Quick Facts Of Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Kim Coppola popularly known as Nicolas Cage is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his work in films, Leaving Las Vegas, Ghost Rider, The Rock, Face/Off, Con Air, Adaptation, Sonny, National Treasure, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Gone in 60 seconds, among others. His has established his own production company, Saturn Films. He is also known for his philanthropic works. 

Nicolas Cage Filed Annulment 4 Days After Marrying Erika Koike

It has only been 4 days Nicolas Cage married his girlfriend Erika Koike and he has already filed for an annulment, according to reports. The report of the 55-years old actor filing an annulment against his now-wife reached several media outlets. The couple who maintained private affairs as possible. They got married on 23 March 2019 in Las Vegas. The news of Nicolas getting married was surprising to his fans. Now, him filing an annulment 4 days after his marriage has made headlines. He has reportedly filed for an annulment based on the argument that he got married while being intoxicated.

The Ghost Rider actor who has already been married 3 times earlier has 2 children from his previous wives. 

Famous For

• His work in films, Leaving Las Vegas, Ghost Rider, The Rock, Face/Off, Con Air, Adaptation, National Treasure, Lord of War, Gone in 60 seconds, among others.

Is Nicolas Cage religious?

Nicolas Cage was born on 7 January 1964. His birth name is Nicolas Kim Coppola. He was born to a father, August Coppola, and a mother, Joy Vogelsang. He is of Italian, German, and Polish descent. His birthplace is in Long Beach, California in the United States. He holds American nationality. His zodiac sign is Capricorn. He has two brothers, Marc “The Cope” Coppola and Christopher Coppola.

He attended Beverly Hills High School. He had interests in acting from an early age. Thus, he enrolled at UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television after high school. His first non-cinematic acting experience was in the school production of Golden Boy. He wanted to become an actor after seeing James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden. 

He had already directed Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, and Robert De Niro when he was around 15 years old. He changed his name to Nicolas Cage in order to avoid the appearance of nepotism as Coppola’s nephew. His last name Cage was inspired by, a Marvel Comics superhero.

Career

Acting

He made his film debut in a minor role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High in 1982. 

Since then he has appeared in wide range of both mainstream and offbeat films. 

His major films are Leaving Las Vegas, Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, The Rock, Face/Off, Con Air, Adaptation, Sonny, National Treasure, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Lord of WarSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, among others.

He other films are Valley Girl, Rumble Fish, Racing with the Moon, The Cotton Club, Birdy, The Boy in Blue, Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, Vampire’s Kiss, Never on Tuesday, Time to Kill, Wild at Heart, Zandalee, Honeymoon in Vegas, Amos and Andrew, Deadfall, Red Rock West, Guarding Tess It Could Happen to You, Trapped in Paradise, Kiss of Death, Con Air, City of Angels, Snake Eyes, Welcome to Hollywood, 8mm, Bringing out the Dead, and The Family Man between 1983 and 2000.

He has appeared in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Christmas Carol: The Movie, Windtalkers, Matchstick Men, The Weather Man, World Trade Center, The Wicker Man, Grindhouse, Next, Bangkok Dangerous, Knowing, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Kick-Ass, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice between 2001 and 2010.

He appeared in Drive Angry, Trespass, Seeking Justice, Stolen, The Frozen Ground, Joe, Rage Left Behind, Dying of the Light, Outcast, The Runner, Pay the Ghost, The Trust, Snowden, USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage, Dog eat Dog, Army of One, Arsenal, Vengeance: A Love Story, Inconceivable, Mom and Dad, Looking Glass, The Humanity Bureau, 211, Mandy, Between Worlds between 2011 and 2018.

He had voice roles in Christmas Carol: The Movie, The Ant Bully, G-Force, Astro Boy, The Croods, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, Love Antosha (documentary), and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

He will have voice roles in an upcoming 2020 film, The Croods 2.

His upcoming films are Primal, Kill Chain, Grand Isle, Color out of Space, Prisoners of the Ghostland, Jiu-Jitsu, among others.  

Producing and Directing

He made his directorial debut with a low-budget drama film, Sonny in 2002. He also starred in the film. 

He also founded the production company Saturn Films. 

His production company has produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire and The Life of David Gale. 

His production company has produced numerous films such as Sonny, Lord of War, The Wicker Man, Next, Bangkok Dangerous, Knowing, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, A Thousand Words, among others. 

His production 

He has produced The Family Man, Matchstick Men, National Treasure franchise, World Trade Center, Drive Angry, Trespass, Stolen, Rage, Vengeance: A Love Story, among others.

He is also the executive producer of the TV series, The Dresden Files for the Sci-Fi Channel. 

Other Works

He is an avid comic book fan. He auctioned a collection of 400 vintage comics through Heritage Auctions for over $1.6 million in 2002. 

He created a comic book, Voodoo Child with his son Weston in 2007. 

He is a fan and collector of painter and underground comic artist Robert Williams. 

He has written introductions for Juxtapoz magazine.

He has purchased the painting Death On The Boards.

Who is Nicolas Cage Married to?

Nicolas Cage is married 4 times. He started dating actress Christina Fulton in 1988. The couple shares a son, Weston Coppola Cage. Weston was the lead singer of the black metal band, Eyes of Noctum. Nicolas has 2 grandsons from his son, Weston. 

He first married actress Patricia Arquette in April 1995. The couple later got divorced in 2001. 

He then married singer and songwriter Lisa Marie Presley. Lisa is the daughter of Elvis Presley. The two got married in August 2002. However, their relationship did not last long. They filed for divorce in November 2002, three months after their marriage. Their divorce was finalized in May 2004. 

