Nicolas Cage
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Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor, producer and director. He has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. Cage is known for his prolificacy, appearing in at least one film per year, nearly every year since 1980 (with the exception of 1985 and 1991).
In the early years of his career, Cage starred in critically acclaimed films such as Valley Girl (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Birdy (1985), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Moonstruck (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993). Cage received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) before coming to the attention of wider audiences with mainstream films such as The Rock (1996), ... Show more...
Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor, producer and director. He has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. Cage is known for his prolificacy, appearing in at least one film per year, nearly every year since 1980 (with the exception of 1985 and 1991).
In the early years of his career, Cage starred in critically acclaimed films such as Valley Girl (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Birdy (1985), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Moonstruck (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993). Cage received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) before coming to the attention of wider audiences with mainstream films such as The Rock (1996), Face/Off (1997), Con Air (1997), City of Angels (1998) and National Treasure (2004). He earned his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation (2002). In 2002, he directed the film Sonny for which he was nominated for Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival.
Cage owns a production company, Saturn Films, and produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of David Gale (2003).
Though his performances in The Weather Man (2005), Lord of War (2005), The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Kick-Ass (2010) earned critical acclaim, and films such as Ghost Rider (2007) and Knowing (2009) were box office successes, Cage has been strongly criticized in recent years for his choice of roles, some of which have been universally panned. Most recently, he voiced the character of Grug in the animated film The Croods.
He was born Nicolas Kim Coppola on January 7, 1964, in Long Beach, California, to parents August Floyd Coppola, a professor of literature, and Joy (Vogelsang), a dancer and choreographer. He was raised in a Catholic family. His father was of Italian descent and his mother is of German and Polish descent. His paternal grandparents were composer Carmine Coppola and actress Italia Pennino, and his paternal great-grandparents were immigrants from Bernalda, Basilicata, Italy. Through his father, Cage is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and of actress Talia Shire, and the cousin of directors Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola, film producer Gian-Carlo Coppola, and actors Robert Carmine and Jason Schwartzman. Cage's two brothers are New York radio personality Marc "The Cope" Coppola and director Christopher Coppola.
He attended Beverly Hills High School, which is known for its many alumni who became entertainers. He aspired to act from an early age and also attended UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. His first non-cinematic acting experience was in a school production of Golden Boy.
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The Color Out of Space (2020)
As: Nathan Gardner
A meteorite crashes in rural New England, infecting the environment with a strange, otherworldly color that gradually mutates every lifeform it touches.
Directed by: Richard Stanley
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Joely Richardson | Tommy Chong | Elliot Knight | Julian Hilliard
The Croods 2 (2020)
As: Grug (voice)
Directed by: Joel Crawford
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Emma Stone | Catherine Keener | Ryan Reynolds | Kat Dennings
Prisoners of the Ghostland (2020)
The film centers on notorious criminal Hero who is sent to rescue an abducted girl who has disappeared into a dark supernatural universe. They must break the evil curse that binds them and escape the mysterious revenants that rule the Ghostland, an East-meets-West vortex of beauty and violence.
Directed by: Sion Sono
Stars: Nicolas Cage
Primal (2019)
As: Frank Walsh
A big-game hunter for zoos who has booked passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rare white Jaguar - along with a political assassin being extradited to the U.S in secret. Two days into the journey, the assassin escapes and releases the captive animals, throwing the ship into chaos.
Directed by: Nick Powell
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Michael Sirow | Famke Janssen | Jeff Gum
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
Jay and Silent Bob return to Hollywood to stop a reboot of 'Bluntman and Chronic' movie from getting made.
Directed by: Kevin Smith
Stars: Rosario Dawson | Brian O'Halloran | Jason Mewes | Jason Lee | Kevin Smith
Running with the Devil (2019)
As: The Cook
A leader of a drug cartel sends his two toughest henchmen to investigate why a shipment was botched.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Jason Cabell
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Laurence Fishburne | Barry Pepper | Leslie Bibb | Clifton Collins Jr.
