Nicolas Cage
Biography
Nicolas Cage is an American actor and producer who began his career in the early 1980s with films including Valley Girl and his uncle Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish (1983) and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). Praise for Moonstruck and Raising Arizona, both from 1987, led to an Academy Award for Best Actor for Leaving Las Vegas (1995) and a second Oscar nomination for playing twins in Adaptation. (2002). He became a mainstream action star with The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), Face/Off (1997), Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), National Treasure (2004) and Kick-Ass (2010), while also voicing characters in The Croods and playing Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). Later acclaim came for Mandy (2018), Pig (2021), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022), Dream Scenario (2023) and Longlegs (2024). He owns Saturn Films, produced Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and directed Sonny (2002).
62years old
Turns 63 on January 7in 86 days
- Born Long Beach
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Nicholas Kim Coppola (birth name)Also credited as Nicolas Kim Coppola
Movie Career
- Films
- 112
- Career span
- 42 years1983 to 2025
Genres
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A role that slipped away
Cage dropped out of the lead role in The Wrestler because he felt he lacked time to prepare and director Darren Aronofsky preferred Mickey Rourke, who went on to an Academy Award nomination for the part.
First role
Cage's first acting role was in The Best of Times, a 1981 television pilot that ABC did not pick up.
Getting ready for a role
For his role in the 2001 war film Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Cage picked up the mandolin as a complete beginner, learning to play the instrument from scratch.
Getting ready for a role
Cage based his vocal performance as Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse on Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson.
Nicolas Cage movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jon Turteltaub directed three of these films, Francis Ford Coppola three and John Woo two. Samuel L. Jackson appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Samuel L. Jackson's page
Willem Dafoe's page
Laurence Fishburne's page
Peter Stormare's page
John Cusack's page
Ving Rhames's page
Jon TurteltaubDirector, 3 films, 2004 to 2010
All films by Jon Turteltaub
All films by Francis Ford Coppola
All films by John Woo
Also three films together14 more actors
- Xander BerkeleyButcher's Crossing (2023), Seeking Justice (2011) and Kick-Ass (2010)
- Laura DernFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012), Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990) and Wild at Heart (1990)
- Seymour CasselSonny (2002), It Could Happen to You (1994) and Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
- Catherine KeenerThe Croods: A New Age (2020), The Croods (2013) and 8MM (1999)
- Peter FondaThe Runner (2015), Ghost Rider (2007) and Deadfall (1993)
- Michael RispoliKick-Ass (2010), The Weather Man (2005) and Snake Eyes (1998)
- Eva MendesWith Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) and Ghost Rider (2007)
- Stan LeeSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018) and With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010)
- Nicky WhelanInconceivable (2017), Dog Eat Dog (2016) and Left Behind (2014)
- Marcus Lyle BrownThe Runner (2015), Stolen (2012) and Seeking Justice (2011)
- Clark DukeThe Croods: A New Age (2020), The Croods (2013) and Kick-Ass (2010)
- Armando RiescoNational Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), World Trade Center (2006) and National Treasure (2004)
- Weston Cage Coppola211 (2018), Rage (2014) and Lord of War (2005)
- Marc CoppolaDream Scenario (2023), Deadfall (1993) and Vampire's Kiss (1988)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Nicolas Cage's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$6.4 billion
87 of the 112 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 112 films: 87 worldwide figure; 6 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 17 figure not found.
- 87Worldwide figure
- 6US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 17Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 45% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$587M9.2% of the total
- 2$459M7.2% of the total
- 3$395M6.2% of the total
- 4$348M5.4% of the total
- 5$335M5.2% of the total
- 6$293M4.6% of the total
- 7$246M3.8% of the total
- 8$237M3.7% of the total
$3.5 billionfrom the other 79 films with a worldwide figure, 55% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1996 to 2023, three of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 1996 | Best Actor | Leaving Las Vegas | Won |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 1996 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Leaving Las Vegas | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| 1996 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Leaving Las Vegas | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2023 | Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor | Won | |
| 2021 | St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor | Pig | Won |
| 2018 | Sitges Grand Honorary Award | Honorary | |
| 2009 | Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Won |
| 2007 | Goldene Kamera | Won | |
| 2005 | Women Film Critics Circle Awards | Lord of War | Won |
| 2003 | Chicago International Film Festival Awards | Won | |
| 2002 | Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor | Adaptation | Won |
| 2001 | Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | The Family Man | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.