Nicolas Cage
Acting • Born 1964-01-07
Biography
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.
Filmography
182 credits
Rumble Fish
Movie • 1983
Smokey
Raising Arizona
Movie • 1987
H.I.
Leaving Las Vegas
Movie • 1995
Ben Sanderson
Wild at Heart
Movie • 1990
Sailor
Ghost Rider
Movie • 2007
Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
Moonstruck
Movie • 1987
Ronny Cammareri
The Cotton Club
Movie • 1984
Vincent Dwyer
Peggy Sue Got Married
Movie • 1986
Charlie Bodell
Face/Off
Movie • 1997
Castor Troy
City of Angels
Movie • 1998
Seth
Con Air
Movie • 1997
Cameron Poe
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Movie • 2001
Captain Antonio Corelli
Next
Movie • 2007
Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac
The Old Way
Movie • 2023
Colton Briggs
Lord of War
Movie • 2005
Yuri Orlov
World Trade Center
Movie • 2006
John McLoughlin
It Could Happen to You
Movie • 1994
Charlie Lang
Adaptation.
Movie • 2002
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Red Rock West
Movie • 1993
Michael Williams
Amos & Andrew
Movie • 1993
Amos Odell
Fire Birds
Movie • 1990
Jake Preston
Guarding Tess
Movie • 1994
Doug Chesnic
The Family Man
Movie • 2000
Jack Campbell
Birdy
Movie • 1984
Sergeant Al Columbato
Season of the Witch
Movie • 2011
Behman
Kiss of Death
Movie • 1995
Little Junior Brown
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Movie • 2009
Terence McDonagh
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Movie • 2007
Benjamin Franklin Gates
Kick-Ass
Movie • 2010
Damon Macready / Big Daddy
The Weather Man
Movie • 2005
David Spritz
Vampire's Kiss
Movie • 1989
Peter Loew
Trapped in Paradise
Movie • 1994
Bill Firpo
Matchstick Men
Movie • 2003
Roy Waller
8MM
Movie • 1999
Tom Welles
Bringing Out the Dead
Movie • 1999
Frank Pierce
Windtalkers
Movie • 2002
Sergeant Joe Enders
Snake Eyes
Movie • 1998
Rick Santoro
The Wicker Man
Movie • 2006
Edward Malus
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Movie • 2010
Balthazar Blake
The Rock
Movie • 1996
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Honeymoon in Vegas
Movie • 1992
Jack Singer
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Movie • 2000
Memphis Raines
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Movie • 1982
Brad's Bud
Deadfall
Movie • 1993
Eddie
The Ant Bully
Movie • 2006
Zoc (voice)
Bangkok Dangerous
Movie • 2008
Joe
Sonny
Movie • 2002
Acid Yellow
Knowing
Movie • 2009
John Koestler
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Movie • 2001
Jacob Marley (voice)
Zandalee
Movie • 1991
Johnny Collins
Renfield
Movie • 2023
Dracula
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Movie • 1990
Heartbreaker
Astro Boy
Movie • 2009
Dr. Tenma (voice)
The Best of Times
Movie • 1981
Nicolas
Drive Angry
Movie • 2011
Milton
Racing with the Moon
Movie • 1984
Nicky / Bud
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Movie • 1998
Self
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Movie • 2010
Self
Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later
Movie • 2003
Self
Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage And Martha Coolidge
Movie • 2003
Self
The Music of Valley Girl
Movie • 2003
Self
The Croods
Movie • 2013
Grug (voice)
National Treasure
Movie • 2004
Benjamin Franklin Gates
Lords of War
Movie • 2027
Yuri Orlov
Valley Girl
Movie • 1983
Randy
G-Force
Movie • 2009
Speckles the Mole (voice)
Trespass
Movie • 2011
Kyle Miller
The Surfer
Movie • 2025
The Surfer
Time to Kill
Movie • 1989
Enrico Silvestri
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Movie • 2011
Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space
Movie • 2020
The Boy in Blue
Movie • 1986
Ned Hanlan
Seeking Justice
Movie • 2011
Will Gerard
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Movie • 2027
Spider-Man Noir (voice)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
Stolen
Movie • 2012
Will Montgomery
Never on Tuesday
Movie • 1989
Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited)
Joe
Movie • 2014
Joe Ransom
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
The Frozen Ground
Movie • 2013
Jack Halcombe
Left Behind
