Nick Nolte
Acting • Born 1941-02-08
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.
Filmography
123 credits
48 Hrs.
Movie • 1982
Jack Cates
Hotel Rwanda
Movie • 2004
Colonel Oliver
U Turn
Movie • 1997
Jake McKenna
Cape Fear
Movie • 1991
Sam Bowden
Nightwatch
Movie • 1997
Inspector Cray
Paris Je T'aime
Movie • 2006
Vincent (Parc Monceau)
Hulk
Movie • 2003
Father
The Prince of Tides
Movie • 1991
Tom Wingo
Lorenzo's Oil
Movie • 1992
Augusto Odone
The Player
Movie • 1992
Nick Nolte
I Love Trouble
Movie • 1994
Peter Brackett
Mulholland Falls
Movie • 1996
Max Hoover
Extreme Prejudice
Movie • 1987
Jack Benteen
Mother Night
Movie • 1996
Howard Campbell
The Deep
Movie • 1977
David Sanders
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Movie • 2008
Joe Bechstein
Farewell to the King
Movie • 1989
Learoyd
The Good Thief
Movie • 2003
Bob
Tropic Thunder
Movie • 2008
Four Leaf Tayback
Another 48 Hrs.
Movie • 1990
Jack Cates
Over the Hedge
Movie • 2006
Vincent (voice)
Neverwas
Movie • 2005
T. L. Pierson
Q & A
Movie • 1990
Mike Brennan
Teachers
Movie • 1984
Alex Jurel
Three Fugitives
Movie • 1989
Lucas
Trixie
Movie • 2000
Senator Drummond Avery
Affliction
Movie • 1998
Wade Whitehouse
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Movie • 2008
Mulgarath
Who'll Stop the Rain
Movie • 1978
Ray Hicks
The Thin Red Line
Movie • 1998
Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
Cannery Row
Movie • 1982
Doc
Northfork
Movie • 2003
Father Harlan
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Afterglow
Movie • 1997
Lucky Mann
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Movie • 1986
Jerry Baskin
Breakfast of Champions
Movie • 1999
Harry Le Sabre
Under Fire
Movie • 1983
Russell Price
Peaceful Warrior
Movie • 2006
Socrates
Chicago 10
Movie • 2008
Thomas Foran (voice)
The Beautiful Country
Movie • 2004
Steve
Return to Macon County
Movie • 1975
Bo Hollinger
North Dallas Forty
Movie • 1979
Phillip Elliott
Everybody Wins
Movie • 1990
Tom O'Toole
Nick Nolte: No Exit
Movie • 2008
Self/Interviewer
The Golden Bowl
Movie • 2000
Adam Verver
Zookeeper
Movie • 2011
Bernie the Gorilla (voice)
Death Sentence
Movie • 1974
John Healy
A Few Days in September
Movie • 2006
Elliott
Intimate Affairs
Movie • 2002
Faldo
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Movie • 2010
Butch (voice)
Clean
Movie • 2004
Albrecht Hauser
Arthur
Movie • 2011
Burt Johnson
Simpatico
Movie • 1999
Vincent Webb
Blue Chips
Movie • 1994
Pete
The California Kid
Movie • 1974
Buzz Stafford
Gangster Squad
Movie • 2013
Bill Parker
Off the Black
Movie • 2006
Ray Cook
Grace Quigley
Movie • 1985
Seymour Flint
Warrior
Movie • 2011
Paddy Conlon
Noah
Movie • 2014
Samyaza (voice)
Weeds
Movie • 1987
Lee Umstetter
The Company You Keep
Movie • 2012
Donal Fitzgerald
Jefferson in Paris
Movie • 1995
Thomas Jefferson
I'll Do Anything
Movie • 1994
Matt Hobbs
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Movie • 2001
Self
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
Movie
Parker
Movie • 2013
Hurley
The Cold Call
Movie • 2012
Mr. Battleworth
Hateship Loveship
Movie • 2014
Mr. McCauley
A Walk in the Woods
Movie • 2015
Stephen Katz
Winter Kill
Movie • 1974
Dave Michaels
The Trials of Cate McCall
Movie • 2013
Bridges
Heart Beat
Movie • 1980
Neal Cassady
Dirty Little Billy
Movie • 1972
Town Gang Leader (uncredited)
The Northville Cemetery Massacre
Movie • 1976
Chris (voice) (uncredited)
New York Stories
Movie • 1989
Lionel Dobie
Electra Glide in Blue
Movie • 1973
Hippie Kid (uncredited)
The Golden Voice
Movie • 2025
Barry
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Movie • 2008
Four Leaf Tayback
Asthma
Movie • 2015
Werewolf (voice)
Run All Night
Movie • 2015
Eddie Conlon
Return to Sender
Movie • 2015
Mitchell Wells
The Runaway Barge
Movie • 1975
Roy Blount
The Ridiculous 6
Movie • 2015
Frank Stockburn
My Own Love Song
Movie • 2010
Caldwell
The Feather Farm
Movie • 1969
Die My Love
Movie • 2025
Harry
This So-Called Disaster
Movie • 2003
Earl
Poacher
Movie
John Hardy
The Padre
Movie • 2018
Nemes
Head Full of Honey
Movie • 2018
Amadeus
Angel Has Fallen
Movie • 2019
Clay Banning
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
Movie • 2003
Last Words
Movie • 2020
Shakespeare
Blackout
Movie • 2022
Ethan McCoy
Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
Movie • 2011
Crime 101
Movie • 2026
Money
The Ploughmen
Movie
John Gload
Arcadia Lost
Movie • 2010
Benerji
Shelter Me
Movie
The Rookies
TV • 1972
Tommy
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Captain Alan Melder
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Tank
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Barney Austin
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Fred
Cannon
TV • 1971
Ron Johnson
Adams of Eagle Lake
TV • 1975
Officer Jerry Troy
Toma
TV • 1973
Wally
Rich Man, Poor Man
TV • 1976
Tom Jordache
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Luck
TV • 2012
Walter Smith
Graves
TV • 2016
President Richard Graves
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
TV • 1976
Tom Jordache (archive footage; uncredited)
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Paul Barringer
Chopper One
TV • 1974
Bob
The Mandalorian
TV • 2019
Kuiil (voice)
Paradise Lost
TV • 2020
Judge Forsythe
Poker Face
TV • 2023
Arthur Liptin
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Gracepoint
TV • 2014
Jack Reinhold