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Nick Nolte

Acting

Born February 8, 1941 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Also known as Nicholas King "Nick" Nolte · Nicholas King 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nick Nolte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 2017
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actor – Motion Picture Drama · 1992
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2012 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1999 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1992 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Mandalorian

2019as Kuiil (voice)

Emergency!

1972as Fred

Warrior

2011as Paddy Conlon

Hotel Rwanda

2004as Colonel Oliver

Poker Face

2023as Arthur Liptin

Peaceful Warrior

2006as Socrates

The Thin Red Line

1998as Lt. Col. Gordon Tall

Cape Fear

1991as Sam Bowden

The Player

1992as Nick Nolte

Winter Kill

1974as Dave Michaels

Lorenzo's Oil

1992as Augusto Odone

Crime 101

2026as Money

Barnaby Jones

1973as Paul Barringer

The Streets of San Francisco

1972as Captain Alan Melder

Electra Glide in Blue

1973as Hippie Kid (uncredited)

The Rookies

1972as Tommy

Paris, Je T'aime

2006as Vincent (Parc Monceau)

Luck

2011as Walter Smith

Tropic Thunder

2008as Four Leaf Tayback

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008as Mulgarath

Under Fire

1983as Russell Price

48 Hrs.

1982as Jack Cates

North Dallas Forty

1979as Phillip Elliott

Gunsmoke

1955as Barney Austin

Angel Has Fallen

2019as Clay Banning

Gracepoint

2014as Jack Reinhold

Over the Hedge

2006as Vincent (voice)

U Turn

1997as Jake McKenna

Mother Night

1996as Howard Campbell

The Prince of Tides

1991as Tom Wingo

Three Fugitives

1989as Lucas

Who'll Stop the Rain

1978as Ray Hicks

Head Full of Honey

2018as Amadeus

Run All Night

2015as Eddie Conlon

Gangster Squad

2013as Bill Parker

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013as Bridges

Neverwas

2005as T. L. Pierson

Affliction

1997as Wade Whitehouse

The Company You Keep

2012as Donal Fitzgerald

My Own Love Song

2010as Caldwell

New York Stories

1989as Lionel Dobie

Extreme Prejudice

1987as Jack Benteen

Die My Love

2025as Harry

A Walk in the Woods

2015as Stephen Katz

Return to Sender

2015as Mitchell Wells

Parker

2013as Hurley

The Good Thief

2002as Bob

Nightwatch

1997as Inspector Cray

Blue Chips

1994as Pete

Grace Quigley

1985as Seymour Flint