Marc Coppola (born
April 29,
1958) is an American
actor and
DJ currently working for
WAXQ in New York.
Biography
Personal life
Coppola's father, August Coppola, is 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.
[USA WEEKEND Magazine][Nicolas Cage - Family and Companions - Yahoo!7 Movies] 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, as well as the cousin of director
Sofia Coppola, actor and lead singer of his own band
Rooney Robert Schwartzman and actor and former
Phantom Planet drummer
Jason Schwartzman. Coppola's two brothers are
Christopher Coppola, a director, and actor
Nicolas Cage.
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