Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Coppola) is a famous American actor and nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola. He is also the nephew of actress Talia Shire and cousin to actor Jason Schwartzman and directors Sofia Coppola and Roman Coppola.
Cage, who changed his name to get out from beneath the Coppola name, has appeared in many films including Valley Girl, Rumble Fish, Racing with the Moon, The Boy in Blue, Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Arizona,
Moonstruck, Vampire’s Kiss, Fire Birds, Wild at Heart, Honeymoon in Vegas, Amos & Andrew, Guarding Tess, It Could Happen to You, Trapped in Paradise, Kiss of Death, Leaving Las Vegas,
The Rock,
Con Air, Face/Off,
City of Angels, Snake Eyes, 8mm, Bringing Out the Dead,
Gone in Sixty Seconds, The Family Man, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Windtalkers, Adaptation,
Sony, Matchstick Men,
National Treasure, Lord of War, The Weather Man, The Ant Bully, The Wicker Man, World Trade Center,
Ghost Rider, Next, and
Bangkok Dangerous.
Prior to playing his Academy Award winning role in the film Leaving Las Vegas, Cage had been relegated to mostly smaller films and roles. After the film, he began to receive leads in major, big-budget Hollywood films such as
The Rock and
Con Air.
In his personal life, Cage has been connected to many famous women including Elizabeth Daily, Uma Thurman, Patricia Arquette, Lisa Marie Presley (daughter of Elvis Presley), and Alice Kim. He has even been married three times, once to Arquette, once to Presley (for 108 days), and most recently, to Alice Kim.
