Editing Nicolas Cage (section)

==Personal life==
===Relationships and family===
Cage has been married five times and has three children (one each with Christina Fulton, Alice Kim, and Riko Shibata).

In 1988, Cage began dating actress [[Christina Fulton]], with whom he has a son, Weston Coppola Cage (born December 26, 1990). Weston has been involved in two [[black metal]] bands, and appeared in his father's film ''Lord of War'' as a helicopter mechanic, and in the 2014 film ''[[Rage (2014 film)|Rage]]'' as Nicolas' character's younger self. Through Weston, Cage has two grandsons born in 2014 and 2016.<ref name="O9Xpe" /> In July 2024, Weston was arrested for assaulting numerous people with a deadly weapon, including his mother; he was released on a $150,000 bond.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/nicolas-cage-son-weston-arrested-charged-assault-with-deadly-weapon-8676453|title=Nicolas Cage's Son Weston Arrested on Charges of Assault with a Deadly Weapon After Incident with Mom Christina Fulton|first=Jen|last=Juneau|publisher=People|date=July 11, 2024|accessdate=July 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tmz.com/2024/07/10/nic-cage-son-weston-arrested-allegedly-assaulting-mom-bruises-pictures/|title=Nicolas Cage's Son Weston Arrested on Charges of Assault with a Deadly Weapon After Incident with Mom Christina Fulton|publisher=TMZ|date=July 11, 2024|accessdate=July 11, 2024}}</ref>

Cage's first wife was actress [[Patricia Arquette]], whom he married in April 1995 and divorced in 2001.<ref name="xIsd8" />

His second marriage was to singer-songwriter [[Lisa Marie Presley]], daughter of [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] and [[Priscilla Presley]]. (Cage, an Elvis fan, used Elvis as the inspiration for his performance in ''[[Wild at Heart (film)|Wild at Heart]]''.) They married in [[Kamuela, Hawaii]], on August 10, 2002, and filed for divorce 107 days later on November 25, 2002. The divorce was finalized on May 24, 2004.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cage and Presley divorce made final |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/cage-presley-divorce-made-final-wbna5061500 |access-date=January 13, 2023 |work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |date=May 26, 2004 |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113013531/https://www.today.com/popculture/cage-presley-divorce-made-final-wbna5061500 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cage's third wife was Alice Kim. They were married at a private ranch in northern California on July 30, 2004.<ref name="cYyYf" /> She gave birth to their son Kal-El (after [[Superman]]'s birth name) on October 3, 2005.<ref name="bbc2005" /> They divorced in January 2016.<ref name="mhotx" />

In March 2019, Cage married Erika Koike in Las Vegas, only to file for annulment four days later,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.etonline.com/nicolas-cage-files-for-annulment-with-new-wife-4-days-after-getting-married-122338|title=Nicolas Cage Files for Annulment With New Wife 4 Days After Getting Married|work=[[Entertainment Tonight]]|first=Zach|last=Seemayer|date=March 28, 2019|access-date=March 29, 2019|archive-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506110928/https://www.etonline.com/nicolas-cage-files-for-annulment-with-new-wife-4-days-after-getting-married-122338|url-status=live}}</ref> stating he was too intoxicated to understand his own actions and that Koike failed to disclose "the full nature and extent of her relationship with another person."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/08/07/nicolas-cage-erika-koike-marriage-4-days-i-pretty-upset/1944546001/|first=Hannah|last=Yasharoff|title=Nicolas Cage on split after 4-day marriage to Erika Koike: 'I was pretty upset'|newspaper=USA Today|date=August 7, 2019|access-date=July 9, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/annulment-documents-reveal-why-nicolas-cage-is-splitting-with-wife-erika-koike-after-four-days/JHQF6LJ3MM6BVM23OMX5QTI4XM/|title=Annulment documents reveal why Nicolas Cage is splitting with wife Erika Koike after four days|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=July 9, 2024}}</ref> He was granted a divorce from Koike three months later.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Seemayer |first1=Zach |title=Nicolas Cage Officially Divorced From Ex-Wife After 4-Day Marriage |url=https://www.etonline.com/nicolas-cage-officially-divorced-from-ex-wife-after-4-day-marriage-122338 |access-date=August 13, 2018 |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |date=June 3, 2019 |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607153535/https://www.etonline.com/nicolas-cage-officially-divorced-from-ex-wife-after-4-day-marriage-122338 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On February 16, 2021, Cage married Riko Shibata.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nicolas-cage-marries-riko-shibata-las-vegas-ceremony|title=Nicolas Cage marries Riko Shibata, his fifth wife, in Las Vegas ceremony: 'We are very happy'|publisher=[[Fox News]]|first=Jessica|last=Napoli|date=March 5, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2022|archive-date=June 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607153536/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nicolas-cage-marries-riko-shibata-las-vegas-ceremony|url-status=live}}</ref> Their daughter, August Francesca, was born on September 7, 2022.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Nicolas Cage and Wife Riko Welcome First Baby Together, Daughter August Francesca|first1=Angela|last1=Andaloro|first2=Anya|last2=Leon|url=https://people.com/parents/nicolas-cage-riko-shibata-welcome-baby-girl/|access-date=September 9, 2022|magazine=People|date=September 7, 2022|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908000617/https://people.com/parents/nicolas-cage-riko-shibata-welcome-baby-girl/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Political views and religious beliefs===
Cage grew up in a family of Catholic background, but does not talk about religion publicly and refuses to answer religion-connected questions in his interviews.<ref name="fennell" /> When asked about whether he could relate to his character's lack of religious belief in ''Knowing'', Cage replied, "You know, any of my personal beliefs or opinions run the risk of impinging on your own relationship with the movie. I think movies are best left enigmatic. Left raising more questions than answers. I don't want to ever preach, so that's what you get from a movie; that's far more interesting than anything I could offer."<ref name="independentie2009" />

