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Cage at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born | Nicolas Kim Coppola (1964-01-07) January 7, 1964 (age 49)[1] Long Beach, California, U.S.
Occupation | Actor, producer, director
Years active | 1980?present
Spouse(s) | Patricia Arquette (1995?2001) Lisa Marie Presley (2002?2004) Alice Kim (2004?present)
Children | Weston Coppola Cage Kal-El Cage
Parents | August Coppola (deceased) Joy Vogelsang
Family | Marc Coppola (brother) Christopher Coppola (brother) Francis Ford Coppola (uncle) Eleanor Coppola (aunt) Sofia Coppola (cousin) Talia Shire (aunt)

Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award?winning American actor, producer and director, having appeared in over 60 films including Raising Arizona (1987), The Rock (1996), Face/Off (1997), Con Air (1997), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Adaptation (2002), National Treasure (2004), Lord of War (2005), Ghost Rider (2007), The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), Kick-Ass (2010), and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012).

## Early life[edit]

Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola[2] on January 7, 1964[1][3][4][5] in Long Beach, California. His father, August Floyd Coppola, a professor of literature, and his mother, Joy Vogelsang, a dancer and choreographer, divorced in 1976. He was raised in a Catholic family.[6][7] His father was of Italian descent and his mother is of German and Polish descent.[8] His paternal grandparents were composer Carmine Coppola and actress Italia Pennino, and his paternal great-grandparents were immigrants from Bernalda, Basilicata.[9] Through his father, Cage is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, and the cousin of directors Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola, film producer Gian-Carlo Coppola, and actors Robert Carmine and Jason Schwartzman. Cage's two brothers are New York radio personality Marc "The Cope" Coppola and director Christopher Coppola. He attended Beverly Hills High School, which is known for its many alumni who became entertainers. He aspired to act from an early age and also attended UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television. His first non-cinematic acting experience was in a school production of Golden Boy.

## Career[edit]

### Acting career[edit]

To avoid the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, he changed his name early in his career to Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage. Since his minor role in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High, with Sean Penn, Cage has appeared in a wide range of films, both mainstream and offbeat. He tried out for the role of Dallas Winston in his uncle's film The Outsiders, based on S.E. Hinton's novel, but lost to Matt Dillon. He was also in Coppola's films Rumble Fish and Peggy Sue Got Married.

Other Cage roles included appearances in the acclaimed 1987 romantic-comedy Moonstruck, also starring Cher; The Coen Brothers cult-classic comedy Raising Arizona; David Lynch's 1990 offbeat film Wild at Heart; a lead role in Martin Scorsese's 1999 New York City paramedic drama Bringing Out the Dead; and Ridley Scott's 2003 quirky drama Matchstick Men, in which he played an agoraphobic, mysophobic, obsessive-compulsive con artist with a tic disorder.

Cage has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, winning once for his performance as a suicidal alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas. His other nomination was for his portrayal of real-life screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and Kaufman's fictional twin Donald in Adaptation. Despite these successes, most of his lower-profile films have performed poorly at the box office compared to his mainstream action/adventure roles. The suspense thriller 8mm (1999) was not a box office success, but is now considered a cult film. He took the lead role in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin and learned to play the mandolin from scratch for the part. He made his directorial debut with 2002's Sonny. In 2005, two offbeat films he headlined, Lord of War and The Weather Man, failed to find a significant audience despite nationwide releases and good reviews for his acting in those roles. Poor reviews for The Wicker Man resulted in low box office sales. The much criticized Ghost Rider (2007), based on the Marvel Comics character, fared better, earning more than $45?million (the top earner) during its opening weekend and over $208?million worldwide through the weekend ending on March 25, 2007. Also in 2007, he starred in Next, which shared the concept of a glimpse into an alternate timeline with Cage's film, The Family Man (2000).

