Personal Details
- Born: January 7, 1964
- Birth name: Nicolas Kim Coppola
- Nationality: American
- Birthplace: Long Beach, California.
- He is part of the famous Coppola filmmaking family—his uncle is legendary director Francis Ford Coppola.
- He changed his professional surname to Cage, partly to establish an identity separate from the Coppola name.
- He has three children.
- His family connections include director Sofia Coppola and filmmaker Roman Coppola.
Professional Details
- Actor, producer, and filmmaker whose career spans more than four decades.
- Made his film debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).
- Early breakthrough films included Valley Girl, Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, and Wild at Heart.
- Won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Leaving Las Vegas (1995).
- Became one of Hollywood’s biggest action stars through films such as The Rock, Con Air, Face/Off, Gone in 60 Seconds, and National Treasure.
- Also played Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider in the Ghost Rider films.
- His career has deliberately moved between mainstream blockbusters, independent films, horror, drama, comedy, and experimental projects.
- Critically acclaimed later performances include Mandy (2018), Pig (2021), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022), Dream Scenario (2023), and Longlegs (2024).
- His performance in Pig was particularly important in changing perceptions of his later-career work, showing that his more unconventional choices could also be deeply dramatic.
- He has also become a major voice actor, including Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and the upcoming live-action/TV project Spider-Noir.
- He owns Saturn Films, his production company, and has produced numerous films.
- He directed the 2002 film Sonny.
- Current/upcoming projects include playing John Madden in the biographical film Madden and returning as Spider-Man Noir.
- He is also attached to Fortitude, playing real-life WWII spy Dusko Popov, a figure associated with the inspiration for James Bond.
