• Date of Birth: January 07, 1964
  • Place of Birth: Long Beach, California
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Nicolas Cage Biography

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Johnny BlazeNicolas Cage mini-bio: Nicolas Cage is an award-winning American actor. Cage has also worked as a director and producer through his production company Saturn Films. As of 2006, he has been nominated twice for an Academy Award as Best Actor in a Leading Role, winning one of them for his performance in Leaving Las Vegas. Cage is one of the executive producers of the The Dresden Files TV show on the Sci-Fi Channel.

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Nicolas Cage Information:
Eye color: brown
Height: 6' (1.83 m)
Nickname(s): Nick
Notable feature(s): On his upper back he has a tattoo of monitor lizard with a top hat.
Education: Graduated UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Attended Justin-Siena High School in Napa, CA, during the early '80s.
Family: August Coppola (father), Joy Vogelsang (mother), Marc and Christopher Coppola (brothers), Francis Ford Coppola (uncle), Sofia Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, and Roman Coppola (cousins), Patricia Arquette (first wife, 1995-2001), Lisa Marie Presley (second wife, 2002-2004), Alice Kim (2004-present), Weston Coppola-Cage (son with actress Christina Fulton), Kal-el Coppola Cage (son with present wife Alice Kim)
Resides in: Owns homes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New Orleans, and New York City.
Religious affiliations:
Political affiliation:
Personal interests/hobbies: Huge Superman fan, named his son Kal-El.
Charities/ Causes:
Other: Half German, half Italian.
Suffers from vertigo.
Loves to improvise, ocassionally to the annoyance of other cast members.
Got Johnny Depp his first acting job.



Comments

  • nohatolba2008
    I love u so much
    posted 1 day ago
  • nikkigrout
    u now u dont look like my love boy i see u love u
    posted 6 days ago
  • Blueskyhardy
    Hi Nik, one of ur fans here saying hi. I love you. I always bounce on your rhythms. Keep on Nikking.
    posted 10 days ago
  • louloubelle100
    I just love Nicholas Cage. I have the DVD of Valley Girl, Faceoff, ConAir, Knowing, Snake Eyes and The Wicker Man. I love all his movies. Still buying movies due to being married and having to save money. But I love Nicholas Cage. He is an awesome actor
    posted 13 days ago
  • tina69ls
    Hi Nick,
    I just wanted to say that I have been a fan of yours for many years....I even named my son after you...The original spelling of your name...I have about 80% of the movies that you have been in...I just want to say keep making movies and have a GREAT and adventurous life...Tina
    posted 17 days ago
  • nikkigrout
    hi how ar you me ok and you u know i love you very much nikki grout flowers
    posted 30 days ago
  • sanaasidi
    LOVE you mwaaaaaaaaaah
    posted 35 days ago
  • teshome251
    His ma dream man! I realy like him.......kisss
    posted 44 days ago
  • teshome251
    His ma dream man! I realy like him.......kisss
    posted 44 days ago
  • mohabest1
    the best
    just
    posted 50 days ago

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    In 2007, Nicolas Cage outbid Leonardo DiCaprio for a dinosaur skull, shelling out $276,000 for the artifact.
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    Nicolas Cage is known for owning exotic animals. He had a pet octopus, purebred dogs, rare birds, salt-water sharks, a lizard, and a crocodile. For a time, he even had two pet King Cobras (Moby and Sheba) that he observed for hours from a specially c...( read more)onstructed cell in his home. Cage donated them to a local zoo a short time later.
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    Nicolas Cage once ate a real cockroach in a movie. Actually, he ate a trio of real cockroaches, because it took three takes to get it just right. While filming 'Vampire's Kiss'(1989), Cage did his own stunt eating and swallowed the insects. The scri...( read more)pt had his character eating raw eggs, but Cage didn't think that would be weird enough.
  • Fun Fact:
    Nicolas Cage started life as Nicholas Coppola, but changed it to disassociate himself with famous film director Uncle Francis Ford Coppola. The name 'Cage' came from the comic book character 'Luke Cage'

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