Most of Cage's movies that have achieved financial success were in the action/adventure genre. In his second-highest grossing film to date, National Treasure, he plays an eccentric historian who goes on a dangerous adventure to find treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers of the United States. Other action hits include The Rock, in which Cage plays a young FBI chemical weapons expert who infiltrates Alcatraz Island in hopes of neutralizing a terrorist threat, Face/Off, a John Woo film where he plays both a hero and a villain, and World Trade Center, director Oliver Stone's film regarding the September 11, 2001 attacks. He had a small but notable role as the Chinese criminal mastermind Dr. Fu Manchu in Rob Zombie's fake trailer Werewolf Women of the S.S. from the B-movie double feature Grindhouse.

Cage made his directorial debut with Sonny, a low-budget drama starring James Franco as a male prostitute whose mother (Brenda Blethyn) serves as his pimp. Cage had a small role in the film, which received poor reviews and a short run in a limited number of theatres. Cage's producing career includes Shadow of the Vampire, the first effort from Saturn Films.

In early December 2006, Cage announced at the Bahamas International Film Festival that he planned to curtail his future acting endeavors to pursue other interests. On The Dresden Files for the Sci-Fi Channel, Cage is listed as the executive producer.

In November 2007, Cage was spotted backstage at a Ring of Honor wrestling show in New York City researching his role for The Wrestler. The role was ultimately played by Mickey Rourke, who received an Academy Award nomination for his performance.[10] Wrestler Director Darren Aronofsky, in an interview with slashfilm.com, said of Cage's decision to leave the film that: "Nic was a complete gentleman, and he understood that my heart was with Mickey and he stepped aside. I have so much respect for Nic Cage as an actor and I think it really could have worked with Nic but ... you know, Nic was incredibly supportive of Mickey and he is old friends with Mickey and really wanted to help with this opportunity, so he pulled himself out of the race.[11] "

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Cage at the 66th Venice Film Festival in September 2009

In 2008, Cage appeared as Joe, a contract killer who undergoes a change of heart while on a work outing in Bangkok, in the film Bangkok Dangerous. The film is shot by the Pang Brothers and has a distinct South-East Asian flavor. In 2009, Cage starred in science fiction thriller Knowing, directed by Alex Proyas. In the film, he plays an MIT professor who examines the contents of a time capsule unearthed at his son's elementary school. Startling predictions found inside the capsule that have already come true lead him to believe the world is going to end at the close of the week, and that he and his son are somehow involved in the destruction. The film received mainly negative reviews but was the box office winner on its opening weekend. Also in 2009, Cage starred in the film The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, directed by acclaimed German director Werner Herzog. He portrayed a corrupt police officer with gambling, drug and alcohol addictions. The film was very well received by critics, holding a rating of 87% positive reviews on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.[12] Cage received lauds for his performance, with Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune writing "Herzog has found his ideal interpreter, a performer whose truth lies deep in the artifice of performance: ladies and gentlemen, Nicolas Cage, at his finest."[13] This film reunited Cage with Eva Mendes, who played his love interest in Ghost Rider. In 2010, Cage starred in the period piece Season of the Witch, playing a 14th-century knight transporting a girl accused of causing the Black Plague to a monastery, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice, in which he played the sorcerer.[14]

### Other works[edit]

Cage, an avid comic book fan, auctioned a collection of 400 vintage comics through Heritage Auctions for over $1.6?million in 2002.[15]

In 2007, he created a comic book with his son Weston, called Voodoo Child, which was published by Virgin Comics.

Cage is a fan and collector of painter and underground comic artist Robert Williams. He has written introductions for Juxtapoz magazine and purchased the painting Death On The Boards.[16]

## Acting style[edit]

In February 2011, Cage claimed to have created a new method of acting he calls "Nouveau Shamanic". He claims to have used the acting style throughout his career and one day plans to write a book about the method.[17]

