Johnny Blaze (played by Nicolas Cage) is a young stunt motorcyclist who sells his soul to the demon Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda) to save his dying father. Years later, transformed into the Ghost Rider , he becomes a bounty hunter for the devil, forced to hunt the wicked. By day, he’s a tormented stuntman. By night, he’s a leather-clad skeleton with a flaming skull, a hellfire chain, and a motorcycle that defies the laws of physics.