Nicolas Cage

On August 10, 2001, he married Lisa Marie Presley and filed for divorce less than four months later. He married former waitress Alice Kim at the end of July 2004 in a private ceremony in northern California. He achieved immortality by appearing on one of a series of United States postage stamps portraying movie monsters, as the Wolf Man, in 1977. They divorced in 2001. He maintained a strong career in horror movies, playing all four of the classic horror roles -- the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), The Mummy in The Mummy's Tomb (1942) and (the son of) Dracula in Son of Dracula (1943). On April 8, 1995, he married actress Patricia Arquette. In 1941 he starred in the title role of The Wolf Man, the characterization which would be his stereotypical role for the rest of his life. He has a son, Weston Coppola Cage (born 1990), with model Kristina Fulton. He did not achieve stardom until the 1939 feature film version of Of Mice and Men, in which he played Lennie Small.

He has developed a reputation for alternating roles in action movies with more serious character-driven dramas, and an occasional black comedy. His first movie was an uncredited role in the 1932 film Girl Crazy. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Leaving Las Vegas (1995). He did not take any movie roles until after his father's death. His next notable roles were in the 1983 movies Rumble Fish and Valley Girl, which was his breakout role. But he also studied makeup under his father. He had a small role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), most of which ended on the cutting room floor. He worked menial jobs in order to make his own way.

He chose the name Cage after the Marvel comic book hero Luke Cage, Power Man. Chaney worked hard to avoid his father's shadow. Cage changed his name early in order to try to make his own way in acting without benefiting from his uncle's reputation. Chaney was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and died in San Clemente, California. He is the nephew of both Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire. He was born Creighton Tull Chaney, and was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935, as a studio marketing ploy. In 1976, Cage's parents divorced and he moved to Beverly Hills with his father. Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 - July 12, 1973) was an American character actor, well-known mainly for his roles in monster movies and as the son of his better-known father, Lon Chaney.

He was born Nicholas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of August and Joy Coppola. Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an American actor. National Treasure (2004). Matchstick Men (2003).

Adaptation (2002). Windtalkers (2002). Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001). The Family Man (2000).

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000). 8MM (1999). Bringing Out the Dead (1999). City of Angels (1998).

Face/Off (1997). Con Air (1997). The Rock (1996). Leaving Las Vegas (1995).

It Could Happen to You (1994). Guarding Tess (1994). Honeymoon in Vegas (1992). Wild at Heart (1990).

Raising Arizona (1987). Moonstruck (1987). Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). Birdy (1984).

The Cotton Club (1984). Valley Girl (1983). Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).