During his visit to [[University of California, Santa Cruz]], he stated that he is not a politically active actor and that he can do it in his work as he learned "more about [[nuclear power]] from the movie ''[[The China Syndrome]]''."<ref name="obP9C" /> Cage endorsed [[Andrew Yang]] for president during the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 election]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Bort |first1=Ryan |title=What Is Going on With Andrew Yang's Candidacy? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/yang-gang-explained-810872/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 11, 2019 |date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809100007/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/yang-gang-explained-810872/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

At one point in his life, Cage had decided that he wanted to develop the philosophical aspect of his nature, and he went on a quest to find the [[Holy Grail]]. Cage traveled to England to look for it, but also looked at some areas of the United States.<ref name="nyt">{{Cite magazine |last=Marchese |first=David |date=August 7, 2019 |title=Nicolas Cage on his legacy, his philosophy of acting and his metaphorical — and literal — search for the Holy Grail. |magazine=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/07/magazine/nicolas-cage-interview.html |access-date=January 30, 2023 |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811161614/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/07/magazine/nicolas-cage-interview.html |archive-date=August 11, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 7, 2019 |title=Nicolas Cage Lived National Treasure by Searching for the Holy Grail |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/08/nicolas-cage-holy-grail-quest-interview |access-date=January 30, 2023 |magazine=Vanity Fair |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208020913/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/08/nicolas-cage-holy-grail-quest-interview |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Charitable activities===
Cage has been called one of the most generous stars in Hollywood.<ref name="rop7c" /> He donated $2&nbsp;million to [[Amnesty International]] for them to use to offer rehabilitation shelters, medical services and psychological and reintegration services to some of the 300,000 children forced to fight in conflicts across the world.<ref name="nAazS" /> He has also donated $1&nbsp;million to the victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref name="MTigW" /> He became the first artist to support ArtWorks, an artist engagement program to raise awareness of fundamental rights at work, including freedom from slavery and from child labor.<ref name="Qe1kc" /> During 2023, while filming ''[[The Surfer (upcoming film)|The Surfer]]'' in [[Western Australia]], Cage personally phoned in an [[Australian dollar|AU$]]5,000 donation to the [[Channel Seven Perth Telethon]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Van Aken |first=Elise |date=October 22, 2023 |title=Nicolas Cage donates $5000 to Telethon while in WA filming upcoming Hollywood blockbuster The Surfer |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/telethon/nicolas-cage-donates-5000-to-telethon-while-in-wa-filming-upcoming-hollywood-blockbuster-the-surfer-c-12286473 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022070229/https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/telethon/nicolas-cage-donates-5000-to-telethon-while-in-wa-filming-upcoming-hollywood-blockbuster-the-surfer-c-12286473 |archive-date=October 22, 2023 |access-date=October 22, 2023 |publisher=PerthNow}}</ref>

Cage has also been honored with a Humanitarian award from the United Nations for his works and appointed as a UN ambassador for Global Justice in 2009 and again in 2013.<ref name="p9yRD" /> He led a campaign around the film ''Lord of War'' to raise awareness about international arms control, supported "Heal the Bay", the [[United Negro College Fund]] efforts, and the [[Royal United Hospital]]'s Forever Friends Appeal to build intensive care units for babies.<ref name="hHMga" /><ref name="qLGcT" />

=== Interests ===
Cage, an avid comic book fan, auctioned a collection of 400 vintage comics through [[Heritage Auctions]] for over $1.6&nbsp;million in 2002.<ref name="susman" /> In 2007, he created a comic book with his son Weston, called ''[[Voodoo Child (comics)|Voodoo Child]]'', which was published by [[Virgin Comics]].<ref name="MGsBx" /> Cage is a fan and collector of painter and underground comic artist [[Robert Williams (artist)|Robert Williams]]. He has written introductions for ''[[Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine|Juxtapoz]]'' magazine and purchased the painting ''Death on the Boards''.<ref name="issuu" />

