Nicholas Cage Biography

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. Nicolas Cage, real name Nicholas Kim Coppola - American film actor, director and producer, winner of the Oscar and Golden Globe. His parents are a literature teacher August Floyd Coppola - both the dancer and choreographer Joy Vogelzing genus. Nicholas was the youngest of the three sons. Nicholas Cage in childhood, the famous director Francis Ford Coppola, accounts for Nicholas his father’s father, and this fact partly determined the further life of Cage and his future attachment to cinema.

When the boy was 12 years old, the parents divorced, but the sons retained warm relations with both dad and mom. So the future actor looked in high school at Nicholas attended the secondary school of Beverly Hills, which is famous for the fact that many of its pupils later find their way in show business. Already at school, he was distinguished by a rich imagination and a creative attitude to lessons.

One of Cage's classmates recalled: “We went to history together. I remember we went through the topic of Cro -Magnons, and we were given the task of writing about their life. We all handed over short one -page work with a simple presentation of facts, and Nick wrote a whole essay on eight pages on behalf of a particular Cro -Magnon, who woke up in the morning in his cave. Once, the boys began to lift Nicholas because of his famous surname, but he did not run to the teachers or parents to complain.

Instead, he changed into a leather jacket, put on dark glasses and appeared before the offenders under the guise of his own “uncle”, threatening to beat them. The focus passed “with a bang”, and since then no one has molested Nicholas anymore. Nicholas Cage in his youth and now the first acting experience Nicholas acquired in the school production “Golden Boy” based on the Broadway show.

The young man’s idol was the famous film actor of the x James Dean: “I took up acting to only become like him,” Cage later recalled. Both of his older brother, Mark and Christopher, all adult life work on New York radio. In the photo: Mark, the brother of Nicholas Cage, when the young man was fifteen, he began to actively sit on the eminent uncle with a request to give him a role in the cinema.

After the stubborn uncles, Nicholas began to apply to the same request and other directors. At first, between Nicholas Cage and his uncle, there were disagreements to go his own path and distance himself from the surname of Coppol, he took the pseudonym Nicholas Cage in honor of the hero of comics Marvel Luke Kage. Without completing training in a comprehensive school, the young man left her and entered the courses at the Higher School of Theater, Cinema and Television University of Los Angeles, which was once graduated from Francis Ford Coppola and James Din, as well as Steve Martin, Tim Robbins, Ben Stiller and many other stars of cinema.

In addition, it is this film that is considered a “starting platform” to the success of two future superstars - Sean Penn and Forest Witker. The first role of Nicholas Cage, in the wake of the general success of his first film, already in the second film, Kage first played the main role, starring in the romantic comedy of Marta Coolidge “Girl from the Valley”, the acting career of Nicholas Kage began in E only after that Francis Coppola finally believed that the actor could really leave and took it in his cult drama “Fighting fish” Frame from the film “Fighting Fish” by the next work of the young actor was the melodrama “Rasteful with the Moon”, in which he played in a wonderful acting trio with already familiar to him the show of Peny and the beauty Elizabeth McGovern, and after that Cage starred in another film of his great uncle - gangster drama - gangster drama "Cotton Club" here his role was not again one of the leading; The protagonist was played by Richard Gir, and the famous musician and composer Tom Waits was involved in the cast.

Nicholas Cage with a young Shona Penye year was released in the year, the film of Alan Parker “Ptah” was released, and in the Canadian film Charles Jarrott “Man in Blue”, and in both paintings, Nicholas played the main role. The young Nicholas Cage in the film “Ptah” in the year a kind of breakthrough occurred, and after other directors Francis Ford Coppola finally decided to use his nephew in the leading role.

The recognition of his uncle meant even more for Cage than the approval of the public and critics, although he sometimes continued to grumble, as if Nicholas "could not play at all." After the “fighting fish”, Koppol changed the opinion of the nephew, nevertheless, in the uncle of the tragicomedy “Peggy Sue Married”, Cage brilliantly coped with the main male role, playing in a duet with actress Kathleen Turner, who received the US National Council of Film Critics for this work.

True, in the process of working on the picture, uncle-director got angry at his nephew and almost fired him for making his hero stubbornly to speak with some strange falsetto. But then Koppola resigned himself and agreed that the unusual timbre of the voice successfully emphasized the character of the character.In the same year, he played the main role in the criminal comedy of the Cohen brothers “Raising Arizona” - this was the first film of famous directors, shot in their “branded” genre of comedy on the verge of farce, and he was perceived ambiguously.

In the year, the painting “The Kiss of the Vampire” was released, which failed according to the box office and was initially poorly appreciated by critics: “Cage is clearly replaying, and therefore his hero does not cause sympathy.” Then Cage starred in the Italian military drama “Time to kill”, and then in the militant “Fiery Birds”, where Tommy Lee Jones and Sean Young became his partners.

