Nicolas Cage
(1964 - )
Biography from Baseline
Actor
Nicolas Coppola
January 7, 1964, Long Beach, CA
Engaging, sleepy-eyed American star, a nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola, who graduated from teenage parts in VALLEY GIRL (1983) and his uncle's underrated RUMBLE FISH (1983) to a series of effective, idiosyncratic leading roles.
Cage first made serious dramatic waves opposite Matthew Modine in BIRDY (1984), Alan Parker's duet for emotionally scarred Vietnam veterans. His callow 1950s rocker in Coppola's nostalgic PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED (1986) was not praised at the time, but now seems like a skillful caricature. His goofier qualities again assumed center stage in the Coen brothers' screwball comedy RAISING ARIZONA (1987) and David Lynch's odyssey, WILD AT HEART (1990).
Although critics were divided on Cage's work as the inarticulate but philosophical baker in the popular MOONSTRUCK (1987), they united with the public in ignoring AMOS & ANDREW (1993), but his wacky charm was central to the success of Andrew Bergman's comedy, HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (1992). Returning to the Nevada city in Mike Figgis' LEAVING LAS VEGAS (1995), he delivered a multi-layered award-winning performance as an alcoholic writer. Bringing warmth and humor to what could have been an unsympathetic role, Cage earned some of the best notices of his career.
Nicolas Cage
(1964 - )
Filmography
1982 FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH performer
1983 RUMBLE FISH performer
1983 VALLEY GIRL performer
1984 BIRDY performer
1984 THE COTTON CLUB performer
1984 RACING WITH THE MOON performer
1986 THE BOY IN BLUE performer
1986 PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED performer
1987 MOONSTRUCK performer
1987 RAISING ARIZONA performer
1989 NEVER ON TUESDAY performer
1989 TEMPO DI UCCIDERE performer
1989 VAMPIRE'S KISS performer
1990 FIREBIRDS performer
1990 WILD AT HEART performer
1991 ZANDALEE performer
1992 HONEYMOON IN VEGAS performer
1993 AMOS & ANDREW performer
1993 DEADFALL performer
1993 RED ROCK WEST performer
1994 GUARDING TESS performer
1994 IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU performer
1994 TRAPPED IN PARADISE performer
1995 KISS OF DEATH performer
1995 LEAVING LAS VEGAS performer
Nicolas Cage
(1964 - )
Academy Awards®
© A.M.P.A.S.®
Actor 1995: LEAVING LAS VEGAS
(1964 - )
Biography from Baseline
Actor
Nicolas Coppola
January 7, 1964, Long Beach, CA
Engaging, sleepy-eyed American star, a nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola, who graduated from teenage parts in VALLEY GIRL (1983) and his uncle's underrated RUMBLE FISH (1983) to a series of effective, idiosyncratic leading roles.
Cage first made serious dramatic waves opposite Matthew Modine in BIRDY (1984), Alan Parker's duet for emotionally scarred Vietnam veterans. His callow 1950s rocker in Coppola's nostalgic PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED (1986) was not praised at the time, but now seems like a skillful caricature. His goofier qualities again assumed center stage in the Coen brothers' screwball comedy RAISING ARIZONA (1987) and David Lynch's odyssey, WILD AT HEART (1990).
Although critics were divided on Cage's work as the inarticulate but philosophical baker in the popular MOONSTRUCK (1987), they united with the public in ignoring AMOS & ANDREW (1993), but his wacky charm was central to the success of Andrew Bergman's comedy, HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (1992). Returning to the Nevada city in Mike Figgis' LEAVING LAS VEGAS (1995), he delivered a multi-layered award-winning performance as an alcoholic writer. Bringing warmth and humor to what could have been an unsympathetic role, Cage earned some of the best notices of his career.
Nicolas Cage
(1964 - )
Filmography
1982 FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH performer
1983 RUMBLE FISH performer
1983 VALLEY GIRL performer
1984 BIRDY performer
1984 THE COTTON CLUB performer
1984 RACING WITH THE MOON performer
1986 THE BOY IN BLUE performer
1986 PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED performer
1987 MOONSTRUCK performer
1987 RAISING ARIZONA performer
1989 NEVER ON TUESDAY performer
1989 TEMPO DI UCCIDERE performer
1989 VAMPIRE'S KISS performer
1990 FIREBIRDS performer
1990 WILD AT HEART performer
1991 ZANDALEE performer
1992 HONEYMOON IN VEGAS performer
1993 AMOS & ANDREW performer
1993 DEADFALL performer
1993 RED ROCK WEST performer
1994 GUARDING TESS performer
1994 IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU performer
1994 TRAPPED IN PARADISE performer
1995 KISS OF DEATH performer
1995 LEAVING LAS VEGAS performer
Nicolas Cage
(1964 - )
Academy Awards®
© A.M.P.A.S.®
Actor 1995: LEAVING LAS VEGAS
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