Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor, director and producer. During his early career, Cage starred in a variety of films such as "Valley Girl" (1983), "Racing with the Moon" (1984), "Birdy" (1984), "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986), "Raising Arizona" (1987), "Moonstruck" (1987), "Vampire's Kiss" (1989), "Wild at Heart" (1990), "Fire Birds" (1990), "Honeymoon in Vegas" (1992), and "Red Rock West" (1993). Cage received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995) before
William Smith (actor) villainous role of the Soviet commander in the hit 1984 theatrical film "Red Dawn". In 1983, Smith appeared in two films from Francis Ford Coppola, in "The Outsiders" as a store clerk and in "Rumble Fish" as a police officer. In 1985, Smith landed the starring role of Brodie Hollister in the Disney mini-series "Wildside", created by writer-producer Tom Greene, and another role as the bookmaker's enforcer known as "Panama Hat" in director Richard Brooks's final movie, "Fever Pitch" (1985) opposite Ryan O'Neal. William Smith (actor) William Smith (born March 24, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in