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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 118

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