Nicolas Cage

61, from Long Beach, California, USA

Artwork for The CroodsImage of Nicolas Cage

Biography

Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola) is an American actor and filmmaker; he is also nephew to Francis Ford Coppola. 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.

Timeline

2027Future projects

  • Poster for Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man Noir (voice)

2025Aged 61

2024Aged 60

  • Poster for Arcadian

    Paul

  • Poster for Longlegs

    Longlegs

  • Poster for An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Shadowland

    Self (archive footage)

2023Aged 59

  • Poster for The Old Way

    Colton Briggs

  • Poster for TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Butcher's Crossing

    Miller

  • Poster for Renfield

    Dracula

  • Poster for Lynch/Oz

    Sailor Ripley (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sympathy for the Devil

    The Passenger

  • Poster for The Retirement Plan

    Matt

  • Poster for Dream Scenario

    Paul Matthews

2022Aged 58

2021Aged 57

  • Poster for Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

    Grug (voice)

  • Poster for Willy's Wonderland

    The Janitor

  • Poster for Pig

    Rob Feld

  • Poster for Val

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Prisoners of the Ghostland

    Hero

2020Aged 56

2019Aged 55

  • Poster for A Score to Settle

    Frank

  • Poster for Love, Antosha

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Running with the Devil

    The Cook

  • Poster for Grand Isle

    Walter

  • Poster for Primal

    Frank Walsh

2018Aged 54

  • Poster for Mom and Dad

    Brent Ryan

  • Poster for Looking Glass

    Ray

  • Poster for 211

    Mike Chandler

  • Poster for Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

    Superman (voice)

  • Poster for Becoming Iconic

    Self

  • Poster for Mandy

    Red Miller

  • Poster for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man Noir (voice)

  • Poster for Between Worlds

    Joe

2017Aged 53

  • Poster for Arsenal

    Eddie King

  • Poster for Vengeance: A Love Story

    Det. John Dromoor

  • Poster for Inconceivable

    Brian

  • Poster for The Humanity Bureau

    Noah Kross

2016Aged 52

  • Poster for The Trust

    Jim Stone

  • Poster for Snowden

    Hank Forrester

  • Poster for USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

    Captain McVay

  • Poster for HyperNormalisation

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Army of One

    Gary Faulkner

  • Poster for Dog Eat Dog

    Troy

2015Aged 51

  • Poster for The Death of

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Runner

    Colin Price

  • Poster for Pay the Ghost

    Mike

2014Aged 50

  • Poster for Joe

    Joe Ransom

  • Poster for Rage

    Paul Maguire

  • Poster for Outcast

    Gallain

  • Poster for Left Behind

    Rayford Steele

  • Poster for Dying of the Light

    Evan Lake

2013Aged 49

  • Poster for The Croods

    Grug (voice)

  • Poster for The Frozen Ground

    Jack Halcombe

2012Aged 48

  • Poster for Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

    Self

  • Poster for Stolen

    Will Montgomery

  • Poster for A Thousand Words

    Producer

  • Poster for Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police

    Producer

2011Aged 47

  • Poster for Season of the Witch

    Behman

  • Poster for Drive Angry

    Milton

  • Poster for Seeking Justice

    Will Gerard

  • Poster for Trespass

    Kyle Miller

  • Poster for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

    Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider

2010Aged 46

  • Poster for Kick-Ass

    Damon Macready / Big Daddy

  • Poster for The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

    Himself

  • Poster for I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later

    Self (archival footage)

  • Poster for The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Balthazar Blake

  • Poster for With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

    Self

2009Aged 45

  • Poster for Knowing

    John Koestler

  • Poster for G-Force

    Speckles the Mole (voice)

  • Poster for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

    Terence McDonagh

  • Poster for Astro Boy

    Dr. Tenma (voice)

2008Aged 44

  • Poster for Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Bangkok Dangerous

    Joe

2007Aged 43

  • Poster for Ghost Rider

    Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider

  • Poster for Grindhouse

    Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)

  • Poster for Next

    Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac

  • Poster for The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'

    Self

  • Poster for National Treasure: Book of Secrets

    Benjamin Franklin Gates

2006Aged 42

  • Poster for Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

    Self (archival footage)

  • Poster for The Ant Bully

    Zoc (voice)

  • Poster for World Trade Center

    John McLoughlin

  • Poster for The Wicker Man

    Edward Malus

2005Aged 41

  • Poster for Lord of War

    Yuri Orlov

  • Poster for The Weather Man

    David Spritz

  • Poster for Live 8

    Self

  • Poster for What Is It?

