Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 8, 1941
Place of Birth:
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Nick Nolte
Biography
Nicholas King Nolte (/ˈnoʊlti/; born February 8, 1941) is an American actor. Known for his leading man roles in both dramas and romances, he has received a Golden Globe Award and nominations for three Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Nolte first became famous for his role in the ABC miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for The Prince of Tides (1991). He has received three Academy Award nominations for The Prince of Tides (1991), Affliction (1998), and Warrior (2011).
His other notable films include The Deep (1977), Who'll Stop the Rain (1978), North Dallas Forty (1979), 48 Hrs. (1982), Cannery Row (1982), Under Fire (1983), Teachers (1984), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Jefferson in Paris (1995), The Thin Red Line (1998), The Good Thief (2002), Hulk (2003), Hotel Rwanda (2004), Over the Hedge (2006), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Tropic Thunder (2008), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010), The Company You Keep (2012), Gangster Squad (2013), A Walk in the Woods (2015), Head Full of Honey (2018), and Angel Has Fallen (2019).
His television credits include the HBO series Luck (2011–2012), the Fox miniseries Gracepoint (2014), the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019) and the Peacock crime drama Poker Face (2023). From 2016 to 2017, Nolte played President Richard Graves in the Epix series, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Crime 101 | |
| 2025 | The Golden Voice | Barry |
| 2025 | Die My Love | Harry |
| 2022 | Blackout | Ethan McCoy |
| 2020 | Last Words | Shakespeare |
| 2019 | Angel Has Fallen | Clay Banning |
| 2018 | The Padre | Nemes |
| 2018 | Head Full of Honey | Amadeus |
| 2015 | A Walk in the Woods | Stephen Katz |
| 2015 | Asthma | Werewolf (voice) |
| 2015 | Run All Night | Eddie Conlon |
| 2015 | Return to Sender | Mitchell Wells |
| 2015 | The Ridiculous 6 | Frank Stockburn |
| 2014 | Noah | Samyaza (voice) |
| 2014 | Hateship Loveship | Mr. McCauley |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Gangster Squad | Bill Parker |
| 2013 | Parker | Hurley |
| 2013 | The Trials of Cate McCall | Bridges |
| 2012 | The Company You Keep | Donal Fitzgerald |
| 2012 | The Cold Call | Mr. Battleworth |
| 2011 | Zookeeper | Bernie the Gorilla (voice) |
| 2011 | Arthur | Burt Johnson |
| 2011 | Warrior | Paddy Conlon |
| 2011 | Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life | |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Butch (voice) |
| 2010 | My Own Love Song | Caldwell |
| 2010 | Arcadia Lost | Benerji |
| 2008 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | Joe Bechstein |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | Four Leaf Tayback |
| 2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Mulgarath |
| 2008 | Chicago 10 | Thomas Foran (voice) |
| 2008 | Nick Nolte: No Exit | Self/Interviewer |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness | Four Leaf Tayback |
| 2006 | Paris Je T'aime | Vincent (Parc Monceau) |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Vincent (voice) |
| 2006 | Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride | Self |
| 2006 | Peaceful Warrior | Socrates |
| 2006 | A Few Days in September | Elliott |
| 2006 | Off the Black | Ray Cook |
| 2005 | Neverwas | T. L. Pierson |
| 2004 | Hotel Rwanda | Colonel Oliver |
| 2004 | The Beautiful Country | Steve |
| 2004 | Clean | Albrecht Hauser |
| 2003 | Hulk | Father |
| 2003 | Northfork | Father Harlan |
| 2003 | This So-Called Disaster | Earl |
| 2003 | Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork | |
| 2002 | The Good Thief | Bob Montagnet |
| 2002 | Intimate Affairs | Faldo |
| 2001 | The Making of 'Cape Fear' | Self |
| 2000 | Trixie | Senator Drummond Avery |
| 2000 | The Golden Bowl | Adam Verver |
| 1999 | Breakfast of Champions | Harry Le Sabre |
| 1999 | Simpatico | Vincent Webb |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | Lt. Col. Gordon Tall |
| 1997 | U Turn | Jake McKenna |
| 1997 | Nightwatch | Inspector Cray |
| 1997 | Affliction | Wade Whitehouse |
| 1997 | Afterglow | Lucky Mann |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | Max Hoover |
| 1996 | Mother Night | Howard Campbell |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Thomas Jefferson |
| 1994 | I Love Trouble | Peter Brackett |
| 1994 | Blue Chips | Pete |
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | Matt Hobbs |
| 1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Augusto Odone |
| 1992 | The Player | Nick Nolte |
| 1991 | Cape Fear | Sam Bowden |
| 1991 | The Prince of Tides | Tom Wingo |
| 1990 | Another 48 Hrs. | Jack Cates |
| 1990 | Q & A | Mike Brennan |
| 1990 | Everybody Wins | Tom O'Toole |
| 1989 | Farewell to the King | Learoyd |
| 1989 | Three Fugitives | Lucas |
| 1989 | New York Stories | Lionel Dobie |
| 1987 | Extreme Prejudice | Jack Benteen |
| 1987 | Weeds | Lee Umstetter |
| 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Jerry Baskin |
| 1985 | Grace Quigley | Seymour Flint |
| 1984 | Teachers | Alex Jurel |
| 1983 | Under Fire | Russell Price |
| 1982 | 48 Hrs. | Jack Cates |
| 1982 | Cannery Row | Doc |
| 1980 | Heart Beat | Neal Cassady |
| 1979 | North Dallas Forty | Phillip Elliott |
| 1978 | Who'll Stop the Rain | Ray Hicks |
| 1977 | The Deep | David Sanders |
| 1976 | The Northville Cemetery Massacre | Chris (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Return to Macon County | Bo Hollinger |
| 1975 | The Runaway Barge | Roy Blount |
| 1974 | Death Sentence | John Healy |
| 1974 | The California Kid | Buzz Stafford |
| 1974 | Winter Kill | Dave Michaels |
| 1973 | Electra Glide in Blue | Hippie Kid (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Dirty Little Billy | Town Gang Leader (uncredited) |
| 1969 | The Feather Farm | |
| A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand | ||
| Poacher | John Hardy | |
| The Ploughmen | ||
| Shelter Me |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Poker Face | Arthur Liptin |
| 2020 | Paradise Lost | Judge Forsythe |
| 2019 | The Mandalorian | Kuiil (voice) |
| 2016 | Graves | President Richard Graves |
| 2012 | Luck | Walter Smith |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Tom Jordache |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Tom Jordache (archive footage; uncredited) |
| 1975 | Adams of Eagle Lake | Officer Jerry Troy |
| 1974 | Chopper One | Bob |
| 1973 | Toma | Wally |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Paul Barringer |
| 1972 | The Rookies | Tommy |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Captain Alan Melder |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Fred |
| 1971 | Cannon | Ron Johnson |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Tank |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Barney Austin |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |