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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.

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for Johnny Blaze in The Defenders 2007
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The Defenders is a 2007 superhero film written and directed by Kevin Munroe (in his feature directorial debut). It is the first team-up film in the MCU franchise and a standalone sequel of Daredevil, The Punisher, Jessica Jones and Elektra. The film features an ensemble cast featuring Ben Affleck, Jordana Brewster, Thomas Jane, Jennifer Garner, Morris Chestnut, Ryan Kwanten, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell, Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, Timothy Olyphant, Penelope Cruz, Jon Favreau, Anna Kendrick, Ziyi Zhang, Jada Pinkett Smith, Wesley Snipes and Nicholas Cage with narration by Jeffery Wright who would voice the watcher. The story sees the 6 Defenders: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Punisher and Elektra coming together to save New York City from the combined forces of Kingpin, Kilgrave, Cuttermouth, Alexandra and bullseye but what they don't know is that a new player has joined the game. TMNT was released theatrically in the United States on March 23, 2007, by Marvel Studios. It was the first of two films that year to be a team-up film. The film received Positive reviews from critics, praising the film's tone, story, musical score from Ramin Djawadi, the casts chemistry and Timothy Olyphant's performance. it was a commercial success, grossing $998 million worldwide against a budget of $250 million.