Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage leven en biografie

Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and filmmaker. Nicolas Cage born into the Coppola family, Cage 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, Nicolas Cage starred in a variety of films such as Valley Girl (1983), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Moonstruck (1987) and Wild at Heart (1990). 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), Nicolas Cage won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Nicolas Cage received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation (2002). Nicolas Cage subsequently appeared in more mainstream films, such as The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), Face/Off (1997), City of Angels (1998), Windtalkers (2002), Lord of War (2005), and Knowing (2009). Nicolas Cage also directed the film Sonny (2002), for which Nicolas Cage 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, Nicolas Cage was placed No. 37 in Premiere's 100 most powerful people in Hollywood.

Between the 2010s and the 2020s, Nicolas Cage starred in Kick-Ass (2010), Joe (2013), Mandy (2018), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Pig (2021). These roles increased his popularity and solidified his cult following.[4][5