See also: Cage (homonymy)

Nicolas Cage , of her true name Nicholas Kim Coppola , is an American actor , born with Long Beach (California) the January 7th 1964.

Biography

He is the grandson of the type-setter Carmine Coppola, the nephew of the realizer Francis Ford Coppola and of the actress Talia Shire, and the first cousin of the director Sofia Coppola. His/her mother is choreographer of dance and her father professor of comparative literature.

In 1995, it Maria with the actress Patricia Arquette, which he divorced in 2001. Then he was briefly married with the singer and celebrates heiress Lisa Marie Presley August in December 2002.

In July 2004, he married Alice Kim and had a son with her born the October 3rd 2005: Kal-El Coppola (Kal-El being the name kryptonien of Superman). It had also a son with the American actress Kristina Fulton.

Its impulsive character is worth some facts of turning to him, of the destruction of its roulotte during the turning of Cotton Club in 1984 until the tasting of a coquerelle alive with the camera for Vampire' S KIS in 1989.

The Nicolas young person and his brothers will be dealt with by their father who will initiate his sons with the literature, the cinema and Article During the summer holidays, the father involves his sons for long periods in San Francisco for visits in his brother, the realizer Francis Ford Coppola. To the 15 years age, Nicolas presents to an estival workshop dramatic art of the American Academy of theater of San Francisco where it will carry out his first steps on scene.

At the end of its secondary studies, it off takes down a role in the series The Best Times , which will last only one season, and carries out its first steps with the big screen with a small role in Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982).

This determination will not prevent it all the same from accepting a role in Rumble Fish (1983), film carried out by its uncle. The same year it will shine in Valley Girl , its first true notable performance. Valley Girl will be followed by Peggy Sue married in 1986, once again carried out by Francis Ford Coppola. Its performance at the sides of Kathleen Turner will be worth to him to be noticed as well by criticism as by the direction of the studio. Expensive, which discovers Nicolas Cage in Peggy Sue married , made pressure so that it obtains a role at its sides in Éclair of the moon (1987).

The same year, it will turn with the Coen brothers the comedy Arizona Junior . These two films will confirm its reputation of actor to the varied play. Its career consequently takes its take-off and the films are connected quickly: Firebirds (1990), Zandalee (1991), Honeymoon (1992)… As of 1994, it is able to require important seals. It requires wages of approximately 4 million dollars per film and starts to receive good film scenarios.

In 1995, it receives the scenario of the director Mike Figgis, who tells the history of a suicidal alcoholic who wishes to put an end to his days with Las Vegas. Nicolas Cage sees there a sensitive film in which it will be able to invest its heart and its heart there.

To make it possible film to be done and in order to hold the main role to with it, it agrees to reduce its seal to 240.000 $. A choice difficult and risky which will be worth best criticisms of its career and the dedication to him since it will gain the Oscar of the best actor for his performance dazzling at the sides of Elisabeth Shue, marvellous and significant.

After this deserved success and a performance worthy of the largest actors, his career forks towards action films. It connects then, in stereotyped roles: Rock'n'roll (1996), Wings of the hell ( Idiot Air ) (1997), Volte-face ( Face/Off ) (1997), etc

In 1998, a small turning on the side of independent films with the City of the angels , American version of traditional of Wim Wenders, Wings of the desire . In 1999, it off produces Shadow the Vampire , a film on the slides of the turning of the dumb version of the film Nosferatu . The same year, it joint the club sélect of the actors who touch 20 million dollars per film with 60 second stopwatch .

Nicolas Cage is all the same a conscientious actor who spends much time to prepare his roles, collecting all possible information on the universe of her character.

It always pushed its statute and its image of high-speed motorboat Hollywood ienne with its paroxysm. Thus, it passes most of its time to move between its penthouse downtown area of Los Angeles, its residence victorienne of San Francisco or its false-castle teuton of Hollywood Hills. Large collector of cars, it has an imposing fleet of European sport scars.

In spite of a charged schedule, it is interested in all and finds time to make exercise twice a day, to write poems and to carry out an intense social life.

Catalog of films

Rewards

External bond

  • Nicolas Cage on Internet Movie Database

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