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Nicolas Cage Born Nicolas Kim Coppola On January 7 1964 In Long Beach CA Is An American Actor Known For His Prolific Career In Numerous Films Playing Several Charismatic Characters Over The Years And Having A "reputation For Excess" In The Words Of 'The Guardian' Both On Screen And Off. His Huge Interests In Cars Comic Books And Rock N Roll Are Almost As Well-Known As His Acting. Cage Pursued Acting As A Career At An Early Age Making His Debut On Television As A Teenager In 1981. Cage's Most Prominent Performances Have Also Been "bad Boy" Roles With The Actor Winning Many Awards. In 1989 He Received A Prestigious Independent Spirit Award And Over The Years He's Also Received An Academy Award For Best Actor For His Lead Role In 'Leaving Las Vegas' And A Toronto Film Critics Association Award For Best Actor In 2002 For 'Adaptation'. Having Roles In Dozens Upon Dozens Of Movies Some Of Cage's Most Famous Films Are Face/Off 1997 National Treasure 2004 And Ghost Rider 2007 . Cage Has Been Married Three Times To Patricia Arquette Lisa Marie Presley And To His Current Wife Alice Kim Cage. Cage's Father August Coppola Was A Professor Of Literature While Cage's Mother Joy Vogelsang Is A Dancer And Choreographer Cage's Parents Divorced In 1976. Cage's Mother Is Of German Descent And His Father Is Of Italian Descent His Paternal Great-Grandparents Were Immigrants From Bernalda Basilicata . His Paternal Grandparents Were Carmine Coppola A Composer And Italia Pennino An Actress. Through His Father Cage Is The Nephew Of Director Francis Ford Coppola And Actress Talia Shire As Well As The Cousin Of Directors Roman Coppola And Sofia Coppola Late Film Producer Gian-Carlo Coppola And Actors Robert Carmine And Jason Schwartzman. Cage's Two Brothers Are Christopher Coppola A Director And Marc "The Cope" Coppola A New York Radio Personality. Cage Who Attended Beverly Hills High School The Same High School As Fellow Entertainers Albert Brooks Angelina Jolie Lenny Kravitz Slash Rob Reiner Richard Dreyfuss Bonnie Franklin And David Schwimmer Aspired To Act From An Early Age. Cage Also Attended UCLA School Of Theatre Film And Television. His First Non-Cinematic Acting Experience Was In A School Production Of Golden Boy. He Is Also Good Friends With Fellow Actor Johnny Depp Whom He Advised To Get Into Acting. Nicolas Was Director Sam Raimi's First Choice To Play Norman Osborn/Green Goblin In The Movie Spider-Man. He Has Created A Comic Book With His Son Weston Called Voodoo Child Which Is Published By Virgin Comics. Cage Was Close Friends With Ramones Guitarist Johnny Ramone. His Enthusiam Of Classic Cars Is Well Known In 1997 Via Telephone Bid He Broke The Auction Record For Lamborghini When He Placed A Bid On A Rare Miura SVJ For US$490 000. He Has Also Been A Fan And Collector Of Painter And Underground Comix Artist Robert Williams. He Has Written Introductions For Juxtapoz Magazine And Purchased The Painting Death On The Boards. read less