Happy Birthday: Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

Born: January 7, 1964 in Long Beach, California, USA

(1998 quote) I was once surrounded by rattlesnakes in a rattlesnake patch with my cousin Roman when we were 16 or 17. We were fishing in Napa Valley and walked right into it. There was a huge one coiled in front of us. A bigger one, to the left, was uncoiled, so I knew he wasn’t a problem. We had to go over the coiled one, so we felt trapped and paralyzed with fear. There was nowhere to run, we were surrounded. I saw this pole with a nail through it, and I knew that I had to do something, so I grabbed the pole and pounded the snake. Then it came up and started rattling and was about to strike. I killed it, but felt bad about it. I felt anything you kill you’ve got to eat, so I took it home, cut the poison glands out, took the rattles off and cooked it.

Leaving Las Vegas 1995 dir. Mike Figgis Starring Cage Elisabeth Shue

Raising Arizona 1987 dir. by The Coen Brothers starring Cage Holly Hunter

Moonstruck 1987 dir. Norman Jewison starring Cher Cage

Rumble Fish 1983 dir. Francis Ford Coppola Starring Matt Dillon Mickey Rourke Diane Lane

Adaptation 2002 dir. Spike Jonze Starring Cage Meryl Streep Chris Cooper

Peggy Sue Got Married 1986 dir. Francis Ford Coppola Starring Kathleen Turner Cage

Red Rock West 1993 dir. John Dahl starring Nicolas Cage Dennis Hooper

Bringing out the Dead 1999 dir. Martin Scorsese Starring Cage Patricia Arquette

8MM 1999 dir. Joel Schumacher Starring Nicolas Cage Joaquin Phoenix James Gandolfini

GHOST RIDER SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE dir. Mark Neveldine Brian Taylor Stars: Nicolas Cage Ciar�n Hinds

VAMPIRE’S KISS 1988 dir. Robert Bierman Starring Nicolas Cage Maria Conchita Alonso

Matchstick Men 2003 dir. Ridley Scott Cast Nicholas Cage Alison Lohman

The Family Man 2000 dir. by Bret Ratner starring Cage Tea Leoni

Adaptation 2002 dir. Spike Jonze Starring Cage Meryl Streep Chris Cooper

The Weather Man 2005 dir. by Gore Verbinski starring Cage Michael Caine

National Treasure: Book of Secrets Directed by Jon Turteltaub Starring Cage Jon Voight

Next 2007 dir. Lee Tamahori Starring Cage Julianne Moore

Ghost Rider 2007 dir. Mark Steven Johnson Starring Cage Peter Fonda

Bangkok Dangerous 2009 dir The Pang Brothers Starring Cage

Knowing 2009 dir. Alex Proyas Starring Cage

G-Force 2009 dir. Hoyt Yeatman Starring Will Arnett Pen�lope Cruz Zach Galifianakis

Astro Boy dir. David Bowers Stars: Freddie Highmore Cage Kristen Bell

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice dir. Jon Turteltaub Stars Nicolas Cage Jay Baruchel

Kickass dir. Matthew Vaughn Stars Aaron Johnson Nicolas Cage

Season of the Witch dir. Dominic Sena Stars: Nicolas Cage Ron Perlman

DRIVE ANGRY 3D dir. Patrick Lussier Stars: Nicolas Cage Amber Heard

GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS 2000 dir. Dominic Sena Starring: Nicolas Cage Angelina Jolie

FACE/OFF 1997 dir. John Woo Stars John Travolta Nicholas Cage

CITY OF ANGELS 1998 dir. Brad Silberling Starring: Nicholas Cage Meg Ryan

TRESPASS dir. Joel Schumacher Stars: Nicolas Cage Nicole Kidman

KISS-ASS 2 2013 dir. Jeff Wadlow Stars: Aaron Taylor Johnson Chloe Grace Moretz

THE CROODS 2013 dir. Kirk De Micco Chris Sanders Stars: Nicolas Cage Ryan Reynolds

THE ANT BULLY 2006 dir. John A Davis Stars: Paul Giamatti Nicolas Cage

JOE 2014 dir. David Gordon Green Stars: Nicolas Cage Tye Sheridan

WORLD TRADE CENTER 2006 dir. Oliver Stone Stars: Nicolas Cage Michael Pena

THE WICKER MAN 2006 dir. Neil LaBute Stars: Nicolas Cage Ellen Burstyn

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