Profile:
Real Name: Nicolas Kim Coppola.
Born: January 7 1964 at Long Beach, California.
Star sign: Capricorn.
Parents: Mother Joy was a dancer/choreographer who was hospitalized through much of his childhood for schizophrenia/clinical depression. Father August is a professor of literature whose brother is Francis Ford Coppola. His parents divorced when he was 12.
Education: He hated school and opted to take the GED exam at Beverly Hills High School one year early and promptly left. Studied acting at the American Conservatory Theatre.
Previous jobs: Selling popcorn at the Fairfax Theatre and reading lines for Uncle Francis.
Lives: Victorian mansion in San Francisco, a German-style castle in the Hollywood Hills, an English-style house in Los Angeles plus various apartments in downtown LA. Often visits the family home in Bel Air, formerly owned by Tom Jones.
Love life: Married actress Patricia Arquette on her birthday in 1995 but the relationship is rocky. Previous dates have included Uma Thurman, Lori Allison, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kirsten Zang.
Pets: Has owned an octopus, salt water sharks, lizard, boa constrictor, crocodile, parrot, cats, fish and dogs - but not all at the same time.