A Score to Settle (2019)
As: Frank
A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Shawn Ku
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Benjamin Bratt | Каролина Видра | Noah Le Gros | Mohamed Karim
Love, Antosha (2019)
As: Himself
A portrait of the extraordinary life and career of actor Anton Yelchin.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Garret Price
Stars: Anton Yelchin | Chris Pine | Jennifer Lawrence | John Cho | J.J. Abrams
Between Worlds (2018)
As: Joe
Joe—a down-on-his-luck truck driver haunted by the memory of his deceased wife and child—meets Julie, a spiritually gifted woman who enlists his help in a desperate effort to find the lost soul of her comatose daughter. But the spirit of Joe's dead wife proves stronger, possessing the young woman's body and determined to settle her unfinished business with the living.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Maria Pulera
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Franka Potente | Garrett Clayton | Penelope Mitchell | Hopper Jack Penn
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
As: Spider-Man Noir (voice)
In the "classic Spider-Man mold", Miles Morales must juggle his high school life with his status as a superhero. Until he learns by Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, that there is a multiverse, called the "Spider-Verse", in each reality has their own Spider theme hero.
Directed by: Peter Ramsey | Bob Persichetti
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Liev Schreiber | Hailee Steinfeld | Jake Johnson | Shameik Moore
Sitges - 51st Fantastic International Film Festival of Catalonia (2018)
As: Himself
Documentary covering the horror and fantasy centered Sitges Film Festival 2018. Includes making of bits, interviews and photo calls.
Directed by: Marta García
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Ed Harris | John Carpenter | Jamie Lee Curtis | Panos Cosmatos
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies (2018)
As: Superman (voice)
It seems that all the major superheroes out there are starring in their own movies -- all but the Teen Titans. Robin is bound and determined to remedy that situation by becoming a star instead of a sidekick. With a few madcap ideas and a song in their hearts, the Teen Titans head to Hollywood to fulfill their dreams. Things soon go awry, however, when a supervillain plans to take over the planet -- putting ...
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Aaron Horvath | Peter Rida Michail
Stars: Scott Menville | Hynden Walch | Tara Strong | Khary Payton | Greg Cipes
211 (2018)
As: Mike Chandler
Inspired by one of the longest and bloodiest real-life events in police history, Officer Mike Chandler and a young civilian passenger find themselves under-prepared and outgunned when fate puts them squarely in the crosshairs of a daring bank heist in progress by a fearless team of highly-trained and heavily-armed men.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: York Alec Shackleton
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Michael Rainey Jr. | Dwayne Cameron | Weston Cage | Sophie Skelton
Looking Glass (2018)
As: Ray
A psycho- sexual thriller following a couple that buys an old motel in the desert looking for a new beginning, but what seemed at first as an escape is soon a thrilling ride through a mysterious world when Ray discovers a two way mirror and witnesses a horrifying murder. In a twisted game of cat and mouse, Ray must race to save his wife and himself from a gruesome secret connected ...
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Tim Hunter
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Marc Blucas | Jacque Gray | Robin Tunney | Ernie Lively
Mandy (2018)
As: Red Miller
Pacific Northwest. 1983 AD. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed by a cult led by the sadistic Jeremiah Sand, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Panos Cosmatos
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Andrea Riseborough | Richard Brake | Linus Roache | Bill Duke
Dark (2017)
As: Evan Lake
Paul Schrader’s re-edit of 2014’s Dying of the Light, available for viewing by prior request at the UCLA Film Archives in Los Angeles, the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin and the Museum of Modern Art film department in New York City.
