Nicolas Cage is a known American actor and filmmaker. He was born on January 7, 1964, with the name Nicolas Kim Coppola. He received many acclamations as an actor. This includes the Screen Actors Guild Award, Academy Award, and Golden Globe Award.
He’s seen in many films since the 1980s up to the present. In 1984, he became one of the twelve “Promising New Actors” by John Willis’ Screen World. In 2002, he directed the film “Sonny” and was nominated for the Grand Special Prize.
He’s the owner of the production company “Saturn Films.” In 2000, he produced “Shadow of the Vampire” and “The Life of David Gale” 2003. He became No. 37 of Premiere’s The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list.
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Early Life
Cage’s father was a professor of literature, August Coppola. His mother was a dancer and choreographer named Joy Vogelsang. He was born in Longbeach, California. The Coppola family has been known for their contribution to the field of acting.
His paternal grandmother, Italia Pennino, was an actress. Cage’s uncle Francis Ford Coppola was a director. His aunt, Talia Shire, was an actress. He’s the cousin of directors Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola, actors Jason Schwartzman and Robert Carmine, and film producer Gian-Carlo Coppola.
Cage’s brother Marc “The Cope” Coppola is a New York radio personality. He has a brother who is a director named Christopher Coppola. Cage went to Beverly Hills High School who’s known for its entertainer graduates.
At a young age, Cage began acting and enrolled at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. His first stage play was during their school production of “Golden Boy.” He said that his inspiration in acting was James Dean. It moved him when he saw how he acted in “Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden.”
When the young Cage was fifteen years old, he told his uncle, Francis Ford Coppola, that he wanted to be an actor. His uncle was very famous at that time after handling Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, and Gene Hackman.
To avoid being branded as his uncle’s nephew, he changed his name to Nicolas Cage. It’s because he loved Luke Cage, a Marvel Comics superhero.
Acting
Cage had his film debut in 1982 in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.” He auditioned in his uncle’s film “The Outsiders” as Dallas Winston. But, he failed to get the role. However, he got a chance to join in his uncle’s films “Peggy Sue Got Married” and “Rumble Fish.”
He became more famous after starring in the 1987 romantic-comedy film “Moonstruck.” He was also seen in the black comedy film by Ridley Scott in 2003, “Matchstick Men” as a con artist with OCD.
He won an Academy Award after his performance in the film “Leaving Las Vegas.” He was nominated twice for the same category. But, despite the box office hit of his mainstream movies, Cage’s other films didn’t click.
In 1999, he starred in “8mm” which was labeled as a cult film. In 2001, he devoted himself to learning how to play the mandolin for his film “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.” In 2005, two of his films failed to gain recognition.
The remake of the film “The Wicker Man” in 2006 failed to get back its $40 million funds. In 2007, the Marvel Comics-based film “Ghost Rider” earned criticism. But, it was better in earning $45 million in its first week and $208 million worldwide.
Most of Cage’s successful films are action and adventure. The film “National Treasure” earned millions of dollars. His other successful films were “The Rock,” “Face/Off,” and “World Trade Center.”
In 2009, Cage had the lead role as a corrupt police officer in the film “The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.” It had an 87% positive review of the website reviewer Rotten Tomatoes. However, in 2013, Cage starred in an adaptation to Larry Brown’s 1991 novel, “Joe”, and was a box office failure.
Despite its positive reviews, the film only earned $2.36 million, just more than half of its budget of $4 million. But in 2016, his film with Paul Schrader, “Dog Eat Dog” earned him a reputation.
Cage has dubbed animated characters in films. This includes Superman in the cartoon film “Teen Titans Go! To the Movies” and Peter Parker / Spiderman Noir in “Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse.” On November 25, 2020, Cage reprised his role as “Grug” in the sequel of the film “The Croods.”
Comics
Cage is known to be an avid collector of comic books. In 2002, he auctioned through the Heritage Auctions his 400 vintage comic books. It raised $1.6 million. In 2007, he made a comic book called “Voodoo Child” together with his son.
Nicolas Cage Total Net Worth
Cage became one of the top-earning actors in Hollywood in 2009 with about $40 million. He had a property in Paradise Island in the Bahamas and a 40-acre island in the Exuma archipelago. He also had a property in Malibu and sold it for $10 million.
He also bought the Schloss Neidstein medieval castle in Germany and sold it for $2.6 million. In 2007, Cage bought “Grey Craig” in Middleton, Rhode Island. It’s a 24,000 square-foot manor on a 26-acre estate that has 12 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, and an overview of the Atlantic Ocean.
These are just some of Nicolas Cage’s properties. Aside from his earnings in the film industry, who knows what’s more about Cage’s stash? He’s been earning millions of dollars from his films alone.
As a director and producer, he’s made a name for himself in the filming industry. That’s excluding the profit he gets from endorsements and advertisements. Despite the challenges he faced, he’s earned enough money to become one of the richest actors in Hollywood.
As a veteran actor, director, and producer, Nicolas Cage is a legend in the field of the filming industry. As of today, his estimated net worth is about $25 million.