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Birthdate: January 7, 1964

Nicolas Cage

ACTOR RANKINGS:

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All-time

of 196,339

14
All-time Actor

of 38,394

11
Decades
- 1980s
  
  of 44,721
  
  16
- 1990s
  
  of 71,584
  
  53
- 2000s
  
  of 82,601
  
  89
Genres
- Action
  
  of 41,596
  
  58
- Adventure
  
  of 25,512
  
  939
- Animation
  
  of 1,972
  
  277
- Biography
  
  of 11,939
  
  9,297
- Christmas
  
  of 1,656
  
  339
- Comedy
  
  of 84,779
  
  25
- Crime
  
  of 34,304
  
  59
- Documentary
  
  of 9,369
  
  4,821
- Drama
  
  of 107,100
  
  33
- Family
  
  of 15,331
  
  2,205
- Fantasy
  
  of 17,825
  
  100
- Horror
  
  of 36,672
  
  3,358
- Music
  
  of 9,326
  
  3,849
- Mystery
  
  of 16,951
  
  947
- Romance
  
  of 37,230
  
  50
- Scifi
  
  of 24,978
  
  1,107
- Sports
  
  of 9,421
  
  7,177
- Teen
  
  of 8,439
  
  350
- Thriller
  
  of 49,520
  
  55
- War
  
  of 9,703
  
  405

CAREER SPAN

Decade

Movie Score

# Movies

1980s

2.9176

1990s

3.0100

2000s

2.9507

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.

Overall Actor Score: Nicolas Cage is ranked overall as 3.5346 of of 4 stars

3.5346

Nicolas Cage Movie Rankings

Adaptation. (2002)

3.1321

An account of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's (Cage) attempt to adapt Susan Orlean's (Streep) non-fiction book The Orchid Thief, which is the story of John Laroche (Cooper), a plant dealer who clones rare orchids then sells them to collectors. ...more about Adaptation.

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Visual Effects Society Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film

DVD from $3.95

(12 sellers)

Rumble Fish (1983)

3.0446

Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. He lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother -- The Motorcycle Boy. ...more about Rumble Fish

DVD from $4.89

(11 sellers)

Face/Off (1997)

3.0103

Travolta plays an undercover agent who takes the physical appearance of an assumed dead terrorist (Cage). The terrorist was only in a coma, and he takes the form of Travolta. ...more about Face/Off

Actor Awards

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Action/Adventure

DVD from $9.44

(8 sellers)

Raising Arizona (1987)

3.0039

Recidivist hold-up man H.I. McDonnough and police woman Edwina marry, only to discover they are unable to conceive a child. Desperate for a baby, the pair decide to kidnap one of the quintuplets of furniture tycoon Nathan Arizona. ...more about Raising Arizona

DVD from $6.88

(14 sellers)

Moonstruck (1987)

2.9995

Loretta Castorini, a Brooklyn bookkeeper in her late 30s whose husband died several years earlier in a bus accident, decides it's time to get married again. So she accepts the proposal of a nice, middle-aged fellow named Johnny Cammareri. ...more about Moonstruck

Actor Awards

Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical

DVD from $5.99

(13 sellers)

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

2.9942

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter whom lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera. ...more about Leaving Las Vegas

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Actor
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Chlotrudis Awards - Best Actor
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
San Sebasti�n International Film Festival - Best Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

DVD from $4.86