Now 58, with nearly 100 film credits since he was "Brad's Bud" in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" in 1982, Nicolas Cage has handled a lion's share of money grabs in a career distinguished by a gratifying number of movies worth seeing, often just for him. Good material, bad material, big-budget studio clangers, low-budget indies on wry: The man does not coast.
Now 58, with nearly 100 film credits since he was "Brad s Bud" in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" in 1982, Nicolas Cage has handled a lion s share of money grabs in a career distinguished by a gratifying number of movies worth seeing, often just for him. Good material, bad material, big-budget studio clangers, low-budget indies on wry: The man does not coast.