Nicolas Cage is a professional name to Nicolas Kim Coppola. He was born in the year 1964. He is a producer, director and actor of American nationality. In his acting career, he appeared in different movies such as Birdy, Racing with the Moon, Valley Girl, Red Rock West, Honeymoon in Vegas, Fire Birds, Wild at Heart, Vampire’s Kiss, Moonstruck, Raising Arizona and Peggy Sue Got Married.
Don't Miss: Angelina Jolie
He had received many awards including Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe and Academy Award. It was because of his performance when he was alcoholic Hollywood writer while playing in Leaving Las Vegas. He starred in some mainstream films like City of Angeles, Con Air, Face/Off and The Rock. He got a new nomination for the film Adaption where he played like Donald and Charlie Donald Kaufman. He directed Sonny film and got a nomination for Grand Special Prize of Deauville Film Festival. He is the owner of Saturn films and he produced The life of David Gale and Shadow of the Vampire.
He was in the National Treasure, Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans, Lord of War. Others are Knowing and Ghost Rider. He was in Joe and The Croods.
From his biography, was born in the city of Long Beach of California. His father is August Coppola who was literature professor and Joy Vogelsang who was a choreographer and a dancer. He grew up in the Catholic family. The father is from Italy and the mother has Polish and German ancestry. The paternal grandparents were composer Carmine Coppola and the actress Italia Pennino. He was born with two brothers, Christopher Coppola and Marc “The Cope” Coppola. He went to Beverly Hills High School. He wanted to be actor from early age and he attended the UCLA school of Theater, film and Television. He started to act in Golden boy, a school production. He says that James Dean was the reasons behind his acting career.
When it comes to his personal life Nicolas Cage dated Christina Fulton and she gave birth to his son Weston Coppola cage. He married Danielle and they had a son called Lucian Augustus Coppola Cage born in the year 2014. He was married also to Patricia Arquette and then to Lisa Marie Presley. He stayed with Lisa Parsley for only 3 months but the divorce took 2 years to finalize. The third wife was Alice Kim. With Alice, he got a son called Kal-El.
Nicolas Cage had to change his name because of his uncle Francis Ford Coppola. He was a director and did not want to look that he preferred him because of nepotism. He decided to use Cage because of Luke Cage, the superhero of Marvel Comics.Nicolas Cage has a net worth of 25 million but he would have got more if not for his wild spending habits with IRS’ tax liens. He can be followed on different social media.
Last Modified: Mar 8, 2020
Related Biographies