Movie • 2014
Rayford Steele
Rage
Movie • 2014
Paul Maguire
Inside the Golden Statue
Movie • 1998
Self
The Runner
Movie • 2015
Colin Pryce
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Outcast
Movie • 2014
Gallain
Pay the Ghost
Movie • 2015
Mike
Dream Scenario
Movie • 2023
Paul Matthews
Dying of the Light
Movie • 2014
Evan Lake
Longlegs
Movie • 2024
Longlegs
Sympathy for the Devil
Movie • 2023
The Passenger
TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy
Movie • 2023
Self - Ex-Husband of Lisa Marie Presley (archive footage)
Snowden
Movie • 2016
Hank Forrester
Army of One
Movie • 2016
Gary Faulkner
The Trust
Movie • 2016
Jim Stone
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Movie • 2016
Captain McVay
Becoming Iconic
Movie • 2018
Self
Arcadian
Movie • 2024
Paul
The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Movie • 2012
Self
Dog Eat Dog
Movie • 2016
Troy
Live 8
Movie • 2005
Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Movie • 1998
Self
HyperNormalisation
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
The Carpenter's Son
Movie • 2025
The Carpenter
Gunslingers
Movie • 2025
Ben
Arsenal
Movie • 2017
Eddie King
Vengeance: A Love Story
Movie • 2017
Det. John Dromoor
The Prince
Movie
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Movie • 1990
Self
Mom and Dad
Movie • 2018
Brent Ryan
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Movie • 2010
Himself
Junket Whore
Movie • 1998
Self
Grindhouse
Movie • 2007
Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)
Madden
Movie • 2026
John Madden
The Act Of Dying
Movie • 2022
(archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - Davy Crockett
Movie • 1991
Narrator
Inconceivable
Movie • 2017
Brian
Looking Glass
Movie • 2018
Ray
The Humanity Bureau
Movie • 2017
Noah Kross
Mandy
Movie • 2018
Red Miller
Primal
Movie • 2019
Frank Walsh
211
Movie • 2018
Mike Chandler
Between Worlds
Movie • 2018
Joe
A Score to Settle
Movie • 2019
Frank
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Movie • 2018
Superman (voice)
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Movie • 2021
Hero
Running with the Devil
Movie • 2019
The Cook
Kill Chain
Movie • 2020
Araña
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Movie • 2018
Spider-Man Noir (voice)
The Croods: A New Age
Movie • 2020
Grug (voice)
Grand Isle
Movie • 2019
Walter
Love, Antosha
Movie • 2019
Narrator (voice)
Color Out of Space
Movie • 2020
Nathan Gardner
Jiu Jitsu
Movie • 2020
Wylie
Pig
Movie • 2021
Rob Feld
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Movie • 2022
Nick Cage / Nicky
Willy's Wonderland
Movie • 2021
The Janitor
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Movie • 1996
Self
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Movie • 2021
Grug (voice)
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Movie • 2006
Self (archival footage)
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Movie • 2010
Self (archival footage)
Butcher's Crossing
Movie • 2023
Miller
The Retirement Plan
Movie • 2023
Matt
The Outsiders
Movie • 1983
Soc (uncredited)
Shadowland
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Movie • 2004
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
Movie • 2007
Self
Fortitude
Movie
Gambino
Movie
Carlo Gambino
Nicolas Cage: Hollywood's Mad Genius
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Best Pancakes in the County
Movie
Lynch/Oz
Movie • 2023
Sailor Ripley [archival]
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
The Flash
Movie • 2023
Superman(uncredited)
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
HypaSpace
TV • 2002
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self
Where Are They Now?
TV • 1999
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
TV • 1992
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Hi Octane
TV • 1994
Self
NDR Kultur – Das Journal
TV • 2002
Self
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
TV • 2018
Self
History of Swear Words
TV • 2021
Self - Host
Las Crónicas De Sergio
TV • 2023
Policia 1
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Spider-Noir
TV • 2026
Ben Reilly / The Spider