Biography
Nicolas Cage is an American actor and producer. Born Nicolas Kim Coppola on 7 January 1964 in Long Beach, California, he began his career in the early 1980s with roles in films including Rumble Fish (1983) and Valley Girl (1983). He adopted the professional name Nicolas Cage early on.
Cage won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) and received a further nomination for Adaptation (2002). He has appeared in a wide range of films, including Face/Off (1997), National Treasure (2004) and its sequel, and Lord of War (2005). More recent credits include Renfield (2023), Dream Scenario (2023) and Longlegs (2024), on which he also served as producer. He stars as Ben Reilly / The Spider in the series Spider-Noir (2026).
Cage owns the production company Saturn Films and has produced several projects. He is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola.
