Nicolas Cage
A quirky movie star who's alternately admired and criticized for his over-the-top performances, Cage has enjoyed a dramatic, hit-or-miss career. Early on he was the poster child for rebellious boys (R...
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01/06/1964
Long Beach, CA |
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| Nephew of Oscar-winning director-screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola. |
| A big comic book fan, he was inspired to change his last name to Cage from Marvel's Luke Cage. His son, Kal-el, was named after Superman and Cage was also instrumental in turning the Marvel character |
| Like the Hustons (Walter, John and Anjelica), there are three generations of Oscar winners in the family: Nicolas; his uncle Francis Ford Coppola; his grandfather Carmine Coppola; and cousin |
| Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998. |
| Said that his mother — though clinically insane while he was growing up — was "the artistic one in the family and gave me a lot of what I am today." |