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Anton Yelchin | Irène Jacob
The Humanity Bureau (2017)
As: Noah Kross
In 2030 the world is in a permanent state of economic recession and facing serious environmental problems as a result of global warming.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Rob W. King
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Jakob Davies | Vicellous Reon Shannon | Hugh Dillon | Sarah Lind
Inconceivable (2017)
As: Brian
A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Baker
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Gina Gershon | Faye Dunaway | Nicky Whelan | Natalie Nelson
Vengeance: A Love Story (2017)
As: John Dromoor
A Gulf War veteran seeks vengeance against those who assaulted a single mother.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Johnny Martin
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Don Johnson | Deborah Kara Unger | Anna Hutchison | Talitha Bateman
Arsenal (2017)
As: Eddie King
After the deadbeat brother of a businessman is assumed to be in on his own kidnapping, his sibling must take action to rescue him.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Steven C. Miller
Stars: Nicolas Cage | John Cusack | Lydia Hull | Adrian Grenier | Christopher Rob Bowen
Mom and Dad (2017)
As: Brent Ryan
In a suburban community, moms and dads, one after the other, mysteriously feel the irresistible impulse to attack and kill their own offspring.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Brian Taylor
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Selma Blair | Anne Winters | Zackary Arthur | Robert T. Cunningham
Dog Eat Dog (2016)
As: Troy
Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, Dog Eat Dog is the story of three men who are all out of prison and now have the task of adapting themselves to civilian life.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Omar J. Dorsey | Willem Dafoe | Louisa Krause | Christopher Matthew Cook
Snowden (2016)
As: Hank Forrester
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Melissa Leo | Tom Wilkinson | Zachary Quinto | Shailene Woodley
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
As: Captain McVay
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Mario Van Peebles
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Tom Sizemore | Thomas Jane | Emily Tennant | Matt Lanter
The Trust (2016)
As: Jim Stone
A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Alex Brewer | Benjamin Brewer
Stars: Elijah Wood | Nicolas Cage | Kevin Weisman | Jerry Lewis | Steven Williams
Pay the Ghost (2015)
As: Mike
One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can’t explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Uli Edel
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Sarah Wayne Callies | Lyriq Bent | Veronica Ferres | Lauren Beatty
The Runner (2015)
As: Colin Price
In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Cage) finds his plans of restoration unraveling as his own life becomes contaminated with corruption, scandal and deceit.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Austin Stark
Stars: Connie Nielsen | Nicolas Cage | Peter Fonda | Bryan Batt | Sarah Paulson
Dying of the Light (2014)
As: Evan Lake
Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Anton Yelchin | Irène Jacob | Alexander Karim | Aymen Hamdouchi
Left Behind (2014)
As: Rayford Steele
A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish during the rapture and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Vic Armstrong
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Martin Klebba | Lea Thompson | Nicky Whelan | Chad Michael Murray
Outcast (2014)
As: Glenn
A mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel Uncle, who seeks their deaths.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Nick Powell
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Hayden Christensen | Andy On | Liu Yifei | Summer Jike
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? (2014)
As: Himself
The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened? feature film documents the process of development of the ill fated "Superman Lives" movie, that was to be directed by Tim Burton and star Nicolas Cage as the man of steel himself, Superman. The project went through years of development before the plug was pulled, and this documentary interviews the major players: Kevin Smith, Tim Burton, Jon Peters, Dan Gilroy, ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Jon Schnepp
Stars: Tim Burton | Wesley Strick | Jon Schnepp | Lorenzo di Bonaventura | Jon Peters
Tokarev (2014)
As: Paul Maguire
When the Russian mob kidnaps the daughter of a reformed criminal, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Paco Cabezas
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Rachel Nichols | Danny Glover | Peter Stormare | Aubrey Peeples
Joe (2013)
As: Joe Ransom
The rough-hewn boss of a lumber crew courts trouble when he steps in to protect the youngest member of his team from an abusive father.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: David Gordon Green
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Heather Kafka | Ronnie Gene Blevins | Sue Rock | Tye Sheridan
The Frozen Ground (2013)
As: Jack Halcombe
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Scott Walker
