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Nicolas Cage

Highest Rated: 98% Red Rock West (1993)

Lowest Rated: Deadfall (1993)

Birthday: Jan 7, 1964

Birthplace: Long Beach, California, USA

Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage's body of work spans across multiple genres. From oddball comedies (1987's "Raising Arizona", 2002's "Adaptation"), to dark character dramas (1995's "Leaving Las Vegas", 1999's "Bringing out the Dead"), to effects-driven action films (1997's "Con Air", 2004's "National Treasure", 2007's "Ghost Rider"). Ever since he could remember, Nicolas Cage wanted to be an actor. He was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, and from a young age harbored dreams of being up on the 60-foot silver screen, just like his childhood idol James Dean. Of course, it helped that his famous uncle was none other than Francis Ford Coppola, the Academy Award-winning director of such modern classics as "The Godfather" (1972) and "Apocalypse Now" (1979). However, Cage viewed his famous surname as more of a nuisance than anything, which is why he changed it early in his career. Cage attended Beverly Hills High School, and it was there that he first began acting. He studied theater at the school, but long desired to be acting in movies. Feeling like high school was holding him back, Cage dropped out in his senior year to pursue acting full-time. He nabbed his first role when was 18 in the high school drama "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982). Although Cage's role in the film was minor, it gave him the confidence to charge full-steam ahead in building an acting career for himself. By the early 1980s he had changed his surname to Cage, after the Marvel superhero Luke Cage, and with the name change, saw his acting prospects rise. He was cast in his first substantial role as the lead in the 1983 comedy "Valley Girl," and over the next few years started steadily building a name for himself with parts in films like "Rumble Fish" (1983), "The Cotton Club" (1984), "Birdy" (1984), and "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986). Both "Rumble Fish" and "The Cotton Club" were directed by his Uncle Francis. With his acting career on the upswing, Cage nabbed a breakout role as a manic ex-con in the Coen Brothers' crime comedy "Raising Arizona." Although the film drew mixed reviews upon its release, it has since grown in appreciation by critics, with Cage's hilarious performance as H.I. "Hi" McDunnough being singled out as one of the film's highlights. After "Raising Arizona," Cage began displaying his versatility as an actor by appearing in a wide array of different film genres. He appeared in romantic comedies like "Moonstruck" (1987) and "Honeymoon in Vegas" (1992), horror films like "Vampire's Kiss" (1988), and crime thrillers like "Red Rock West" (1993) and "Kiss of Death" (1995). Then in 1995 Cage floored both audiences and critics with his magnetic performance as a suicidal alcoholic in the bleak drama "Leaving Las Vegas." For his performance in the film, Cage took home an Oscar for Best Actor-his first. Although he could never quite be pinned down to one specific genre of film, by the late-1990s Cage began starring in a number of big-budget genre pictures made for the masses. These films included "The Rock" (1996), "Con Air" (1997), "Face/Off" (1998), and "8 MM" (1999). He did make time to star in Martin Scorsese's dark drama "Bringing out the Dead" in 1999, and earned his second Oscar nod for his role as screenwriter Charlie Kaufman in 2002's "Adaptation," but by the mid-2000s Cage's acting output was relegated almost exclusively to effect-heavy films with huge budgets. These included "National Treasure," "Knowing" (2009), "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (2010), "Kick-Ass" (2010) and "Drive Angry" (2011). Cage would still, on occasion, make time to appear in more character driven works, among them "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" (2009), "Joe" (2013), and "Snowden" (2016). But for the most part, by the 2010s he was mostly appearing in genre films. The 2010s also saw Cage's output increase at a furious rate, with the actor appearing in multiple films a year. In 2019 alone he appeared in six films, among them "Primal," about a rare captive jaguar that escapes, and "Running with the Devil," a crime thriller which co-starred Laurence Fishburne. By 2020, Nicolas Cage had been acting professionally for nearly 40 years and had appeared in over 100 films (according to IMDB), thus making him one of the most prolific film actors of his generation.

