Does this include the FBI and private detectives? How about U S Rangers?

Well, let's see. These are the movies where Nic played a policeman,  FBI agent or private detective that I know of. Maybe there are others? I haven't seen a few on this list yet, It Could Happen to You and Guarding Tess, so can't comment on them.

It could Happen to You
Guarding Tess
the Rock
the Wicker Man
Kick Ass ( ex-cop)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans
World Trade Center
8MM
Snake Eyes
Face/Off (when he was playing John Travolta, confusing)
Honeymoon In Vegas

I am having a hard time choosing between Stanley or Big Daddy for favourite, so hard! Gotta be Stanley, though, I love Stanley!!!


Those two are favourite characters but for performance I could never choose; Rick, Terence, John, Stanley, et al, how the heck do you choose from that roster?!


-- Edited by Lady Trueheart on Saturday 6th of November 2010 12:03:48 AM

Wow....I never realised quite the fullness of the Nic as movie cop list, until I saw yours Lady Trueheart!!

That's interesting!


Wasn't he a private detective in Honeymoon in Vegas...does that strictly count?! Heck let's keep it in anyway simply because Jack is awesome...and I am now getting visions of him in the flying Elvises (?Elvii?!)

I couldn't choose between them either Lady True...I have a soft spot for them all.

Considering these characters what I love is the shades he brings to them...the nuances, the conflictions......*has a million scenes playing in her mindscape simultaneously* ahhh stop! Lol

Alas .... We have over looked one though...... One crucial, pivotal, formative role.

One role which clearly laid the foundations for his future acting career as the movie cop......

One which we touched upon recently, quite indirectly........

Isn't he a PI in 8MM too?

ooh yes..he was a private investigator extraordinaire..known for his discretion and reputation in 8MM! I liked Tom Welles.

Oh pleeease Lady T! don't keep us in suspenders! I know what it is I know what it is...but..oh..it's not a film! but it is a performance.........!

Excerpt from Jon Turteltaub interview here:

http://cagealotcastle.activeboard.com/index.spark?aBID=136656&p=3&topicID=39214118


"The play was “Our Town”, and he ended up playing “Constable Warren”, alright? It was literally like a guy who walks through the stage once and goes, “Nice night.”. Something like that. Every time we have a disagreement off and on the set, over something I’d say, I’d say “OK Constable Warren, we’ll do it your way."

and from Nic:

Nicolas Cage: "Well, first of all, let it be known that Jon Turteltaub is a really, really good actor. We were in the Beverly Hills High School drama department together, and we both auditioned for the lead in Our Town and he got the lead. He beat me out and I got to play Constable Warren, which was two lines of dialogue - and he will never let me forget it."

Jon Turteltaub: "Warren is W-A-R-R-E-N."

Serendipity! What a great word that is! 


British mystery shows can't be beat, they do it so well.  Personally I think Nic woud make a great Sherlock, except for the accent, of course.

We forgot one!!! How very could we??!!!