Cage based his character, a dark and monochromatic alternate version of Peter Parker from a 1930s universe, on the films of Humphrey Bogart, specifically the voices of actors from that era such as James Cagney and Edward G.
The home, built in 1940 for $110,000, had been owned at different times by Dean Martin and singer Tom Jones.
Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and filmmaker.
36 listed him as one of twelve Promising New Actors of 1984. After winning his Academy Award, Cage started starring in more mainstream films, such as The Rock (1996), Face/Off (1997), Con Air (1997), City of Angels (1998), National Treasure (2004), Lord of War (2005), Ghost Rider (2007), Book of Secrets, (2007), and Knowing (2009).
Despite this, in his speech after winning the Oscar for his performance in Mystic River, Penn defined Cage's work (in Matchstick Men) as one of the best performances of 2003. During the 2010s, a growing number of film critics have described Cage as one of the most underrated actors of his generation. ==Personal life== ===Relationships and family=== In 1988, Cage began dating actress Christina Fulton, with whom he had a son, Weston Coppola Cage (born December 26, 1990).
He had originally been slated to portray Superman in Tim Burton's canceled Superman film, Superman Lives, in the 1990s.
After the actor's series of mainstream-marketed thriller films during the late 1990s, Sean Penn told The New York Times in 1999 that Cage was "no longer an actor" but "more like a performer".
Despite this, in his speech after winning the Oscar for his performance in Mystic River, Penn defined Cage's work (in Matchstick Men) as one of the best performances of 2003. During the 2010s, a growing number of film critics have described Cage as one of the most underrated actors of his generation. ==Personal life== ===Relationships and family=== In 1988, Cage began dating actress Christina Fulton, with whom he had a son, Weston Coppola Cage (born December 26, 1990).
In 2013 he also starred in Joe, an independent crime drama film directed and co-produced by David Gordon Green, adaptation from Larry Brown's 1991 novel of the same name.
His first wife was actress Patricia Arquette (married in April 1995, divorce finalized in 2001). Cage's second marriage was to singer and songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley.
He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Leaving Las Vegas in 1995.
In October 1997, Cage was ranked No.
Cage purchased the comic in 1997 for $110,000.
The New Orleans District Attorney announced that the charges against Cage had been dropped on May 5, 2011. ==Honors and nominations== For his contributions to the film industry, Cage was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998 with a motion pictures star located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.
After the actor's series of mainstream-marketed thriller films during the late 1990s, Sean Penn told The New York Times in 1999 that Cage was "no longer an actor" but "more like a performer".
He took the lead role in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin and learned to play the mandolin from scratch for the part.
His first wife was actress Patricia Arquette (married in April 1995, divorce finalized in 2001). Cage's second marriage was to singer and songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley.
In May 2001, Cage was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts by California State University, Fullerton.
He made his directorial debut with 2002's Sonny.
A New Age, directed by Joel Crawford, was released theatrically in the United States on November 25, 2020. ===Producing and directing=== Cage made his directorial debut in 2002 with Sonny, a low-budget drama starring James Franco as a male prostitute whose mother (Brenda Blethyn) serves as his pimp.
On The Dresden Files for the Sci-Fi Channel, Cage is listed as the executive producer. ===Other works=== Cage, an avid comic book fan, auctioned a collection of 400 vintage comics through Heritage Auctions for over $1.6 million in 2002. In 2007, he created a comic book with his son Weston, called Voodoo Child, which was published by Virgin Comics. Cage is a fan and collector of painter and underground comic artist Robert Williams.
Presley and Cage married on August 10, 2002, and filed for divorce 107 days later on November 25, 2002.
In addition, the Internal Revenue Service has another lien for more than $350,000 in unpaid taxes dating from 2002 to 2004.
He was nominated for a second one for his role in the film Adaptation in 2002.
Despite this, in his speech after winning the Oscar for his performance in Mystic River, Penn defined Cage's work (in Matchstick Men) as one of the best performances of 2003. During the 2010s, a growing number of film critics have described Cage as one of the most underrated actors of his generation. ==Personal life== ===Relationships and family=== In 1988, Cage began dating actress Christina Fulton, with whom he had a son, Weston Coppola Cage (born December 26, 1990).
The divorce was finalized on May 16, 2004. Cage's third wife is Alice Kim.