    Thanks

2004Aged 40

  • Poster for National Treasure

    Benjamin Franklin Gates

  • Poster for Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

    (Unknown)

2002Aged 38

  • Poster for Windtalkers

    Sergeant Joe Enders

  • Poster for Sonny

    Acid Yellow

  • Poster for Adaptation.

    Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

2001Aged 37

  • Poster for Captain Corelli's Mandolin

    Captain Antonio Corelli

  • Poster for Christmas Carol: The Movie

    Jacob Marley (voice)

2000Aged 36

  • Poster for Gone in Sixty Seconds

    Memphis Raines

  • Poster for The Family Man

    Jack Campbell

  • Poster for Shadow of the Vampire

    Producer

1999Aged 35

  • Poster for 8MM

    Tom Welles

  • Poster for Bringing Out the Dead

    Frank Pierce

1998Aged 34

  • Poster for Inside the Golden Statue

    Self

  • Poster for Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    Self

  • Poster for City of Angels

    Seth

  • Poster for Snake Eyes

    Rick Santoro

  • Poster for Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery

    Self

  • Poster for Junket Whore

    Self

1997Aged 33

  • Poster for Con Air

    Cameron Poe

  • Poster for Face/Off

    Castor Troy

1996Aged 32

  • Poster for Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Self

  • Poster for The Rock

    Dr. Stanley Goodspeed

1995Aged 31

  • Poster for Kiss of Death

    Little Junior Brown

  • Poster for Leaving Las Vegas

    Ben Sanderson

1994Aged 30

  • Poster for Guarding Tess

    Doug Chesnic

  • Poster for It Could Happen to You

    Charlie Lang

  • Poster for Trapped in Paradise

    Bill Firpo

1993Aged 29

  • Poster for Amos & Andrew

    Amos Odell

  • Poster for Red Rock West

    Michael Williams

  • Poster for Deadfall

    Eddie

1992Aged 28

  • Poster for Honeymoon in Vegas

    Jack Singer

1991Aged 27

  • Poster for Zandalee

    Johnny Collins

  • Poster for Rabbit Ears - Davy Crockett

    Narrator

1990Aged 26

  • Poster for Fire Birds

    Jake Preston

  • Poster for Wild at Heart

    Sailor Ripley

  • Poster for Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted

    Heartbreaker

  • Poster for Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

    Self

1989Aged 25

  • Poster for Never on Tuesday

    Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited)

  • Poster for Vampire's Kiss

    Peter Loew

  • Poster for Time to Kill

    Enrico Silvestri

1987Aged 23

  • Poster for Raising Arizona

    H.I.

  • Poster for Moonstruck

    Ronny Cammareri

1986Aged 22

  • Poster for The Boy in Blue

    Ned Hanlan

  • Poster for Peggy Sue Got Married

    Charlie Bodell

1984Aged 20

  • Poster for Racing with the Moon

    Nicky / Bud

  • Poster for The Cotton Club

    Vincent Dwyer

  • Poster for Birdy

    Sergeant Al Columbato

1983Aged 19

  • Poster for The Outsiders

    Soc (uncredited)

  • Poster for Valley Girl

    Randy

  • Poster for Rumble Fish

    Smokey

1982Aged 18

  • Poster for Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    Brad's Bud

1981Aged 17

  • Poster for The Best of Times

    Nicolas

1980Aged 16

  • Poster for Brubaker

    Prisoner (uncredited)

Year unknown