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Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

Born: 1941-02-08 • 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.

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