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Highest rated movies

98% 76% Red Rock West
Watchlist
97% 84% Pig Watchlist 97% 94% Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Watchlist 93% 82% Face/Off Watchlist 92% 71% Teen Titans GO! to the Movies Watchlist 91% 85% Leaving Las Vegas Watchlist
91% 85% Raising Arizona
Watchlist
91% 68% Dream Scenario Watchlist 90% 67% Mandy Watchlist 90% 85% Adaptation Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
86% 61% Longlegs Longlegs (Character),
Producer
$74.2M 2024
78% 56% Arcadian Paul (Character),
Producer
$793.3K 2024
87% No Score Yet The Surfer The Surfer (Character),
Producer
- 2024
91% 68% Dream Scenario Paul Matthews (Character),
Producer
$4.9M 2023
60% 41% The Retirement Plan Matt (Character) $1.4M 2023
60% 51% Sympathy for the Devil The Passenger (Character) $5.4K 2023
58% 79% Renfield Dracula (Character) $17.1M 2023
32% 70% The Old Way Colton Briggs (Character) $365.0K 2023
73% 50% Butcher's Crossing Miller (Character) - 2022
87% 87% The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Nick Cage (Character),
Self,
Producer
$20.2M 2022
62% 50% Prisoners of the Ghostland Hero (Character) - 2021
97% 84% Pig Rob (Character),
Producer
$3.1M 2021
61% 67% Willy's Wonderland The Janitor (Character),
Producer
$388.7K 2021
76% 94% The Croods: A New Age Grug (Voice) $58.5M 2020
27% 64% Jiu Jitsu Wylie (Character) - 2020
86% 82% Color Out of Space Nathan Gardner (Character) $677.3K 2019
9% 41% Grand Isle Walter (Character) - 2019
39% 22% Primal Frank Walsh (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 38% Kill Chain Araña (Character) - 2019
25% 37% Running With the Devil The Cook (Character) - 2019
16% 17% A Score to Settle Frank (Character) - 2019
33% 79% Between Worlds Joe (Character) - 2018
97% 94% Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Spider-Man Noir (Voice) $190.2M 2018
50% 99% Becoming Iconic Self - 2018
90% 67% Mandy Red Miller (Character) $1.2M 2018
92% 71% Teen Titans GO! to the Movies Superman (Voice) $29.6M 2018
4% 11% 211 Mike Chandler (Character) - 2018
23% 10% Looking Glass Ray (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Looking Glass Unknown (Character) - 2018
25% 22% The Humanity Bureau Noah Kross (Character) - 2017
74% 40% Mom and Dad Brent Ryan (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 25% Vengeance: A Love Story John Dromoor (Character),
Producer
$4.5K 2017
38% 59% Inconceivable Brian (Character) - 2017
3% 18% Arsenal Eddie King (Character) - 2017
18% 30% USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage Captain Charles Butler McVay III (Character) - 2016
52% 19% Dog Eat Dog Troy (Character) - 2016
25% 28% Army of One Gary Faulkner (Character) - 2016
61% 70% Snowden Hank Forrester (Character) $21.6M 2016
62% 30% The Trust Jim Stone (Character) - 2016
10% 26% Pay the Ghost Mike Lawford (Character) - 2015
24% 22% The Runner Colin Price (Character) - 2015
5% 22% Outcast Gallain (Character) - 2014
13% 15% Dying of the Light Evan Lake (Character) - 2014
0% 20% Left Behind Rayford Steele (Character) $14.0M 2014
13% 28% Tokarev Paul Maguire (Character) - 2014
87% 68% Joe Joe (Character) $371.9K 2013
61% 50% The Frozen Ground Jack Holcombe (Character) - 2013
71% 77% The Croods Grug (Voice) $187.2M 2013
39% 64% Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police Producer $23.2K 2012
18% 34% Stolen Will Montgomery (Character) $289.8K 2012
0% 46% A Thousand Words Producer $18.4M 2012
28% 39% Justice Will Gerard (Character) - 2011
18% 31% Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider (Character) $51.8M 2011
9% 22% Trespass Kyle Miller (Character) $16.8K 2011
47% 37% Drive Angry John Milton (Character) $10.7M 2011
11% 30% Season of the Witch Behman (Character) $24.8M 2011
40% 53% The Sorcerer's Apprentice Balthazar Blake (Character),
Executive Producer
$63.1M 2010
78% 81% Kick-Ass Damon Macready/Big Daddy (Character) $48.0M 2010
86% 57% Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Terence McDonaugh (Character) $1.7M 2009
51% 50% Astro Boy Dr. Tenma (Voice) $19.5M 2009
21% 40% G-Force Speckles (Voice) $119.4M 2009
35% 42% Knowing John (Character) $79.9M 2009
