Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

Acting
Born Feb 08, 1941
From Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

Crime 101
7.0
2026

Crime 101

Money

Die My Love
6.2
2025

Die My Love

Harry

Hulk
5.6
2003

Hulk

Father

Tropic Thunder
6.7
2008

Tropic Thunder

Four Leaf Tayback

Warrior
7.8
2011

Warrior

Paddy Conlon

Noah
5.7
2014

Noah

Samyaza (voice)

Over the Hedge
6.6
2006

Over the Hedge

Vincent (voice)

Parker
6.1
2013

Parker

Hurley

Angel Has Fallen
6.6
2019

Angel Has Fallen

Clay Banning

Cape Fear
7.3
1991

Cape Fear

Sam Bowden

Hotel Rwanda
7.7
2004

Hotel Rwanda

Colonel Oliver

The Spiderwick Chronicles
6.7
2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Mulgarath

The Thin Red Line
7.4
1998

The Thin Red Line

Lt. Col. Gordon Tall

The Player
7.2
1992

The Player

Nick Nolte

Zookeeper
5.4
2011

Zookeeper

Bernie the Gorilla (voice)

Run All Night
6.4
2015

Run All Night

Eddie Conlon

Gangster Squad
6.4
2013

Gangster Squad

Bill Parker

Return to Sender
6.1
2015

Return to Sender

Mitchell Wells

Nightwatch
6.1
1997

Nightwatch

Inspector Cray

48 Hrs.
6.7
1982

48 Hrs.

Jack Cates

The Ridiculous 6
5.2
2015

The Ridiculous 6

Frank Stockburn

U Turn
6.6
1997

U Turn

Jake McKenna

Arthur
5.6
2011

Arthur

Burt Johnson

Paris Je T'aime
6.8
2006

Paris Je T'aime

Vincent (Parc Monceau)

The Prince of Tides
6.6
1991

The Prince of Tides

Tom Wingo

The Deep
6.0
1977

The Deep

David Sanders

The Company You Keep
6.2
2012

The Company You Keep

Donal Fitzgerald

Three Fugitives
6.6
1989

Three Fugitives

Lucas

Another 48 Hrs.
6.0
1990

Another 48 Hrs.

Jack Cates

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
5.2
2010

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Butch (voice)

Breakfast of Champions
5.0
1999

Breakfast of Champions

Harry Le Sabre

Peaceful Warrior
7.4
2006

Peaceful Warrior

Socrates

A Walk in the Woods
6.1
2015

A Walk in the Woods

Stephen Katz

Lorenzo's Oil
7.1
1992

Lorenzo's Oil

Augusto Odone

New York Stories
6.2
1989

New York Stories

Lionel Dobie

Affliction
6.3
1998

Affliction

Wade Whitehouse

Mulholland Falls
6.0
1996

Mulholland Falls

Max Hoover

Head Full of Honey
6.3
2018

Head Full of Honey

Amadeus

Blue Chips
6.1
1994

Blue Chips

Pete

Jefferson in Paris
5.0
1995

Jefferson in Paris

Thomas Jefferson

The Trials of Cate McCall
6.4
2013

The Trials of Cate McCall

Bridges

Under Fire
6.7
1983

Under Fire

Russell Price

Q & A
5.8
1990

Q & A

Mike Brennan

Teachers
5.7
1984

Teachers

Alex Jurel

The Golden Voice
6.0
2025

The Golden Voice

Barry

I Love Trouble
5.5
1994

I Love Trouble

Peter Brackett

The Golden Bowl
5.9
2000

The Golden Bowl

Adam Verver

Chicago 10
5.8
2008

Chicago 10

Thomas Foran (voice)

Extreme Prejudice
6.2
1987

Extreme Prejudice

Jack Benteen

Mother Night
6.6
1996

Mother Night

Howard Campbell

Trixie
4.6
2000

Trixie

Senator Drummond Avery

Cannery Row
5.8
1982

Cannery Row

Doc

Clean
6.4
2004

Clean

Albrecht Hauser

Neverwas
6.4
2005

Neverwas

T. L. Pierson

Blackout
5.0
2022

Blackout

Ethan McCoy

My Own Love Song
6.2
2010

My Own Love Song

Caldwell

Asthma
5.9
2015

Asthma

Werewolf (voice)

The Good Thief
6.1
2003

The Good Thief

Bob

Down and Out in Beverly Hills
5.9
1986

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Jerry Baskin

Afterglow
5.9
1997

Afterglow

Lucky Mann

Everybody Wins
4.0
1990

Everybody Wins

Tom O'Toole

Farewell to the King
6.0
1989

Farewell to the King

Learoyd

Weeds
5.1
1987

Weeds

Lee Umstetter

Simpatico
4.8
1999

Simpatico

Vincent Webb

The Beautiful Country
5.9
2004

The Beautiful Country

Steve

Who'll Stop the Rain
6.5
1978

Who'll Stop the Rain

Ray Hicks

Intimate Affairs
4.6
2002

Intimate Affairs

Faldo

Northfork
5.9
2003

Northfork

Father Harlan

I'll Do Anything
5.5
1994

I'll Do Anything

Matt Hobbs

Death Sentence
5.3
1974

Death Sentence

John Healy

The Padre
5.9
2018

The Padre

Nemes

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
6.8
2008

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness

Four Leaf Tayback

Electra Glide in Blue
6.9
1973

Electra Glide in Blue

Hippie Kid (uncredited)

North Dallas Forty
6.6
1979

North Dallas Forty

Phillip Elliott

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
4.1
2008

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Joe Bechstein

Hateship Loveship
5.8
2014

Hateship Loveship

Mr. McCauley

Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
3.5
2011

Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
7.2
2006

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

Narrator

Return to Macon County
6.5
1975

Return to Macon County

Bo Hollinger

The California Kid
6.2
1974

The California Kid

Buzz Stafford

Off the Black
5.6
2006

Off the Black

Ray Cook

Last Words
4.4
2020

Last Words

Shakespeare

The Ploughmen

John Gload

The Making of 'Cape Fear'
7.3
2001

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

Self

Winter Kill
7.2
1974

Winter Kill

Dave Michaels

Heart Beat
5.4
1980

Heart Beat

Neal Cassady

Dirty Little Billy
4.5
1972

Dirty Little Billy

Town Gang Leader (uncredited)

The Runaway Barge
1975

The Runaway Barge

Roy Blount

A Few Days in September
4.8
2006

A Few Days in September

Elliott

Grace Quigley
5.9
1985

Grace Quigley

Seymour Flint

10.0

A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand

Shelter Me

The Cold Call
5.9
2012

The Cold Call

Mr. Battleworth

Feast of Death
5.6
2001

Feast of Death

self

The Northville Cemetery Massacre
5.3
1976

The Northville Cemetery Massacre

Chris (voice) (uncredited)

Poacher

John Hardy

This So-Called Disaster
4.6
2003

This So-Called Disaster

Earl

Arcadia Lost
5.2
2010

Arcadia Lost

Benerji

Nick Nolte: No Exit
5.0
2008

Nick Nolte: No Exit

Self/Interviewer

The Feather Farm
1969

The Feather Farm

2003

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

Filmography — Crew