known for his bad-boy roles he has
appeared in over 60 films and even
landed an Academy Award for Best Actor
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the career of Hollywood
heavyweight Nicolas Cage sir please wait
your turn I know I know but this is an
emergency hey buddy
ever heard of a lie have you ever been
dragged to the sidewalk and beam to you
cast blood-borne Nicholas Kim Coppola On
January 7 1964 in Long Beach California
he is the nephew of iconic director
Francis Ford Coppola in his youth he
attended Beverly Hills High School
before attending the UCLA School of
theater film and television since a
young age he had nurtured a strong
desire to enter the film business due to
his family’s high-profile involvement in
Hollywood valuing experience over
academics the young talent took on a
variety of small television and film
roles while still in school these
included a part in the blockbuster Fast
Times at Ridgemont High however he was
crushed to discover that his scenes were
drastically cut from the final film
thinking his family ties were crippling
his ability to distinguish himself
Coppola changed his name to reflect his
favorite Marvel superhero Luke Cage this
gamble quickly paid off as he then
landed his first starring role in the
part of Randy in 1983’s valley girl I
kind of thought that maybe you know we
could what
get out of here ironically he impressed
his own uncle while helping run the
auditions for his film version of the
novel Rumble Fish Coppola would again
cast Kage in 1984 as the Cotton Club and
1986’s Peggy Sue got married as a result
of these and other roles he spent the
1980s on the periphery of the brat pack
yet continued to land prominent parts in
both mainstream and offbeat projects
these included his appearances in the
critically acclaimed romantic comedy
moonstruck and the Coen brothers cult
classic raising Arizona
let me know Eva’s command in 1992 he
received a Golden Globe nomination for
Best Actor in the tale of a man who lent
his fiancee to James Caan’s character in
order to clear his gambling debt in
honeymoon in Vegas the following year
cage was paired with samuel l.jackson in
the comedy Amos and Andrew before taking
on the role of a bodyguard to Shirley
MacLaine in 1994’s guarding Tess I’m a
Secret Service agent mrs. Carlisle not a
caddy you want that ball I suggest you
go get it yourself however his 1995
return to Sin City was the beginning of
his sudden climbed to the top of
Hollywood’s a-list his portrayal of a
suicidal alcoholic in a relationship
with a prostitute in leaving Las Vegas
won him an Academy Award for Best Actor
following this he appeared in several
box office successes that solidified his
place as an action star these began with
his high profile pairing with Sean
Connery to infiltrate Alcatraz and
defuse a chemical weapon in the rock
then he starred as a convict trapped on
a prison transport overtaken by inmates
in Conair and in John woos identity
swapping action flick faceoff opposite
John Travolta
okay policeman don’t shoot me
cage rounded out the 90s by playing an
angel in the romantic drama City of
Angels a cop in Snake Eyes and a private
investigator in eight millimeter
throughout the 2000s cage continued to
take on high-profile projects these
included the action flick Gone in sixty
Seconds the holiday classic the family
man and the critically acclaimed
projects adaptation and matchstick men
following his streak of hits cage found
himself attached to several high-profile
critical failures these letdowns
included the comic-book adaptation Ghost
Rider next a film about a man who can
see the future
Bangkok dangerous in which he portrayed
a hit man and finally the disaster film
knowing
despite this his films continue to bring
the film studios wads of cash and he had
maintained his position among fans with
two entertaining romps to find America’s
national treasure and as an
unconventional superhero Big Daddy in
2010’s
kick-ass he followed up that role by
starring in the fantasy adventure The
Sorcerer’s Apprentice and in the 2011
psychological film Drive Angry
appeared in over 60 films and even
landed an Academy Award for Best Actor
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the career of Hollywood
heavyweight Nicolas Cage sir please wait
your turn I know I know but this is an
emergency hey buddy
ever heard of a lie have you ever been
dragged to the sidewalk and beam to you
cast blood-borne Nicholas Kim Coppola On
January 7 1964 in Long Beach California
he is the nephew of iconic director
Francis Ford Coppola in his youth he
attended Beverly Hills High School
before attending the UCLA School of
theater film and television since a
young age he had nurtured a strong
desire to enter the film business due to
his family’s high-profile involvement in
Hollywood valuing experience over
academics the young talent took on a
variety of small television and film
roles while still in school these
included a part in the blockbuster Fast
Times at Ridgemont High however he was
crushed to discover that his scenes were
drastically cut from the final film
thinking his family ties were crippling
his ability to distinguish himself
Coppola changed his name to reflect his
favorite Marvel superhero Luke Cage this
gamble quickly paid off as he then
landed his first starring role in the
part of Randy in 1983’s valley girl I
kind of thought that maybe you know we
could what
get out of here ironically he impressed
his own uncle while helping run the
auditions for his film version of the
novel Rumble Fish Coppola would again
cast Kage in 1984 as the Cotton Club and
1986’s Peggy Sue got married as a result
of these and other roles he spent the
1980s on the periphery of the brat pack
yet continued to land prominent parts in
both mainstream and offbeat projects
these included his appearances in the
critically acclaimed romantic comedy
moonstruck and the Coen brothers cult
classic raising Arizona
let me know Eva’s command in 1992 he
received a Golden Globe nomination for
Best Actor in the tale of a man who lent
his fiancee to James Caan’s character in
order to clear his gambling debt in
honeymoon in Vegas the following year
cage was paired with samuel l.jackson in
the comedy Amos and Andrew before taking
on the role of a bodyguard to Shirley
MacLaine in 1994’s guarding Tess I’m a
Secret Service agent mrs. Carlisle not a
caddy you want that ball I suggest you
go get it yourself however his 1995
return to Sin City was the beginning of
his sudden climbed to the top of
Hollywood’s a-list his portrayal of a
suicidal alcoholic in a relationship
with a prostitute in leaving Las Vegas
won him an Academy Award for Best Actor
following this he appeared in several
box office successes that solidified his
place as an action star these began with
his high profile pairing with Sean
Connery to infiltrate Alcatraz and
defuse a chemical weapon in the rock
then he starred as a convict trapped on
a prison transport overtaken by inmates
in Conair and in John woos identity
swapping action flick faceoff opposite
John Travolta
okay policeman don’t shoot me
cage rounded out the 90s by playing an
angel in the romantic drama City of
Angels a cop in Snake Eyes and a private
investigator in eight millimeter
throughout the 2000s cage continued to
take on high-profile projects these
included the action flick Gone in sixty
Seconds the holiday classic the family
man and the critically acclaimed
projects adaptation and matchstick men
following his streak of hits cage found
himself attached to several high-profile
critical failures these letdowns
included the comic-book adaptation Ghost
Rider next a film about a man who can
see the future
Bangkok dangerous in which he portrayed
a hit man and finally the disaster film
knowing
despite this his films continue to bring
the film studios wads of cash and he had
maintained his position among fans with
two entertaining romps to find America’s
national treasure and as an
unconventional superhero Big Daddy in
2010’s
kick-ass he followed up that role by
starring in the fantasy adventure The
Sorcerer’s Apprentice and in the 2011
psychological film Drive Angry
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