=== Saturn Films ===
Saturn Films is a [[production company]] referred to by one source as "the production shingle of Nicolas Cage" and often referred to as "Cage's Saturn Films".<ref name=":01">{{Cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=8 August 2009 |title=Saturn's Golightly exits after 12 years |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |volume=410 |issue=48 |id={{Gale|A206392609}}}}</ref>  Michael Nilon has been referred to as Cage's "producing partner through" Saturn Films.<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!-- no author attribution --> |date=21 March 2024 |title=Nicolas Cage's longtime agent says people don't realize how funny he is |work=[[Business Insider]] |id={{Gale|A787822684}}}}</ref>  Norm Golightly was president of the firm for twelve years, ending in 2009.<ref name=":01" /> In 2001, Saturn was referred to as "Intermedia-based",<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!-- no author attribution --> |date=18 July 2001 |title=Film Notes |work=[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] |id={{Gale|A76619653}}}}</ref> suggesting it was part of [[Intermedia (company)|Intermedia]], which was defunct as of 2006.

===Real estate and tax problems===

[[Image:Neidstein Schloss1.jpg|thumb|[[Schloss Neidstein]] in Bavaria was owned by Cage between 2007 and 2009.]]
Cage was once considered one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors, earning $40&nbsp;million in 2009 according to ''[[Forbes]]'', although he failed to make ''Forbes''' Top 10 List in 2014.<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref name="94xP0" />  In 2004 he bought a property on [[Paradise Island]], Bahamas. In May 2006, he bought a {{convert|40|acre|ha|adj=on}} island in the [[Exuma]] archipelago, some {{convert|85|mi|km}} southeast of [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] and close to a similar island owned by [[Faith Hill]] and [[Tim McGraw]].<ref name="iFec3" /> He bought the medieval castle [[Schloss Neidstein]] in the [[Oberpfalz]] region in Germany in 2006 and sold it in 2009 for $2.5&nbsp;million. His grandmother was German, living in [[Cochem|Cochem an der Mosel]].<ref name="zeitung" />

In August 2007, Cage purchased "Grey Craig", a {{convert|24000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} brick-and-stone country manor in [[Middletown, Rhode Island]]. With an estate occupying {{convert|26|acre|ha}}, the home has 12 bedrooms and 10 full bathrooms and overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. It borders the [[Norman Bird Sanctuary]] to the west. The sale ranked among the state of Rhode Island's most expensive residential purchases.<ref name="uZ1i6" /><ref name="2oA6n" /> Also in 2007, Cage purchased [[Midford Castle]] in Somerset, England.<ref name="hodgson" /><ref name="chittenden" /> Shortly after selling his German castle, Cage also put his homes in Rhode Island, [[Louisiana]], [[Nevada]], and California, as well as a $7-million island in the [[Bahamas]], on the market.<ref name="ZYHIk" />

On July 14, 2009, the [[Internal Revenue Service]] filed documents in New Orleans in connection with a [[tax lien|federal tax lien]] against property owned by Cage in Louisiana, concerning unpaid federal taxes. The IRS alleged that Cage failed to pay over $6.2&nbsp;million in federal income tax for the year 2007.<ref name="houstonchronicle" /> In addition, the Internal Revenue Service had another lien for more than $350,000 in unpaid taxes dating from 2002 to 2004.<ref name="rodriguez" /> Cage filed a $20-million lawsuit on October 16, 2009, against his business manager, Samuel J. Levin, alleging negligence and fraud.<ref name="ruin" /> The lawsuit stated that Levin "had failed to pay taxes when they were due and had placed [Cage] in speculative and risky real estate investments 'resulting in (the actor) suffering catastrophic losses.{{'"}}<ref name="ruin" /> Cage also faced separate lawsuits from [[East West Bank]]<ref name="indiatimes" /> and Red Curb Investments for unpaid, multi-million dollar loans.

[[Image:1140 Royal Street.jpg|thumb|alt=Three-storey rectangular building|upright|The LaLaurie Mansion in [[New Orleans]] was purchased anonymously by Cage in 2007 and sold in 2009.]]