They were married at a private ranch in northern California on July 30, 2004.
In 2004 he bought a property on Paradise Island, Bahamas.
In addition, the Internal Revenue Service has another lien for more than $350,000 in unpaid taxes dating from 2002 to 2004.
In 2005, two films he headlined, Lord of War and The Weather Man, failed to find a significant audience despite nationwide releases and good reviews for his performances. The 2006 remake of The Wicker Man was very poorly reviewed, and failed to make back its $40 million budget.
She gave birth to their son, Kal-El, (after Superman's birth name) on October 3, 2005.
Cage had a Malibu home where he and Kim lived, but sold the property in 2005 for $10 million.
In 2005, two films he headlined, Lord of War and The Weather Man, failed to find a significant audience despite nationwide releases and good reviews for his performances. The 2006 remake of The Wicker Man was very poorly reviewed, and failed to make back its $40 million budget.
Cage's producing career includes Shadow of the Vampire, the first effort from Saturn Films. In early December 2006, Cage announced at the Bahamas International Film Festival that he planned to curtail his future acting endeavors to pursue other interests.
In May 2006, he bought a island in the Exuma archipelago, some southeast of Nassau and close to a similar island owned by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
He bought the medieval castle Schloss Neidstein in the Oberpfalz region in Germany in 2006 and sold it in 2009 for $2.5 million.
The much-criticized Ghost Rider (2007), based on the Marvel Comics character, fared better, earning more than $45 million (the top earner) during its opening weekend and over $208 million worldwide through the weekend ending on March 25, 2007.
Also in 2007, he starred in Next, which shared the concept of a glimpse into an alternate timeline with Cage's film, The Family Man (2000). Most of Cage's movies that have achieved financial success were in the action/adventure genre.
from the B-movie double feature Grindhouse. In November 2007, Cage was spotted backstage at a Ring of Honor wrestling show in New York City researching for the lead role for The Wrestler.
On The Dresden Files for the Sci-Fi Channel, Cage is listed as the executive producer. ===Other works=== Cage, an avid comic book fan, auctioned a collection of 400 vintage comics through Heritage Auctions for over $1.6 million in 2002. In 2007, he created a comic book with his son Weston, called Voodoo Child, which was published by Virgin Comics. Cage is a fan and collector of painter and underground comic artist Robert Williams.
In August 2007, Cage purchased "Grey Craig," a brick-and-stone country manor in Middletown, Rhode Island.
Also in 2007, Cage purchased Midford Castle in Somerset, England.
The IRS alleges that Cage failed to pay over $6.2 million in federal income tax for the year 2007.
you know, Nic was incredibly supportive of Mickey and he is old friends with Mickey and really wanted to help with this opportunity, so he pulled himself out of the race." In 2008, Cage appeared as Joe, a contract killer who undergoes a change of heart while on a work outing in Bangkok, in the film Bangkok Dangerous.
Now worth around $25 million (as of May 2017), Cage is reportedly "taking [film] roles left and right" in order to pay off his remaining debts. ===Legal issues=== Kathleen Turner wrote in her 2008 memoir, Send Your Roses, that Cage had stolen a chihuahua and was arrested twice for driving drunk while they filmed Peggy Sue Got Married.
In 2009, Cage starred in the science fiction thriller Knowing, directed by Alex Proyas.
Also in 2009, Cage starred in the film Port of Call New Orleans, directed by acclaimed German director Werner Herzog.
Cage has also been honored with Humanitarian award from United Nations for his works and appointed as an UN ambassador for Global Justice in 2009 and again in 2013.
He led a campaign around the film Lord of War to raise awareness about international arms control, supported "Heal the Bay," the United Negro College Fund efforts, and the Royal United Hospital's Forever Friends Appeal to build intensive care units for babies. ===Real estate and tax problems=== Nicolas Cage was once considered one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors, earning $40 million in 2009 according to Forbes, although he failed to make Forbes' Top 10 List in 2014.
He bought the medieval castle Schloss Neidstein in the Oberpfalz region in Germany in 2006 and sold it in 2009 for $2.5 million.
Shortly after selling his German castle, Cage also put his homes in Rhode Island, Louisiana, Nevada, and California, as well as a $7 million island in the Bahamas, on the market. On July 14, 2009, the Internal Revenue Service filed documents in New Orleans in connection with a federal tax lien against property owned by Cage in Louisiana, concerning unpaid federal taxes.
