Nicolas Cage

Nicholas Cage posing for photos with fans on the set of at the
Birth name | Nicholas Kim Coppola
Born | , (1964-01-07) (age 43)
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1995

1996
Nicolas Cage (born , ) is an -winning . Cage has also worked as a and , through his production company Saturn Films. As of 2007, he has been nominated twice for an as , winning one of them for his performance in .
Biography
Early life
Cage was born Nicholas Kim Coppola in . His father, August Floyd Coppola, is a and a pioneer of studies for the , while his mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a and who suffered from chronic depression; the two divorced in 1976. Cage's mother is of part German descent and his father is , with his paternal grandparents being and Italia Pennino, an actress. Through his father, Cage is the nephew of director and actress , as well as the cousin of director and actors and . Cage's two brothers are Christopher Coppola, a director, and Marc "The Cope" Coppola, a New York radio personality. Cage was raised .
Cage, who went to (the same high school as fellow entertainers , , , , , and ), aspired to act from an early age. His first (non-cinematic) acting experience was in a school production of . He is also good friends with fellow actor whom he advised to get into acting.
Career
While a teenager he had no job, as he was rejected from every job he applied for. In order to avoid cries of as the nephew of , Cage changed his name from Nicholas Coppola to Nicolas Cage early in his career. The assumed surname is inspired by character , a streetwise superhero. Since his feature film debut in , in which he had a minute role opposite , Cage has appeared in a wide range of films, both mainstream and offbeat, including lead in .
Cage has twice been nominated for an and won once, for his performance as a suicidal alcoholic in . His performance in his 2007 blockbuster brought him much acclaim in Hollywood. His other nomination was for playing real-life screenwriter and Kaufman's fictional twin Donald in Both of those films were offbeat, low-budget films to which Cage lent his superstar clout. Despite these successes, most of his lower-profile films have performed poorly at the box office compared with his more mainstream, action-filled efforts. In , for example, audiences ignored two offbeat, non-mainstream films he headlined, and . Despite good reviews for his acting and nationwide releases for both films, neither found a significant audience. Poor reviews for the film did not, inversely, create a hit; to further buck the trend, the critically-panned (2007) was a significant hit, earning more than 45 million during its opening weekend (landing in the top spot) and over $208 million worldwide through the weekend ending on 25 March 2007.
Most of his financial successes have come from his forays into the action-adventure genre. In his highest grossing film to date, , he played an historian who goes on a dangerous adventure to find treasure hidden by the . Other action hits in which Cage has starred include , in which he played a young FBI chemical weapons expert who infiltrates in hopes of neutralizing a terrorist threat, , a film where he played both a and a , and , director 's film regarding the . He also had a small but notable role as the Chinese criminal mastermind in 's fake trailer Werewolf Women of the S.S. from the critically-acclaimed B-movie double feature . (NFC)
In recent years, Cage has experimented in other film-related fields besides acting. He made his directorial debut with Sonny, a low-budget drama starring as a male prostitute whose mother () serves as his pimp. Cage had a small role in the grim film, which received poor reviews and a short run in a limited number of theatres.
Cage's producing career has seen more success. , the first film produced by Saturn Films, the company he founded with partner Norm Golightly, was nominated for an Academy Award. He also produced , a death penalty-themed thriller with and .
In early December 2006, Cage announced at the Bahamas International Film Festival that he would be taking time off from acting. Accordingly, he has eight films currently in the works. Cage said, "I feel I've made a lot of movies already and I want to start exploring other opportunities that I can apply myself to, whether it's writing or other interests that I may develop". Cage is listed as the of the on the .

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