
Nick Nolte
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2026
Crime 101 as Money
2025Die My Love as Harry
2025The Golden Voice as Barry
2023Poker Face as Arthur Liptin
2022Blackout as Ethan McCoy
2020Last Words as Shakespeare
2020Paradise Lost as Judge Forsythe
2019The Mandalorian as Kuiil (voice)
2019Angel Has Fallen as Clay Banning
2018Head Full of Honey as Amadeus
2018The Padre as Nemes
2016Graves as President Richard Graves
2015The Ridiculous 6 as Frank Stockburn
2015Asthma as Werewolf (voice)
2015A Walk in the Woods as Stephen Katz
2015Return to Sender as Mitchell Wells
2015Run All Night as Eddie Conlon
2014Gracepoint as Jack Reinhold
2014Hateship Loveship as Mr. McCauley
2014Noah as Samyaza (voice)
2013The Trials of Cate McCall as Bridges
2013Parker as Hurley
2013Gangster Squad as Bill Parker
2012The Company You Keep as Donal Fitzgerald
2012The Cold Call as Mr. Battleworth
2012Luck as Walter Smith
2011Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
2011Warrior as Paddy Conlon
2011Zookeeper as Bernie the Gorilla (voice)
2011Arthur as Burt Johnson
2010Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as Butch (voice)
2010Arcadia Lost as Benerji
2010My Own Love Song as Caldwell
2008Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness as Four Leaf Tayback
2008Tropic Thunder as Four Leaf Tayback
2008Chicago 10 as Thomas Foran (voice)
2008The Spiderwick Chronicles as Mulgarath
2008The Mysteries of Pittsburgh as Joe Bechstein
2008Nick Nolte: No Exit as Self/Interviewer
2006Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Narrator
2006Off the Black as Ray Cook
2006A Few Days in September as Elliott
2006Paris Je T'aime as Vincent (Parc Monceau)
2006Over the Hedge as Vincent (voice)
2006Peaceful Warrior as Socrates
2005Neverwas as T. L. Pierson
2004Hotel Rwanda as Colonel Oliver
2004Clean as Albrecht Hauser
2004The Beautiful Country as Steve
2003Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003Northfork as Father Harlan
2003Hulk as Father
2003The Good Thief as Bob Montagnet
2003This So-Called Disaster as Earl
2002Intimate Affairs as Faldo
2001The Making of 'Cape Fear' as Self
2000Trixie as Senator Drummond Avery
2000The Golden Bowl as Adam Verver
1999Simpatico as Vincent Webb
1999Breakfast of Champions as Harry Le Sabre
1998The Thin Red Line as Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
1998Affliction as Wade Whitehouse
1997Afterglow as Lucky Mann
1997U Turn as Jake McKenna
1997The View as Self
1997Nightwatch as Inspector Cray
1996Mother Night as Howard Campbell
1996Mulholland Falls as Max Hoover
1995Jefferson in Paris as Thomas Jefferson
1994I Love Trouble as Peter Brackett
1994Blue Chips as Pete
1994I'll Do Anything as Matt Hobbs
1992Lorenzo's Oil as Augusto Odone
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1992The Player as Nick Nolte
1991The Prince of Tides as Tom Wingo
1991Cape Fear as Sam Bowden
1990Another 48 Hrs. as Jack Cates
1990Q & A as Mike Brennan
1990Everybody Wins as Tom O'Toole
1989New York Stories as Lionel Dobie
1989Life Lessons as Lionel Dobie
1989Farewell to the King as Learoyd
1989Three Fugitives as Lucas
1987Weeds as Lee Umstetter
1987Extreme Prejudice as Jack Benteen
1986Down and Out in Beverly Hills as Jerry Baskin
1985Grace Quigley as Seymour Flint
1984Teachers as Alex Jurel
1983Under Fire as Russell Price
198248 Hrs. as Jack Cates
1982Cannery Row as Doc
1980Heart Beat as Neal Cassady
1979North Dallas Forty as Phillip Elliott
1978Who'll Stop the Rain as Ray Hicks
1977The Deep as David Sanders
1976Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Tom Jordache (archive footage; uncredited)
1976The Northville Cemetery Massacre as Chris (voice) (uncredited)
1976Rich Man, Poor Man as Tom Jordache
1975Return to Macon County as Bo Hollinger
1975The Runaway Barge as Roy Blount
1975Adams of Eagle Lake as Officer Jerry Troy
1974Death Sentence as John Healy
1974The California Kid as Buzz Stafford
1974Winter Kill as Dave Michaels
1974Chopper One as Bob
1973Electra Glide in Blue as Hippie Kid (uncredited)
1973Toma as Wally
1973Barnaby Jones as Paul Barringer
1972Dirty Little Billy as Town Gang Leader (uncredited)
1972The Streets of San Francisco as Captain Alan Melder
1972The Rookies as Tommy
1972Emergency! as Fred
1971Cannon as Ron Johnson
1969The Feather Farm
1969Medical Center as Tank
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1955Gunsmoke as Barney Austin
1953The Oscars as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
—A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
—The Ploughmen as John Gload
—Shelter Me
—Poacher as John Hardy









