Nicolas Cage

On August 10, 2001, he married Lisa Marie Presley and filed for divorce less than four months later. He married former waitress Alice Kim at the end of July 2004 in a private ceremony in northern California. He lives in New York and London with his dog Honey. They divorced in 2001. Cumming is known to date both men and women, and described himself as "a frolicky pansexual sex symbol for the new millennium." He is also an activist for gay rights organizations and AIDS charities including Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. On April 8, 1995, he married actress Patricia Arquette. His first novel "Tommy's Tale" (ISBN 0141003766) was published in 2002 and he was one half of Victor and Barry with Forbes Masson, a comedy act revolving around two members of a Glasgow amateur theatre group. He has a son, Weston Coppola Cage (born 1990), with model Kristina Fulton. In 2001 Cumming co-wrote and co-directed the ensemble film The Anniversary Party with friend Jennifer Jason Leigh, which they both starred in as a Hollywood couple.

He has developed a reputation for alternating roles in action movies with more serious character-driven dramas, and an occasional black comedy. His other stage roles have included Otto in the 2001 Broadway production of Design for Living by Noel Coward, the title role in the 1993 English Touring Theatre production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, and "The Madman" in the 1990 Royal National Theatre production of Accidental Death of An Anarchist by Dario Fo. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Leaving Las Vegas (1995). Perhaps one of Cumming's most acclaimed performances was as the charismatic Emcee in the 1998 Broadway revival of the popular stage musical Cabaret, for which he won a Tony as well as other awards that year. His next notable roles were in the 1983 movies Rumble Fish and Valley Girl, which was his breakout role. He has often been utilised as a character actor —he was the hedonistic Lord Rochester in Plunkett and Macleane (1997) as well as the evil scientist Fegan Floop in Spy Kids and its sequels, directed by Robert Rodriguez. He had a small role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), most of which ended on the cutting room floor. In 1991, he played the lead in a BBC Christmas special, Bernard and the Genie opposite Lenny Henry, and went on to star in the Scottish sitcom, The High Life, for which he also wrote the theme music, playing airline steward "Sebastian Flight".

He chose the name Cage after the Marvel comic book hero Luke Cage, Power Man. After graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1985, Cumming appeared in a six part series on British Television called Shadow of the Stone with Shirley Henderson in 1986. Cage changed his name early in order to try to make his own way in acting without benefiting from his uncle's reputation. Alan Cumming (born January 27, 1965 in Perthshire, Scotland), is an actor of stage and screen, possibly best known for his performance in the film X2 as Nightcrawler. He is the nephew of both Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire. Son of the Mask (2005). In 1976, Cage's parents divorced and he moved to Beverly Hills with his father. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003).

He was born Nicholas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of August and Joy Coppola. X2 (Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner) (2003). Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an American actor. Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams (2002). National Treasure (2004). Spy Kids (2001). Matchstick Men (2003). Eyes Wide Shut (1999).

Adaptation (2002). Plunkett and Macleane (1999). Windtalkers (2002). Titus (Saturninus) (1999). Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001). Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997). The Family Man (2000). Emma (1996).

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000). GoldenEye (1995). 8MM (1999). Second Best (1994). Bringing Out the Dead (1999). Micky Love (1993). City of Angels (1998). Prague (1992).

Face/Off (1997). Bernard and the Genie (1991). Con Air (1997). Bean (1989). The Rock (1996). Mr. Leaving Las Vegas (1995). The Conquest of the South Pole (1988).