Bio: Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola on January 7, 1964 in Long Beach, California) is an American actor. Nicolas fell in love with acting when he was 15, and dropped out of Beverly Hills High School to pursue a film career. Nicolas is the nephew of famed director, Francis Ford Coppola, but he changed his name to avoid the appearance of nepotism. In 1982, Nicolas had his breakout role with Fast Times at Ridgemont High. He followed it up with appearances in Valley Girl, Birdy and Peggy Sue Got Married. By the mid-1990’s, Nicolas was valued at $4 million per picture. He took a role in Leaving Las Vegas, and his portrayal of the lead character won him the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actor. In addition to Nicolas’s critical acclaimed roles, he has appeared in a wide range of action movies, including Con Air, The Rock, Face/Off, Gone In Sixty Seconds and both National Treasure movies. A prolific actor, Nicolas continues to appear in multiple films per year. Nicolas’s distinctive acting style has made him the subject of many internet memes and animated gifs.
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Nicolas Cage is best known as an American actor, for his roles in The Rock, Con Air and his Oscar winning performance in Leaving Las Vegas.
Personal Life: Nicolas is an avid comic book fan, taking his name after the comic character, Luke Cage. In 1988, Nicolas began dating actress Christina Fulton. The two would have a son together, Weston, in 1990. In 1995, Nicolas and actress Patricia Arquette married, but divorced in 2001. Nic had a high profile relationship with Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley. They married in August 2002, but filed for divorced just two months later. Nic’s married his third wife, Alice Kim, in 2004. They welcomed their son, Kal-El, in 2005.
The small screen is getting a new Tiger King: Nicolas Cage! The ‘Ghost Rider’ star, famous for his leading roles in movies, is making a unique career move by switching to TV to play Joe Exotic in an ‘eight-episode series.’
Kesha took to Instagram on Jan. 14 to share a video that showed her fangirling during the moment she met Nicolas Cage on the red carpet of a screening of his movie ‘Color Out of Space’.
Nicolas Cage debuted some brand new facial hair that left him unrecognizable at the premiere of his new film, ‘Running with the Devil.’ See the before and after pics of his new look!
A deeply dysfunctional relationship between a father and son separated for years by incarceration is at the heart of the action drama, ‘A Score To Settle,’ according to the film director, Shawn Ku. Here’s why he felt compelled to make the movie.
Nicolas Cage was spotted on a shopping trip with his ex-wife Alice Kim on June 5 in LA — just a few days after his divorce from Erika Koike was finalized.
Well, that was fun while it lasted – all four days of it. Months after Nicolas Cage attempted to annul his quickie marriage to Erika Koike, the two have reportedly finalized their divorce.
For four days, Erika Koike was Mrs. Nicolas Cage. Yet, after he filed for an annulment, claiming he was too drunk to ‘understand’ he was getting married, Erika says she’s been ‘publicly humiliated.’