Samuel Levin filed a counter-complaint and responded to the lawsuit in a filing stating that he warned Cage that he was living beyond his means and urged him to spend less. Levin's filing states that "instead of listening to Levin, cross-defendant Cage (Coppola) spent most of his free time shopping for high ticket purchases, and wound up with 15 personal residences." Levin's complaint continued: "Likewise, Levin advised Coppola against buying a Gulfstream jet, against buying and owning a flotilla of yachts, against buying and owning a squadron of Rolls Royces, against buying millions of dollars in jewelry and art."<ref name="money.cnn.com" />

In his filing, Levin said that in 2007, Cage's "shopping spree entailed the purchase of three additional residences at a total cost of more than $33 million; the purchase of 22 automobiles (including 9 Rolls Royces), 12 purchases of expensive jewelry, and 47 purchases of artwork and exotic items."<ref name="money.cnn.com" /> One of those items was a dinosaur skull of a ''[[Tarbosaurus]]''. After discovering that it was [[United States v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton|stolen]], he returned it to the Mongolian authorities.<ref name="I0pa7" />

According to Cage, he owned the "Most Haunted House in America", a home located in the [[French Quarter]] of New Orleans, Louisiana.<ref name="letterman" /> Known as "The LaLaurie House" after its former owner [[Delphine LaLaurie]], the house was foreclosed and sold at auction on November 12, 2009, along with another New Orleans property for a total of $5.5&nbsp;million, in the wake of Cage's financial problems.<ref name="foreclose" /> His [[Bel Air, Los Angeles|Bel Air]] home, which had six loans totaling $18&nbsp;million on it, failed to sell at an April 2010 foreclosure auction despite an opening offer of $10.4&nbsp;million, substantially less than the $35&nbsp;million that Cage had originally tried to sell it for. The home, built in 1940 for $110,000 (equivalent to about ${{Inflation|US-GDP|.11|1940|r=1}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}), had been owned at different times by [[Dean Martin]] and singer [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]].<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

The home eventually sold in November 2010 for $10.5&nbsp;million.<ref name="beale2" /> Another home in Nevada also faced foreclosure auction.<ref name="foreclose" /> In November 2011, Cage sold his [[Action Comics 1|''Action Comics'' #1]] in an online auction managed by [[Heritage Auctions]] for a record-breaking $2.16&nbsp;million (the previous record being $1.5&nbsp;million), to assist paying his tax liens and other debts. Cage purchased the comic in 1997 for $110,000.<ref name="Gyd4X" /> The comic had been stolen from him in 2000, and Cage had received an insurance payment on the item. In March 2011, it was found in a storage locker in the [[San Fernando Valley]] and was verified by ComicConnect.com to be the copy sold to Cage previously.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/apr/10/simi-man-helps-recover-1-million-comic-book-from/ | title=Simi man helps recover $1 million comic book stolen from Nicolas Cage | last=Harris | first=Mike | date=April 10, 2011 | work=[[Ventura County Star]] | access-date=June 14, 2011 | archive-date=February 6, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206070419/http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/apr/10/simi-man-helps-recover-1-million-comic-book-from/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Worth around $25&nbsp;million by May 2017, Cage was reportedly "taking [film] roles left and right" in order to pay off his remaining debts.<ref name="Martin.Emmie" /> By 2022, Cage confirmed that he had finally paid off his debts and intended to be more selective with his film roles.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last= Paiella |first= Gabriella |date=March 22, 2022 |title=Nicolas Cage Can Explain It All |url=https://www.gq.com/story/nicolas-cage-april-cover-profile |access-date=May 25, 2024 |magazine=[[GQ]]}}</ref>

===Legal issues===
[[Kathleen Turner]] wrote in her 2008 memoir, ''Send Your Roses'', that Cage had stolen a [[chihuahua (dog)|chihuahua]] and was arrested twice for [[Driving under the influence|driving drunk]] while they filmed ''[[Peggy Sue Got Married]]''.<ref name="qnQMU" /> Later she admitted Cage did not steal a chihuahua and she was sorry.<ref name="B692H" /><ref name="Acmvc" /> Cage won a [[libel]] action against Turner, her publisher [[Headline Publishing Group]], and [[Associated Newspapers]] (whose publication the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' had repeated the allegations when they published an excerpt from the book).<ref name="Z4mwB" />

[[Christina Fulton]] sued Cage in December 2009 for $13&nbsp;million and for the house in which she was living. The suit was in response to an order that she leave the dwelling; the order resulted from Cage's financial difficulties.<ref name="freepress12D" /> The case was settled in June 2011.<ref name="6qVN1" />

Cage was arrested in New Orleans' [[French Quarter]] district on April 15, 2011, for suspicion of domestic abuse [[Battery (crime)|battery]], disturbing the peace and public intoxication. A police officer was flagged down by onlookers after Cage allegedly grabbed his wife's upper arm while appearing to be under the influence of alcohol.<ref name="h9ax4" /> Cage was held in police custody until a bail of $11,000 was posted by [[Duane "Dog" Chapman]].<ref name="8sPaU" /> He was later ordered to appear in court on May 31, 2011.<ref name="TDxiQ" /> The New Orleans District Attorney announced that the charges against Cage had been dropped on May 5, 2011.<ref name="lb57p" /><ref name="UySAk" />