Age: 62
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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.
Nicolas Cage
Shadow
for Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog: Enter Shadow
Suggested by autobotsonicfan2007
Suffering his first real defeat, Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik and his minions had retreated to the abandoned Space Colony ARK where they found a new ally (if persuaded): Shadow the Hedgehog! Eggman orders the hedgehog to destroy Sonic, making him think our hero's a villain! Shadow saw this as a way to keep his promise to Maria: protect the planet from any threat. Sonic and the Freedom Fighters have fought with Shadow and almost perished! The battle took a heavy toll and now Uncle Chuck is just a week from death! Sonic is infuriated at the new enemy, but little does he or Shadow know, Eggman's been using Shadow to distract and destroy Sonic and his friends while Eggman begins to conquer Mobius! Seeing the truth, Shadow stands against Eggman's army and sees that Sonic and his friends are the protectors of this planet and decides to join them.
