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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
Johnny Blaze
for Johnny Blaze in The Midnight Suns
Suggested by underworld_stories
After being expelled from Charles Xavier's mind, Nightmare finds himself at odds with Dr. Strange who has found a way to trap Nightmare in the Nether Realm of the Mind and end his terror. A small mistake in the spell causes Nightmare to break free back into the physical world and now Nightmare begins his plan to unleash the Curse of Eternal Night, shrouding the world in perpetual darkness so he can dominate everyone’s dreams without end. Strange realizes he must enact the ancient spell of the Midnight Sun, a ritual that requires 5 unique individuals to pull it off. He travels to X-Mansion where he recruits Wolverine and Gambit who at first are skeptical but eventually agree to help. Wolverine mentions he knows where to find Johnny Blaze, a former Ghost Rider now living in self-imposed exile. The group finds Johnny Blaze in a rundown, burnt-out apartment, broken and unable to transform into Ghost Rider. Strange, realizing the curse has weakened Johnny, gives him an armored suit resembling his Ghost Rider form. Now back in the fight, Johnny agrees to join them. The next stop is Blade, the legendary vampire hunter. The team finds Blade in the midst of an intense battle with Dracula. Wolverine and Blade team up to drive Dracula back, but Blade is initially reluctant to join Strange’s mission. Just then Nightmare traps them in Dracula's castle and the final fight has begun. They trap Nightmare in the Nether Realm and become the Midnight Suns.
