Next

NICOLAS CAGE (Cris Johnson, Producer) gave a memorable performance as a suicidal alcoholic in the drama "Leaving Las Vegas", directed by Mike Figgis. His work earned him an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe and Best Actor awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Chicago Film Critics and the National Board of Review.

Cage further solidified his leading‐man status when he received Academy Award®, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA nominations for his dual role in Spike Jonze’s comedy “Adaptation,” co‐starring Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper.

Cage most recently starred in Sony Pictures’ worldwide box office hit film “Ghost Rider,” directed by Mark Steven Johnson, Oliver Stone’s acclaimed “World Trade Center” for Paramount Pictures and “The Wicker Man,” a mystery/thriller directed by Neil LaBute. Other recent starring roles include 17 Gore Verbinski’s “The Weather Man” opposite Michael Caine, Andrew Niccol’s controversial “Lord of War,” “National Treasure,” directed by Jon Turteltaub and “Matchstick Men,” directed by Ridley Scott.

In 2002, Cage directed his first feature film “Sonny” starring Golden Globe winner James Franco in the title role, Mena Suvari, Brenda Blethyn and Harry Dean Stanton. The film was accepted into the 2002 Deauville Film Festival. Also in 2002, Cage’s production company, Saturn Films, produced “The
Life of David Gale,” starring Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet and Laura Linney. Saturn Films also produced “Shadow of the Vampire,” for which Willem Dafoe earned an Academy Award® nomination.

In 2002, Cage starred in John Woo’s World War II film ‘Windtalkers.” Other notable starring roles include “Captain Correlli’s Mandolin,” “The Family Man,” the 2000 remake of “Gone in 60 Seconds” opposite Angelina Jolie and Giovanni Ribisi, Martin Scorceseʹs “Bringing Out the Dead” opposite Patricia Arquette and John Goodman, “Eight Millimeter” with Joaquin Phoenix, the
romance “City of Angels,” opposite Meg Ryan, Paramount Pictures’ “Snake Eyes” and “Face/Off,” opposite John Travolta. “Face/Off” earned him a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in an Action/Adventure movie as well as three MTV Movie Award nominations for Best Male
Performance, Best On‐Screen Duo (with John Travolta) and Best Villain. Cage has also starred in ”Con Air,” opposite John Cusack and John Malkovich, in the blockbuster action film “The Rock,” with Sean Connery and Ed Harris, “Guarding Tess” with Shirley MacLaine, the acclaimed film noir “Red
Rock West,” the romantic comedy “It Could Happen to You” with Bridget Fonda and Rosie Perez and Barbet Schroeder’s thriller “Kiss of Death.” Cage’s portrayal of a tormented Vietnam vet in “Birdy” established him as a serious actor. Cage went on to earn a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actor
18 for his role as Cher’s lover in “Moonstruck.” David Lynch’s “Wild at Heart,” in which Cage starred with Laura Dern, won the Palme d’Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.

Cage received another Golden Globe nomination for his role in the romantic comedy “Honeymoon in Vegas,” which also starred Sarah Jessica Parker and James Caan.

Among his other honors was the Montreal World Film Festival’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, the first ever Distinguished Decade in Film Award at ShoWest and he was honored by the American Cinematheque with their 2001 Moving Picture Ball Award, which had previously been won by
such actors as Sean Connery, Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster.

His other film credits include “Valley Girl,” “Cotton Club,” “Racing With the Moon,” “The Boy in Blue,” “Peggy Sue Got Married,” Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Raising Arizona,” “Vampire.s Kiss” and “Fire Birds.”

Cage was raised in Long Beach, California and moved to San Francisco when he was 12. Cage began acting at age 15 at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre, where he appeared in the school’s production of “Golden Boy.” He later moved to Los Angeles, and while still a high school student landed a role in the television film “The Best of Times.” He made his feature film
debut in “Rumble Fish” in 1983.

Cage currently resides in Los Angeles with wife Alice Cage.

JULIANNE MOORE (Callie Ferris), an actress of exceptional range, has delivered outstanding work in both boxoffice hits and independent features.

Moore recently starred opposite Samuel L. Jackson in “Freedomland,” directed by Joe Roth, Alfonso Cuaron’s futuristic “Children of Men” opposite Clive Owen, “Trust the Man,” directed by Bart Freundlich and co‐starring David Duchovny, Billy Crudup and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Prior to that she starred in Joseph Ruben’s hit thriller “The Forgotten” opposite Dominic West, Peter Howitt.s romantic comedy “Laws of Attraction” opposite Pierce Brosnan and Jane Anderson’s “The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio” opposite Woody Harrelson. She has also starred opposite Matthew Broderick in the independent film “Marie and Bruce.”

Moore is one of only nine people in Academy history to receive two acting OscarR nominations in the same year; she was simultaneously cited for “Far From Heaven,” (as Best Actress) and “The Hours” (as Best Supporting Actress). In addition, her work in “Far From Heaven” earned her critical honors from the National Board of Review, the Los Angeles Film Critics and the Broadcast Film Critics, among others. She earned an Independent Spirit Award as Best Actress for her performance and also scored Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. “The Hours” brought her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress.

Moore starred opposite Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett in “The Shipping News,” directed Lasse Hallstrom, in Bart Freundlich’s “World Traveler,” as Clarice Starling in the blockbuster hit “Hannibal,” opposite Anthony Hopkins and Gary Oldman, and in the comedy “Evolution” opposite
David Duchovny.

Moore received rave reviews for her performances in “The End of the Affair,” opposite Ralph Fiennes and directed by Neil Jordan, and “Boogie Nights,” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The former earned her a Best Actress nomination and the latter mention in the Best Supporting Actress category. Other notable appearances include Robert Altman’s “Cookie’s Fortune,” co.starring Glenn Close, Charles Dutton and Liv Tyler, the remake of “Psycho,” directed by Gus Van Sant and co.starring Anne Heche, Viggo Mortensen, Vince Vaughn and William H. Macy and “An Ideal Husband,” with Rupert Everett, Minnie Driver and Cate Blanchett, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Moore also starred

in “A Map of the World,” opposite Sigourney Weaver, “Magnolia,” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” directed by Steven Spielberg, “The Myth of Fingerprints,” directed by Bart Freundlich and the Coen Brothers’ “The Big Lebowski.” Moore was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for both Robert Altman’s “Short Cuts” and Todd Haynes’ “Safe.” She also received critical acclaim for her performance in Louis Malle’s “Vanya on 42nd Street” and James Ivory’s “Surviving Picasso.” Additional film credits include “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,” “Benny & Joon,” “The Fugitive,” “Nine Months” and “Assassins.”

Moore received the Excellence in Media Award at the 2004 GLAAD Media Awards, the Actor Award at the 2002 Gotham Awards and the “Tribute to Independent Vision” at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.

After earning her B.F.A. from Boston University for the Performing Arts, Moore starred in a number of off‐Broadway productions, including Caryl Churchill’s “Serious Money” and “Ice Cream/Hot Fudge” at the Public Theater. She appeared in Minneapolis in the Guthrie Theater’s “Hamlet,” and participated in workshop productions of Strindberg’s “The Father” with Al Pacino and Wendy Wasserstein’s “An American Daughter” with Meryl Streep.