E! Online - Nicolas Cage's latest role: proud papa.

The Oscar-winning actor and his wife, Alice Kim Cage, welcomed son Kal-el Coppola Cage into the world Monday morning, Cage's publicist, Annett Wolf, confirmed.

"They are healthy and happy and it's quite lovely," Wolf said in a statement.

Cage's new superboy was born in New York City. None of his vital statistics were released...or word on any potential superpowers: The tyke's unusual moniker, Kal-el, is also the birth name of Superman.

Kal-el?

What a couple of selfish idiots. They plop that name down on this poor kid to generate some media attention for themselves, yet when all that buzz dies down this poor kid will have to go through the rest of his life explaining his goofy name to people.

Seriously, when this kid reaches school age Cage and his wife could probably just as well beat the hell out of him after breakfast and save the bullies in the playground the trouble.