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Engaging, sleepy-eyed American star, a nephew of Francis Ford Coppola who graduated from teenage parts in Valley Girl (1983) and the director's underrated Rumble Fish (1983) to a series of effective, idiosyncratic leading roles.
Cage first made serious dramatic waves opposite Matthew Modine in Birdy (1984), Alan Parker's duet for emotionally scarred Vietnam veterans. His callow 1950s rocker in Coppola's nostalgic Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) was not praised at the time, but now seems like a skillful caricature. His goofier qualities again assumed center stage in Ethan and Joel Coen's screwball comedy, Raising Arizona (1987), and David Lynch's odyssey, Wild At Heart (1990).
Although critics were divided on Cage's work as the inarticulate but philosophical baker in the popular Moonstruck (1987), they united with the public in ignoring Amos & Andrew (1993), but his wacky charm was central to the success of Andrew Bergman's comedy, Honeymoon In Vegas (1992).
Returning to the Nevada city in Mike Figgis's Leaving Las Vegas (1995), he delivered a multi-layered award-winning performance as an alcoholic writer. Bringing warmth and humor to what could have been an unsympathetic role, Cage earned some of the best notices of his career.
Nicolas Cage (1964 - ) Filmography from Microsoft Cinemania 1982 FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH performer 1983 RUMBLE FISH performer 1983 VALLEY GIRL performer 1984 BIRDY performer 1984 THE COTTON CLUB performer 1984 RACING WITH THE MOON performer 1986 THE BOY IN BLUE performer 1986 PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED performer 1987 MOONSTRUCK performer 1987 RAISING ARIZONA performer 1989 NEVER ON TUESDAY performer 1989 TEMPO DI UCCIDERE performer 1989 VAMPIRE'S KISS performer 1990 FIREBIRDS performer 1990 WILD AT HEART performer 1991 ZANDALEE performer 1992 HONEYMOON IN VEGAS performer 1993 AMOS & ANDREW performer 1993 DEADFALL performer 1993 RED ROCK WEST performer 1994 GUARDING TESS performer 1994 IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU performer 1994 TRAPPED IN PARADISE performer 1995 KISS OF DEATH performer 1995 LEAVING LAS VEGAS performer 1996 THE ROCK performer 1997 CONAIR performer 1997 FACE/OFF performer 1998 CITY OF ANGELS performer 1998 SNAKE EYES performer
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