Cast & creator
Nicolas Cage
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Kelly Clarkson Show
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.
Also known as: Nicolas Coppola, Nicolas Kim Coppola, Nic Cage, 尼古拉斯·凯奇
184
film credits
31
television credits
188
1944–2028 · acting roles
6.2
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Across film & television
Filmography (215)
Showing 215 of 215 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man Noir (voice)
2018
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self
1992
The Oscars
Self
1953
Spider-Noir
Ben Reilly / The Spider
2026Spider-Noir
Executive Producer
2026
The Croods
Grug (voice)
2013
The Croods: A New Age
Grug (voice)
2020Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
National Treasure
Ben Gates
2004
The Word
1990
Ghost Rider
Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
2007
Face/Off
Castor Troy
1997
Longlegs
Longlegs
2024Longlegs
Producer
2024Where Are They Now?
Self
1999
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Dream Scenario
Paul Matthews
2023Dream Scenario
Producer
2023
Kick-Ass
Damon Macready / Big Daddy
2010
Con Air
Cameron Poe
1997
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Ben Gates
2007
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Memphis Raines
2000
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
2011
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self
2018
The Rock
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
1996
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Balthazar Blake
2010The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Executive Producer
2010
Renfield
Dracula
2023NDR Kultur – Das Journal
Self
2002
Left Behind
Rayford Steele
2014
Lord of War
Yuri Orlov
2005Lord of War
Producer
2005
Drive Angry
Milton
2011
G-Force
Speckles the Mole (voice)
2009
The Ant Bully
Zoc (voice)
2006
City of Angels
Seth
1998
The Dresden Files
Executive Producer
2007
Knowing
John Koestler
2009
The Family Man
Jack Campbell
2000
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Superman (voice)
2018
Season of the Witch
Behman
2011
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Terence McDonagh
2009
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Nick Cage / Nicky
2022The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Producer
2022
The Retirement Plan
Matt
2023
Wild at Heart
Sailor
1990
Raising Arizona
H.I.
1987
Leaving Las Vegas
Ben Sanderson
1995
The Life of David Gale
Producer
2003
The Surfer
The Surfer
2025
Arcadian
Paul
2024Arcadian
Producer
2024
Pay the Ghost
Mike
2015
Adaptation.
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
2002
Next
Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac
2007Next
Producer
2007
Mandy
Red Miller
2018
Astro Boy
Dr. Tenma (voice)
2009
The Wicker Man
Edward Malus
2006The Wicker Man
Producer
2006
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Captain McVay
2016
Snowden
Hank Forrester
2016
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Brad's Bud
1982
Vengeance: A Love Story
Det. John Dromoor
2017Vengeance: A Love Story
Producer
2017
Willy's Wonderland
The Janitor
2021Willy's Wonderland
Producer
2021
The Cotton Club
Vincent Dwyer
1984
Mom and Dad
Brent Ryan
2018
Madden
John Madden
2026
A Thousand Words
Producer
2012
Color Out of Space
Nathan Gardner
2020
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Self (footage)
2025
World Trade Center
John McLoughlin
2006
Moonstruck
Ronny Cammareri
1987
Outcast
Gallain
2014
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man Noir (voice)
2027
Bringing Out the Dead
Frank Pierce
1999
8MM
Tom Welles
1999Terry Wogan's Friday Night
Self
1992
The Old Way
Colton Briggs
2023
Shadow of the Vampire
Producer
2000
Pig
Rob Feld
2021Pig
Producer
2021
Butcher's Crossing
Miller
2023
It Could Happen to You
Charlie Lang
1994
This Morning
Self
1988
Snake Eyes
Rick Santoro
1998
Matchstick Men
Roy Waller
2003
The Frozen Ground
Jack Halcombe
2013
Seeking Justice
Will Gerard
2011
The Carpenter's Son
The Carpenter
2025The Carpenter's Son
Producer
2025
Stolen
Will Montgomery
2012
Bangkok Dangerous
Joe
2008Bangkok Dangerous
Producer
2008
Rumble Fish
Smokey
1983
Trespass
Kyle Miller
2011
