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Recently, Cage completed production in Australia on Ghost Rider for Sony Pictures Entertainment. The film is scheduled for release in August 2006.
Cage is currently filming the independent film The Wicker Man in Vancouver, a mystery/ thriller directed by Neil LaBute.
Next, Cage will begin filming Paramount Pictures' untitled World Trade Center project for director Oliver Stone. Following this, Cage will begin production on Next, a sci-fi thriller directed by Lee Tamahori and co-produced by Revolution Studios and Cage's Saturn Productions.
Cage can currently be seen in Lord of War, a drama/thriller co-produced by Saturn Films, Cage's production company. Andrew Niccol wrote and directed the film. Last year, Cage starred in producer Jerry Bruckheimer's worldwide hit, Disney's action/adventure National Treasure, directed by Jon Turteltaub, and in 2003, he starred in the Warner Bros. film Matchstick Men.
At the end of 2002, Cage released his feature film directorial debut, Sonny. Cage cast an impressive group of actors, including Golden Globe winner James Franco, Mena Suvari, Brenda Blethyn and Harry Dean Stanton. The film was accepted into the 2002 Deauville Film Festival. Gold Circle Films, Vortex Pictures and Cage's Saturn Productions produced the picture.
Cage's production company, Saturn Films, produced the 2002 Universal Pictures film The Life of David Gale and, in 2000, the critically acclaimed Lions Gate film, Shadow of the Vampire.
Cage's many other films include Windtalkers, Captain Correlli's Mandolin, The Family Man, Gone in 60 Seconds, Bringing out the Dead, Eight Millimeter, Snake Eyes, City of Angels, Face Off, Con-Air, The Rock, Guarding Tess, Red Rock West, It Could Happen to You, Kiss of Death, Honeymoon in Vegas, Valley Girl, Cotton Club, Racing with the Moon, The Boy in Blue, Peggy Sue Got Married, Joel and Ethan Coen's Raising Arizona, Vampire's Kiss, and Fire Birds. It was Cage's portrayal of a tormented Vietnam vet in Birdy that first established him as a serious actor. Directed by Alan Parker, Birdy won the jury prize at Cannes. Cage then received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actor for his role as Cher's lover in Moonstruck. David Lynch's Wild at Heart, starring Cage and Laura Dern, won the Palm d'Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.
Some of Cage's other honors include a Golden Globe nomination for his role in Honeymoon in Vegas, the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Montreal World Film Festival, and the first ever Distinguished Decade in Film Award at ShoWest.
Cage was raised in Long Beach, California and lived there until his family moved to San Francisco when he was 12. Cage began acting at age 15 when he enrolled in San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre where he appeared in the school's production of Golden Boy. He later moved to Los Angeles, and while still a high school student landed a role in the television film The Best of Times. He made his feature film debut in Rumble Fish. Cage currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Alice Cage.
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Nicolas Cage Facts
| Birth Name | Nicolas Coppola |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Birthday | January 7, 1964 (44) |
| Sign | Capricorn |
| Birthplace | Long Beach, California, USA |
| Height | 6' 1" (1m85) |
| Awards | 1998 MTV Movie Awards: Best On-Screen Duo (for Face/Off) |
| 1997 MTV Movie Awards: Best On-Screen Duo (for The Rock) | |
| 1996 Academy Awards: Best Actor (for Leaving Las Vegas) | |
| 1996 Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (for Leaving Las Vegas) | |
| 1996 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Best Male Actor in a Leading Role (for Leaving Las Vegas) |
Selected Filmography
Bio courtesy Paramount for "The Weather Man" (18-Dec-2005)