Nicolas Cage’s Malibu home is facing a dramatic setback after a large sinkhole opened up and swallowed the driveway of the actor’s beachfront mansion.
Images from the scene show the upscale property perched beside a gaping crater, with the collapse appearing to have taken out the driveway, part of the nearby roadway and even a portable restroom.
The oceanfront residence, which Cage bought in 2024 for $10.5 million, has since been cordoned off with orange construction cones as crews deal with the damage.
Workers were also seen examining the sinkhole and the surrounding street area as they assessed the extent of the collapse.
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Cage, 62, as well as the Los Angeles County Fire Department for comment, but has not yet received a response.
Firefighters discovered the collapsed driveway early Tuesday morning after responding to a suspected gas main break, a public information officer told KTLA.
Nicolas Cage’s Malibu mansion has been afflicted by a massive sinkhole that has swallowed the driveway of the beachfront home
The luxury home was purchased by Cage for $10.5 million in 2024
The hole, which is believed to be around 30ft by 30ft wide, was reportedly the result of coastal erosion.
No one has been ordered to evacuate and the gas company has been on site fixing the main.
Notably, the damage occurred as high surf continues battering the Southern California coast following the development of former Hurricane Marie, the website adds.
KTLA reporter Rich Prickett, who was reporting on the incident from the air, said no one appeared to be inside the home at the time.
‘Substantial damage done to this home, or at least the driveway to this home here in Malibu,’ he said.
‘It doesn’t appear that anybody was home. As a matter of fact, the house looks like it is under some sort of renovation.’
No one has been reported to have been injured, according to KTLA.
Located in a highly desirable oceanfront setting, the home contains a rooftop deck with jacuzzi, soaring glass walls, multiple bedrooms, and was the previous owner’s ‘happy place.’
The sinkhole swallowed up the driveway and a portion of the adjacent street
Orange cones now surround the damaged luxury home
The sinkhole is reportedly the result of coastal erosion
The home was built in the 1990s by the late Jose Liberman, co-founder of the Liberman Broadcasting, and remained in his family until it was sold to Cage.
‘Yes, Nicolas Cage bought our home in Malibu,’ Lenard Liberman, Jose’s son and Liberman Broadcasting co-founder, told The New York Times in 2024.
‘My parents would go on weekends and it was my father’s “happy place”, he explained.
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‘My father passed away and my mom just couldn’t go to the house anymore. Too many memories,’ he added.
The residence contains access to an isolated beach, chef’s kitchen, and garage with elevator access.
An Oscar winner, Cage is a member of a Hollywood dynasty.
The home was the previous owner’s ‘happy place’
The property was built in the 1990s by the late Jose Liberman, co-founder of the Liberman Broadcasting, and remained in his family until it was sold to Cage
A member of a Hollywood dynasty, Cage rose to fame with roles in Moonstruck and more
In 1996, he earned an Oscar win for his role in Leaving Las Vegas
Cage walked down the aisle for a fifth time in 2021 when he wed Riko Shibata. Above, in May
Born Nicolas Kim Coppola, Cage is the son of the late American academic and author August Coppola as well as the nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and his actress sister Talia Shire.
The family includes Cage’s cousins, filmmaker Sofia Coppola and actor Jason Schwartzman.
His grandparents were composer Carmine Coppola – who scored many of Francis’s films – and Italia Coppola, who also appeared in her son’s Godfather films.
Over the decades, Cage carved out a wildly impressive acting career with roles in films Moonstruck, Raising Arizona, Gone in 60 Seconds, National Treasure, and an Oscar win for Leaving Las Vegas.
Last year Cage legally changed his name to ‘Nick Cage’ to avoid being the Coppola ‘clown cousin.’
‘I am Nick Cage. I changed my name legally last year,’ he told Variety.
The name was inspired by Marvel character Luke Cage, a last name he thought was ‘cool.’
‘I’m Nick Cage in life, and I’m Nick Cage on camera. ‘Tis better to be the patriarch of my own little family than the clown cousin on the margins of someone else’s, so I decided I’m going to bring it on and be “Cage.”
‘”Cage” is a name that I liked coming across in the comics – I just thought he had a cool name – and I grew up in a very avant-garde, artsy family and there was talk about John Cage and the experimental compositions that he did. I was looking for something like “James Dean”; I was looking for something short and sweet.
‘I thought, well, I’ll keep the name “Nicolas” because my father named me Nicolas -with French spelling, which has always frustrated me, because everyone adds an “h.” I don’t know why he gave me the French spelling! But he did.’
Whether he prefers ‘Nick’ or ‘Nicolas,’ the actor told Variety: ‘I’m both! I think people know me as both.’
In 2021, Cage walked down the aisle a fifth time when we wed his much-younger wife Riko Shibata, now age 31. They welcomed daughter August Francesca in 2022.
The actor also has sons Kal-El, 18, with ex-wife Kim and Weston, 33, with ex-girlfriend Christina Fulton.