Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor, producer and director. He has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. Cage is known for his prolificacy, appearing in at least one film per year, nearly every year since 1980 (with the exception of 1985 and 1991).

In the early years of his career, Cage starred in critically acclaimed films such as Valley Girl (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Birdy (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Moonstruck (1987), Vampire’s Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993).

Cage received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) before coming to the attention of wider audiences with mainstream films such as The Rock (1996), Face/Off (1997), Con Air (1997), City of Angels (1998) and National Treasure (2004). He earned his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation (2002). In 2002, he directed the film Sonny for which he was nominated for Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival. Cage owns a production company Saturn Films and produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of David Gale (2003).

Though his performances in The Weather Man (2005), Lord of War (2005), The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Kick-Ass (2010) earned critical acclaim, and films such as Ghost Rider (2007) and Knowing (2009) were box office successes, Cage has been strongly criticized in recent years for his choice of roles, some of which have been universally panned.[2][3] Most recently, he starred in The Croods, The Frozen Ground and Joe which all received acclaim.

Film

Year	Title	Credited as			Role	Notes
		Actor	Director	Producer
1981	Best of Times	Y			Nic (credited as Nicolas Coppola)
1982	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Y			Brad’s bud
1983	Valley Girl	Y			Randy
1983	Rumble Fish	Y			Smokey
1984	Racing with the Moon	Y			Nicky and Bud
1984	The Cotton Club	Y			Vincent Dwyer
1984	Birdy	Y			Sergeant Al Columbato
1986	The Boy in Blue	Y			Ned Hanlan
1986	Peggy Sue Got Married	Y			Charlie Bodell
1987	Raising Arizona	Y			H. I. McDunnough
1987	Moonstruck	Y			Ronny Cammareri
1988	Never on Tuesday	Y			Man In Red Sports Car	Uncredited
1989	Vampire’s Kiss	Y			Peter Leow
1990	Tempo di uccidere	Y			Enrico Silvestri	aka Time to Kill
1990	Fire Birds	Y			Jake Preston	aka Wings of the Apache
1990	Industrial Symphony No. 1	Y			Heartbreaker
1990	Wild at Heart	Y			Sailor
1990	Zandalee	Y			Johnny
1992	Honeymoon in Vegas	Y			Jack Singer
1993	Amos & Andrew	Y			Amos Odell
1993	Deadfall	Y			Eddie
1994	Red Rock West	Y			Michael Williams
1994	Guarding Tess	Y			Doug Chesnic
1994	It Could Happen to You	Y			Charlie Lang
1994	Trapped in Paradise	Y			Bill Firpo
1995	Kiss of Death	Y			Little Junior
1995	Leaving Las Vegas	Y			Ben Sanderson
1996	The Rock	Y			Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
1997	Con Air	Y			Cameron Poe
1997	Face/Off	Y			Castor Troy/Sean Archer
1998	City of Angels	Y			Seth
1998	Snake Eyes	Y			Rick Santoro
1999	8mm	Y			Tom Welles
1999	Bringing Out the Dead	Y			Frank Pierce
2000	Bel Air			Y
2000	Gone in Sixty Seconds	Y			Randall “Memphis” Raines
2000	The Family Man	Y			Jack Campbell
2001	Shadow of the Vampire			Y
2001	Captain Corelli’s Mandolin	Y			Captain Antonio Corelli
2001	Christmas Carol: The Movie	Y			Jacob Marley	Voice
2002	Windtalkers	Y			Sgt. Joe Enders
2002	Adaptation.	Y			Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
2002	Sonny	Y	Y	Y	Acid Yellow
2003	The Life of David Gale			Y
2003	Matchstick Men	Y			Roy Waller
2004	National Treasure	Y			Benjamin Gates
2005	Lord of War	Y		Y	Yuri Orlov
2005	The Weather Man	Y			David Spritz
2006	The Ant Bully	Y			Zoc	Voice
2006	The Curse of Superman	Y			Himself	Uncredited archive footage
2006	The Wicker Man	Y		Y	Edward Malus
2006	World Trade Center	Y			John McLoughlin
2007	Ghost Rider	Y			Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze
2007	Grindhouse	Y			Dr. Fu Manchu	Segment: Werewolf Women of the SS
2007	Next	Y		Y	Cris Johnson
2007	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Y			Benjamin Gates
2008	Bangkok Dangerous	Y		Y	Joe
2008	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	Y			Himself	Archive footage
2009	Knowing	Y			Professor Jonathan “John” Koestler
2009	G-Force	Y			Speckles the Mole	Voice
2009	Astro Boy	Y			Dr. Tenma	Voice
2009	The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Y			Terrence McDonagh, The bad Lieutenant
2010	Kick-Ass	Y			Damon Macready/Big Daddy
2010	With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story	Y			Himself
2010	The Sorcerer’s Apprentice	Y		Y	Balthazar Blake
2011	Season of the Witch	Y			Behman von Bleiruck
2011	Drive Angry	Y			Milton
2011	Trespass	Y			Kyle
2011	Seeking Justice	Y			Will Gerard
2012	A Thousand Words			Y
2012	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Y			Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze
2012	Stolen	Y			Will Montgomery
2013	The Croods	Y			Grug Crood	Voice
2013	The Frozen Ground	Y			Detective Glenn Flothe
2013	Joe	Y			Joe
2014	Tokarev	Y			Paul Maguire	Completed
2014	Left Behind	Y			Rayford Steele	Post-production
2014	Outcast	Y			Nicholas Powell	Post-production
2015	The Dying Of The Light	Y			CIA agent	Filming

Recommended Viewing

• World Trade Center
• Windtalkers
• Gone in Sixty Seconds
• Snake Eyes
• Face/Off
• Con Air
• The Rock
• Leaving Las Vegas
• Kiss of Death

They Said…

Rachel Sarah Murphy: Excellent

Daniel Wymbs: Excellent

Ferdia McAnna (writer): Nicholas Cage was terrific in Red Rock West and Con Air and Face Off. He gets a lot of bad press but I like him. He also rocked Wild At Heart.

Michael Purcell (actor): I don’t like Nicolas Cage but that’s more to do with his personality than his acting.

Stuart Dunne (actor): De Niro, Di Caprio, Cage, Crowe, Washington, they would give me some thing to think of, and their interpretation of their roles

Paul Tylak (actor): I don’t like him, he’s not versatile.

Michael Doherty (RTE Guide): A quirky screen presence who can deliver the goods at times, but too often is over hammy in lame movies.

Elfrieda Carroll: Never found the plot (peggy sue got married- seriously??)

Alvean Jones (tv presenter): Don’t know why so many people hate him, but I don’t care about him.

Film fan: Wincing, frowning, emotionally pained leading man appears to have limited emotional range. Probably a spent force.

Film fan: Nicholas Cage – Hunk but not into his films.