Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. During the early years of his career, Cage starred in a variety of films such as Rumble Fish (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993). During this period, John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36 listed him as one of twelve Promising New Actors of 1984. For his performance in Leaving Las Vegas (1995), he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation (2002). He subsequently appeared in more mainstream films, such as The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), City of Angels (1998), 8mm (1999), Windtalkers (2002), Lord of War (2005), The Wicker Man (2006), Bangkok Dangerous (2008) and Knowing (2009). He also directed the film Sonny (2002), for which he was nominated for Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival. Cage owns the production company Saturn Films and has produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of David Gale (2003). In October 1997, Cage was ranked No. 40 in Empire magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list, while the next year, he was placed No. 37 in Premiere's 100 most powerful people in Hollywood. In the 2010s, he starred in Kick-Ass (2010), Drive Angry (2011), Joe (2013), The Runner (2015), Dog Eat Dog (2016), Mom and Dad (2017), Mandy (2018), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), and Color Out of Space (2019). His participation in various film genres during this time increased his popularity and gained him a cult following.
TBASpider-Noir (2 Episodes) as Noir
TBAMadden as John Madden
TBAThe Prince as Unknown
TBALords of War as Yuri Orlov
2027Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Spider-Man Noir (voice)
2025The Carpenter's Son as The Carpenter
2025The Surfer as The Surfer
2025Gunslingers as Ben
2024Shadowland as Self (archive footage)
2024An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley as Self (archive footage)
2024Longlegs as Longlegs
2024Arcadian as Paul
2023Dream Scenario as Paul Matthews
2023TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy as Self - Ex-Husband of Lisa Marie Presley (archive footage)
2023The Retirement Plan as Matt
2023Sympathy for the Devil as The Passenger
2023The Flash as Superman (uncredited)
2023Las Crónicas De Sergio (4 Episodes) as Policia 1
2023Renfield as Dracula
2023Butcher's Crossing as Miller
2023The Old Way as Colton Briggs
2022The Act Of Dying as (archive footage)
2022The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent as Nick Cage / Nicky
2021Prisoners of the Ghostland as Hero
2021Pig as Rob Feld
2021Willy's Wonderland as The Janitor
2021Dear Diary: World's First Pranks as Grug (voice)
2021History of Swear Words (6 Episodes) as Self - Host
2020The Croods: A New Age as Grug (voice)
2020Jiu Jitsu as Wylie
2020Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space as Unknown
2020Kill Chain as Araña
2020Color Out of Space as Nathan Gardner
2019Primal as Frank Walsh
2019Grand Isle as Walter
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
2019Running with the Devil as The Cook
2019Love, Antosha as Narrator (voice)
2019A Score to Settle as Frank
2018Between Worlds as Joe
2018Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Spider-Man Noir (voice)
2018Mandy as Red Miller
2018Becoming Iconic as Self
2018Teen Titans Go! To the Movies as Superman (voice)
2018211 as Mike Chandler
2018GQ Presents: Iconic Characters (1 Episode) as Self
2018Looking Glass as Ray
2018Mom and Dad as Brent Ryan
2017The Humanity Bureau as Noah Kross
2017Inconceivable as Brian
2017Vengeance: A Love Story as Det. John Dromoor
2017Arsenal as Eddie King
2016Army of One as Gary Faulkner
2016Dog Eat Dog as Troy
2016HyperNormalisation as Self (archive footage)
2016USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage as Captain McVay
2016Snowden as Hank Forrester
2016The Trust as Jim Stone
2015Pay the Ghost as Mike
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2015The Runner as Colin Price
2015The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? as Self (archive footage)
2014Dying of the Light as Evan Lake
2014Left Behind as Rayford Steele
2014Outcast as Gallain
2014Rage as Paul Maguire
2014Joe as Joe Ransom
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 Episode) as Self
2013The Frozen Ground as Jack Halcombe
2013The Croods as Grug (voice)
2012Stolen as Will Montgomery
2012The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Self
2012Honest Trailers (1 Episode) as Self / Superman / Paul Matthews / Various (archive footage)
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
2011Trespass as Kyle Miller
2011Seeking Justice as Will Gerard
2011Drive Angry as Milton
2011Season of the Witch as Behman
2010With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self
2010The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Balthazar Blake
2010I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later as Self (archival footage)
2010The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans as Himself
2010Kick-Ass as Damon Macready / Big Daddy
