclub, Le Privé. She is the mother of his son, Kal-El (born October 3, 2005), named after Superman's birth name. Cage was once considered for the role of Superman in a film to be directed by Tim Burton. Alice had a minor role in the 2007 movie Next, which Cage produced. They were married at a private ranch in Northern California on July 30, 2004.
[edit] Real estate and tax problems
Cage had a Malibu home where he and Alice lived, but sold the property in 2005 for $10 million. In 2004 he bought a property on Paradise Island, Bahamas. In May 2006, he bought a 40-acre (160,000 m2) island in the Exuma archipelago, some 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Nassau and close to a similar island owned by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.[23]
He once owned the medieval castle of Schloss Neidstein in the Oberpfalz region in Germany, which he bought in 2006 and sold in 2009 for $2.5 million.[24] His grandmother was German, living in Cochem an der Mosel.[25]
In August 2007, Cage purchased a home in Middletown, Rhode Island. The 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m2), brick-and-stone country manor occupies 26 acres, has 12 bedrooms, 10 full bathrooms, and ocean views and borders the Norman Bird Sanctuary. The estate is called the "Grey Craig". The sale ranked among the state’s most expensive residential purchases, eclipsed by the 2007 $17.15 million sale of the Miramar mansion on Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Also in 2007, the actor purchased Midford Castle in Somerset, England.[26][27][28]
Shortly after selling his German castle, Cage also put homes in Rhode Island, Louisiana, Nevada, and California, as well as a $7 million island in the Bahamas, up for sale.[29]
On July 14, 2009, the Internal Revenue Service filed documents in New Orleans in connection with a federal tax lien against property owned by Cage in Louisiana, concerning unpaid federal taxes. The IRS alleges that Cage failed to pay over $6.2 million in federal income tax for the year 2007.[30] In addition, the Internal Revenue Service has another lien for more than $350,000 in unpaid taxes dating from 2002 to 2004.[31] Cage filed a $20 million lawsuit on October 16, 2009, against his business manager, Samuel J. Levin, alleging negligence and fraud.[32] The lawsuit states that Levin "had failed to pay taxes when they were due and had placed [Cage] in speculative and risky real estate investments 'resulting in (the actor) suffering catastrophic losses'."[32]
Samuel Levin filed a counter-complaint and responded the lawsuit in a filing stating that he warned Cage that he was living beyond his means and urged him to spend less. Levin's filing states that "instead of listening to Levin, cross-defendant Coppola spent most of his free time shopping for high ticket purchases, and wound up with 15 personal residences", Levin's complaint continued: "Likewise, Levin advised Coppola against buying a Gulfstream jet, against buying and owning a flotilla of yachts, against buying and owning a squadron of Rolls Royces, against buying millions of dollars in jewelry and art."[33]
In his filing Levin says that in 2007 Cage's "shopping spree entailed the purchase of three additional residences at a total cost of more than $33 million; the purchase of 22 automobiles (including 9 Rolls Royces); 12 purchases of expensive jewelry; and 47 purchases of artwork and exotic items."[34] One of those exotic items was a dinosaur skull of a Tarbosaurus for which Nicolas Cage paid $276,000 in an auction after winning a bidding contest against Leonardo DiCaprio.[35]
According to Cage, he owned the "Most Haunted House in America", a home located in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.[36] The home is known as the "The LaLaurie house" after its former owner Delphine LaLaurie. The house was foreclosed and sold at auction on November 12, 2009 along with another New Orleans property for a total of $5.5 million, in the wake of his financial problems.[37] His Bel Air home, which had six loans totaling $18 million on it, sold at a foreclosure auction on April 7, 2010, for nearly $25 million less than Cage's original asking price.[38] Another home in Nevada also faces foreclosure auction.[37]
Nicolas Cage remains as one of Hollywood's highest paid actors, earning $40 million in 2009 according to Forbes Magazine.[39]
[edit] Other interests
Nicolas was director Sam Raimi's first choice to play Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in the movie Spider-Man. He has created a comic book, with his son Weston, called Voodoo Child, which is published by Virgin Comics.
Cage was close friends with Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone. His enthusiam of classic cars is well known; in 1997 via telephone bid, he broke the auction record for Lamborghinis when he placed a bid on a rare Miura SVJ for US$490,000.[40] He has also been a fan and collector of painter and underground comix artist Robert Williams. He has written introductions for Juxtapoz magazine and purchased the painting Death On The Boards.[41]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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