information about nicolas cage

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[*][b][font:3327='Times New Roman']Born:[/font][/b][font:3327='Times New Roman'] 7 January 1964 [/font]
[*][b][font:3327='Times New Roman']Birthplace:[/font][/b][font:3327='Times New Roman'] Long Beach, California [/font]
[*][b][font:3327='Times New Roman']Best Known As:[/font][/b][font:3327='Times New Roman'] Oscar-winning star of [i]Leaving Las Vegas[/i] [/font]
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[font:3327='Times New Roman']Name at birth: Nicolas Coppola[/font]

[font:3327='Times New Roman']Nicolas Cage made his film debut in 1982's [i]Fast Times at Ridgemont High[/i] , but it was his role in the hit [i]Valley Girl[/i] (1984) that launched his screen career. Cage was suddenly a reliable star after the 1987 comedy [i]Raising Arizona[/i] (with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-francesmcdormand][color:3327=blue][font:3327='Times New Roman']Frances McDormand[/font][/color][/url][font:3327='Times New Roman']) and [i]Moonstruck[/i] (with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-cher][color:3327=blue][font:3327='Times New Roman']Cher[/font][/color][/url][font:3327='Times New Roman']), known for his intensity and penchant for improvisation on the set. He won an Oscar as the self-destroying drunk in [i]Leaving Las Vegas[/i] in 1995, and by the end of the decade was starring in big-budget action movies, including [i]The Rock[/i] (1996, with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-seanconnery][color:3327=blue][font:3327='Times New Roman']Sean Connery[/font][/color][/url][font:3327='Times New Roman']), [i]Con Air[/i] (1997, with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-vingrhames][color:3327=blue][font:3327='Times New Roman']Ving Rhames[/font][/color][/url][font:3327='Times New Roman']), [i]Face/Off[/i] (1997, opposite [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-johntravolta][color:3327=blue][font:3327='Times New Roman']John Travolta[/font][/color][/url][font:3327='Times New Roman']) and [i]Gone in Sixty Seconds[/i] (2000, with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-angelinajolie][color:3327=blue][font:3327='Times New Roman']Angelina Jolie[/font][/color][/url][font:3327='Times New Roman']). In 2003 he was again Oscar-nominated for playing nervous screenwriter Charlie Kaufman in the offbeat drama [i]Adaptation[/i]. His other films include [i]Bringing Out the Dead[/i] (1999, directed by [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-martinscorsese][color:3327=blue][font:3327='Times New Roman']Martin Scorsese[/font][/color][/url][font:3327='Times New Roman']), [i]National Treasure[/i] (2004), [i]The Weather Man[/i] (2005), and [i]The Wicker Man[/i] (2006, with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-ellenburstyn][color:3327=blue][font:3327='Times New Roman']Ellen Burstyn[/font][/color][/url][font:3327='Times New Roman']). [/font]

[font:3327='Times New Roman']Cage is the nephew of filmmaker [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-francisfordcoppola][color:3327=blue][font:3327='Times New Roman']Francis Ford Coppola[/font][/color][/url][font:3327='Times New Roman']; Cage's father is Coppola's brother... Cage was married to actress Patricia Arquette from 1995-2001, and to Lisa Marie Presley (daughter of [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-elvispresley][color:3327=blue][font:3327='Times New Roman']Elvis Presley[/font][/color][/url][font:3327='Times New Roman']) briefly in 2002 (they separated after four months of marriage but weren't formally divorced until 2004). He married Alice Kim, a former waitress, in 2004; their son Kal-el Coppola Cage was born on 3 October 2005. Cage is reportedly a comic book fan, and Kal-el is the birth name of the fictional superhero [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-superman][color:3327=blue][font:3327='Times New Roman']Superman[/font][/color][/url][font:3327='Times New Roman']. Cage also has a son, Weston, born in 1990 to Cage and his then-girlfriend Christina Fulton.[/font]

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