Nicolas Cage collects mansions, castles

Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage just listed his 11,817-square-foot Tudor at $29,999,000.

He also is believed to own a mansion in Rhode Island, Anne Rice's former house in New Orleans and a castle in Scotland. There may be a place in Hawaii, too, and some more in L.A..

The home in the Bel-Air section of L.A. was built in 1940 for $110,000, according to Bret Parsons, author of the recently published book "Colcord Home," about the architect who designed this landmark property.

The house has nine bedrooms and nine baths and sits on an acre of land with an Olympic-size pool, a custom wine cellar and a 35-seat home theater. The focal point of the baronial English Tudor is a square tower.

The property was once owned by singer Dean Martin, who in 1974 commissioned Gerard Colcord and his associate Liza Kent to add the 2,500-square-foot entertainment complex. The compound was on the market in 2006 when Cage listed it for $35 million and was taken off last year. He bought it in 1998 for $7 million.

Cage, who lived in the Bel-Air estate only part of the time, may be parking his bedroom slippers in the 3,500-square-foot penthouse unit of the Biscuit Co. Lofts. That unit had been listed at $4.9 million and is no longer listed for sale, according to the Multiple Listing Service.

The building, in the Arts District, was built in 1925 and adapted for residential use in 2006. The Biscuit has street-level restaurants, gym and market. The lobbies and corridors have ornamental concrete, sandblasted brick, copper doors and vintage lighting.

The unit Cage may be considering has 28-foot ceilings, exposed brick walls, hardwood floors, industrial-scale windows, Wolf stainless-steel appliances and a wraparound deck. Cage's foray into the neighborhood might make this the new "in" in-town location for celebrities and those who worship the hardwood floors they walk on.

Cage, 44, won an Academy Award for his role as a suicidal alcoholic in "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995). He played an eccentric historian in "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" (2007) and appeared opposite Cher in "Moonstruck" in 1987. He also starred in the Oliver Stone film "World Trade Center" in 2006, about the Sept. 11 attacks.