Stars: Nicolas Cage | John Cusack | Radha Mitchell | Vanessa Hudgens | Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
The Croods (2013)
As: Grug Crood (voice)
The Croods is a prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world's first family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures -- and their outlook is changed forever.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Kirk De Micco | Chris Sanders
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Emma Stone | Catherine Keener | Cloris Leachman | Ryan Reynolds
Stolen (2012)
As: Will Montgomery
Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in crime, who is holding Will’s teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only surrender her when Will reveals the whereabouts of the 20 million dollars he contrived to conceal from their last robbery.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Simon West
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Danny Huston | Malin Åkerman | Mark Valley | Sami Gayle
Final Cut - Ladies & Gentlemen (2012)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: György Pálfi
Stars: Isabelle Adjani | Julie Andrews | Fanny Ardant | Agustín Almodóvar | Rosanna Arquette
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
As: Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Brian Taylor | Mark Neveldine
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Johnny Whitworth | Violante Placido | Ciarán Hinds | Fergus Riordan
Trespass (2011)
As: Kyle Miller
Kyle (Nicolas Cage) and Sarah Miller (Nicole Kidman) have it all: a huge gated house on the water, fancy cars, and the potential for romance in their relationship. He's just back from a business trip (he brokers diamonds) and their teen daughter Avery (Liana Liberato) is sneaking out to a party, when four thugs in security uniforms and ski masks stage a home invasion. They want what's in the safe: cash and ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Nicole Kidman | Cam Gigandet | Liana Liberato | Jordana Spiro
Seeking Justice (2011)
As: Will Gerard
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Guy Pearce | January Jones | Jennifer Carpenter | Harold Perrineau
Drive Angry (2011)
As: Milton
Milton is a hardened felon who has broken out of Hell, intent on finding the vicious cult who brutally murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby. He joins forces with Piper, a sexy, tough-as-nails waitress with a 69 Charger, who's also seeking redemption of her own. Caught in a deadly race against time, Milton has three days to avoid capture, avenge his daughter's death, and save her baby before she's ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Patrick Lussier
Stars: William Fichtner | Nicolas Cage | David Morse | Billy Burke | Amber Heard
Season of the Witch (2011)
As: Behman
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Dominic Sena
Stars: Christopher Lee | Nicolas Cage | Ron Perlman | Ulrich Thomsen | Fernanda Dorogi
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010)
As: Himself
At 89 years old, Stan Lee's name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25 languages. Arguably the most recognized name in comics, Stan Lee has co-created over 500 legendary pop culture characters including Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk. Stan continues to create new material and entertain fans of all ages with fantastic stories and characters ...
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Terry Dougas | Nikki Frakes | Will Hess
Stars: Sean Astin | Nicolas Cage | Michael Chiklis | Kenneth Branagh | Stan Lee
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
As: Balthazar Blake
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to ...
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Monica Bellucci | Alfred Molina | Jay Baruchel | Teresa Palmer
Kick-Ass (2010)
As: Damon Macready / Big Daddy
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Christopher Mintz-Plasse | Mark Strong | Chloë Grace Moretz | Aaron Taylor-Johnson
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)
As: Terence McDonagh
Terrence McDonagh, a New Orleans Police sergeant, who starts out as a good cop, receiving a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. During his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and later becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. McDonagh finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Val Kilmer | Fairuza Balk | Eva Mendes | Shawn Hatosy
Astro Boy (2009)
As: Dr. Tenma (voice)
Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill his creator's expectations, Astro embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before returning to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who rejected him.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: David Bowers
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Donald Sutherland | Kristen Bell | Freddie Highmore | Bill Nighy
G-Force (2009)
As: Speckles the Mole (voice)
A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil Leonard Saber, who plans to destroy the world with household appliances. But the government shuts them down and they are sentenced to a pet shop. Can they escape to defeat the villain and save the world?
