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Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an American actor.

He was born Nicholas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of August and Joy Coppola. In 1976, Cage's parents divorced and he moved to Beverly Hills with his father. He is the nephew of both Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire.

Cage changed his name early in order to try to make his own way in acting without benefiting from his uncle's reputation. He chose the name Cage after the Marvel comic book hero Luke Cage, Power Man.

He had a small role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), most of which ended on the cutting room floor. His next notable roles were in the 1983 movies Rumble Fish and Valley Girl, which was his breakout role.

He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Leaving Las Vegas (1995). He has developed a reputation for alternating roles in action movies with more serious character-driven dramas, and an occasional black comedy.

He has a son, Weston Coppola Cage (born 1990), with model Kristina Fulton. On April 8, 1995, he married actress Patricia Arquette. They divorced in 2001. 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.

Selected filmography

  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
  • Valley Girl (1983)
  • The Cotton Club (1984)
  • Birdy (1984)
  • Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
  • Moonstruck (1987)
  • Raising Arizona (1987)
  • Wild at Heart (1990)
  • Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
  • Guarding Tess (1994)
  • It Could Happen to You (1994)
  • Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
  • The Rock (1996)
  • Con Air (1997)
  • Face/Off (1997)
  • City of Angels (1998)
  • Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
  • 8MM (1999)
  • Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
  • The Family Man (2000)
  • Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
  • Windtalkers (2002)
  • Adaptation (2002)
  • Matchstick Men (2003)
  • National Treasure (2004)

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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. Coltrane lives near Glasgow, is married and has two children, and collects vintage cars. They divorced in 2001. His roles went from strength to strength in the 1990s with the TV series Cracker (1993-1996) and a BAFTA award as the stepping stone to parts in bigger films such as the James Bond films Goldeneye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999), as well as giant Rubeus Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). On April 8, 1995, he married actress Patricia Arquette. He also played a would-be private detective obsessed with Humphrey Bogart in the TV play The Bogie Man. He has a son, Weston Coppola Cage (born 1990), with model Kristina Fulton. He co-starred with Eric Idle in Nuns on the Run (1990), and played the Pope in The Pope Must Die (1991).

He has developed a reputation for alternating roles in action movies with more serious character-driven dramas, and an occasional black comedy. On television he also appeared in Tutti Frutti (1987), as Samuel Johnson in Blackadder (1987) (a role he later reprised in the more serious Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands (1993)), and in a number of stand-up and sketch comedy shows. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Leaving Las Vegas (1995). He soon moved into films, obtaining small roles in a number of movies such as Death Watch (1980), Scrubbers (1983), Absolute Beginners (1986) and Mona Lisa (1986). His next notable roles were in the 1983 movies Rumble Fish and Valley Girl, which was his breakout role. His comic skills brought him roles in the television series The Comic Strip Presents (1982) and he was one of the stars of Laugh? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee (1984). He had a small role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), most of which ended on the cutting room floor. He moved into acting in his early twenties, taking the stage name Coltrane (in tribute to jazz saxophonist John Coltrane) and working in theatre and stand-up comedy.

He chose the name Cage after the Marvel comic book hero Luke Cage, Power Man. He was born in Rutherglen, Glasgow and educated (sporadically) at Glenalmond school in Perthshire, Glasgow School of Art, and the Moray House College Of Education in Edinburgh. Cage changed his name early in order to try to make his own way in acting without benefiting from his uncle's reputation. Robbie Coltrane (birth name Robert MacMillan, some sources say Anthony MacMillan) (born March 30, 1950) is a Scottish actor. He is the nephew of both Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire. In 1976, Cage's parents divorced and he moved to Beverly Hills with his father.

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).