Nicolas Cage is following in Angelina Jolie's footsteps.

The Oscar winning actor was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime. Cage also won the U.N. Correspondents Association's Global Citizen of the Year award for humanitarian endeavors.

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Other celebrity U.N. Goodwill Ambassadors include Jolie, George Clooney, Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron.

Cage, 45, said his role as an ambassador will be "to shine a spotlight on the need for global justice."

Cage has been active in raising awareness about international arms control donated $2 million to establish a fund that helps former child soldiers.