If you think the biography is too long, here is a small profile of Nicolas Cage, with some basic informations.

• Date of Birth: January 7, 1964, 5:35 AM PST
• Place of Birth: Long Beach, Calif., USA
• Sign: Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Scorpio
• Height: 6'1
• Parents: Joy Vogelsang, August Coppola

• Brother: Marc, disc jockey, (older brother); Christopher Coppola, director, screenwriter, producer, composer (older brother)
• Uncle: Francis Ford Coppola, director, producer, screenwriter
• Marriages: Patricia Arquette (1995-2000) - Lisa Marie Presley (2002-2002)
• Long term relationship: Christina Fulton
• Children: Son, Weston Coppola Cage - 1990
• Close Friends: Jim Carrey, Phil Roy, Tom Waits, Cary Elwes, Charlie Sheen. He also hangs out with his cousins Roman and Sofia a lot.
• Education: American Conservatory Theater - San Francisco California
• Majored in: acting
• Hobbies: motorcycle riding, surfing, running, Jiu Jitsu, collecting glass and Loewy model trains, watching his aquarium, doing Yoga and writing poetry.
• Music: The Beatles, David Bowie, Eminem, Miles Davis, Vivaldi, Verdi, U2, techno, and Bach
• Pets: an octopus, a boa constrictor, two king cobras, a parrot, a shark, and he once owned a 5 ft lizard named Mr. Sheen

• 1976 Moved to San Francisco with family at age 12.
• 1979 At age 15, enrolled in the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT); appeared there in a production of "Golden Boy".
• Moved to Los Angeles.
• 1981 TV debut in the ABC variety special "The Best of Times".
• 1982 Film acting debut, billed as Nicolas Coppola, in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High".
• 1983 Landed first leading role in "Valley Girl"; credited as Nicolas Cage, the name change inspired by Luke Cage, a black comic-book superhero who suffers with depression and insecurity; director Martha Coolidge didn't know he was a Coppola when she cast him.
• 1983 Cast by his uncle Francis Ford Coppola in "Rumble Fish"; played the film's resident nerd.
• 1984 Second film with his uncle, "Cotton Club".
• 1984 Acted opposite Matthew Modine in Alan Parker's "Birdy"; knocked a tooth out in true method acting style to more closely identify with the role.
• 1986 Gave a brilliant, freakish performance in Francis Ford Coppola's "Peggy Sue Got Married"; his Donald Duck-like voice a copy of horse Pokey's from "The Gumby Show"; his bizarre performance almost got him fired.
• 1987 Took a comic turn for Joel and Ethan Coen in "Raising Arizona".
• 1987 First box-office hit, "Moonstruck".
• 1989 Ate a live cockroach in "Vampire's Kiss".
• 1990 Ripped-off Elvis for David Lynch's "Wild at Heart".
• 1992 First collaboration with director Andrew Bergman, "Honeymoon in Vegas".
• 1993 Mistaken for a contract killer in John Dahl's rock-solid little noir thriller "Red Rock West"; film debuted on HBO before receiving a theatrical release.
• 1993 Starred opposite Samuel L Jackson in "Amos and Andrew".
• 1993 Acted in brother Christopher Coppola's "Deadfall".
• 1994 Reteamed with Bergman for "It Could Happen to You".
• 1994 Protected a former First Lady (Shirley MacLaine) in "Guarding Tess".
• 1995 Offered a parody of a mad-dog bad guy in Barbet Schroeder's remake of "Kiss of Death".
• 1995 Won Best Actor Oscar for his wrenching portrayal of an alcoholic screenwriter bent on drinking himself to death in Mike Figgis' "Leaving Las Vegas".
• 1996 Played a brainy, geeky biochemist-turned-action hero in "The Rock".
• 1997 Portrayed Cameron Poe, a bad-luck good guy on his way home after serving eight years on a bum rap, in the action-adventure "Con Air".
• 1997 Swapped identities with terrorist John Travolta in John Woo's "Face/Off".
• 1998 Momentary diversion from action fare in "City of Angels", a remake of Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" (1988).
• 1998 Appeared in the Brian De Palma crime thriller "Snake Eyes".
• 1998 Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (July 31).
• 1999 Cast as an ambulance driver in Martin Scorsese's "Bringing Out the Dead".
• 2000 Cast as a master car thief opposite Angelina Jolie in "Gone in 60 Seconds".
• 2000 Portrayed a ruthless business executive who magically wakes up on Christmas morning with a wife and two children in the fantasy "The Family Man".
• 2000 Served as one of the producers on "Shadow of the Vampire".
• 2001 Undertook romantic part in "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", opposite Penelope Cruz.
• 2002 Had leading role of a WWII soldier assigned to protect Native American codebreakers in "Windtalkers".
• 2002 Co-starred with Meryl Streep in "Adaptation", a drama about making a movie based on Susan Orlean's book "The Orchid Thief"; received leading role nominations for a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a SAG and an Oscar.
• 2002 Made feature directorial debut with "Sonny" (lensed 2002), starring James Franco.