Nicholas Cage was born in an art house in California on January 7, 1964 .His uncle is a world-famous director who named Francis Coppola. As a member of Coppola family, he grew up in an atmosphere filled with music and books,and he showed great interest in acting and photography. He entered the filmdom when he was only 17 years old.To avoid the influence of his uncle’s fame,he changed his family name to follow his favorite composer John Cage.
In 1980, Nicholas Cage first appeared in the film “Brubaker” He played an ordinary person.
In 1984, Cage’s masterpiece "Leaving Las Vegas"《逃离拉斯维加斯》came into being.As the Protagonist, he had a wonderful show of his extraordinary acting ability, attracting people’s attention. Cage's performance in the film was spoken highly of ,and from then on he stepped into success.
In 1990 his another successful flim-- "Wild at Heart"《我心狂野》, had a strange style of strong images and surreal atmosphere. In the end of the flim,Cage wore a snakeskin jacket ,standed over rolling traffic , sang Elvis Presley’s song "Love Me Tender" ,which has become a classic scene in film history. The film won the 43rd Cannes Film Festival Award in 1992.This became a turning point in Cage's life.
In 1996,the action movie "The Rock"《勇闯夺命岛》made him become the global international box office giant star.He proved his playing road was quite broad, and he was really the Oscar movie King who deserved the price.
In 1997,his two wonderful films "Con Air"《空中监狱》and "Face Off"《变脸》dominated the summer box office. Nicholas Cage became an overnight star in Hollywood box office .
In 1998, the love movie " City of Angels"《天使之城》helped Cage leave a loving angel image into the hearts of people.At the point, Cage's acting career reached the peak.
In 2000, the film "Gone in Sixty Seconds"《极速60秒》, in which Cage played the main role of an almighty car- thief ,made 200 million dollars at the box office.
Besides Cage’ favorite action movies, he playde in some warm affection films such as " The Family Man"《居家男人》in 2000 and the "Matchstick Men"《火柴人》in 2003, in which he both played a loving father,and the two films were well accepted.
On top of that, the famous film " Lord of War"《战争之王》gave a warning to the weapon controling issues in the world. On March 20, 2009, his another horro r action film “Knowing”《先知》was released. The film has not only the general scene of "2012", but also unconventional ups and downs and moving
story drama.It has more qualification than the too entertaining "2012 " to be called a disaster film.Especially, the scene of saying goodbye to his beloved son, has a full show of Cage’s excellent acting skill.
In December of 2009, the United Nations Humanitarian Award was presented to Nicolas Cage, in recognition of his appointment as United Nations’ Goodwill Ambassador. He has made outstanding achievements in working against drugs and crime. Cage said, his identity would become a spotlight to illuminate everywhere the justice was needed in the world.。