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Nicolas Cage

Age: 45
Height: 6'

Birth Place: Long Beach, California, USA
Born: Jan. 7th, 1964

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Nicolas Cage's Main TV Roles

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NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

The son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (a brother of director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang, Cage changed his name early in his career to make his own reputation, succeeding brilliantly with a host of classic, quirky roles by the late 1980s.

Initially studying theatre at Beverly Hills High (though he dropped out at 17), he secured a bit part in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) -- most of which was cut, dashing his hopes and leading to a job selling popcorn at the Fairfax Theater, thinking that would be the only route to a movie career. But a job reading lines with auditioners for uncle Francis' Rumble Fish (1983) landed him a role in that film, followed by the punk-rocker in Valley Girl (1983), which was released first and truly launched his career.

His one-time passion for method acting reached a personal limit when he smashed a street-vendor's remote-control car to achieve the sense of rage needed for his gangster character in The Cotton Club (1984).

In his early 20s, he dated Jenny Wright (I) for two years and later linked to Uma Thurman. After a relationship of several years with Christina Fulton, a model, they split amicably and share custody of a son, Weston Coppola Cage (b.1992).

TRIVIA:

Has a son, 'Weston Cage' (qv) (with actress 'Christina Fulton' (qv)), born 26 December, 1990.
1984: Listed as one of 12 "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36.
Was a very close friend of late 'Johnny Ramone' (qv).
On _"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992)_ (qv), he told Jay that he took the name "Cage" from a comic book character named Luke Cage, the "first black superhero." This is not accurate; the first black superhero in mainstream comics was Marvel's Black Panther, introduced in 1966. Luke Cage, introduced in 1972, was also preceded by: Marvel's Falcon, introduced in 1969; the black western hero, Lobo, from Dell Comics in 1965 (the first black character to star in his own title); the title character of "Waku, Prince of the Bantu," an African chieftain, introduced as part of the Atlas Comics anthology title "Jungle Tales" in 1954. When asked which of the powers he would prefer to have, he said flight was his desire.
Son of 'August Coppola' (qv) and Joy Vogelsang.
Cousin of 'Sofia Coppola' (qv), 'Jason Schwartzman' (qv) and 'Roman Coppola' (qv).
Proposed to 'Patricia Arquette' (qv) on the day he met her in the early 1980s. Arquette thought he was a bit strange but played along with his antics by creating a list of things Cage would have to fulfill to win her. When he started to work his way through the list, Arquette got scared and avoided him. They met again many years later and later went on to marry.
Graduated UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television.