Cage filed a $20 million lawsuit on October 16, 2009, against his business manager, Samuel J.
Known as "The LaLaurie House" after its former owner Delphine LaLaurie, the house was foreclosed and sold at auction on November 12, 2009, along with another New Orleans property for a total of $5.5 million, in the wake of Cage's financial problems.
Christina Fulton sued Cage in December 2009 for $13 million and for the house in which she was living.
37 in Premiere's 100 most powerful people in Hollywood. In the 2010s, he starred in Kick-Ass (2010), The Croods (2013), Joe (2013), Dog Eat Dog (2016), Mom and Dad (2017), Mandy (2018), Into the Spider-Verse (2018), and Color Out of Space (2019).
In 2010, Cage starred in the period piece Season of the Witch, playing a 14th-century knight transporting a girl accused of causing the Black Plague to a monastery, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice, in which he played the sorcerer. In 2012, Cage reprised his role in Ghost Rider's sequel Spirit of Vengeance.
Despite this, in his speech after winning the Oscar for his performance in Mystic River, Penn defined Cage's work (in Matchstick Men) as one of the best performances of 2003. During the 2010s, a growing number of film critics have described Cage as one of the most underrated actors of his generation. ==Personal life== ===Relationships and family=== In 1988, Cage began dating actress Christina Fulton, with whom he had a son, Weston Coppola Cage (born December 26, 1990).
His Bel Air home, which had six loans totaling $18 million on it, failed to sell at an April 2010 foreclosure auction despite an opening offer of $10.4 million, substantially less than the $35 million that Cage had originally tried to sell it for.
The home eventually sold in November 2010 for $10.5 million.
He has written introductions for Juxtapoz magazine and purchased the painting Death on the Boards. ==Acting style== In February 2011, Cage said that, at a certain point in his career, he realized that he had developed his own method of acting, which he described as "Nouveau Shamanic." He noted, "at some point I'll have to write a book" about it.
Arsh Anubis, his new band of the same genre, was formed in 2011.
In November 2011, Cage also sold his Action Comics #1 in an online auction for a record-breaking $2.16 million (the previous record being $1.5 million), to assist paying his tax liens and other debts.
The case was settled in June 2011. Cage was arrested in New Orleans' French Quarter district on April 15, 2011 for suspicion of domestic abuse battery, disturbing the peace and public intoxication.
He was later ordered to appear in court on May 31, 2011.
The New Orleans District Attorney announced that the charges against Cage had been dropped on May 5, 2011. ==Honors and nominations== For his contributions to the film industry, Cage was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998 with a motion pictures star located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.
In 2010, Cage starred in the period piece Season of the Witch, playing a 14th-century knight transporting a girl accused of causing the Black Plague to a monastery, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice, in which he played the sorcerer. In 2012, Cage reprised his role in Ghost Rider's sequel Spirit of Vengeance.
Weston was the lead singer of the black metal band Eyes of Noctum, which broke up in 2012.
He voiced the character Grug Crood in the animated film The Croods, which was released in 2013.
In 2013 he also starred in Joe, an independent crime drama film directed and co-produced by David Gordon Green, adaptation from Larry Brown's 1991 novel of the same name.
The film premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2013, with a subsequent screening at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
In May 2020 it was announced that Cage would be playing the role of Joe Exotic in a scripted eight-episode Tiger King series, written and executive produced by Dan Lagana. In April 2013, DreamWorks Animation announced a sequel to the film The Croods.
In September 2013, it was confirmed that Nicolas Cage would reprise his role in the sequel as Grug from the first film.
During an interview of 2013 for promoting Joe, Cage revealed that he followed a diet based on red meat and steaks to gain weight for the role and to identify himself as a carnivore. According to The Guardian film critic Luke Buckmaster, "any casual observer can see that Cage is entertaining, charismatic and wildly flamboyant".
He has the presence of a leading man, and the eccentricities of a character actor." Actor Ethan Hawke claimed in 2013 that Cage is "the only actor since Marlon Brando that's actually done anything new with the art", crediting him for taking film audiences "away from an obsession with naturalism into a kind of presentation style of acting that I imagine was popular with the old troubadours." The film director David Lynch described him as "the jazz musician of American acting".
