Nicolas Cage was Born in Long Beach, California on January 7, 1964. His birth name was Nicholas Kim Coppola, born to his father August Floy Coppola and mother Joy Vogelsang. His father worked in Literature mainly studying blind people. His mother was a dancer and choreographer who battled depression most of her life. the name Coppola rooted from his fathers Italian American heritage. Cage attended high school at Beverly Hills High School where acted in his school’s theater production of Golden Boy.
When he began his acting career he changed his last name from Coppola to Cage to distinguish himself from his Uncle Francis Ford Coppola. His first major film was Fast Times at Ridgemont High. They were divorced in 2001. He won his first academy award for playing nothing-to-lose alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas. He won another for playing the role of Charlie Kaufman in Adaptation. He has found his most box-office success in action films. He scored big starring National Treasure, The Rock, World Trade Center and Face/Off. Some films which did not do so well at the Box Office but Cage got good reviews include Lord of War, The Weather Man and The Wicker Man.
In his personal life, Cage has bee married three times. He was married to Patricia Arquette in 1995. She made a game for him to play in which he was too things to “win her hand“. One of them was attaining an J.
D. Salinger’s autograph. Cage’s second marriage was to Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of musician Elvis Presley. They divorced after four months of marriage. His third and current wife is Alice Kim whom he had a son named Kal-El.
He tells people his favorite is film is Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. He also told Jay Leno that he is interested in 16th century German mysticism. He collects fossils and once paid $60, 000 for 12 trilobites fossils.
Johnny Depp Biography
Johnny Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, June 9th 1963. He lived most of his life in Florida where he gained a interest in music. He even dropped out of school when he 15 years old to pursue his dream of being a rock star. He made progress in the music world playing a garage band named The Kids. Depp’s former wife Lori Anne Allison wife introduced Depp to rising star Nicolas Cage. Cage encouraged Depp to act and he landed a roll in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). He got his big break in 1987 when a replacement was needed for Jeff Yagher in the T.V. show “21 Jump Street” (1987).
Ellen Pompeo Biography
Ellen Pompeo was born in Everett, Massachusetts on November 10th, 1969. She lived most of her younger years in New York. She is the youngest sibling of 6. Her mother died when she was a young girl at four years old. After her teenage years, she moved to Miami, Florida where she found a job as a cocktail waitress. While working, she met and would go on to form a relationship with acclaimed fashion photographer Andrew Rosenthal. She would move to New York City with Rosenthal, where she worked on small projects. While working as a waitress at a SoHo Bar & Grill, she was found by a commercial agent who asked her if she was interested in appearing in commercials. She starred in commercials for L'Oreal hair products and Citibank.
Marlon Brando Biography
Marlon Brando is a famous American actor who pioneered method acting. He made two films in the 1950s with director Elia Kazan including On The Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire. He won two oscars in his career.
