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Nicolas Cage
Actor. b. Long Beach, CA, Jan. 7, 1964. r.n. Nicholas Coppola. Nephew of dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Joined San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre at age 15. While attending Beverly Hills High School won role on tv pilot Best of Times. |
PICTURES: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (debut, 1982; billed as Nicholas Coppola), Valley Girl, Rumble Fish, Racing with the Moon, The Cotton Club, Birdy, The Boy in Blue, Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Arizona, Moonstruck (Golden Globe nom. 1988), Vampire’s Kiss, Fire Birds, Wild at Heart, Tempo di Mecidere (Time to Kill), Zandalee, Honeymoon in Vegas (Golden Globe nom. 1993), Amos & Andrew, DeadFall, Red Rock West, Guarding Tess, It Could Happen to You, Trapped in Paradise, Kiss of Death, Leaving Las Vegas (Academy Award, Chicago Film Critics Award, Nat’l Society of Film Critics Award; Golden Globe Award 1996), The Rock, Con Air, Face/Off, Tom Slick: Monster Hunter, 8mm, City of Angels, Snake Eyes, Bringing Out the Dead, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Christmas Carol: The Movie (voice), Windtalkers, Sonny ((also prod., dir.), Adaptation (Academy Award nom., Golden Globe nom. 2003), The Life of David Gale (prod. only), Matchstick Men, Ghost Rider, National Treasure, The Weather Man, Lord of War (also prod.), Land of Destiny, Next (also prod.), World Trade Center, The Wicker Man, Ghost Rider, The Ant Bully (voice), National Treasure: The Book of Secrets, Amarillo Slim (also prod.), Time to Kill (also prod.), Grindhouse, Next (also prod.), Bangkok Dangerous (also prod.), G-Force (voice), One Train Later (doc., prod.), Knowing.
TELEVISION: Movies: Best of Times, Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted, The Dresden Files (exec. prod. only). Guest: More than 84 appearances.