## Praise and criticism[edit]

Nicolas Cage's acting has been praised by influential film critic Roger Ebert who writes, in his "Great Movies" essay about the film Adaptation, that: "There are often lists of the great living male movie stars: De Niro, Nicholson and Pacino, usually. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be up there. He's daring and fearless in his choice of roles, and unafraid to crawl out on a limb, saw it off and remain suspended in air. No one else can project inner trembling so effectively.... He always seems so earnest. However improbable his character, he never winks at the audience. He is committed to the character with every atom and plays him as if he were him."[18] Roger Ebert, in response to mixed reviews of Knowing and their focus on criticizing Cage, wrote an article in which he defends both Cage as an actor and the movie to which, in stark contrast to other critics, Ebert gave 4/4 stars.[19]

In the 68th Academy Awards, Cage was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Leaving Las Vegas.[20]

In May 2001, Cage was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts by California State University, Fullerton. He spoke at the commencement ceremony.[21]

Despite such praise, Cage has his detractors. Cage has been criticized for choosing to star in big-budget, action-adventure movies rather than smaller, character-driven dramas, the type of film that initially garnered him praise.[22] In 1999, one-time friend Sean Penn expressed that sentiment to the New York Times, declaring Cage "no longer an actor."[23]

## Personal life[edit]

### Relationships and family[edit]

In 1988, Cage began dating actress Christina Fulton, who later bore their son, Weston Coppola Cage (born December 26, 1990). Weston is lead singer of the black metal band Eyes of Noctum, and appeared in Cage's film Lord of War as Vladimir, a young Ukrainian mechanic who quickly disarms a Mil Mi-24 helicopter.

Cage has been married three times. His first wife was actress Patricia Arquette (married on April 8, 1995, divorce finalized on May 18, 2001).

Cage's second marriage was to singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley. Cage is an Elvis fan and used the star as the base of his performance in Wild at Heart. Presley and Cage married on August 10, 2002 and filed for divorce on November 25, 2002 which was finalized on May 16, 2004. The divorce proceeding was longer than the marriage.[24]

Cage met his third and current wife Alice Kim, a former waitress who previously worked at the Los Angeles restaurant Kabuki and at the Los Angeles-based Korean nightclub, Le Priv?. She bore their son, Kal-El, (after Superman's birth name[25]) on October 3, 2005. Cage was once considered for the role of Superman in a film to be directed by Tim Burton. Alice had a minor role in the 2007 film Next, which Cage produced. They were married at a private ranch in Northern California on July 30, 2004.[26]

### Real estate and tax problems[edit]

Nicolas Cage is one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors, earning $40?million in 2009 according to Forbes Magazine.[27]

Cage had a Malibu home where he and Kim lived, but sold the property in 2005 for $10?million. In 2004 he bought a property on Paradise Island, Bahamas. In May 2006, he bought a 40-acre (160,000 m2) island in the Exuma archipelago, some 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Nassau and close to a similar island owned by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.

He once owned the medieval castle of Schloss Neidstein in the Oberpfalz region in Germany, which he bought in 2006 and sold in 2009 for $2.5?million. His grandmother was German, living in Cochem an der Mosel.[28]

Schloss Neidstein in Bavaria was owned by Cage between 2007 and 2009.

In August 2007, Cage purchased "Grey Craig", a 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m2) brick-and-stone country manor in Middletown, Rhode Island. With an estate occupying 26 acres (110,000 m2) the home has 12 bedrooms and 10 full bathrooms and overlooks the Atlantic Ocean as well. It borders the Norman Bird Sanctuary to the west. The sale ranked among the state of Rhode Island's most expensive residential purchases until eclipsed that same year, 2007, by the $17.15?million sale of the Miramar mansion on Bellevue Avenue in Newport.

Also in 2007, the actor purchased Midford Castle in Somerset, England.[29][30][31] Shortly after selling his German castle, Cage also put homes in Rhode Island, Louisiana, Nevada, and California, as well as a $7?million island in the Bahamas, up for sale.