This picture also received an unimportant assessment - it was perceived as secondary work based on the successful film "Best Shooter" with Tom Cruise. The frame from the film “Time to kill” after that Cage was more fortunate, and he, together with actress Laura Dern, played the main role in David Lynch’s melodrama “Wild Wild”, this film was awarded the Golden Palm branch of the Golden Palm Film Film, and the work of Cage himself was highly appreciated.

The next few years have been fruitful for the actor, judging by the number of roles and films, but in general, unlucky for cash fees and the recognition of the public. Wild in heart. Photo from the filming of the drama “Leaving Las Vegas” The heyday of his career in the cinema in a turning point in the professional life of Cage can be considered his participation in the romantic drama “Leaving Las Vegas”, where he played the main role of an unfortunate alcoholic who loved the prostitute.

Cage and Scho are turning these social templates into live and unforgettable people, ”the actor wrote critics for this work by the Oscar and Golden Globe prizes, his Elizabeth Shu partner was also nominated for both of these awards, and in addition, the film received several other prizes and nominations. These two films allowed the actor to gain a foothold in the role, which in subsequent years became one of his loved ones - the type of “ordinary” person who fell into extreme circumstances and is forced to show remarkable nutrition, ingenuity and often physical endurance.

Soon he played a duet with John Travolta in John Wu's fantastic thriller “without a face”-according to the plot of this picture, the policeman played by Cage, made a temporary transplant of his face from a caught criminal to introduce him into the mafious clan and get valuable information, and in the meantime the criminal himself managed to acquire the face of the Hero-Police and break out.

Nicholas Cage in the film “Without Faces” Thus, both Cage and Travolta, performed two roles in this film at once, the hero and the villain, passing on the acting of two completely polar character and two deeply different spectra of emotions. Critics wrote: “Travolta and Cage play cat-mouse, that is, they literally play each other's lives on a stylishly built background of violence, elegant in their unthinkable cruelty-the visiting card of John Wu.” Nicholas Cage followed the successful but less loud film works of Cage in the films “City of Angels”, in a duet with Meg Ryan, “The eyes of a snake”, “8 millimeters”, “resurrecting the dead”, in a duet with Patricia Arquratt, director Martin Scorsze.

The new take -off of his career brought the thriller “hijack in 60 seconds”, on the set of which Cage made friends with Angelina Jolie. The screen duet turned out to be so bright that the yellow press subsequently attributed Roman to the actors for a long time. And although from the point of view of critics it was a “typical and predictable Christmas story”, the audience fell in love with this film.

Conversation with Kate among other films with Cage, released in the early xs - “Captain Korelli’s choice”, in a duet with Penelope Cruz, “Talking with the Wind”, director John Wu, “Adaptation”, with the participation of Meril Strep, the film brought the Caidge nomination for Oscar and Golden Globus, “Magnificent Afrah” in the year also released a little -known film in Russia “Sonny” is another version of the name - “GILEL”, in which Cage first tried himself as a director and producer.

Nicholas Cage in the year Cage first participated in the voicing of the animated film - it was the cartoon "Christmas Tale" based on the book of Charles Dickens. Subsequently, the actor’s voice was also said by the characters of the cartoons “The Thunderstorm of the Ants”, “The Mission of Darwin”, “Astobe” and “The Kruds Family”, the voice of the breast. In the year, Angelina Jolie was released in the year a sign of a film - the adventure action movie "Treasure of the Nation".

An exciting narrative about the search for treasures, secret signs, Masons and Templars, as well as quite modern adventure, scientists and bandits inspired both the creators of the film and its spectators that after three years the continuation of the “Treasure of the Nation: Book of Secrets”. In both paintings, the role of the father of the protagonist was played by John Voit, the father of Angelina Jolie.The best moments from films with Nicholas Cage among Cage's films is a mistle of the mystical thriller “Ghostly racer”, in which Eva Mendes performed the actor - the film was negatively met by film critics, but was very successful at the box office.

Specialists desperately scolded the film for the “attributes of Satanism”, “clumsy, lifeless narrative” and “ridiculous dialogs”, as well as for the “arrogant character” of the main character-a motorcyclist-cascader who was forced to sell the soul of Mephistopheles to save his father, but nevertheless tried to perform on the side of the good. The frame from the film “Ghostly Racer” inspired by the Kassov success of the picture, its creators released a continuation in the year - the film “Ghostly Racer 2”.

The second part met an even more fierce rebuff from the critics, but according to the box office, it was still quite successful. In the year, a fantastic thriller with the infernal plot “Sign” was released in the year, which is rightfully considered the best work of Cage in the science fiction genre. In the film "Bad Lieutenant", Cage played again with Eve Mendes.

