Personal details
Full names: Nicholas Coppola
Birth date: January 7, 1964
Place of birth: Long Beach, California, USA
First name: Nicolas
Present surname: Cage
Family: Francis Ford Coppola (director, uncle); Talia Shire (actor, aunt).
Marriage: Patricia Arquette
Children: Weston (by ex-girlfriend Kristina Fulton).
Career:
Training: Passed the G.E.D. and left Beverly Hills High School a year early; studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater
Film
2000: Family Man
2000: Gone in 60 Seconds
1999: Bringing Out the Dead
1999: 8mm
1998: City of Angels
1998: Snake Eyes
1997: Face/Off
1997: Con Air
1996: The Rock
1995: Kiss of Death
1995: Leaving Las Vegas
1994: Trapped in Paradise
1994: It Could Happen to You
1994: Guarding Tess
1994: A Century of Cinema
1993: Amos and Andrew
1993: Deadfall
1992: Honeymoon in Vegas
1992: Red Rock West
1991: Zandalee
1990: Wild At Heart
1990: Fire Birds
1990: Time to Kill
1989: Vampire’s Kiss
1987: Raising Arizona
1987: Moonstruck
1986: The Boy In Blue
1986: Peggy Sue Got Married
1984: Racing With the Moon
1984: Birdy
1984: The Cotton Club
1983: Rumble Fish
1983: Valley Girl
1982: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
TV
1981: Best of Times
Current job:
Windtalkers (2001) and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001).
Career highlights:
1995: Oscar: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
Awards:
1984: Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize, Birdy
1995: San Sebastian Film Festival: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: National Board of Review: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: Los Angeles Film Critics Circle: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: Boston Society of Film Critics: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: National Society of Film Critics: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: Golden Globe: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (drama), Leaving Las Vegas
1995: Screen Actors Guild: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: Chicago Film Critics: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: Oscar: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
Trivia:
Star sign:Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Scorpio
Hobbies/favourite pastimes:He loves to write short stories, screenplays and poems.
Interesting facts:
Cage once cooked and ate a rattlesnake that he killed.
Owns a Monitor lizard named Dr. Sheen
Quotes :
“Bad things unfortunately happen to good people all the time, whether they’re Superman or not.”