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Hoyt Yeatman
Stars: Steve Buscemi | Sam Rockwell | Penélope Cruz | Tracy Morgan | Jon Favreau
Knowing (2009)
As: John Koestler
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Ben Mendelsohn | Chandler Canterbury | Rose Byrne | Nadia Townsend
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
As: Joe
When carrying out a hit, assassin Joe (Cage) always makes use of the knowledge of the local population. On arriving in Bangkok, Joe meets street kid Kong and he becomes his primary aide. But when Kong is nearly killed, he asks Joe to train him up in the deadly arts and unwittingly becomes a target of a band of killers.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Oxide Pang Chun | Danny Pang
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Shahkrit Yamnarm | Charlie Yeung | Panward Hemmanee | Nirattisai Kaljaruek
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
As: Benjamin Franklin Gates
Benjamin Franklin Gates and Dr. Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Ed Harris | Harvey Keitel | Jon Voight | Diane Kruger
Next (2007)
As: Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Jessica Biel | Tory Kittles | Julianne Moore | Thomas Kretschmann
Ghost Rider (2007)
As: Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider
In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a go-getting reporter, and also with Mephistopheles, who offers to release Johnny's soul if Johnny becomes the fabled, fiery 'Ghost Rider'.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Sam Elliott | Donal Logue | Eva Mendes | Wes Bentley
The Wicker Man (2006)
As: Edward Malus
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Neil LaBute
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Kate Beahan | Ellen Burstyn | Frances Conroy | Leelee Sobieski
World Trade Center (2006)
As: John McLoughlin
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nicolas Cage | Jay Hernandez | Maria Bello | Michael Peña
The Ant Bully (2006)
As: Zoc
Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the insects shrink him to the size of a bug with a magic elixir. Convicted of "crimes against the colony," Lucas can only regain his freedom by living with the ants and learning their ways.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: John A. Davis
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Paul Giamatti | Julia Roberts | Bruce Campbell | Meryl Streep
Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone (2006)
As: Himself
On September 12, 2004, just two-and-a-half days before Johnny Ramone's death, a group of musicians and friends-among them Deborah Harry, The Dickies, X, Eddie Vedder, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers-staged a benefit concert to celebrate The Ramones' 30th anniversary and to raise money for cancer research. Mandy Stein's touching rockumentary captures that unforgettable evening.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Mandy Stein
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Tim Armstrong | Dicky Barrett | Clem Burke | Danny Fields
The Weather Man (2005)
As: David Spritz
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Michael Caine | Nicolas Cage | Nicholas Hoult | Hope Davis | Gemmenne de la Peña
Lord of War (2005)
As: Yuri Orlov
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Stars: Jared Leto | Nicolas Cage | Bridget Moynahan | Eamonn Walker | Ethan Hawke
National Treasure (2004)
As: Ben Gates
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Stars: Sean Bean | Nicolas Cage | Jon Voight | Diane Kruger | Justin Bartha
John Travolta: The Inside Story (2004)
As: Himself
In the seventies brushed glory, in the eighties met the failure and nineties resurfaced to become definitely a star. John Travolta is an actor undeterred.
Runtime: 45 min.
Directed by: Adam Friedman
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Nancy Allen | John Travolta | Leslie Felperin | Boyd Hilton
Matchstick Men (2003)
As: Roy Waller
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Bruce Altman | Sam Rockwell | Bruce McGill | Alison Lohman
Adaptation. (2002)
As: Charlie / Donald Kaufman
A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Chris Cooper | Tilda Swinton | Cara Seymour | Meryl Streep
Sonny (2002)
As: Acid Yellow
New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Nicolas Cage
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Harry Dean Stanton | James Franco | Brenda Blethyn | Mena Suvari
Windtalkers (2002)
As: Sergeant Joe Enders
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: John Woo
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Peter Stormare | Mark Ruffalo | Noah Emmerich | Adam Beach
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
As: Jacob Marley (voice)
The film begins with a live-action sequence set in Boston in 1857, the site of a live reading by renowned novelist Dickens. As he begins his 'story of ghosts' a woman in the audience screams because she has seen a mouse and Dickens points out that this is appropriate since his story begins with a mouse. At this point the story turns into the animated version and Dickens explains that the mouse, na
Runtime: 77 min.
Directed by: Jimmy T. Murakami
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Kate Winslet | Michael Gambon | Simon Callow | Jane Horrocks
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
As: Captain Antonio Corelli
When a Greek fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during WWII, his fiancee falls in love with the local Italian commander. The film is based on a novel about an Italian soldier's experiences during the Italian occupation of the Greek island of Cephalonia (Kefalonia), but Hollywood made it into a pure love story by removing much of the "unpleasant" stuff.
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: John Madden
Stars: Christian Bale | Nicolas Cage | John Hurt | Penélope Cruz | Irene Papas
The Family Man (2000)
As: Jack Campbell
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself ...
