FrameThrower · Actors · Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
26 films · 1,819 frames · top-billed in 23 · 1983–2024
Born 7 January 1964 · Long Beach, California, USA
Nicolas Cage is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. During the early years of his career, Cage starred in a variety of films such as Rumble Fish (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993). During this period, John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36 listed him as one of twelve Promising New Actors of 1984. For his performance in Leaving Las Vegas (1995), he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 26 films · 1,819 frames · top-billed in 23 · 1983–2024
- Academy Award for Best Actor1996
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1996
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role1996
- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor2023
- St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor2021
- Sitges Grand Honorary Award2018
- Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor2009
- Goldene Kamera2007
- Women Film Critics Circle Awards2005
- Chicago International Film Festival Awards2003
- Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor2002
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards2001
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,819 frames from the 26 films we hold. This is the look of the work Nicolas takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 26 films we hold, 55% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Nicolas takes.
Time of day
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Shot size
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Longlegs
2024 · Longlegs
Dream Scenario
2023 · Paul Matthews
Renfield
2023 · Dracula
Sympathy For The Devil
2023 · The Passenger
Pig
2021 · Rob Feld
Prisoners of the Ghostland
2021 · Hero
Mandy
2018 · Red Miller
Dog Eat Dog
2016 · Troy
Rage
2014 · Paul Maguire
The Croods
2013 · Grug (voice)
Kick Ass
2010 · Damon Macready / Big Daddy
Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
2009 · Terence McDonagh
The Weather Man
2005 · David Spritz
Lord of War
2005 · Yuri Orlov
Adaptation
2002 · Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Bringing Out The Dead
1999 · Frank Pierce
Snake Eyes
1998 · Rick Santoro
The Rock
1996 · Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Leaving Las Vegas
1995 · Ben Sanderson
Wild At Heart
1990 · Sailor
Moonstruck
1987 · Ronny Cammareri
Raising Arizona
1987 · H.I.
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986 · Charlie Bodell
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
2018 · Superman (voice)
The Cotton Club
1984 · Vincent Dwyer
Rumble Fish
1983 · Smokey
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,819 frames from Nicolas Cage's 26 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.