2009Astro Boy as Dr. Tenma (voice)
2009Live from Studio Five (1 Episode) as Self
2009Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans as Terence McDonagh
2009G-Force as Speckles the Mole (voice)
2009Knowing as John Koestler
2008Bangkok Dangerous as Joe
2008Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self (archive footage)
2007National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Benjamin Franklin Gates
2007The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off' as Self
2007Next as Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac
2007Grindhouse as Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)
2007Ghost Rider as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
2006The Wicker Man as Edward Malus
2006World Trade Center as John McLoughlin
2006The Ant Bully as Zoc (voice)
2006Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family as Self (archival footage)
2005Live 8 as Self
2005The Weather Man as David Spritz
2005Lord of War as Yuri Orlov
2004Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart as Unknown
2004National Treasure as Benjamin Franklin Gates
2003Matchstick Men as Roy Waller
2003Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later as Self
2003Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage And Martha Coolidge as Self
2003The Music of Valley Girl as Self
2003Celebrities Uncensored (1 Episode) as Self
2002Adaptation. as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
2002Sonny as Acid Yellow
2002Windtalkers as Sergeant Joe Enders
2002HypaSpace (1 Episode) as Self
2002NDR Kultur – Das Journal (1 Episode) as Self
2001Christmas Carol: The Movie as Jacob Marley (voice)
2001Captain Corelli's Mandolin as Captain Antonio Corelli
2000The Family Man as Jack Campbell
2000Gone in Sixty Seconds as Memphis Raines
1999Bringing Out the Dead as Frank Pierce
1999Where Are They Now? (1 Episode) as Self
19998MM as Tom Welles
1998Junket Whore as Self
1998Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery as Self
1998Snake Eyes as Rick Santoro
1998City of Angels as Seth
1998Inside the Golden Statue as Self
1998Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
1997Face/Off as Castor Troy
1997Con Air as Cameron Poe
1996The Rock as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self
1995Leaving Las Vegas as Ben Sanderson
1995Kiss of Death as Little Junior Brown
1994Trapped in Paradise as Bill Firpo
1994Inside the Actors Studio (1 Episode) as Self
1994It Could Happen to You as Charlie Lang
1994Hi Octane (2 Episodes) as Self
1994Guarding Tess as Doug Chesnic
1993Deadfall as Eddie
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
1993Red Rock West as Michael Williams
1993Amos & Andrew as Amos Odell
1992Terry Wogan's Friday Night (1 Episode) as Self
1992Honeymoon in Vegas as Jack Singer
1992MTV Movie & TV Awards (1 Episode) as Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1991Rabbit Ears - Davy Crockett as Narrator
1991Zandalee as Johnny Collins
1990Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self
1990Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted as Heartbreaker
1990Wild at Heart as Sailor
1990Fire Birds as Jake Preston
1989Time to Kill as Enrico Silvestri
1989Vampire's Kiss as Peter Loew
1989Never on Tuesday as Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited)
1988This Morning (1 Episode) as Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (2 Episodes) as Self - Guest
1987Moonstruck as Ronny Cammareri
1987Raising Arizona as H.I.
1986Peggy Sue Got Married as Charlie Bodell
1986The Boy in Blue as Ned Hanlan
1984The Cotton Club as Vincent Dwyer
1984Birdy as Sergeant Al Columbato
1984Racing with the Moon as Nicky / Bud
1984Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1 Episode) as Self
1983Rumble Fish as Smokey
1983Valley Girl as Randy
1983The Outsiders as Soc (uncredited)
1982Fast Times at Ridgemont High as Brad's Bud
1981Entertainment Tonight (95 Episodes) as Unknown
1981The Best of Times as Nicolas
1981Wetten, dass..? (1 Episode) as Self
1980Brubaker as Prisoner (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1953The Oscars (9 Episodes) as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter
TBALords of War ... Producer
2025The Carpenter's Son ... Producer
2024Longlegs ... Producer
2024Arcadian ... Producer
2023Dream Scenario ... Producer
2023Sympathy for the Devil ... Producer
2022The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent ... Producer
2021Pig ... Producer
2021Willy's Wonderland ... Producer
2019A Score to Settle ... Executive Producer
2017Vengeance: A Love Story ... Producer
2012Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police ... Producer
2012A Thousand Words ... Producer
2010The Sorcerer's Apprentice ... Executive Producer
2008Bangkok Dangerous ... Producer
2007Next ... Producer
2007The Dresden Files (12 Episodes) ... Producer
2006The Wicker Man ... Producer
2005Lord of War ... Producer
2003The Life of David Gale ... Producer
2002Sonny ... Producer
2000Shadow of the Vampire ... Producer
2005What Is It? ... Thanks
2002Sonny ... Director