The picture with a bang failed on cash fees, although critics called the Cage game in this film "Best Acting Work of the Year." Then the actor starred in the films “Pipets”, with the participation of Chloe Morets, “Pupil of the sorcerer”, with the participation of Monica Bellucci, “Witches Time”, “Crazy Drive”, “What is hiding the lie”, in a duet with Nicole Kidman, “The Hungry Rabbit attacks” - and each of these works was interesting and successful.

Despite a certain audience interest, he received a lot of negative criticism and did not pay off his budget. Also, they did not bring large box office fees and did not add special laurels to the Cage shot in the years of the “frozen Earth”, with the participation of John Kusak, “Joe”, “Anger”, “In exile”, “abandoned” according to the actor himself, he likes to act in young and little -known directors, while they are still full of enthusiasm and relate to work without prejudice, as well as also, as well as And the experienced directors, who kept a fresh look in themselves and did not "sell to the big industry for a lot of money." This trend was continued by his films “Dying Light”, “The Fugitive”, “The Gates of Darkness”, “Trust”, with the participation of Elijah Wood, “Man of the Wolf Man”, “Cruiser”, “Mission: Inadequate”, “Arsenal”, with the participation of John Kusak, “Revenge: The Retor of Love”, “Infant” critics reproached Caidge The fact that his acting is imperfect and he “replays above the permissible level”, to which he calmly answered: “Show me where this level is exactly located, and I will tell you whether I play above it or not.” In the year, the horror film “Mother and Father” with the participation of Salma Blair and the fantastic action movie “Bureau of Humanity” were also shot.

At the same time, he worked on the thriller of the “Mirror” “Looking Glass” and the action movie “”. Performing one of the tricks during filming in Bulgaria, the actor broke his leg and was sent for treatment home in the United States, so the work on the film was slowed down, and his release had to be a little detained. The trailer for the film “Mirror”, the thriller “Mandy” is produced in the year, in which the hero of Cage wages a bloody war against the sect, whose members killed his beloved woman.

In addition, in the years, Cage worked on the films “Between the Worlds” “Between Worlds, Red detachment”, “Sudak” “Zander” and “Siberia” “Siberia”, Nicholas Cage's personal life of Nicholas Kage, especially in his youth, was no less violently and unusual than professional. In the year, he met the summer Patricia Arquette and on the same day asked her to marry him.

Without taking such a spontaneous proposal seriously, the girl put forward a joke condition to her hand, which seemed impossible to her: “I probably would have married you. But on condition that you will get me a black orchid, a genuine autograph of Salinger, a wedding outfit of a tribal woman from Southeast Asia and a statuette from a restaurant. And you will sing the serenade.

" In his youth, Nicholas Cage was madly in love with Patricia Arquette contrary to her expectations, Nicholas accepted this challenge and fulfilled all her whims of the orchid was painted black with a spray paint. Patricia had to restrain his word and agree to marriage. They were going to conclude a wedding in Cuba, but due to a computer failure at the airport there was a hitch with plane tickets.

The bride that was uncertain in her feelings perceived this as a sign from above and, taking advantage of the case, escaped. In the year, Cage entered into a relationship with actress Christina Falton, who then gave birth to him the son of Weston Coppola Cage Rod. Despite the fact that father and son did not live together, they always had warm and close relations.

With Christina Falton “He is a very earthly, very loving father and a very smart person,” Weston said in an interview, “we talked so much with him, and it was wonderful. I remember and appreciate our every conversation. ” Weston, the eldest son of Nicholas Cage Weston Musician: his vocal sounds in the Black Metal groups "Eyes of Noctum" before G. In addition, he played an episodic role in the film "The arms baron." The grandson of Nicholas Kage, Lucian, in the year, the actor again met Patricia Arkett, who at this moment also had a son, and the former love came to life.

This time, Patricia herself made a hand and heart proposal, and on April 8, they got married. The couple lived in love and harmony for only nine months, after which the couple parted, but in public they continued to pretend that they had everything in order. Nicholas Cage and Patricia Arquette on the set of “Resurrecting the Dead” on the set of the painting “Resurrecting the Dead”, where Cage and Arkett played the main roles together, no one realized that they were no longer in love with the husband and wife, but practically alien people to each other.

In February, Cage filed a divorce, then changed his mind and tried to reunite with his wife, but in November they broke up completely, and in May the divorce was officially executed. By the time of their acquaintance, the girl had already been married twice, including another “king”-“king of pop music” Michael Jackson and had two children. And again, love struck the actor at the first glance: “When I went into the hall, I saw a beautiful girl in the middle of the living room.

She was in a leather mini skirt and a jacket, and in her inconsolable eyes there was something passionate, I froze in place. ” The couple entered into a marriage on August 10, in the yu anniversary of the death of Elvis, and at first Lisa was delighted with her new spouse: “We had a lot in common, for example, the name of a famous family, and I admire his insolence because he separated from his last name and began his career himself.