Born Nicholas Kim Coppola around Long Beach, California of Italian and German descent, he is the son of August & Joy Coppola, & grandson of composer Carmine Coppola. Inside 1976, Cage's parents divorced and he moved to Beverly Hills with his father. He is the nephew of each Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire.

Cage changed his title early sequentially to try to produce his have way around acting forswearing benefiting from either his uncle's reputation. He chose a title Cage when a Marvel comic book hero Luke Cage, Power Man.

He got the little role around Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) (credited under the Coppola title), virtually all of which endways the cutting room floor. His next notable roles were in the 1983 movies Rumble Fish and Valley Girl, which was his breakout role.

He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Leaving Las Vegas (1995). He has developed the reputation for alternating roles inside action movies with further good character-caused dramas, when well as a occasional black comedy.

He has the boy, Weston Coppola Cage (born 1990), by model Kristina Fulton. In April 8 1995 he married actress Patricia Arquette. It divorced in May 18 2001. In August 10 2002 he married Lisa Marie Presley and filed for divorce less than quaternity months late. It divorced in May 16 2004. He married previous waitress Alice Kim in July 30 2004, around the personal ceremony in northern California. He has a second boy, Kal-el Coppola Cage (born October 3, 2005 in New York City), by the latter.

Cage is an brobdingnagian Elvis fan.

He as well occurs as large fan of comedian books, by having his favourite character existence Marvel Comics' Ghost Rider, a carnival motorcyclist bent in retaliation. He recently (July 2005) landed a role of Johnny Blaze, Ghost Rider's vary ego. A Ghost Rider movie is slated for 2006.

Filmography
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Valley Girl (1983) Rumble Fish (1983) Racing with the Moon (1984) The Cotton Club (1984) Birdy (1984) The Boy in Blue (1986) Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) Raising Arizona (1987) Moonstruck (1987) Never on Tuesday (1988) (Cameo) ''Vampire's Kiss (1989) Time to Kill (1990) Fire Birds (1990) Wild at Heart (1990) Zandalee (1991) Red Rock West (1992) Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) Deadfall (1993) Amos & Andrew (1993) A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary) Guarding Tess (1994) It Could Happen to You (1994) Trapped in Paradise (1994) Kiss of Death (1995) Leaving Las Vegas (1995) The Rock (1996) Sean Connery, an Intimate Portrait (1997) (documentary) Con Air (1997) Face/Off (1997) City of Angels (1998) Snake Eyes (1998) Junket Whore (1998) (documentary) 8MM (1999) Bringing Out the Dead (1999) Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) Welcome to Hollywood (2000) (documentary) Italian Soldiers (2001) (documentary) Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) (voice) Windtalkers (2002) Sonny (2002) (also director & producer) Adaptation. (2002) Matchstick Men (2003) National Treasure (2004) Lord of War (2005) (also producer) The Weather Man (2005) Ghost Rider (2006) (currently inside post-production) The Wicker Man (2006) (currently filming) (too producer) Ant Bully (2006) (voice) (currently filming) Untitled Oliver Stone/September 11 Project (2006) (currently around pre-production) Amarillo Slim (2006) (currently inside pre-production) (besides producer) Time Share'' (2006) (currently announced run of production) (too producer)