His third wife is Alice Kim. Alice is a former waitress who worked at the Los Angeles restaurant, Kabuki and at the Los Angeles-based Korean nightclub, Le Prive. They got married in July 2004. The couple shares one son, Kal-El (after Superman’s birth name). The couple separated in January 2016 and their divorce was finalized in the same year.

Patricia Arquette Biography

Alice Kim Biography

He married his fourth wife, Erika Koike in March 2019. They got married in Las Vegas. However, Cage filed for annulment just four days after their marriage. 

Charities

Nicolas Cage has been described as one of the most generous stars in Hollywood. 

He donated $2 million to Amnesty International for them to use to offer rehabilitation shelter, medical services and psychological and reintegration services to some of the 300,000 children forced to fight in conflicts across the world. 

He has donated $1 million to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. 

He became the first artist to support ArtWorks, an artist engagement program to raise awareness of fundamental rights at work, including freedom from slavery and from child labor. 

He has been honored with Humanitarian award from the United Nations for his works. He was appointed as a 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.

He supported “Heal the Bay” the United Negro College Fund efforts. 

He also supported the Royal United Hospital’s Forever Friends Appeal to build intensive care units for babies. 

Real Estate and Tax Problems

Forbes estimated his earning in 2009 to be $40 million. He was considered one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actors then. 

He bought property on Paradise Island, the Bahamas in 2004. 

He sold his Malibu home for $10 million in 2005.

He bought a 40-acre island in the Exuma archipelago in May 2006. The island is some 85 miles southeast of Nassau and is 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. He sold it for $2.5 million in 2009. 

He purchased “Grey Craig”, a 24,000 square-foot brick-and-stone country manor in Middletown, Rhode Island in April 2007. The sale ranked among the state of Rhode Osland’s most expensive residential purchases. 

He purchased Midford Castle in Somerset, England in 2007.

He put his homes in Rhode Island, Louisiana, Nevada, and California, and $7 million island in the Bahamas on the market. 

The Internal Revenue Service filed documents in New Orleans in July 2009 in connection with a federal tax lien against property owned by Cage in Louisiana, concerning unpaid federal taxes. The IRS alleges that Cage failed to pay over $6.2 million in federal income tax for the year 2007. The IRS has another lien for more than $350,000 in unpaid taxes dating from 2002 to 2004. 

He is also facing separate lawsuits from East West Bank and Red Curb Investments for unpaid, multimillion-dollar loans. 

Cage filed a $20 million lawsuit against his business manager, Samuel J. Levin on October 2009 alleging negligence and fraud. 

Samuel filed a counter-complaint and responded to the lawsuit. He stated that he warned Cage that he was living beyond his means an urged him to spend less. Cage had purchased additional three residences worth $33 million in total, purchased 22 automobiles, purchased 12 expensive jewelry and purchased 47 artwork and exotic items including a dinosaur skull of Tarbosaurus. 

He stated that he owned the “Most Haunted House in American” located in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana known as “The LaLaurie House”. The house was sold at auction in November 2009 along with another New Orleans property for a total of $5.6 million, in the wake of Cage’s financial problem. 

His Bel Air home faced foreclosure auction and was sold for $10.5 million in November 2010. Another home in Nevada also faced foreclosure auction. 

He sold his Action Comics 1 in an online auction for a record-breaking $2.6 million in November 2011. He initially purchased the comic in 1997 for $110,000. He used the money to pay his tax liens and other debts. 

Legal Issues

Kathleen Turner wrote in her 2008 memoir, Send Your Roses that Cage had stolen a chihuahua and was arrested twice for drunk-driving while they filmed Peggy Sue Got Married. She later admitted that Cage did not steal a chihuahua. Cage successfully won a libel action against Turner, her publisher Headline Publishing Group and Associated Newspapers.

In December 2009, Christina Fulton sued Cage for $13 million and for the house in which she was living. The case was settled in June 2011.

In April 2011, he was arrested in New Orleans’ French Quarter district for suspicion of domestic abuse battery, disturbing the peace and public intoxication. Police was flagged down by onlookers after Cage allegedly grabbed his wife’s upper arm while appearing to be under the influence of alcohol. He was held in police custody. He was released after Duane “Dog” Chapman posted his bail of $11,000. The charges against him were dropped in May 2011 before he was scheduled to appear in court on 31 May 2011. 

What Awards Has Nicolas Cage Won?

He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998 for his contributions to the film industry. His motion picture stars located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. 

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts by California State University, Fullerton in May 2001.

Among numerous nominations, he has won an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, among others, for Best Actor for his role in Leaving Las Vegas.

What Are Nicolas Cage’s Body Measurements?

Nicolas Cage stands at a height of 1.83 m i.e. 6 feet tall. He has a body weight of 198.5 lbs i.e. 90 kg. He has an athletic body build. He has a chest size of 45 inches, biceps size of 15 inches and a waist size of 35 inches. He has Blue eyes and his hair color is Dark Brown.

How much is Nicolas Cage’s net worth?

His major income comes from acting. He has appeared in numerous films. He was one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood earning $40 million in 2009. He also entered the real estate business and has made some lucrative real estate sales. However, his real estate business did not earn him profits with taxes and debts racking up. To overcome his tax and debts issues, he has continued his film ventures. He has also appeared in several television commercials. Working in films is his major source of income. As of 2019, his net worth is estimated at $25 million.

Did You Know?

• His father was a professor of literature, whereas his mother was a dancer and choreographer.
• His paternal grandparents were composer Carmine Coppola and actress Italia Pennino.
• He has described his own method of acting as “Nouveau Shamanic”.
• Many cinema’s critics described Cage as one of the most underrated actors of his generation during the 2010s.
• He does not talk about religion publicly.
• He stated that he is not a politically active actor.