# Is Nicholas Cage dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754 "2008-11-21T00:50:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/1 "2008-11-21T00:50:08Z")
Cuz, I don’t think there’s any doubt that [this](http://www.californiarumor.com/files/images/import/Nicolas%20Cage.jpg) is a photograph of a zombie. Is he wearing a coating of wax? Is his hair actually slipping backwards off his skill, like a beaver trying to sneak away? I think if you look deep into his eyes, you get the sense that somewhere inside is someone crying, “help me!” That, or “BRAINNNNNNZ!” ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/2 "2008-11-21T01:00:43Z")
More Cowbell! He’s slowly turning into [Christopher Walken](http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Balls_of_Fury/balls_of_fury_movie_image_christopher_walken.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/3 "2008-11-21T01:08:34Z")
That’s called plastic surgery, obviously provided to that acting hack by the same bozo that zapped Mary Tyler Moore-Smile-Than-You-Could-Possibly-Believe. And what’s up with that huge lower lip? Here’s one vote for hoping his **career** is dead, as the only movie I can watch him in is _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_ ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/4 "2008-11-21T02:28:40Z")
Perhaps that is not Nicolas Cage, but is a Nicolas Cage wax statue at one of the Tussaud museums. I sure hope it is, anyway, because if it’s really him… brrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/5 "2008-11-21T02:48:41Z")
I don’t think he’s dead, because I don’t think that even the best mortician could reproduce Nicolas Cage’s patented “I’ll knit my brows and call it acting” expression. And I must disagree with you, **devilsknew**. Mr. Cage isn’t turning into Mr. Walken. But he is making Mr. Walken look normal by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/6 "2008-11-21T03:07:07Z")
He looks like Vincent Vega. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/7 "2008-11-21T03:51:29Z")
Dude, get a comb-over or shave your head. Trying to deny the receding hairline like that is just _wrong_. Otherwise he looks about the same as normal. ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/8 "2008-11-21T06:52:17Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > More Cowbell! > He’s slowly turning into [Christopher Walken](http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Balls_of_Fury/balls_of_fury_movie_image_christopher_walken.jpg) Nah, Christopher Walken doesn’t look dead - he just looks REALLY FUCKING CREEPY. And I love him for it. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/9 "2008-11-21T09:29:49Z")
Worst mullet ever! I liked The Rock and that’s about it for Nick Cage films. Couldn’t bring myself to watch any of the crap he’s released since his return to the limelight. Is his hair real, or transplanted or a rug? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/10 "2008-11-21T09:45:49Z")
Well Walken fans, time to try [Christopher Walken’s Canon of Crap](http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=475). See how many you can get. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/11 "2008-11-21T11:11:31Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Cuz, I don’t think there’s any doubt that [this](http://www.californiarumor.com/files/images/import/Nicolas%20Cage.jpg) is a photograph of a zombie. > > Is he wearing a coating of wax? Is his hair actually slipping backwards off his skill, like a beaver trying to sneak away? > > I think if you look deep into his eyes, you get the sense that somewhere inside is someone crying, “help me!” That, or “BRAINNNNNNZ!” If he’s not dead he sure is ugly. Lord of War and Raising Arizona were awesome. Other than that I can’t think of a movie he did that I liked. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/12 "2008-11-21T11:19:02Z")
Nick’s not dead…but his son might be: [http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb90/PlacesParallel/Misc/gabrielisthatyou.jpg](http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb90/PlacesParallel/Misc/gabrielisthatyou.jpg) I saw him on a news piece (TMZ, I think) and he’s just a growling goth dude who spews hilarious platitudes. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/13 "2008-11-21T11:22:42Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > If he’s not dead he sure is ugly. > > Lord of War and Raising Arizona were awesome. Other than that I can’t think of a movie he did that I liked. I loved him in Birdie and Leaving Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/14 "2008-11-21T12:44:06Z")
As I always do in Nick Cage threads: [How To Tell If You’re Watching A Bad Nicolas Cage Movie](http://www.thejay.com/2007/02/09/bad-nicolas-cage-movie/) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/15 "2008-11-21T15:02:40Z")
I have checked his [IMDb profile](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000115/), and it turns out Nic Cage has made exactly six decent movies in a 28-year career: _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_ _Valley Girl_ _Peggy Sue Got Married_ (which was decent _in spite of_ Cage, not because of him) _Raising Arizona_ (plainly his high water mark) _It Could Happen to You_ _Leaving Las Vegas_ (Now, _Moonstruck_ **might** be decent, which would give him seven. I’ve never seen it, so I can’t say.) Everything else, as far as I can tell, is crap. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/16 "2008-11-21T15:04:35Z")
I forgot about Valley Girl. I love that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/17 "2008-11-21T15:16:48Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Nick’s not dead…but his son might be: [http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb90/PlacesParallel/Misc/gabrielisthatyou.jpg](http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb90/PlacesParallel/Misc/gabrielisthatyou.jpg) > > I saw him on a news piece (TMZ, I think) and he’s just a growling goth dude who spews hilarious platitudes. If you had Nicolas Cage as a dad and piles of money, you’d be weird, too. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/18 "2008-11-21T15:19:12Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > I have checked his [IMDb profile](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000115/), and it turns out Nic Cage has made exactly six decent movies in a 28-year career: > > _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_ > _Valley Girl_ > _Peggy Sue Got Married_ (which was decent _in spite of_ Cage, not because of him) > _Raising Arizona_ (plainly his high water mark) > _It Could Happen to You_ > _Leaving Las Vegas_ > > (Now, _Moonstruck_ **might** be decent, which would give him seven. I’ve never seen it, so I can’t say.) > > Everything else, as far as I can tell, is crap. I have to agree with your list and Raising Arizona is pretty much the best he’s ever done, though I did like The Rock or whatever that escape from Alcatraz flick was called. If he wasn’t a semi meh actor, I feel he would be a used car salesmen. ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/19 "2008-11-21T15:22:54Z")
how he still gets acting work is beyond me. he’s terrible ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754/20 "2008-11-21T15:28:04Z")
I think he’s got whatever it is that [Tom Hanks](http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=Tom+Hanks+Da+Vinci&spell=1) contracted a couple of years ago. Either that, or he’s preparing to portray guitarist [Adrian Belew](http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Adrian+Belew) in a movie… which could be totally awesome, if astronomically unlikely. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicholas-cage-dead/473754.md?page=2)