Biography for
Nicolas Cage
Birth name
Nicholas Kim Coppola
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Nickname
Nick
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Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Mini biography
The son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (a brother of director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang, Cage changed his name early in his career to make his own reputation, succeeding brilliantly with a host of classic, quirky roles by the late 1980s.
Initially studying theatre at Beverly Hills High (though he dropped out at 17), he secured a bit part in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) -- most of which was cut, dashing his hopes and leading to a job selling popcorn at the Fairfax Theater, thinking that would be the only route to a movie career. But a job reading lines with auditioners for uncle Francis's Rumble Fish (1983) landed him a role in that film, followed by the punk-rocker in Valley Girl (1983) which was released first and truly launched his career.
His one-time passion for method acting reached a personal limit when he smashed a street-vendor's remote-control car to achieve the sense of rage needed for his gangster character in The Cotton Club (1984).
In his early 20s, he dated Jenny Wright for two years, later linked to Uma Thurman. After a relationship of several years with Kristina Fulton, a model, they split amicably and share custody of a son, Weston Coppola Cage (b.1992).
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IMDb mini-biography by
Dan Hartung
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Spouse
Alice Kim (30 July 2004 - present) 1 child
Lisa Marie Presley (10 August 2002 - 16 May 2004) (divorced)
Patricia Arquette (8 April 1995 - 18 May 2001) (divorced)
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Trivia
Half German, half Italian.
Withdrew his divorce papers that were filed in February. [April 2000]
Ranked #40 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Was engaged to Kristen Zang.
Nephew of Francis Ford Coppola.
Nephew of Talia Shire.
Got Johnny Depp his first acting job.
Close friends with Tom Waits.
Stage name taken from comic book character Luke Cage.
Owns a Lamborghini that used to belong to the Shah of Iran.
Brother of Marc Coppola and Christopher Coppola.
Grandson of Carmine Coppola.
Proposed to Patricia Arquette on the day he met her in the early 80s. Arquette thought he was a bit strange but played along with his antics by creating a list of things Cage would have to fulfil to win her. When he started to work his way through the list, Arquette got scared and avoided him. They met again many years later and later went on to marry.
He lives in a fake castle on the outskirts LA. He wants to import an authentic one from overseas. [1997]
Loves to improvise, ocassionally to the annoyance of other cast members.
Collects comic books and sees them as being today's equivalent of mythology.
The Wild at Heart (1990) movie poster lists his name as both "Nicolas Cage" and "Nicholas Cage".
Ranked #37 in Premiere's 100 most powerful people in Hollywood in 1998.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36. [1984]
Cousin of Jason Schwartzman.
Suffers from vertigo.
Tim Burton cast Cage in his doomed Superman project. Cage even did fittings of the costume.
Ate a live roach in Vampire's Kiss (1989).
On his upper back he has a tattoo of monitor lizard with a top hat.
Announced that he is dating Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the late Elvis Presley. [Summer 2001]
Cousin of Robert Schwartzman, who changed his name to Robert Schwartzman-Cage inspired by Nicolas.
Given an Honory Doctorate in Fine Arts by California State University, Fullerton in May, 2001. Cage spoke at the commencement.
Father August Coppola, formerly a professor at Cal State Long Beach and Dean of Creative Arts at San Francisco State University
During an A&E Biography on him, the host explained that Nicolas was Director Sam Raimi's first choice to play Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in the movie Spider-Man (2002). Apparently this was before he met Willem Dafoe.
Graduated UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television.
Cousin of Sofia Coppola and Roman Coppola.
On "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992), he told Jay that he took the name "Cage" from a comic book character named Luke Cage, the "first black superhero". When asked which of the powers he would prefer to have, he said flight was his desire.
Has a son, Weston Coppola-Cage (with actress Kristina Fulton), born 26 December, 1990.
Together with actors Lee Marvin (Cat Ballou (1965)) and Peter Sellers (_Dr. Stranglove (1964)_ ) , he is the only actor with an Oscar nomination for playing multiple characters in a film (in Adaptation. (2002), he plays two characters, Donald and Charlie). Marvin is the only one who actually won one for a double role.
Cousin by marriage to director Spike Jonze.
Met wife Alice Kim at a sushi bar where she was a waitress. She was only 20-years-old at the time they married.
Went to the same High School as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, Gina Gershon, Rhonda Fleming, Jackie Cooper, Rob Reiner, Antonio Sabato Jr., Pauly Shore, Michael Tolkin, Betty White, Corbin Bernsen, Elizabeth Daily, Albert Brooks and Crispin Glover.
Close friends with Crispin Glover.
Ate a real cockroach in the film Vampire's Kiss (1989), it reportedly took three takes. He once said about the experience, "Every muscle in my body didn't want to do it, but I did it anyway."
Attended Justin-Siena High School in Napa, California. During the early 80s.
His is (along with his cousin Sofia Coppola) the third generation of Oscar winners in the Coppola family. His uncle, Francis Ford Coppola and his grandfather, Carmine Coppola, are the other two generations. They are the second family to do so, the first family is the Hustons - Anjelica Huston, John Huston and Walter Huston.
Nick and his wife, Alice, had a son, Kal-el Coppola Cage, on October 3, 2005 in New York City. Just as Nick was named after a comic book character, Luke Cage, so has he named his son after the comic book character Kal-el (aka Superman).
Trains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Royce Gracie
David Lynch referred to him as the "Jazz musician of acting"
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Personal quotes
"To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new."
