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8 Feb 1941 (83)
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Nick Nolte
Nick Nolte is an American actor, film producer, voice artist, comedian, and former model. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film The Prince of Tides. He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Affliction and Warrior. Nolte was a model in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In a national magazine advertisement in 1972, he appeared in jeans and an open jean shirt for Clairol's "Summer Blonde" hair lightener sitting on a log next to a blonde Chris O'Connor; and they appeared on the packaging. In 1992, Nolte was named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. Nolte first starred in the television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, based on Irwin Shaw's 1970 best-selling novel. Later he appeared in over forty films, playing a wide variety of characters. Diversity of character, trademark athleticism, and gravelly voice are signatures of his career. In 1973, he guest-starred in the Griff episode, "Who Framed Billy the Kid?", as Billy Randolph, a football player accused of murder. Nolte also made two guest appearances in the television series Barnaby Jones in 1974 and 1975. He co-starred with Andy Griffith in Winter Kill, a television film made as the pilot of a possible television series, and another one, Adams of Eagle Lake, but neither was picked up. Nolte starred in The Deep, Who'll Stop the Rain, North Dallas Fort, which is based on Peter Gent's novel, and starred in 48 Hrs. with Eddie Murphy. During the 1980s, he starred in Under Fire, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Extreme Prejudice, and New York Stories. Nolte starred with Katharine Hepburn in her last leading film role in Grace Quigley. Nolte and Murphy starred again in the sequel Another 48 Hrs. In 1991, Nolte starred in The Prince of Tides and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Later, he starred in Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear with Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange. Nolte also starred in Lorenzo's Oil, Jefferson in Paris, Mulholland Falls and Afterglow. He received his second Academy Award nomination the same year for Affliction. Nolte starred with Sean Penn in three films, including Terrence Malick's war epic The Thin Red Line, U Turn and Gangster Squad. Nolte continued to work in the 2000s, taking smaller parts in Clean and Hotel Rwanda, both performances receiving positive reviews. He also played supporting roles in the 2006 drama Peaceful Warrior and the 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder. In 2011, Nolte played recovering alcoholic Paddy Conlon in Warrior, and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Beginning in 2011, Nolte starred with Dustin Hoffman in the HBO series Luck. At the start of production of the second season, however, HBO ended the series after the death of three horses during filming. In 2015, Nolte starred in the biopic comedy-drama A Walk in the Woods and in the revenge thriller Return to Sender.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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— | Poacher | John Hardy |
— | Die, My Love | |
2022 | Rittenhouse Square | Barry |
— | A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand | |
2023 | Poker Face | Arthur Liptin |
2022 | Blackout | Ethan McCoy |
2020 | Last Words | Shakespeare |
2020 | Paradise Lost | Judge Forsythe |
2019 | The Mandalorian | Kuiil (voice) |
2019 | Angel Has Fallen | Clay Banning |
2018 | Head Full of Honey | Amadeus |
2018 | The Padre | Nemes |
2016 | Graves | President Richard Graves |
2015 | Run All Night | Eddie Conlon |
2015 | The Ridiculous 6 | Frank Stockburn |
2015 | Return to Sender | Mitchell Wells |
2015 | A Walk in the Woods | Stephen Katz |
2015 | Asthma | Werewolf (voice) |
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 | Luck | Walter Smith |
2012 | The Cold Call | Mr. Battleworth |
2011 | Warrior | Paddy Conlon |
2011 | Zookeeper | Bernie the Gorilla (voice) |
2011 | Arthur | Burt Johnson |
2011 | Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life | |
2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Butch (voice) |
2010 | My Own Love Song | Caldwell |
2008 | Tropic Thunder | Four Leaf Tayback |
2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Mulgarath |
2008 | Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness | Four Leaf Tayback |
2008 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | Joe Bechstein |
2008 | Chicago 10 | Thomas Foran (voice) |
2008 | Nick Nolte: No Exit | Self/Interviewer |
2006 | Over the Hedge | Vincent (voice) |
2006 | Paris Je T'aime | Vincent (Parc Monceau) |
2006 | Peaceful Warrior | Socrates |
2006 | A Few Days in September | Elliott |
2006 | Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride | Self |
2006 | Off the Black | Ray Cook |
2005 | Neverwas | T. L. Pierson |
2004 | Hotel Rwanda | Colonel Oliver |
2004 | Clean | Albrecht Hauser |
2004 | The Beautiful Country | Steve |
2003 | Hulk | David Banner |
2003 | The Good Thief | Bob Montagnet |
2003 | Northfork | Father Harlan |
2003 | This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss" | Earl |
2003 | Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork | |
2002 | Intimate Affairs | Faldo |
2001 | The Making of 'Cape Fear' | Self |
2000 | The Golden Bowl | Adam Verver |
2000 | Trixie | Senator Drummond Avery |
1999 | Breakfast of Champions | Harry Le Sabre |
1999 | Simpatico | Vincent Webb |
1998 | The Thin Red Line | Lt. Col. Gordon Tall |
1998 | Affliction | Wade Whitehouse |
1997 | U Turn | Jake McKenna |
1997 | Nightwatch | Inspector Cray |
1997 | The View | Self |
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 | The Player | Nick Nolte |
1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Augusto Odone |
1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self |
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 | New York Stories | Lionel Dobie |
1989 | Three Fugitives | Lucas |
1989 | Farewell to the King | Learoyd |
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 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Tom Jordache |
1976 | The Northville Cemetery Massacre | Chris (voice) (uncredited) |
1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Tom Jordache (archive footage; uncredited) |
1975 | Return to Macon County | Bo Hollinger |
1975 | The Runaway Barge | Roy Blount |
1975 | Adams of Eagle Lake | Officer Jerry Troy |
1974 | The California Kid | Buzz Stafford |
1974 | Death Sentence | John Healy |
1974 | Winter Kill | Dave Michaels |
1974 | Chopper One | Bob |
1973 | Electra Glide in Blue | Hippie Kid (uncredited) |
1973 | Barnaby Jones | Paul Barringer |
1973 | Toma | Wally |
1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Captain Alan Melder |
1972 | Emergency! | Fred |
1972 | The Rookies | Tommy |
1972 | Dirty Little Billy | Town Gang Leader (uncredited) |
1971 | Cannon | Ron Johnson |
1969 | Medical Center | Tank |
1969 | The Feather Farm | |
1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
1955 | Gunsmoke | Barney Austin |
1953 | The Oscars | Self |
1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2002 | Intimate Affairs | Producer |
1998 | Affliction | Executive Producer |