Nicolas Cage!

Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola on January 7, 1964 and often called Nic Cage) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, director, and producer. Nicolas Cage Early Life Nicolas Cage was born in Long Beach, California (where Nicolas Cage spent parts of his youth, along with San Francisco). Nicolas Cage is of German and Italian descent. His parents are August Floyd Coppola, a comparative literature professor and influential director Francis Ford Coppola's brother, and Joy Vogelslang, a choreographer and dancer who suffered chronic severe depression. His mother's frequent hospitalization kept her away from the family for long periods of time. Cage's parents eventually divorced. His first professional (non-cinematic) acting experience was in a school production of "Golden Boy."

Nicolas Cage Career

Nicolas Cage is famous for his very diverse role choices. Throughout his career Nicolas Cage has alternated between big-budget, mainstream epics and low-budget, offbeat fare. Since his feature film debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High over two decades ago, Nicolas Cage has insisted on appearing in a wide variety of films.

The more mainstream films (which had larger budgets and, often, better box office receipts) include:

Con Air
Face/Off
Gone In 60 Seconds
National Treasure
The Rock
The Family Man

Incidentally, all of these films were either produced or co-produced by Buena Vista Pictures.

In addition to these films, Cage has performed in films with smaller budgets and more intimate or even controversial plots as well. These include:

Adaptation
Leaving Las Vegas
Lord Of War
Matchstick Men
The Weather Man
Windtalkers

In recent years, Cage has experimented in other film-related fields besides acting, including directing and producing. His directorial debut was Sonny, a prostitution-themed drama starring James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, and Mena Suvari. Cage had a cameo appearance in the film, which received mixed reviews and experienced a short run in theatres. His producing career, on the other hand, has seen more success. The first film produced by Saturn Films, a production company Nicolas Cage started with Norm Golightly, was Shadow of the Vampire which was nominated for an Academy Award. Another film Cage produced is the star-studded The Life of David Gale.

He is scheduled to appear in many upcoming films including:

The Ant Bully
Ghost Rider
Next
The Wicker Man
World Trade Center

Nicolas Cage Personal Life

Nicolas Cage has had romantic relationships with Patricia Arquette, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Lisa Marie Presley (he was married to the first and third). Nicolas Cage had his first son, Weston (born December 26, 1990), with actress Christina Fulton. Nicolas Cage is currently married to former sushi waitress Alice Kim who also is a well known Banker Descendant from South Korea. They had a child on October 3, 2005, named Kal-El, the birth name of Superman in the DC comics universe.

Nicolas Cage Trivia

Ever since Valley Girl he's been credited as Nicolas Cage instead of Nicolas Coppola. Nicolas Cage did this to avoid charges of nepotism as the name led to immediate association with his uncle, The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola. The name Cage is a reference to Luke Cage, an insecure African American superhero from the Marvel comics universe whom.

Nicolas identifies with

Trains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Royce Gracie. Is a devoted fan of Elvis Presley and was married to his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley.