

One of the most versatile and popular actors of his generation,
NICOLAS CAGE (Roy) recently earned his second Academy Award nomination for
Best Actor and his fourth Golden Globe nomination for his role in the acclaimed
Spike Jonze comedy "Adaptation".
Cage won the 1995 Best Actor Oscar for his riveting performance as a suicidal
alcoholic in "Leaving Las Vegas", a role that also earned him a
Golden Globe and Best Actor honors from the New York Film Critics Circle,
the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Chicago Film Critics Association,
the National Board of Review, the National Society of Film Critics and the
Screen Actors Guild, as well as nominations from BAFTA and the Independent
Spirit Awards.
Born in Long Beach, California, Cage moved to San Francisco as a teen and
enrolled in a summer acting class at the American Conservatory Theatre.