9% 26% Bangkok Dangerous Joe (Character),
Producer
$15.3M 2008
35% 67% National Treasure: Book of Secrets Ben Gates (Character) $220.0M 2007
28% 53% Next Cris Johnson (Character),
Producer
$18.0M 2007
28% 48% Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider (Character) $115.8M 2007
15% 17% The Wicker Man Edward Maulis (Character),
Producer
$18.8K 2006
66% 60% World Trade Center Sgt. John McLoughlin (Character) $70.2M 2006
61% 42% The Ant Bully Zoc (Voice) $28.1M 2006
60% 56% The Weather Man Dave Spritz (Character) $12.5M 2005
62% 85% Lord of War Yuri Orlov (Character),
Producer
$24.1M 2005
46% 76% National Treasure Ben Gates (Character) $173.0M 2004
83% 74% Matchstick Men Roy (Character) $36.9M 2003
19% 81% The Life of David Gale Producer $19.6M 2003
21% 41% Sonny Acid Yellow (Character),
Director,
Producer
$17.6K 2002
90% 85% Adaptation Charlie Kaufman/Donald Kaufman (Character) $22.2M 2002
32% 50% Windtalkers Joe Enders (Character) $40.9M 2002
13% 48% Christmas Carol: The Movie Marley (Voice) - 2001
28% 50% Captain Corelli's Mandolin Captain Antonio Corelli (Character) $25.5M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bel Air Producer - 2000
82% 74% Shadow of the Vampire Producer $8.3M 2000
53% 68% The Family Man Jack Campbell (Character) $75.8M 2000
26% 77% Gone in Sixty Seconds Randall "Memphis" Raines (Character) $101.6M 2000
73% 70% Bringing Out the Dead Frank Pierce (Character) $16.6M 1999
24% 52% 8MM Tom Welles (Character) $36.3M 1999
43% 35% Snake Eyes Rick Santoro (Character) $55.6M 1998
No Score Yet 60% Welcome to Hollywood Self - 1998
58% 82% City of Angels Seth (Character) $78.7M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Face/Off Castor Troy (Character) - 1997
93% 82% Face/Off Castor Troy/Sean Archer (Character) $112.3M 1997
58% 75% Con Air Cameron Poe (Character) $101.1M 1997
67% 85% The Rock Dr. Stanley Goodspeed (Character) $134.1M 1996
91% 85% Leaving Las Vegas Ben Sanderson (Character) $29.9M 1995
69% 38% Kiss of Death Little Junior Brown (Character) $14.7M 1995
73% 54% It Could Happen to You Charlie Lang (Character) $37.8M 1994
57% 48% Guarding Tess Doug Chesnic (Character) $26.2M 1994
10% 42% Trapped in Paradise Bill Firpo (Character) $5.8M 1994
No Score Yet 25% Deadfall Eddie (Character) $9.2K 1993
17% 31% Amos & Andrew Amos Odell (Character) $9.5M 1993
98% 76% Red Rock West Michael Williams (Character) - 1993
64% 36% Honeymoon in Vegas Jack Singer (Character) $33.5M 1992
33% 30% Zandalee Johnny Collins (Character) - 1991
9% 35% Fire Birds Jake Preston (Character) $14.8M 1990
No Score Yet 67% Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted Unknown (Character) - 1990
65% 81% Wild at Heart Sailor (Character) $14.5M 1990
No Score Yet 24% Time to Kill Enrico Silvestri (Character) - 1990
63% 54% Vampire's Kiss Peter Loew (Character) $96.7K 1989
89% 80% Moonstruck Ronny Cammareri (Character) $80.0M 1987
91% 85% Raising Arizona H.I. McDonnough (Character) $21.1M 1987
No Score Yet 43% The Boy in Blue Ned Hanlan (Character) $235.9K 1986
87% 55% Peggy Sue Got Married Charlie Bodell (Character) $37.7M 1986
74% 57% The Cotton Club Vincent Dwyer (Character) - 1984
84% 83% Birdy Sergeant Al Columbato (Character) - 1984
60% 61% Racing With the Moon Nicky/Bud (Character) - 1984
76% 80% Rumble Fish Smokey (Character) - 1983
83% 71% Valley Girl Randy (Character) - 1983
78% 80% Fast Times at Ridgemont High Brad's Bud (Character) - 1982

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet 60 Minutes Guest 2023
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2023
No Score Yet 55% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2022
No Score Yet 18% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2022
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2022
69% 54% History of Swear Words Host 2021
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2010 2012-2013
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Unknown (Guest Star),
Host
1992 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lopez Tonight Guest 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Conan O'Brien Guest 2008
58% 87% The Dresden Files Executive Producer 2007