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Nicolas Cage

(Nicolas Coppola)
actor
Born: 1/7/1964
Birthplace: Long Beach, California

Academy Award-winning actor whose credits range from serious dramas to wacky comedies to action-adventure films. His films include Raising Arizona (1987), Moonstruck (1987), Leaving Las Vegas (1995)—for which he won both Golden Globe and Academy Awards for Best Actor—The Rock (1996), Face/Off (1997), City of Angels (1998), and The Family Man (2000).


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