Vampire's Kiss
Peter Loew
1989
A Score to Settle
Frank
2019A Score to Settle
Executive Producer
2019
The Weather Man
David Spritz
2005
Guarding Tess
Doug Chesnic
1994
The Trust
Jim Stone
2016
Windtalkers
Sergeant Joe Enders
2002
Rage
Paul Maguire
2014
Primal
Frank Walsh
2019
Kiss of Death
Little Junior Brown
1995
211
Mike Chandler
2018
Peggy Sue Got Married
Charlie Bodell
1986
Grindhouse
Fu Manchu (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)
2007
Joe
Joe Ransom
2014
Sympathy for the Devil
The Passenger
2023Sympathy for the Devil
Producer
2023
Dog Eat Dog
Troy
2016
Trapped in Paradise
Bill Firpo
1994
Gunslingers
Ben
2025
Val
Self (archive)
2021
Looking Glass
Ray
2018
Grand Isle
Walter
2019
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Hero
2021
Dying of the Light
Evan Lake
2014
The Humanity Bureau
Noah Kross
2017
Red Rock West
Michael Williams
1993
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Captain Antonio Corelli
2001
Running with the Devil
The Cook
2019
Birdy
Sergeant Al Columbato
1984
Amos & Andrew
Amos Odell
1993HypaSpace
Self
2002
History of Swear Words
Self - Host
2021
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Zandalee
Johnny Collins
1991
The Runner
Colin Pryce
2015
Racing with the Moon
Nicky / Bud
1984
Valley Girl
Randy
1983
Arsenal
Eddie King
2017
Jiu Jitsu
Wylie
2020
Deadfall
Eddie
1993
Army of One
Gary Faulkner
2016
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Jacob Marley (voice)
2001
Kill Chain
Araña
2020
Hi Octane
Self
1994
Between Worlds
Joe
2018
Honeymoon in Vegas
Jack Singer
1992
Inconceivable
Brian
2017
Junket Whore
Self
1998
Love, Antosha
Narrator (voice)
2019
Fire Birds
Jake Preston
1990
Live 8
Self
2005
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
The Boy in Blue
Ned Hanlan
1986
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Self
2010Best Pancakes in the County
S.O.B.
2026
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
2005
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Self
1998
Lords of War
Yuri Orlov
Lords of War
Producer
Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider
Self
2007
HyperNormalisation
Self (archive footage)
2016
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self
1996
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
Self (archive footage)
2015
Inside the Golden Statue
Self
1998
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Grug (voice)
2021
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Self (archive footage)
2008
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Self
1990
Sonny
Acid Yellow
2002Sonny
Director
2002Sonny
Producer
2002
The Best of Times
Nicolas
1981
Becoming Iconic
Self
2018
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
Nicolas Cage: Hollywood's Mad Genius
Self (archive footage)
2025The Prince
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Self (archival footage)
2006
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
1998
Untitled National Treasure 3
Ben Gates
Time to Kill
Enrico Silvestri
1989
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Heartbreaker
1990
Hexagram
Longlegs
2028Hexagram
Producer
2028Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space
2020
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Self (archival footage)
2010
Fortitude
Dusko Popov
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
Self
2012
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Himself
2010
Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller
self (archival footage)
2009
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police
Producer
2012The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
Self
2007
Never on Tuesday
Man in Red Sports Car (uncredited)
1989Parish
Parish
The Music of Valley Girl
Self
2003Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later
Self
2003
What Is It?
Thanks
2005Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage And Martha Coolidge
Self
2003
Knowing: Visions of the Apocalypse
self (archival footage)
2009
The Act Of Dying
(archive footage)
2022
Rabbit Ears - Davy Crockett
Narrator
1991
Shadowland
Self (archive footage)
2024Gambino
Carlo Gambino
Gambino
Producer
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003