Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage is an American actor who has appeared in well known films including The Family Man, National Treasure and Ghost Rider.'

PerezHilton blogsite reported on April 1, 2009, that Cage has sold his Bavarian castle in Germany for $2.3 million. The castle is said to be 500 years old.Perez Hilton: Nick Cage Sells Castle (April 1, 2009)

Beyond the Oscar-worthy performances, Cage has reached a much wider audience through action and adventure films such as the Jerry Bruckheimer productions The Rock and Con Air, starring opposite John Travolta in Face Off and the National Treasure movies. In 2006, he found success playing real-life police officer John McLoughlin in Oliver Stone's World Trade Center.

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• January 7, 1964: Born

• 1982: Fast Times at Ridgemont High

• 1983: Valley Girl

• 1983: Rumble Fish

• 1987: Raising Arizona

• 1995: Leaving Las Vegas

• 1996: The Rock

• 1997: Face/Off

• 2004: National Treasure

• 2006: World Trade Center

• 2007: Ghost Rider