On July 14, 2009, the Internal Revenue Service filed documents in New Orleans in connection with a federal tax lien against property owned by Cage in Louisiana, concerning unpaid federal taxes. The IRS alleges that Cage failed to pay over $6.2?million in federal income tax for the year 2007.[32] In addition, the Internal Revenue Service has another lien for more than $350,000 in unpaid taxes dating from 2002 to 2004.[33] Cage filed a $20?million lawsuit on October 16, 2009, against his business manager, Samuel J. Levin, alleging negligence and fraud.[34] The lawsuit states that Levin "had failed to pay taxes when they were due and had placed [Cage] in speculative and risky real estate investments 'resulting in (the actor) suffering catastrophic losses'."[34] Cage is also facing separate lawsuits from East West Bank[35] and Red Curb Investments for unpaid, multimillion dollar loans.

The LaLaurie Mansion in New Orleans was purchased anonymously by Cage in 2007 and sold in 2009.

Samuel Levin filed a counter-complaint and responded to the lawsuit in a filing stating that he warned Cage that he was living beyond his means and urged him to spend less. Levin's filing states that "instead of listening to Levin, cross-defendant Cage (Coppola) spent most of his free time shopping for high ticket purchases, and wound up with 15 personal residences", Levin's complaint continued: "Likewise, Levin advised Coppola against buying a Gulfstream jet, against buying and owning a flotilla of yachts, against buying and owning a squadron of Rolls Royces, against buying millions of dollars in jewelry and art."[36]

In his filing Levin says that in 2007 Cage's "shopping spree entailed the purchase of three additional residences at a total cost of more than $33?million; the purchase of 22 automobiles (including 9 Rolls Royces); 12 purchases of expensive jewelry; and 47 purchases of artwork and exotic items."[36] One of those exotic items was a dinosaur skull of a Tarbosaurus for which Nicolas Cage paid $276,000 in an auction after winning a bidding contest against Leonardo DiCaprio.[37]

According to Cage, he owned the "Most Haunted House in America", a home located in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.[38] The home is known as "The LaLaurie house" after its former owner Delphine LaLaurie. The house was foreclosed and sold at auction on November 12, 2009 along with another New Orleans property for a total of $5.5?million, in the wake of his financial problems.[39]

His Bel Air home, which had six loans totaling $18?million on it, failed to sell at an April 2010 foreclosure auction despite an opening offer of $10.4?million, substantially less than the $35?million that Cage had originally tried to sell it for. The home, built in 1940 for $110,000 had been owned by Dean Martin and singer Tom Jones.[40] The home eventually sold in November 2010 for $10.5?million.[41] Another home in Nevada also faces foreclosure auction.[39]

In November 2011, Cage also sold his Action Comics 1 in an online auction for a record-breaking $2.16 million dollars (the previous record being 1.5), to assist paying his tax liens and other debts. Cage purchased the comic in 1997 for $110,000.[42]

### Legal issues[edit]

In December 2009, Christina Fulton sued Cage for $13?million and the house she is living in. The suit was in response to an order that she leave the dwelling that was brought about by Cage's financial difficulties.[43]

On April 15, 2011, at 11:30?pm, Cage was arrested in New Orleans in the city's famed French Quarter district for suspicion of domestic abuse battery, disturbing the peace and public intoxication, after a police officer was flagged down by onlookers after Cage allegedly grabbed his wife's upper arm while appearing to be under the influence of alcohol.[44] Cage was held in police custody until a bail of $11,000 was posted by Duane "Dog" Chapman.[45][46] He was later ordered to appear in court on May 31, 2011.[47] On May 5, 2011, it was announced that the charges against Cage had been dropped.[48][49][50][51]

