![]() (Full disclosure – my neighbour’s cousin’s friend once got on public transport with someone who looked like John Cleese’s stunt double – it opened many doors. After graduation, with acting, literally, in his blood, and inspired by the films of James Dean, Cage enrolled at UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television to begin his journey. It would be another four years before Francis took him up on the offer.Ĭage attended Beverly Hills High, which boasts Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Dreyfuss, Nora Ephron, Carrie Fisher and Angelina Jolie in its alumni, along with many others. According to Logan Hill, writing in New York Magazine in 2009, the fifteen-year-old Nicolas begged his uncle to give him a screen test, with the promise of ‘I’ll show you acting’, the request was met with deafening silence in the car. Cage also has two brothers Marc, a radio DJ, and Christopher Coppola, a director.Īn earlier attempt at breaking into the film industry ended prematurely in 1979. Aside from Francis, Cage has many relatives working within the film industry, including his cousins (Francis’ children) – directors Sofia and Roman Coppola, his aunt (August and Francis’ sister) – actor Talia Shire – most famous for playing Adrian Balboa in Rocky, and actors Robert and Jason Schwatzman (sons of Talia) who are Cage’s cousins. Nicolas’ paternal uncle is director Francis Ford Coppola. ![]() His mother, Joy Vogelsang, was a dancer and choreographer, and his father, August Coppola, was a professor of Comparative Literature at California State University. Nicolas Kim Coppola was born on January 7th 1964, in Long Beach, California.
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