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Nicolas Cage
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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.
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
As Spider-Man Noir (voice)
Vampire's Kiss
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Wicker Man
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Ghost Rider
As Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
Con Air
As Cameron Poe
The Rock
As Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
National Treasure
As Ben Gates
Face/Off
As Castor Troy
Chains
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Remakes That Missed but Matter
From Neil LaBute's Wicker Man to Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria, a journey through remakes that stumbled yet reveal why we keep returning to the classics.
8 films
From Oscar Glory to Genre Gold: A Career Reinvention Chain
Trace the arc of performers who swapped prestige for pulp, and found a different kind of immortality in genre cinema.
4 films
When Worlds Collide: The Magic of Live-Action Animation
From Disney's pioneering blend to modern masterpieces, explore films that seamlessly merge reality and animation, celebrating the creative spark when two worlds...
8 films
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 · Spider-Man Noir (voice)
Mandy
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Looking Glass
2018 · Ray
The Humanity Bureau
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Dog Eat Dog
2016 · Troy
Army of One
2016 · Gary Faulkner
Pay the Ghost
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Dying of the Light
2014 · Evan Lake
Left Behind
2014 · Rayford Steele
Rage
2014 · Paul Maguire
Season of the Witch
2011 · Behman
Kick-Ass
2010 · Damon Macready / Big Daddy
Knowing
2009 · John Koestler
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007 · Ben Gates
Ghost Rider
2007 · Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
The Wicker Man
2006 · Edward Malus
Lord of War
2005 · Yuri Orlov
National Treasure
2004 · Ben Gates
Adaptation.
2002 · Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Windtalkers
2002 · Sergeant Joe Enders
The Family Man
2000 · Jack Campbell
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000 · Memphis Raines
Bringing Out the Dead
1999 · Frank Pierce
Snake Eyes
1998 · Rick Santoro
Face/Off
1997 · Castor Troy
Con Air
1997 · Cameron Poe
The Rock
1996 · Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Leaving Las Vegas
1995 · Ben Sanderson
Kiss of Death
1995 · Little Junior Brown
Trapped in Paradise
1994 · Bill Firpo
It Could Happen to You
1994 · Charlie Lang
Red Rock West
1993 · Michael Williams
Wild at Heart
1990 · Sailor
Vampire's Kiss
1989 · Peter Loew
Never on Tuesday
1989 · Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited)
Moonstruck
1987 · Ronny Cammareri
Raising Arizona
1987 · H.I.
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986 · Charlie Bodell
The Cotton Club
1984 · Vincent Dwyer
Rumble Fish
1983 · Smokey
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982 · Brad's Bud
Lords of War
— · Yuri Orlov