## Filmography[edit]

Film credits
Year | Title | Role | Notes
--- | --- | --- | ---
1980 | Brubaker | Extra | Uncredited
1981 | Best of Times | Nicholas |
1982 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Brad's Bud | As Nicolas Coppola
1983 | Outsiders, The The Outsiders | Man in rumble scene | Uncredited
1983 | Valley Girl | Randy |
1983 | Rumble Fish | Smokey |
1984 | Racing with the Moon | Nicky and Bud |
1984 | Cotton Club, The The Cotton Club | Vincent Dwyer |
1984 | Birdy | Sergeant Al Columbato |
1986 | Boy in Blue, The The Boy in Blue | Ned Hanlan |
1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Charlie Bodell |
1987 | Raising Arizona | H. I. McDunnough |
1987 | Moonstruck | Ronny Cammareri | Nominated?Golden Globe Award for Best Actor ? Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1988 | Never on Tuesday | Man In Red Sports Car | Uncredited
1989 | Vampire's Kiss | Peter Leow | Festival de Cine de Sitges Award for Best Actor Tied with Michael Gambon for The Cook, The Thief, His Wife Her Lover (1989) Nominated?Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
1990 | Tempo di uccidere | Enrico Silvestri | aka Time to Kill
1990 | Fire Birds | Jake Preston | aka Wings of the Apache
1990 | Wild at Heart | Sailor |
1990 | Zandalee | Johnny |
1992 | Honeymoon in Vegas | Jack Singer | Nominated?Golden Globe Award for Best Actor ? Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1993 | Amos Andrew | Amos Odell |
1993 | Deadfall | Eddie |
1994 | Century of Cinema, A A Century of Cinema | Himself |
1994 | Red Rock West | Michael Williams |
1994 | Guarding Tess | Doug Chesnic |
1994 | It Could Happen to You | Charlie Lang |
1994 | Trapped in Paradise | Bill Firpo |
1995 | Kiss of Death | Little Junior Brown |
1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | Ben Sanderson | Academy Award for Best Actor Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor ? Motion Picture Drama Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor San Sebasti?n International Film Festival Silver Seashell Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated?BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated?Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor Nominated?Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male Nominated?London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
1996 | Rock, The The Rock | Dr. Stanley Goodspeed | Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in an Action/Adventure
1997 | Con Air | Cameron Poe | Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in an Action/Adventure
1997 | Face/Off | Castor Troy/Sean Archer | Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in an Action/Adventure Film Nominated?Saturn Award for Best Actor
1998 | City of Angels | Seth | Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in a Drama or Romance Film
1998 | Snake Eyes | Rick Santoro | Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in a Suspense Film
1999 | 8mm | Tom Welles |
1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | Frank Pierce |
2000 | Gone in Sixty Seconds | Randall "Memphis" Raines | Nominated?Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in an Action Film
2000 | Family Man, The The Family Man | Jack Campbell | Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in a Comedy or Romance Film
2000 | Welcome to Hollywood | Himself |
2001 | Italian Soldiers | Himself |
2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Captain Antonio Corelli |
2001 | Christmas Carol: The Movie | Jacob Marley | Voice
2002 | Windtalkers | Sgt. Joe Enders |
2002 | Adaptation. | Charlie and Donald Kaufman | Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated?Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated?BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated?Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated?Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor Nominated?Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated?Golden Globe Award for Best Actor ? Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated?Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated?Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated?Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated?Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated?Visual Effects Society Award for Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film
2002 | Sonny | Acid Yellow | Director Nominated?Deauville Film Festival Grand Prix du jury
2003 | Matchstick Men | Roy Waller |
2004 | National Treasure | Benjamin Gates |
2005 | Lord of War | Yuri Orlov |
2005 | Weather Man, The The Weather Man | David Spritz |
2006 | Ant Bully, The The Ant Bully | Zoc | Voice
2006 | Wicker Man, The The Wicker Man | Edward Malus |
2006 | Too Tough To Die | Himself |
2006 | World Trade Center | John McLoughlin |
2007 | Ghost Rider | Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze |
2007 | Grindhouse | Dr. Fu Manchu | Segment: Werewolf Women of the S.S.
2007 | Next | Cris Johnson |
2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Benjamin Gates |
2008 | Bangkok Dangerous | Joe |
2009 | Knowing | Professor Jonathan "John" Koestler |
2009 | G-Force | Speckles the Mole | Voice
2009 | Astro Boy | Dr. Tenma | Voice
2009 | The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Terrence McDonagh, The bad Lieutenant | Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated?Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
2010 | Kick-Ass | Damon Macready/Big Daddy |
2010 | Sorcerer's Apprentice, The The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Balthazar Blake |
2011 | Season of the Witch | Behman von Bleiruck |
2011 | Drive Angry | Milton |
2011 | Trespass | Kyle |
2011 | Seeking Justice | Will Gerard |
2012 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze |
2012 | Stolen | Will Montgomery |
2012 | The Frozen Ground | Detective Glenn Flothe | Post-production
2013 | Croods, The The Croods | Crug[52] | Voice, Post-production
2013 | Frank or Francis[53] | The Emcee | Pre-production
2013 | Joe [54] | Joe | Filming
TBA | The Expendables 3 |  | Pre-production

