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.
Acted in
Rittenhouse Square
2025
as Barry
Poker Face
2023
as Arthur Liptin
Blackout
2022
as Ethan McCoy
Last Words
2020
as Shakespeare
Paradise Lost
2020
as Judge Forsythe
The Mandalorian
2019
as Kuiil (voice)
Angel Has Fallen
2019
as Clay Banning
Head Full of Honey
2018
as Amadeus
The Padre
2018
as Nemes
Graves
2016
as President Richard Graves
The Ridiculous 6
2015
as Frank Stockburn
Asthma
2015
as Werewolf (voice)
A Walk in the Woods
2015
as Stephen Katz
Return to Sender
2015
as Mitchell Wells
Run All Night
2015
as Eddie Conlon
Hateship Loveship
2014
as Mr. McCauley
Noah
2014
as Samyaza (voice)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
as Bridges
Parker
2013
as Hurley
Gangster Squad
2013
as Bill Parker
The Company You Keep
2012
as Donal Fitzgerald
The Cold Call
2012
as Mr. Battleworth
Luck
2012
as Walter Smith
Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
2011
Warrior
2011
as Paddy Conlon
Zookeeper
2011
as Bernie the Gorilla (voice)
Arthur
2011
as Burt Johnson
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
as Butch (voice)
My Own Love Song
2010
as Caldwell
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008
as Four Leaf Tayback
Tropic Thunder
2008
as Four Leaf Tayback
Chicago 10
2008
as Thomas Foran (voice)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
as Mulgarath
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
2008
as Joe Bechstein
Nick Nolte: No Exit
2008
as Self/Interviewer
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
as Self
Off the Black
2006
as Ray Cook
A Few Days in September
2006
as Elliott
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Vincent (Parc Monceau)
Over the Hedge
2006
as Vincent (voice)
Peaceful Warrior
2006
as Socrates
Neverwas
2005
as T. L. Pierson
Hotel Rwanda
2004
as Colonel Oliver
Clean
2004
as Albrecht Hauser
The Beautiful Country
2004
as Steve
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003
Northfork
2003
as Father Harlan
Hulk
2003
as David Banner
The Good Thief
2003
as Bob Montagnet
This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"
2003
as Earl
Intimate Affairs
2002
as Faldo
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001
as Self
Trixie
2000
as Senator Drummond Avery
The Golden Bowl
2000
as Adam Verver
Simpatico
1999
as Vincent Webb
Breakfast of Champions
1999
as Harry Le Sabre
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
Affliction
1998
as Wade Whitehouse
Afterglow
1997
as Lucky Mann
U Turn
1997
as Jake McKenna
Nightwatch
1997
as Inspector Cray
Mother Night
1996
as Howard Campbell
Mulholland Falls
1996
as Max Hoover
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as Thomas Jefferson
I Love Trouble
1994
as Peter Brackett
Blue Chips
1994
as Pete
I'll Do Anything
1994
as Matt Hobbs
Lorenzo's Oil
1992
as Augusto Odone
The Player
1992
as Nick Nolte
The Prince of Tides
1991
as Tom Wingo
Cape Fear
1991
as Sam Bowden
Another 48 Hrs.
1990
as Jack Cates
Q & A
1990
as Mike Brennan
Everybody Wins
1990
as Tom O'Toole
New York Stories
1989
as Lionel Dobie
Farewell to the King
1989
as Learoyd
Three Fugitives
1989
as Lucas
New York Stories: Life Lessons
1988
as Lionel Dobie
Weeds
1987
as Lee Umstetter
Extreme Prejudice
1987
as Jack Benteen
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1986
as Jerry Baskin
Grace Quigley
1985
as Seymour Flint
Teachers
1984
as Alex Jurel
Under Fire
1983
as Russell Price
48 Hrs.
1982
as Jack Cates
Cannery Row
1982
as Doc
Heart Beat
1980
as Neal Cassady
North Dallas Forty
1979
as Phillip Elliott
Who'll Stop the Rain
1978
as Ray Hicks
The Deep
1977
as David Sanders
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Tom Jordache (archive footage; uncredited)
The Northville Cemetery Massacre
1976
as Chris (voice) (uncredited)
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
as Tom Jordache
Return to Macon County
1975
as Bo Hollinger
The Runaway Barge
1975
as Roy Blount
Adams of Eagle Lake
1975
as Officer Jerry Troy
Death Sentence
1974
as John Healy
The California Kid
1974
as Buzz Stafford
Winter Kill
1974
as Dave Michaels
Chopper One
1974
as Bob
Electra Glide in Blue
1973
as Hippie Kid (uncredited)
Toma
1973
as Wally
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Paul Barringer
Dirty Little Billy
1972
as Town Gang Leader (uncredited)
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Captain Alan Melder
The Rookies
1972
as Tommy
Emergency!
1972
as Fred
Cannon
1971
as Ron Johnson
The Feather Farm
1969
Medical Center
1969
as Tank
Gunsmoke
1955
as Barney Austin
The Oscars
1953
as Self
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
Die, My Love
Poacher
as John Hardy