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Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. During the early years of his career, Cage starred in a variety of films such as Rumble Fish (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993). During this period, John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36 listed him as one of twelve Promising New Actors of 1984. For his performance in Leaving Las Vegas (1995), he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation (2002). He subsequently appeared in more mainstream films, such as The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), City of Angels (1998), 8mm (1999), Windtalkers (2002), Lord of War (2005), The Wicker Man (2006), Bangkok Dangerous (2008) and Knowing (2009). He also directed the film Sonny (2002), for which he was nominated for Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival. Cage owns the production company Saturn Films and has produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of David Gale (2003). In October 1997, Cage was ranked No. 40 in Empire magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list, while the next year, he was placed No. 37 in Premiere's 100 most powerful people in Hollywood. In the 2010s, he starred in Kick-Ass (2010), Drive Angry (2011), Joe (2013), The Runner (2015), Dog Eat Dog (2016), Mom and Dad (2017), Mandy (2018), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), and Color Out of Space (2019). His participation in various film genres during this time increased his popularity and gained him a cult following.
In 1978, young Buddy Baker returns from a walk in the forest transformed. He is now connected to the Red, the network that links all animal life on Earth. As a result, Buddy becomes a hero with the ability to tap into the powers of animals. Seventeen years later, Buddy is now the father of Cliff and Maxine, as well as the devoted husband of Ellen Frazier. After retiring from his hero career to focus on his dream of acting, inspired by Botson Brandt and Rita Farr, Buddy decides to come out of retirement to showcase his full potential. Buddy must learn to balance family life with hero life, confront villains like Felix Faust, meet his creator, team up with heroes like Nowhere Man, but above all, he must escape the watchful eye of Argus. Amanda Waller, in fact, aims to create a hero by combining the power of the Green and the Red in what she calls Project Ascension (Black Orchid). However, Buddy's greatest challenge will be Anton Arcane, an avatar of the Parliament of Decay and a former member of the Nazi party.