## See also[edit]

| Film portal

- Coppola family tree
- List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees

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Awards for Nicolas Cage
Academy Award for Best Actor
Emil Jannings (1928) Warner Baxter (1929) George Arliss (1930) Lionel Barrymore (1931) Fredric March / Wallace Beery (1932) Charles Laughton (1933) Clark Gable (1934) Victor McLaglen (1935) Paul Muni (1936) Spencer Tracy (1937) Spencer Tracy (1938) Robert Donat (1939) James Stewart (1940) Gary Cooper (1941) James Cagney (1942) Paul Lukas (1943) Bing Crosby (1944) Ray Milland (1945) Fredric March (1946) Ronald Colman (1947) Laurence Olivier (1948) Broderick Crawford (1949) José Ferrer (1950) Humphrey Bogart (1951) Gary Cooper (1952) William Holden (1953) Marlon Brando (1954) Ernest Borgnine (1955) Yul Brynner (1956) Alec Guinness (1957) David Niven (1958) Charlton Heston (1959) Burt Lancaster (1960) Maximilian Schell (1961) Gregory Peck (1962) Sidney Poitier (1963) Rex Harrison (1964) Lee Marvin (1965) Paul Scofield (1966) Rod Steiger (1967) Cliff Robertson (1968) John Wayne (1969) George C. Scott (1970) Gene Hackman (1971) Marlon Brando (1972) Jack Lemmon (1973) Art Carney (1974) Jack Nicholson (1975) Peter Finch (1976) Richard Dreyfuss (1977) Jon Voight (1978) Dustin Hoffman (1979) Robert De Niro (1980) Henry Fonda (1981) Ben Kingsley (1982) Robert Duvall (1983) F. Murray Abraham (1984) William Hurt (1985) Paul Newman (1986) Michael Douglas (1987) Dustin Hoffman (1988) Daniel Day-Lewis (1989) Jeremy Irons (1990) Anthony Hopkins (1991) Al Pacino (1992) Tom Hanks (1993) Tom Hanks (1994) Nicolas Cage (1995) Geoffrey Rush (1996) Jack Nicholson (1997) Roberto Benigni (1998) Kevin Spacey (1999) Russell Crowe (2000) Denzel Washington (2001) Adrien Brody (2002) Sean Penn (2003) Jamie Foxx (2004) Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) Forest Whitaker (2006) Daniel Day-Lewis (2007) Sean Penn (2008) Jeff Bridges (2009) Colin Firth (2010) Jean Dujardin (2011) Daniel Day-Lewis (2012)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Paul Lukas (1943) Alexander Knox (1944) Ray Milland (1945) Gregory Peck (1946) Ronald Colman (1947) Laurence Olivier (1948) Broderick Crawford (1949) José Ferrer (1950) Fredric March (1951) Gary Cooper (1952) Spencer Tracy (1953) Marlon Brando (1954) Ernest Borgnine (1955) Kirk Douglas (1956) Alec Guinness (1957) David Niven (1958) Anthony Franciosa (1959) Burt Lancaster (1960) Maximilian Schell (1961) Gregory Peck (1962) Sidney Poitier (1963) Peter O'Toole (1964) Omar Sharif (1965) Paul Scofield (1966) Rod Steiger (1967) Peter O'Toole (1968) John Wayne (1969) George C. Scott (1970) Gene Hackman (1971) Marlon Brando (1972) Al Pacino (1973) Jack Nicholson (1974) Jack Nicholson (1975) Peter Finch (1976) Richard Burton (1977) Jon Voight (1978) Dustin Hoffman (1979) Robert De Niro (1980) Henry Fonda (1981) Ben Kingsley (1982) Robert Duvall / Tom Courtenay (1983) F. Murray Abraham (1984) Jon Voight (1985) Bob Hoskins (1986) Michael Douglas (1987) Dustin Hoffman (1988) Tom Cruise (1989) Jeremy Irons (1990) Nick Nolte (1991) Al Pacino (1992) Tom Hanks (1993) Tom Hanks (1994) Nicolas Cage (1995) Geoffrey Rush (1996) Peter Fonda (1997) Jim Carrey (1998) Denzel Washington (1999) Tom Hanks (2000) Russell Crowe (2001) Jack Nicholson (2002) Sean Penn (2003) Leonardo DiCaprio (2004) Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) Forest Whitaker (2006) Daniel Day-Lewis (2007) Mickey Rourke (2008) Jeff Bridges (2009) Colin Firth (2010) George Clooney (2011) Daniel Day-Lewis (2012)
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
Ray Milland (1945) Laurence Olivier (1946) Michael Redgrave (1947) Walter Huston (1948) Ralph Richardson (1949) Alec Guinness (1950) Richard Basehart (1951) Ralph Richardson (1952) James Mason (1953) Bing Crosby (1954) Ernest Borgnine (1955) Yul Brynner (1956) Alec Guinness (1957) Spencer Tracy (1958) Victor Sjöström (1959) Robert Mitchum (1960) Albert Finney (1961) Jason Robards (1962) Rex Harrison (1963) Anthony Quinn (1964) Lee Marvin (1965) Paul Scofield (1966) Peter Finch (1967) Cliff Robertson (1968) Peter O'Toole (1969) George C. Scott (1970) Gene Hackman (1971) Peter O'Toole (1972) Al Pacino / Robert Ryan (1973) Gene Hackman (1974) Jack Nicholson (1975) David Carradine (1976) John Travolta (1977) Jon Voight / Laurence Olivier (1978) Peter Sellers (1979) Robert De Niro (1980) Henry Fonda (1981) Ben Kingsley (1982) Tom Conti (1983) Victor Banerjee (1984) William Hurt / Raúl Juliá (1985) Paul Newman (1986) Michael Douglas (1987) Gene Hackman (1988) Morgan Freeman (1989) Robert De Niro / Robin Williams (1990) Warren Beatty (1991) Jack Lemmon (1992) Anthony Hopkins (1993) Tom Hanks (1994) Nicolas Cage (1995) Tom Cruise (1996) Jack Nicholson (1997) Ian McKellen (1998) Russell Crowe (1999) Javier Bardem (2000) Billy Bob Thornton (2001) Campbell Scott (2002) Sean Penn (2003) Jamie Foxx (2004) Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) Forest Whitaker (2006) George Clooney (2007) Clint Eastwood (2008) George Clooney / Morgan Freeman (2009) Jesse Eisenberg (2010) George Clooney (2011) Bradley Cooper (2012)
Screen Actors Guild Award – Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (1994–2000)
Tom Hanks (1994) Nicolas Cage (1995) Geoffrey Rush (1996) Jack Nicholson (1997) Roberto Benigni (1998) Kevin Spacey (1999) Benicio del Toro (2000)
Complete list (1994–2000) (2001–2020)

Coppola family
Francis Ford Coppola Eleanor Coppola Anton Coppola August Coppola Carmine Coppola Italia Coppola Gia Coppola Gian-Carlo Coppola Sofia Coppola Thomas Mars Roman Coppola Talia Shire David Shire Jack Schwartzman Robert Coppola Schwartzman Jason Schwartzman John Schwartzman Marc Coppola Christopher Coppola Nicolas Cage

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Name | Cage, Nicolas
Alternative names | Coppola, Nicolas Kim
Short description | American actor and film producer
Date of birth | January 7, 1964
Place of birth | Long Beach, California, U.S.
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