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Brett Ratner
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Amber Valletta | Don Cheadle | Saul Rubinek | Téa Leoni
Gone In Sixty Seconds (2000)
As: Randall 'Memphis' Raines
Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly impossible feat. From countless car chases to relentless cops, the high-octane excitement builds as Randall swerves around more than a few roadblocks to keep Kip alive.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Dominic Sena
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Giovanni Ribisi | Will Patton | Angelina Jolie | Delroy Lindo
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
As: Frank Pierce
48 hours in the life of a burnt-out paramedic. Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Tom Sizemore | Ving Rhames | John Goodman | Patricia Arquette
8MM (1999)
As: Tom Welles
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix | Nicolas Cage | Chris Bauer | James Gandolfini | Anthony Heald
Snake Eyes (1998)
As: Rick Santoro
All bets are off when corrupt homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend and naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Gary Sinise | Tamara Tunie | John Heard | Carla Gugino
City of Angels (1998)
As: Seth
When guardian angel Seth -- who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles -- becomes captivated by Maggie, a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Brad Silberling
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Andre Braugher | Meg Ryan | Colm Feore | Dennis Franz
Face/Off (1997)
As: Castor Troy
An antiterrorism agent goes under the knife to acquire the likeness of a terrorist and gather details about a bombing plot. When the terrorist escapes custody, he undergoes surgery to look like the agent so he can get close to the agent's family.
Runtime: 138 min.
Directed by: John Woo
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Gina Gershon | Alessandro Nivola | John Travolta | Joan Allen
Con Air (1997)
As: Cameron Poe
When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching his every move is the just-released Cameron Poe, who'd rather reunite with his family.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Simon West
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Ving Rhames | John Malkovich | John Cusack | Nick Chinlund
The Rock (1996)
As: Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 million in war reparations to be paid to the families of slain servicemen who died on covert operations. After their SEAL team is wiped out, Stanley and ...
Runtime: 136 min.
Directed by: Michael Bay
Stars: Sean Connery | Nicolas Cage | Ed Harris | John Spencer | David Morse
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
As: Ben Sanderson
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Elisabeth Shue | Julian Sands | Richard Lewis | Steven Weber
Kiss of Death (1995)
As: Little Junior Brown
Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con living in Astoria in the New York City borough of Queens, trying to stay clean and raising a family with his wife Bev. But when his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transport of stolen cars, a police officer named Calvin Hart is injured and Jimmy lands back in prison. In exchange for an early release, he is asked to help bring ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Helen Hunt | Samuel L. Jackson | Kathryn Erbe | David Caruso
Trapped in Paradise (1994)
As: Bill Firpo
The Firpo Brothers can get away with anything. They just can't get away!
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: George Gallo
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Jon Lovitz | Dana Carvey | Mädchen Amick | Florence Stanley
It Could Happen to You (1994)
As: Charlie Lang
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Andrew Bergman
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Wendell Pierce | Rosie Perez | Bridget Fonda | Isaac Hayes
Guarding Tess (1994)
As: Doug Chesnic
Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle, widow of a former U.S. President, and close personal friend of the President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed. He wants off her detail. She is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands. ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Hugh Wilson
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Shirley MacLaine | Austin Pendleton | James Rebhorn | Edward Albert
Deadfall (1993)
As: Eddie
After he accidentally kills his father, Mike, during a sting, Joe tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brother Lou stole from him years earlier. But Uncle Lou is also a confidence artist, and Joe is soon drawn into his increasingly dangerous schemes.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Christopher Coppola
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Michael Biehn | Peter Fonda | James Coburn | Sarah Trigger
Red Rock West (1993)
As: Michael Williams
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: John Dahl
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Dennis Hopper | Timothy Carhart | Lara Flynn Boyle | J.T. Walsh
Amos & Andrew (1993)
As: Amos Odell
When Andrew Sterling (Samuel L. Jackson), a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver (Dabney Coleman) realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell (Nicolas Cage) a deal.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: E. Max Frye
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Michael Lerner | Samuel L. Jackson | Dabney Coleman | Margaret Colin
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
As: Jack Singer
On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler arranges for the man to lose $65K in a poker game and offers to clear the debt for a weekend with his fiancée.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Andrew Bergman
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Sarah Jessica Parker | James Caan | Peter Boyle | Pat Morita
Zandalee (1991)
As: Johnny Collins
Bored with her marriage to burnt out poet turned corporate executive Thierry, Zandalee falls prey to an old friend of her husband, the manipulative and egotistical Johhny and becomes enmeshed in a sensual, passionate and destructive affair.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Joe Pantoliano | Judge Reinhold | Viveca Lindfors | Erika Anderson
Wild at Heart (1990)
As: Sailor Ripley
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: David Lynch
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Willem Dafoe | Crispin Glover | J.E. Freeman | Laura Dern
Fire Birds (1990)
As: Jake Preston
A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound have been thwarted by a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted by a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having several aircraft shot down, most notably a pair ...