Cage has also been honored with Humanitarian award from United Nations for his works and appointed as an UN ambassador for Global Justice in 2009 and again in 2013.
Weston has given Cage two grandsons born in 2014 and 2016. Cage has been married five times.
He led a campaign around the film Lord of War to raise awareness about international arms control, supported "Heal the Bay," the United Negro College Fund efforts, and the Royal United Hospital's Forever Friends Appeal to build intensive care units for babies. ===Real estate and tax problems=== Nicolas Cage was once considered one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors, earning $40 million in 2009 according to Forbes, although he failed to make Forbes' Top 10 List in 2014.
It was a box office flop, grossing only $2.36 million from a $4 million budget, but received critical acclaim from critics, who praised Cage's performance and Green's direction. The 2016 black comedy Dog Eat Dog, Cage's second film with Paul Schrader, reunited him with Willem Dafoe (after Wild at Heart) as a pair of ex-convicts hired to kidnap a baby.
The film had its premiere as the closing entry for the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2016.
It was released on November 4, 2016 in the United States.
Weston has given Cage two grandsons born in 2014 and 2016. Cage has been married five times.
The couple separated in January 2016 and finalized their divorce later that year. In March 2019, Cage married Erika Koike in Las Vegas, only to file for annulment four days later.
Now worth around $25 million (as of May 2017), Cage is reportedly "taking [film] roles left and right" in order to pay off his remaining debts. ===Legal issues=== Kathleen Turner wrote in her 2008 memoir, Send Your Roses, that Cage had stolen a chihuahua and was arrested twice for driving drunk while they filmed Peggy Sue Got Married.
It was released in theaters on January 19, 2018, and received positive reviews from critics, with review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes defining his performance as "over-the-top." Director John Waters appreciated the film, naming Mom and Dad as one of the best movies of 2018, placing it fourth on his personal top list. In 2018, Cage starred in the action thriller film, Mandy, which premiered on January 19 at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
Cage starred as the Narrator of the film, reading various Anton's writings. In December 2018, it was announced that Cage had signed to play the lead role for Richard Stanley's Color Out of Space, based on the short story "The Colour Out of Space" by H.
Robinson. On January 28, 2019, Viktor and Irina Yelchin premiered a documentary about their son Anton Yelchin, Love, Antosha, at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Color Out of Space premiered on September 7, 2019 in the Midnight Madness portion of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where Cage was awarded for his role with the Creative Coalition's Spotlight Initiative Award.
Following select preview screenings on January 22, the film was released in 81 theaters in the United States on January 24, 2020. In November 2019, Cage was cast as a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy-drama The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, co-starring Pedro Pascal and Tiffany Haddish.
The couple separated in January 2016 and finalized their divorce later that year. In March 2019, Cage married Erika Koike in Las Vegas, only to file for annulment four days later.
In June 2019, Cage was granted a divorce from Koike. On February 16, 2021, Cage married for the fifth time, to his Japanese girlfriend Riko Shibata. ===Political and religious views=== Cage grew up in a family of Catholic background, but does not talk about religion publicly and refuses to answer religion-connected questions in his interviews.
Following select preview screenings on January 22, the film was released in 81 theaters in the United States on January 24, 2020. In November 2019, Cage was cast as a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy-drama The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, co-starring Pedro Pascal and Tiffany Haddish.
In May 2020 it was announced that Cage would be playing the role of Joe Exotic in a scripted eight-episode Tiger King series, written and executive produced by Dan Lagana. In April 2013, DreamWorks Animation announced a sequel to the film The Croods.
A New Age, directed by Joel Crawford, was released theatrically in the United States on November 25, 2020. ===Producing and directing=== Cage made his directorial debut in 2002 with Sonny, a low-budget drama starring James Franco as a male prostitute whose mother (Brenda Blethyn) serves as his pimp.
Cage has endorsed Andrew Yang for president in the 2020 election. ===Charitable activities=== Cage has been called one of the most generous stars in Hollywood.
In June 2019, Cage was granted a divorce from Koike. On February 16, 2021, Cage married for the fifth time, to his Japanese girlfriend Riko Shibata. ===Political and religious views=== Cage grew up in a family of Catholic background, but does not talk about religion publicly and refuses to answer religion-connected questions in his interviews.
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