Nicolas Cage: Hair-raising performances from ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’ to ‘Season of the Witch’

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Over the course of a freewheeling filmography that spans nearly 70 titles, Nicolas Cage has shown himself capable of astonishing range. He’s delivered Oscar-caliber acting but also oddball affectations and scene-stealing surrealism.

Pretty much the same can be said of Cage’s hair.

Thanks to his love of cutting-edge grooming, extensive use of extreme wigs, bizarro manscaping and distracting dye jobs, the 46-year-old actor -- who it should be noted is himself, ahem, follicularly challenged -- has time and again conjured characterization through coiffure.

Cage’s latest movie, the fantasy-thriller ‘Season of the Witch,’ arrives in theaters Friday. Click the gallery at right for a rundown of Cage’s greatest hair hits and worst comb-overs.

-- Chris Lee

Photo, top: Nicolas Cage in ‘Season of the Witch.’ Credit: Egon Endrenyi / Relativity Media