Overview
Timelines
Overview and main events
Production and Directing Ventures
Cult Following and Versatility
Mainstream Success and Franchise Films
Personal Life and Relationships
Career Beginnings
Critical Success and Action Star
Voice Acting and Animated Films
Financial Challenges and IRS Issues
Diverse Roles and Critical Recognition
Early Life and Family
Chronicle
Articles
Nicolas Cage. Career Beginnings
Career Beginnings
Nicolas Cage's career started with minor roles in the early 1980s, gradually leading to more significant and diverse film projects.
1981
Television Pilot Debut
Cage made his acting debut in the television pilot 'The Best of Times'.
1982
Feature Film Debut
He made his feature film debut with a minor role in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High', still using his birth name Nicolas Coppola.
1983
Early Film Roles
Cage starred in the teen romantic comedy 'Valley Girl' and had a supporting role in his uncle Francis Ford Coppola's 'Rumble Fish'.
1986
Breakthrough Role
He gained recognition for his role in 'Peggy Sue Got Married', directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
