In 1996 Nicolas Cage stood on stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and accepted his first, and currently only, Oscar for his tour de force performance in Mike Figgis' Leaving Las Vegas.

Hey, isn’t that...? You know, that guy. The guy that always plays someone in the military. He was in, uh, Syriana, The Kingdom... Oh yeah! He was the father of the emo kid in American Beauty!

LOS ANGELES (AP) - He wasn't nominated for an Oscar for his role as a Native American Marine in ''Flags of Our Fathers,'' but Adam Beach still feels like a winner.