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: David Green
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Dale Dye | Tommy Lee Jones | Sean Young | Bryan Kestner
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990)
As: Heartbreaker
After her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through the air over an industrial wasteland singing ballads of love.
Runtime: 50 min.
Directed by: David Lynch
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Laura Dern | Michael J. Anderson | Julee Cruise
Time to Kill (1989)
As: Enrico Silvestri
1936, Italian army is invading Ethiopia. Lieutenant Silvestri suffering toothache decides to reach the nearest camp hospital. But the lorry has an accident and stop near a rock, so Silvestri continues by walk. On his way he meets and rapes a wonderful young Ethiopian. He also wound her when he shot to a wild animal, and later kills her to avoid further pain. When he finally reaches the hospital, he ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Giuliano Montaldo
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Ricky Tognazzi | Vittorio Amandola | Georges Claisse | Robert Liensol
Vampire's Kiss (1988)
As: Peter Loew
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. The vampire continues to visit and drink his blood, and as his madness deepens, it begins to look as if some of the events he's experiencing may be hallucinations.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Robert Bierman
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Jennifer Beals | Kasi Lemmons | Elizabeth Ashley | María Conchita Alonso
Moonstruck (1987)
As: Ronny Cammareri
No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, than she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Danny Aiello | Olympia Dukakis | Cher | Vincent Gardenia
Raising Arizona (1987)
As: H.I. McDunnough
The Coen Brothers tell the story of a absurd yet likable family with an unproductive couple as the focal point. The couple has gotten themselves into some trouble while kidnapping a baby and give Hollywood one of the most memorable chase scenes to date.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Joel Coen
Stars: Nicolas Cage | William Forsythe | John Goodman | Holly Hunter | Trey Wilson
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
As: Charlie Bodell
Peggy Sue faints at a Highschool reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Helen Hunt | Catherine Hicks | Kathleen Turner | Joan Allen
The Boy in Blue (1986)
As: Ned Hanlan
Ned Hanlan was Canada's most successful sculling champion at the turn of the 20th century. This dramatization of his life begins in his youth, when the wild young man is informally adopted by a gambler who promotes Ned on the sculling circuit, betting on the boy's rowing skills solely to make money off him. Later, a ruthless businessman named Knox takes over Ned's career, but when Ned ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Christopher Plummer | David Naughton | Sean Sullivan | Cynthia Dale
Birdy (1984)
As: Sergeant Al Columbato
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam war. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Alan Parker
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Matthew Modine | Karen Young | Sandy Baron | John Harkins
The Cotton Club (1984)
As: Vincent Dwyer
The story of the people that frequented Harlem's famous nightclubs, 'The Cotton Club', and those that ran it.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Bob Hoskins | Diane Lane | Richard Gere | Gregory Hines | Lonette McKee
Racing with the Moon (1984)
As: Nicky / Bud
Henry and Nicky are small town pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be wealthy. Mischievious and irresponsible, Nicky gets into trouble which forces the other two to become involved, testing their relationship, as well as the friendship between the boys.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Rutanya Alda | Elizabeth McGovern | Sean Penn | John Karlen
Rumble Fish (1983)
As: Smokey
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Mickey Rourke | Diane Lane | Matt Dillon | Dennis Hopper | Diana Scarwid
Valley Girl (1983)
As: Randy
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Martha Coolidge
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Michael Bowen | Deborah Foreman | Cameron Dye | E.G. Daily
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
As: Brad's Bud
Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Stars: Judge Reinhold | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Phoebe Cates | Sean Penn | Brian Backer
The Best of Times (1981)
As: Nicolas
This ABC pilot starred 7 teenagers in a 80's style Laugh-In. It told the light and dark side of teenage thoughts with dancing and singing added in for color.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Don Mischer
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Crispin Glover | Jill Schoelen | Julie Piekarski | David Rambo