Marc Coppola (actor)

Marc Coppola
Born	April 29, 1958 (1958-04-29) (age 53)
Residence	New York City area
Spouse	Elizabeth Coppola
Children	Natasha Shalom Cayley Coppola
Parents	August Coppola Joy Vogelsang
Relatives	Christopher Coppola (brother) Nicolas Cage (brother) Francis Ford Coppola (uncle)

Marc "The Cope" Coppola (born April 29, 1958) is an American actor and DJ currently working for KGB-FM in San Diego, California & WAXQ/WLTW in New York City.

Personal life

Coppola's father, August Coppola, was a professor of literature, while his mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a dancer and choreographer; the two divorced in 1976. His mother suffered from chronic depression.^[1][2] Coppola's mother is of German descent and his father is Italian American, with his paternal grandparents being Carmine Coppola and Italia Pennino, an actress. Through his father, Coppola is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, the cousin of director Sofia Coppola, Robert Schwartzman, actor and lead singer of the band Rooney and actor and former Phantom Planet drummer Jason Schwartzman. Coppola's two brothers are Christopher Coppola, a director, and actor Nicolas Cage.^[3]

Coppola is married to actress Elizabeth Seton Brindak and has two daughters, Natasha and Cayley.

Career

Coppola entered the film industry at a young age thanks to his family. He first appeared in Apocalypse Now (1979) where he was also in the casting department. Coppola acted in 11 other films and two episodes of Law & Order. He worked as a DJ at KLOS 95.5 FM in Los Angeles, California, WYXE/WMAD FM in Madison, Wisconsin in the late 1970s, WBAB 102.3 FM in Babylon, New York, WRCN 103.9 FM in Riverhead, New York and WPLJ 95.5 FM in New York City in the 1980s as well as New York's K-ROCK WXRK 92.3 FM in the late '80s and early '90s.

After WXRK switched formats Coppola left the station, eventually resurfacing at WAXQ hosting afternoon drive, morning drive, then late evenings. During the workweek, Coppola can be heard on Clear Channel's I Heart Radio "Big Classic Hits" format 10am to 3pm EST. He does the swing shift on both WAXQ/Q104.3 and WLTW 106.7 LITE FM and can also be heard on the station that influenced him the most while growing up, KGB-FM 101.5FM in San Diego, California weekdays from 10am to 3pm PST and Sunday mornings from 6am to 12Noon.

Some other stations he's involved with are Tennessee's WNRQWNRQ in Nashville and Rock 103 WEGR 34ein Memphis, Colorado's KPHT in Pueblo, Missouri's Oldies 103.3 FM KLOU In St. Louis, Rhode Island's B101 FM in Providence WWBB, Florida's WOLZ in Ft. Myers/Naples, WBBI BIG 107.5 Binghamton, New York, KHLX in Sacramento, California and both Kentucky's Rewind 105.5 WWRW in Lexington and Louisville's WQMF and in Anchorage. Alaska at KBFX The Fox.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1979	Apocalypse Now	AFRS Announcer
1984	The Cotton Club	Ted Husing
1989	Vampire's Kiss	Joke Guy
	Dracula's Widow	Brad
1993	Deadfall	Bob
1994	North	Reporter	(as Mark Coppola)
1995	One Night Stand	Mark the Make-up Man	(as Mark Coppola)
	Leaving Las Vegas	Dealer
1996	Jack	Radio Personality	(voice)
2000	Bel Air	Curson Beeley
2002	Sonny	Jimmy at Mattie's	Directed by Nicolas Cage
2005	The Signs of the Cross	Landlord

See also

• Coppola family tree

References

1. ^ USA WEEKEND Magazine
2. ^ Nicolas Cage - Family and Companions - Yahoo!7 Movies
3. ^ AOL Interview with Nicolas Cage

External links

• Marc Coppola at the Internet Movie Database
• Marc Coppola's Q104.3 Blog

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