Actor. Born Nicholas Coppola on 7 January 1964 in Long Beach, California, choreographer Joy Vogelsang, literature professor August Coppola and. Cage has two older brothers, Marc and Christopher. He is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola, and as a youth, his uncle often visited at his home in San Francisco. At the age of 15, in love with Cage occurred during a summer class at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. He went from Beverly Hills High School to pursue an acting career, debuting on television in 1981. He changed his name to Nicolas Cage as a way to separate his identity from that of his famous uncle. He chose the name Cage as an homage to comic book superhero Luke Cage.
Cage is known for his sharp, intense personality on and off the screen, as well as his passion for method acting known. He had two teeth removed for his role in Birdy (1984), his arm cut off for Racing with the Moon (1984), and swallowed a live cockroach in Vampire Kiss (1992). He would also destroy a street vendor remote-controlled car in a fit of rage have while preparing for his role as a gangster in The Cotton Club (1984).
Cage got his start in teen comedies, with his debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982, also starring Sean Penn), a leading role as a punk-rocker in Valley Girl (1983) followed. Francis Ford Coppola gave him a small role in his acclaimed Rumble Fish (1983). His first serious dramatic role opposite Matthew Modine was in Birdy (1984). This was Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), the Coen brothers' comedy Raising Arizona (1987), Moonstruck (1987, with Cher), David Lynch's bizarre Wild at Heart (1990) followed, Vampire Kiss (1992) and comedy Honeymoon in Vegas (1992). Cage in 1994 at about $ 4,000,000 per image was estimated, but agreed to star in Mike Figgis Leaving Las' Vegas (1995) for only $ 240,000, because the force of the roll. It was well worth his portrayal of the alcoholic screenwriter, he received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Actor.
Since 1995, Cage thriller made a series of measures, including The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), John Woo's Face / Off (1997, opposite John Travolta) and Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes (1998). In 1998 he starred in the romantic city of Angels with Meg Ryan. After his return to the action genre with the bad 8mm and headliner Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead dark-rated in 1999, Cage allegedly received $ 20 million reward for the action extravaganza Gone in 60 Seconds, costarring Angelina Jolie.
Cage played a more traditional romantic lead in his next two films, let the Christmas 2000 The Family Man and World War II-era epic Captain Corelli's Mandolin, the much sought-after imports and Spanish actress Penelope Cruz. In December 2002, Cage began his directorial debut, the $ 5,000,000 independent film, Sonny, a gigolo, struggling to free himself from his mother. Cage also starred in Adaptation, playing both the ill-tempered screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and twin brother Donald. Upcoming projects include costarring with country western Chow Yun-Fat action director John Woo is the fate, and co-producer and Dead to Rights, a film adaptation of the immensely popular video game. The busy actor also starred in director Jon Turteltaub play in holiday 2004 blockbuster National Treasure, archaeologist, a historian, that holds a treasure map hidden on the back of the Declaration of Independence.
Cage is known for his sharp, intense personality on and off the screen, as well as his passion for method acting known. He had two teeth removed for his role in Birdy (1984), his arm cut off for Racing with the Moon (1984), and swallowed a live cockroach in Vampire Kiss (1992). He would also destroy a street vendor remote-controlled car in a fit of rage have while preparing for his role as a gangster in The Cotton Club (1984).
Cage got his start in teen comedies, with his debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982, also starring Sean Penn), a leading role as a punk-rocker in Valley Girl (1983) followed. Francis Ford Coppola gave him a small role in his acclaimed Rumble Fish (1983). His first serious dramatic role opposite Matthew Modine was in Birdy (1984). This was Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), the Coen brothers' comedy Raising Arizona (1987), Moonstruck (1987, with Cher), David Lynch's bizarre Wild at Heart (1990) followed, Vampire Kiss (1992) and comedy Honeymoon in Vegas (1992). Cage in 1994 at about $ 4,000,000 per image was estimated, but agreed to star in Mike Figgis Leaving Las' Vegas (1995) for only $ 240,000, because the force of the roll. It was well worth his portrayal of the alcoholic screenwriter, he received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Actor.
Since 1995, Cage thriller made a series of measures, including The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), John Woo's Face / Off (1997, opposite John Travolta) and Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes (1998). In 1998 he starred in the romantic city of Angels with Meg Ryan. After his return to the action genre with the bad 8mm and headliner Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead dark-rated in 1999, Cage allegedly received $ 20 million reward for the action extravaganza Gone in 60 Seconds, costarring Angelina Jolie.
Cage played a more traditional romantic lead in his next two films, let the Christmas 2000 The Family Man and World War II-era epic Captain Corelli's Mandolin, the much sought-after imports and Spanish actress Penelope Cruz. In December 2002, Cage began his directorial debut, the $ 5,000,000 independent film, Sonny, a gigolo, struggling to free himself from his mother. Cage also starred in Adaptation, playing both the ill-tempered screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and twin brother Donald. Upcoming projects include costarring with country western Chow Yun-Fat action director John Woo is the fate, and co-producer and Dead to Rights, a film adaptation of the immensely popular video game. The busy actor also starred in director Jon Turteltaub play in holiday 2004 blockbuster National Treasure, archaeologist, a historian, that holds a treasure map hidden on the back of the Declaration of Independence.
Cage's relationship with Kristina Fulton, a model took several years, the Weston Coppola Cage, a son, born in 1992. Cage has been married three times: first to actress Patricia Arquette in 1995, the second was a brief marriage to Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of the late King of Rock and Roll, in August 2002 - and recently married his girlfriend, 20 -year-old former waitress Alice Kim on a private ranch in Northern California in August 2004. The couple announced the birth of a son, Kal-el Coppola Cage, on October 3, 2005.
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