Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. 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 a big superhero fan almost got the part of Superman and even got paid for it before the project got stalled. He is such a big fan he named his newborn kid, Kal-El, Superman's Kryptonian name. It doesn't get any more devoted than that. His  Cage did finally make it to the big screen as a superhero when he starred as the motorcycle riding Ghost Rider where he seemed to be mingling his other great interest in life Elvis Presley.  Cage was born Nicholas Kim Coppola, but changed his last name to Cage after a Marvel Comics superhero named Cage also known as Power Man.