"There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic."
"I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion."
"I'm sad about this, but we shouldn't have been married in the first place." - about his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley.
"Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild."
"I'm at the point now where I know I'm doing something right when a movie gets mixed reviews, because then I'm not in the box. I don't want to make it too easy for people and I don't want to make it too easy for myself. I want to try something unusual. I feel good about the bad reviews because I feel like I've affected them on some level. They may not know what I was trying to do but they felt something"
"I want to make all kinds of movies. I do want to make big movies that are a lot of fun to go to, but I also want to make movies that are going to stimulate some thought and maybe raise some awareness. And so please don't think you're gonna go on a roller-coaster ride with those movies."
"It's very risky for an actor who's a bankable star to make pictures like The Weather Man (2005) or Lord of War (2005) [also in current release], because they inevitably promote them like big studio releases. And they're not big studio movies, they're more edgy, thought-provoking, independent-spirited films. What happens is, it goes into the computer, and everyone says they can't open the movie because they thought it was X when it actually was Y".
"I needed to change my name just to liberate myself and find out I could do it without walking into a Hollywood casting office with the name Coppola."
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Salary
Adaptation. (2002) $2,000,000
Windtalkers (2002) $20,000,000
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) $7,000,000
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) $20,000,000
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) $1,000,000
Snake Eyes (1998) $16,000,000
Face/Off (1997) $6,000,000
The Rock (1996) $4,000,000
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) $240,000
Valley Girl (1983) $5,000.00
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Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:
Nicolas Coppola, the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola, changed his name to avoid coasting on his famous uncle's coattails. Tall, with thick eyebrows and an everpresent hangdog countenance, Cage was one of the 1980s' least-likely stars, making his film debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), then landing a leading role in the independent hit Valley Girl (1983). He subsequently appeared in Rumble Fish (1983), Racing With the Moon, The Cotton Club, Birdy (all 1984), The Boy in Blue (1986), and Peggy Sue Got Married (also 1986, as Kathleen Turner's boyfriend and husband), directed by his uncle. Two 1987 performances, as the hapless, goodhearted bandit in Raising Arizona and Cher's reluctant beau in Moonstruck solidified Cage's box-office standing. He briefly turned action hero in the war drama Fire Birds (1990), but was much more comfortable as the Elvis-like drifter in Wild at Heart (1990), a sex-crazed creep in Zandalee (1991), and a farcically put-upon bridegroom-to-be in Honeymoon in Vegas (1992). Recent films include Amos & Andrew, Deadfall (both 1993, the latter directed by his brother Christopher Coppola), Guarding Tess, Red Rock West, Trapped in Paradise (all 1994), and the remake of Kiss of Death (1995, in the Richard Widmark role). Cage seems more interested in pursuing offbeat, even eccentric projects than in attaining superstardom; any man who would eat a live cockroach on camera (as he did in 1989's Vampire's Kiss) is clearly ready to give his all for his art.
Overview
Date of Birth:7 January 1964, Long Beach, California, USA more
Mini Biography: The son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (a brother... more
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Awards: Won Oscar. Another 30 wins & 29 nominations more
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Alternate Names: Nicholas Cage | Nicolas Coppola
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概览
出生日期： 64年1月7日 ， 加州长滩，美国 更
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花絮： 2006年：他购买了回国的前财产约翰韦恩英寸.. 更多
奖项： 赢得奥斯卡奖。另一个30胜和29日提名更多
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人物姓名： 尼古拉斯凯奇|尼古拉科波拉
Born: 7 January 1964
Birthplace: Long Beach, California
Occupation: Actor, Director
Best Known As: Oscar-winning star of Leaving Las Vegas
Active: '80s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Moonstruck, Leaving Las Vegas, Red Rock West
First Major Screen Credit: Valley Girl (1983)
Name at birth: Nicolas Coppola
Nicolas Cage made his film debut in 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High , but it was his role in the hit Valley Girl (1984) that launched his screen career. Cage was suddenly a reliable star after the 1987 comedy Raising Arizona (with Frances McDormand) and Moonstruck (with Cher), known for his intensity and penchant for improvisation on the set. He won an Oscar as the self-destroying drunk in Leaving Las Vegas in 1995, and by the end of the decade was starring in big-budget action movies, including The Rock (1996, with Sean Connery), Con Air (1997, with Ving Rhames), Face/Off (1997, opposite John Travolta) and Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000, with Angelina Jolie). In 2003 he was again Oscar-nominated for playing nervous screenwriter Charlie Kaufman in the offbeat drama Adaptation. His other films include Bringing Out the Dead (1999, directed by Martin Scorsese), National Treasure (2004), The Weather Man (2005), and The Wicker Man (2006, with Ellen Burstyn).
Cage is the nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; Cage's father is Coppola's brother... Cage was married to actress Patricia Arquette from 1995-2001, and to Lisa Marie Presley (daughter of Elvis Presley) briefly in 2002 (they separated after four months of marriage but weren't formally divorced until 2004). He married Alice Kim, a former waitress, in 2004; their son Kal-el Coppola Cage was born on 3 October 2005. Cage is reportedly a comic book fan, and Kal-el is the birth name of the fictional superhero Superman. Cage also has a son, Weston, born in 1990 to Cage and his then-girlfriend Christina Fulton.
Quotes By: Nicolas Cage
Quotes:
"I don't like it when people on the street say smile or cheer up. It's a real cheap line. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling real grateful for everything. It's a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they're wrong."
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