Biography
An American Academy Award-winning actor (Nicolas Kim Coppola; born in January 7, 1964) is a film director, and producer, who currently manages his own production company, Saturn Films. Cage was born into a Roman Catholic household and remains Catholic to this day, although he said in the mid-1990s that he was not religious.
1996 best leading actor Nicolas Cage
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Filmografia Nicolas Cage 1982 - 2007
Memorable films from Cage: Peggy Sue Got Married, Vampire’s Kiss, The Rock, Gone in Sixty Seconds, World Trade Center, Ghost Rider
Early Life
Cage was born in Long Beach, California. I f you want to look over wonderful pitcure from Long Beach e.q. Queen Mary,Long click here. His father, August Coppola, is a professor of literature, while Cage’s mother, Joy Vogelsang.
is a dancer and choreographer; the two divorced in 1976. Cage’s mother is of German descent and his father is of Italian descent
(his paternal great-grandparents were immigrants from Bernalda, Basilicata).
His paternal grandparents are 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 and actors Robert Carmine and Jason Schwartzman.
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Cage’s two brothers are Christopher Coppola, a director; and Marc “The Cope” Coppola, a New York radio personality.
When known for playing Jonny Cage in Mortal Combat, 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.
At UCLA the study of theater, film, television and digital media
is integrated within a single professional school
Cage has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, and won 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 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.” Ebert adds, “He alway 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.”
Despite such praise, Cage has his detractors. Cage is often criticized for choosing to star in big-budget action-adventure flicks and thrillers. Many feel that, in recent years, he has abandoned altogether any desire to star in smaller character-driven dramas, the type of film that garnered him praise to begin with.
For example, Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman wrote an article accusing Cage of such ’selling out’ in March 2009, after the debut of his film “Knowing”.
In the article, titled “Nicolas Cage: Artist or hack? The choice is his”, Gleiberman calls Cage out to return to dramas as opposed to high-paying blockbusters.
Many of Cage’s fans have defended not only Cage’s talent but his career decisions and blockbuster action-adventure films.
Roger Ebert, in response to harsh 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.
National Treasure 3 (2011), it is rumored that he will star in. He would again take the role of Benjamin Gates, a cryptologist-turned-treasure hunter.
Season of the Witch (2010), Cage will also star in the period piece playing a 14th century knight transporting a girl accused of causing the Black Plague to a monastery.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010), in which he will play the sorcerer.
The Dance (2010), One-time champion prize fighter Billy “The Kid” Roth, who has volunteered as a boxing coach for over 40 years in the prisons of Louisiana …
Kick-Ass (2009) , great super hero comic…
Knowing (2009) Cage starred in a sci-fi thriller titled directed by Alex Proyas. In the film, he plays a teacher 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 mostly received very harsh reviews but was the box office winner opening weekend.nhj
Bangkok Dangerous (2008) he appeared as Joe, a contract killer who undergoes a change of heart while on a work outing in Bangkok. The film is shot by the Pang Brothers and has a distinct South-East Asian flavor. Cage is the only Caucasian in the film.
The Wrestler (2008) with Mickey Rourke, in a role that has earned ‘Best Actor’ Academy Award nomination for Rourke. 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.”
Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans (2008), Nicolas Cage shot the film for acclaimed German director Werner Herzog. In the film, Cage will play a corrupt police officer with gambling, drug and alcohol addictions. This film will also reunite Cage with Eva Mendes, who also played his love interest in “Ghost Rider.”
Ghost Rider (2007), The much criticized based on the Marvel Comics character, was a significant hit, earning more than $45 million (the top earner) during its opening weekend and over $208 million worldwide through the weekend ending on 25 March 2007.
In Next (2007), which shares the concept of a glimpse into an alternate timeline with The Family Man (2000).
The Wicker Man (2006) Poor reviews for resulted in low box office sales. Most of Cage’s movies that have achieved financial success were in the action/adventure genre.
World Trade Center (2006), 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.
Lord of War (2005) and The Weather Man, (2005) two offbeat films he headlined failed to find a significant audience despite nationwide releases and good reviews for his acting in those roles.
National Treasure (2004), In his second-highest grossing film to date, he plays an eccentric historian who goes on a dangerous adventure to find treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Matchstick Men (2003) in which he played an agoraphobic, mysophobic, obsessive-compulsive con artist with a tic disorder.
Sonny (2002), Cage made his directorial debut witha low-budget drama starring James Franco as a male prostitute whose mother (Brenda Blethyn) serves as his pimp. Cage had a small role in the grim film, which received poor reviews and a short run in a limited number of theatres.
The suspense thriller 8mm (1999) was not a box office success, but is now considered a cult film.
The Rock, (1996) in which Cage plays a young FBI chemical weapons expert who infiltrates Alcatraz Island in hopes of neutralizing a terrorist threat, a John Woo film where he plays both a hero and a villain.
Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Cage’s producing career includes the first film from Saturn Films, Cage is listed as the executive producer of the The Dresden Files (2007 TV series) on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Raising Arizona (1990 ), the Coen Brothers cult comedy.
Wild at Heart (1990 ), and David Lynch’s offbeat film.
Moonstruck (1987), Some of Cage’s overlooked roles include early appearances in the acclaimed romantic-comedy , which starred Cher.
Personal life
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.
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 (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 actually longer than the marriage), the daughter of Elvis Presley, of whom Cage is a fan and who he based his performance in Wild at Heart on. He later said they weren’t married in the first place.
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 from the planet Krypton. 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.
Cage had a Malibu home where he and Alice lived, but in 2004 he bought a property on Paradise Island, Bahamas. In 2005, he sold his Malibu home for $10 million. 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.
Paradise Island, Bahamas
Nicholas Cage’s house
On July 19, 2006, Cage bought the medieval castle of Schloss Neidstein in the Oberpfalz region in Germany. His grandmother was German, living in Cochem an der Mosel.
National treasure Nicholas Cage
In August 2007, Cage purchased a home in Middletown, Rhode Island. The 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m2), brick-and-stone country manor, on 26 secluded acres, has 12 bedrooms, 10 full bathrooms and sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean from its perch bordering the Norman Bird Sanctuary.
The estate is called the “Grey Craig.” The sale ranks among the state’s most expensive residential purchases, eclipsed by the $17.15 million sale last December of the Miramar mansion on Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Also in 2007, the actor purchased Midford Castle in Somerset, England.
Nicolas was director Sam Raimi’s first choice to play Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in the movie Spider-Man. He has even created a comic book, with his son Weston, called Voodoo Child, which is published by Virgin Comics.
Voodoo Child
According to Cage, he owns the “Most Haunted House in America”, a home located in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. The home is known as the “The LaLaurie house” after its former owner Delphine LaLaurie.
Cage was close friends with Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone. Cage can be found driving a Ferrari 360 Modena.
Ferrari 360 Modena
