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Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an United
States|American actor. 

He was born Nicholas Kim Coppola in Long Beach,
California|Long Beach, California, the son of
August and Joy Coppola and grandson of composer,
Carmine Coppola. In 1976, Cage's parents divorced
and he moved to Beverly Hills, California|Beverly
Hills with his father. He is the nephew of both
Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire.

Cage changed his name early in order to try to
make his own way in acting without benefiting from
his uncle's reputation. He chose the name Cage
after the Marvel Comics|Marvel comic book hero
Luke Cage|Luke Cage, Power Man.

He had a small role in Fast Times at Ridgemont
High (1982), most of which ended on the cutting
room floor. His next notable roles were in the
1983 movies Rumble Fish and Valley Girl
(movie)|Valley Girl, which was his breakout role.

He won an Academy Award for Academy Award for Best
Actor|Best Actor for his role in Leaving Las Vegas
(1995). He has developed a reputation for
alternating roles in action movies with more
serious character-driven dramas, and an occasional
black comedy.

He has a son, Weston Coppola Cage (born 1990),
with model (person)|model Kristina Fulton. On
April 8, 1995, he married actress Patricia
Arquette. They divorced in 2001. On August 10,
2001, he married Lisa Marie Presley and filed for
divorce less than four months later. He married
former waitress Alice Kim at the end of July 2004
in a private ceremony in northern California.

Cage is an immense Elvis fan.

He also is a big fan of comic books, with his
favorite character being Marvel Comics' Ghost
Rider, a carnival motorcyclist bent on revenge. He
recently (July 2005) landed the role of Johnny
Blaze, Ghost Rider's alter ego. The movie Ghost
Rider (film)|Ghost Rider is slated for 2006.

== Selected filmography ==
*Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
*Valley Girl (movie)|Valley Girl (1983)
*The Cotton Club (1984)
*Birdy (movie)|Birdy (1984)
*Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
*Moonstruck (1987)
*Raising Arizona (1987)
*Wild at Heart (1990)
*Zandalee (1991)
*Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
*Guarding Tess (1994)
*It Could Happen to You (1994)
*Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
*The Rock (movie)|The Rock (1996)
*Con Air (1997)
*Face/Off (1997)
*Snake Eyes (1998)
*City of Angels (1998)
*Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
*8mm (movie)|8mm (1999)
*Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000 movie)|Gone in Sixty
Seconds (2000)
*The Family Man (2000)
*Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
*Windtalkers (2002)
*Adaptation (movie)|Adaptation (2002)
*Matchstick Men (2003)
*National Treasure (film)|National Treasure (2004)
*Lord of War (2005)
*Ghost Rider (film)|Ghost Rider (2006)

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000115|name=Nicolas Cage
* http://www.cagenews.com/ Cage News
* http://www.cagefactor.com/ CageFactor.com
* http://www.cagebypage.com/ CagebyPage
* http://members.tripod.com/~SimplyCage/ Simply
Cage
* http://www.allstarz.org/cage/ The Cage
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