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Nicolas
Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American
actor and an exemplar of method acting. He has also worked as a
director and producer, through his production company Saturn
Films. As of 2007, Cage has been nominated twice for an Academy
Award as Best Actor in a Leading Role, winning the award for his
performance in Leaving Las Vegas. Cage's producing career has also
seen success. Shadow of the Vampire, the first film produced by
Saturn Films, the company he founded with partner Jeff Levine, was
nominated for an Academy Award. He also produced The Life of David
Gale, Cage is listed as the executive producer of the The Dresden
Files on the Sci-Fi Channel. In 2005, for example, audiences
ignored two offbeat, non-mainstream films he headlined, Lord of
War and The Weather Man. Despite good reviews for his acting and
nationwide releases for both films, neither found a significant
audience. Poor reviews for the film The Wicker Man did not,
inversely, create a hit; to further buck the trend, the
critically-panned Ghost
Rider (2007) was a significant hit, earning more than $45
million during its opening weekend (landing in the top spot) and
over $208 million worldwide through the weekend ending on 25 March
2007. More recently he also starred in the 2007 movie Next, Most
of his financial successes have come from his forays into the
action-adventure genre. In his second highest grossing film to
date, National
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