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Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and producer. He has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films. In the early years of his career, Cage starred in films such as Valley Girl (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Birdy(1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Moonstruck(1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990)

net worth $25 million

His net worth was $40 million ,but he lost a bunch of money somehow

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Born on January 7, 1964, in California, in the city of Long Beach.His Parents Auguste and Joy Coppola called him Nicholas Coppola. However, the aspiring actor changed his surname to Cage, to distance himself from his famous uncle Francis Ford Coppola.

About the new name Nicholas pondered long, because he had two idol-namesakes: composer John Cage and the avant-garde comic book hero Luke Cage.

• Cage and Michael Jackson were both married to the same woman: Lisa Marie Presley. (TIME)

• He ate a live cockroach for a scene in Vampire’s Kiss (1989). (Current Biography)

• …which is why his manager got him a birthday cake in the shape of a cockroach. (Playboy)

• Cage has said Jim Carrey offered him a role in Dumb and Dumber, but that he turned it down for a part as an alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas (1995), according to a 2012 interview with The Huffington Post. (The Huffington Post)

• In fact, his performance in that film earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1996, which includes a memorable, somber scene in which he dances in a liquor store. (Oscars.org)