A sprawling sinkhole has opened up at Nicolas Cage’s Malibu mansion, tearing through the driveway of the actor’s beachfront property.
Images from the scene show the once-grand coastal home perched beside a gaping crater that has swallowed the driveway, part of the neighboring street and even a portable restroom.
The luxury Malibu residence, which Cage bought for $10.5 million in 2024, has since been cordoned off with orange construction cones as officials evaluate the damage.
Workers were also seen inspecting the sinkhole itself and the affected stretch of roadway as crews worked to assess the extent of the collapse.
Our News Outlet has reached out to representatives for Cage, 62, and the Los Angeles County Fire Department for comment, but has not yet received a response.
Firefighters discovered the collapsed driveway early Tuesday morning after being called to the area for a suspected gas main break, a public information officer told KTLA.
A massive sinkhole has damaged Nicolas Cage’s Malibu mansion, swallowing the driveway of the beachfront home
Cage purchased the luxury Malibu property for $10.5 million in 2024
The hole, which is believed to be around 30 feet by 30 feet 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 owners ‘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; Cage pictured May
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.
‘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 owners ‘happy place’
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
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; pictured 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.
