Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. He has also worked as a director and producer, through his production company Saturn Films.
Early life Nicolas Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California. He is of Italian descent on his father's side, and English and German descent on that of his mother. His parents are August Floyd Coppola, a comparative literature professor and brother of influential director Francis Ford Coppola, and Joy Vogelsang, a choreographer and dancer. His brother is Michael "The Cope" Coppola, a New York radio personality (currently airing on WAXQ 104.3 (also known as Q104.3). His cousin is Sofia Coppola, director of Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette. Cage, who went to the same high school as fellow entertainers Albert Brooks, Angelina Jolie, Lenny Kravitz, Slash, Rob Reiner, and David Schwimmer, aspired to act from an early age. His first (non-cinematic) acting experience was in a school production of Golden Boy. Family and relationships In his early 20s, he dated Jenny Wright for two years and was later involved with Uma Thurman. Cage has been married three times. His first wife was Patricia Arquette (April 8, 1995 to May 18, 2001), to whom he proposed to on the day he met her in the early 80's. Arquette thought he was strange, but played along with his antics by creating a list of things Cage would have to do to "win her hand," including obtaining the autograph of reclusive author J.D. Salinger. However, when he seriously started moving through the list of demands, Arquette became scared and avoided him. However they met again many years later and went on to marry. He later married Lisa Marie Presley (August 10, 2002 to May 16, 2004), daughter of Elvis Presley of whom Cage is a fan and based his performance in Wild at Heart on. He later said they shouldn't have been married in the first place. His third (and current) wife, Korean-American Alice Kim, is a former sushi waitress, with whom he has a son, Kal-El (born October 3, 2005). He was also related to Mark Clemmons and Randy Jackson of Seton Hall University.