List of awards and nominations received by Nicolas Cage

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor, director and producer Nicolas Cage.

List of Nicolas Cage awards

Award	Wins	Nominations
Academy Awards	1	2
British Academy Film Awards	0	2
Golden Globe Awards	1	5
Screen Actors Guild Awards	1	3

In 1987, Cage earned critical success with films such as the Coen brothers' Raising Arizona (1987) and John Patrick Shanley's Moonstruck (1987) before earning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Leaving Las Vegas (1995).

Following his awards win he starred in the award winning blockbusters The Rock (1996), and Con Air (1997) as well as the drama Face/Off (1997) and the romantic drama City of Angels (1998). He starred in Martin Scorsese's drama Bringing Out the Dead and Charlie Kauffman's Adaptation, the latter earning him his second Academy Award nomination.

He has since received nominations for best and worst actor for his role in the National Treasure films in 2004, 2007 and was nominated for worst actor again for the Ghost Rider films in 2007 and 2011. In the 21st century he has earned renewed critical acclaim for his performances in independent dramas such as Joe (2013), Mandy (2018), Color Out of Space (2019), and Pig (2021), the latter earning him a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor nomination.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Actor	Leaving Las Vegas	Won	[1]
2003		Adaptation	Nominated	[2]

British Academy Film Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Leaving Las Vegas	Nominated
2003		Adaptation	Nominated

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Actor	Leaving Las Vegas	Nominated
2022		Pig	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1988	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Moonstruck	Nominated
1993		Honeymoon in Vegas	Nominated
1996	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Leaving Las Vegas	Won
2003	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Adaptation	Nominated
2024		Dream Scenario	Nominated	[3]

Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1990	Best Male Lead	Vampire's Kiss	Nominated
1996		Leaving Las Vegas	Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	Leaving Las Vegas	Won
2003		Adaptation	Nominated
	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture		Nominated

Critics awards

Boston Society of Film Critics

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1995	Leaving Las Vegas	Best Actor	Won

Chicago Film Critics Association

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1996	Leaving Las Vegas	Best Actor	Won
2003	Adaptation		Nominated
2021	Pig		Nominated

Critics' Choice Super Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2022	Best Actor in a Horror Movie	Willy's Wonderland	Nominated
2023	Best Actor in an Action Movie	The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent	Nominated
2024	Best Actor in a Horror Movie	Dream Scenario	Won	[4]

Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1996	Leaving Las Vegas	Best Actor	Won
2003	Adaptation		Nominated

London Film Critics' Circle

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2004	Adaptation	Actor of the Year	Nominated

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1995	Leaving Las Vegas	Best Actor	Won

National Board of Review

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1995	Leaving Las Vegas	Best Actor	Won
2005	Lord of War	Special Recognition For Excellence in Filmmaking (as producer)	Won

National Society of Film Critics

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1996	Leaving Las Vegas	Best Actor	Won
2010	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans		Nominated

New York Film Critics Circle

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1995	Leaving Las Vegas	Best Actor	Won

Online Film Critics Society

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2003	Adaptation	Best Ensemble	Nominated
		Best Actor	Nominated
2022	Pig		Nominated

San Diego Film Critics Society

Year	Nominated Work	Category	Result	Ref.
2023	Dream Scenario, The Flash, The Old Way, Renfield, The Retirement Plan, Sympathy for the Devil	Special Award for Body of Work	Won	[5]

St. Louis Film Critics Association

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2021	Pig	Best Actor	Won

Toronto Film Critics Association

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2002	Adaptation	Best Actor	Won
2009	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans		Won

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2003	Adaptation	Best Actor	Nominated

Women Film Critics Circle

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Lord of War	Most Offensive Male Character	Won

Film festivals

Catalina Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2014	Joe	Charlie Chaplin ICON Award	Won

Chicago International Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2003	—	Career Achievement Award	Won

Deauville American Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2002	Sonny	Grand Special Prize	Nominated

Giffoni Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2012	Kick Ass	Giffoni Experience Award	Won

Ischia Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2013	The Frozen Ground	Ischia Legend Award	Won

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2001	—	Desert Palm Achievement Award	Won

San Francisco International Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1998	—	Peter J. Owens Award	Won
2023	Lifetime Achievement	Maria Manetti Shrem Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting	Awarded	[6][7]

San Sebastián International Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1995	Leaving Las Vegas	Silver Shell for Best Actor	Won

Transilvania International Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2019	—	Transilvanian Trophy for Special Contribution to World Cinema	Won

Toronto Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2019	Color Out of Space	Creative Coalition's Spotlight Initiative Award	Won

Miscellaneous awards

American Comedy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1988	Raising Arizona	Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)	Nominated
1993	Honeymoon in Vegas		Nominated

Annie Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2021	The Croods: A New Age	Best Voice Acting in a Feature Production	Nominated

ALOS Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2018	Dog Eat Dog	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1997	The Rock	Favorite Actor – Action/Adventure	Won
1998	Con Air, Face/Off		Won
1999	City of Angels	Favorite Actor – Drama/Romance	Won
	Snake Eyes	Favorite Actor – Suspense	Won
2001	The Family Man	Favorite Actor – Comedy/Romance	Won
	Gone in 60 Seconds	Favorite Actor – Action	Nominated

Goldene Kamera Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2007	World Trade Center	Best International Actor	Won

Golden Raspberry Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2007	The Wicker Man	Worst Picture	Nominated
		Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel	Nominated
		Worst Screen Couple	Nominated
		Worst Actor	Nominated
2008	Ghost Rider, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Next		Nominated
2012	Drive Angry, Season of the Witch, Trespass		Nominated
		Worst Screen Couple	Nominated
2013	A Thousand Words	Worst Picture	Nominated
	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Seeking Justice	Worst Actor	Nominated
2015	Left Behind		Nominated
2017	Snowden	Worst Supporting Actor	Nominated
2022	Pig	Razzie Redeemer Award	Nominated

Jupiter Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1997	Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock	Best International Actor	Won
1998	Con Air, Face/Off		Won
2006	National Treasure		Nominated

MTV Movie and TV Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1997	The Rock	Best On-Screen Duo	Won
1998	Face/Off		Won
		Best Male Performance	Nominated
		Best Villain	Nominated
1999	City of Angels	Best On-Screen Duo	Nominated

People's Choice Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2006	Lord of War, The Weather Man	Favorite Motion Picture Actor	Nominated

Political Film Society Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2004	The Life of David Gale	Political Film Society Award for Human Rights (as producer)	Nominated

Sant Jordi Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1996	Leaving Las Vegas	Best Foreign Actor	Nominated

Satellite Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2003	Adaptation	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Nominated

Saturn Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1998	Face/Off	Best Actor	Nominated
2019	Mandy		Nominated
2024	Renfield	Best Supporting Actor	Won	[8]
2025	Dream Scenario	Best Actor	Won
	Longlegs	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated

Scream Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2009	Knowing	Best Science Fiction Actor	Nominated
2010	Kick-Ass	Best Fantasy Actor	Nominated
		Best Superhero	Nominated

Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2001	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Most Annoying Fake Accent: Male	Won
		Worst On-Screen Couple	Nominated
2006	The Wicker Man	Worst Actor	Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2010	Kick-Ass	Choice Movie Actor: Action	Nominated

Visual Effects Society

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2003	Adaptation	Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film	Nominated	[9]