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Age 62

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 90

#33

Current Rank

Not Ranked

#5

Peak Rank

#6

44

Years Ranked

46

11

Years in Top 10

3

22.0

Average Rank

34.0

82

Theatrical Releases

46

National Treasure: Book of Secrets $220.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Captain America: The Winter Soldier $259.8 Million

$3.2 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.6 Billion

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By the 2026 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. The category score gives Nicolas Cage the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

Elite Top 10 presence favors Nicolas Cage, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Nicolas Cage, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Nicolas Cage Robert Redford

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Nicolas Cage

82 theatrical releases • $3.2 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 The Carpenter's Son $141,193
2025 The Surfer $1.3 Million
2024 Longlegs $74.3 Million
2024 Arcadian $828,919
2023 The Retirement Plan $1.6 Million

Robert Redford

46 theatrical releases • $2.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2019 Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million
2018 Buttons A New Musical Film $151,983
2018 The Old Man & the Gun $11.3 Million
2017 Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary $16,397
2016 Pete's Dragon $76.2 Million