American actor (born 1941)
Nick Nolte
Nolte in 2008
Born Nicholas King Nolte
(1941-02-08 ) February 8, 1941 (age 84) Occupation Actor Years active 1969–present Spouses Partners Karen Eklund (1972–1977)Vicki Lewis (1994–2003) Children 2 Relatives Navi Rawat (daughter-in-law)
Nicholas King Nolte (/ˈ n oʊ l t i NOHL -teeleading man roles in both dramas and romances, he has received aGolden Globe Award as well as nominations for threeAcademy Awards and aPrimetime Emmy Award . Nolte first came to prominence for his role in theABC miniseriesRich Man, Poor Man Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination. He won theGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama forThe Prince of Tides The Prince of Tides (1991),Affliction Warrior
His other notable films includeThe Deep Who'll Stop the Rain North Dallas Forty 48 Hrs. Cannery Row Under Fire Teachers Down and Out in Beverly Hills Another 48 Hrs. Cape Fear Lorenzo's Oil Jefferson in Paris The Thin Red Line The Good Thief Hulk Hotel Rwanda Over the Hedge The Spiderwick Chronicles Tropic Thunder Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore The Company You Keep Gangster Squad A Walk in the Woods Head Full of Honey Angel Has Fallen
His television credits include theHBO seriesLuck Fox miniseriesGracepoint Disney+ seriesThe Mandalorian Peacock Poker Face Epix seriesGraves Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy .
Nolte was born inOmaha, Nebraska on February 8, 1941.[ a] letter winner in football atIowa State University (1929–31).[ 1] née KingGerman ancestry.[ 2] Matthew Leander King , invented thehollow-tile silo and was involved in early aviation. Nick Nolte's mother was of mostly Scottish ancestry. His maternal grandmother ran the student union at Iowa State University.[ 3] Red Cross .[ 4]
Nolte attended Kingsley Elementary School inWaterloo, Iowa .[ 5] Westside High School in Omaha, where he was thekicker on thefootball team. He also attendedBenson High School , but was expelled for hiding beer before practice and being caught drinking it during a practice session.[ 6] Pasadena City College inSouthern California ,Arizona State University inTempe (on a footballscholarship ),Eastern Arizona College inThatcher andPhoenix College inPhoenix . At Eastern Arizona, he lettered in football as atight end anddefensive end , inbasketball as aforward , and as acatcher on thebaseball team.[ 7] Falstaff Brewery in Omaha.[ 7]
After stints at thePasadena Playhouse and theStella Adler Academy in Los Angeles, Nolte spent several years traveling the country and working in regional theater, including theOld Log Theater inMinnesota for three years.[ 8]
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 forClairol 's "Summer Blonde" hair lightener sitting on a log next to a blonde Anne Powers;[ 9]
Nolte as Tom Jordache inRich Man, Poor Man , 1976 Nolte first starred in the television miniseriesRich Man, Poor Man Irwin Shaw 's 1970 best-selling novel.[ 10] Griff football player accused of murder. Nolte also made two guest appearances in the television seriesBarnaby Jones Andy Griffith inWinter Kill Adams of Eagle Lake [ 11]
Nolte starred inThe Deep [ 12] Who'll Stop the Rain [ 13] North Dallas Forty Peter Gent 's novel.[ 14] 48 Hrs. Eddie Murphy [ 15] Cannery Row Debra Winger . During the 1980s, he also starred inUnder Fire [ 16] Teachers [ 17] Down and Out in Beverly Hills [ 18] Extreme Prejudice [ 19] Three Fugitives [ 20] New York Stories [ 21] Katharine Hepburn in her last leading film role inGrace Quigley [ 22] Another 48 Hrs. [ 23] The Prince of Tides Academy Award for Best Actor .[ 24] Martin Scorsese 'sremake ofCape Fear Robert De Niro andJessica Lange .[ 25] Lorenzo's Oil [ 26] Jefferson in Paris [ 27] Mulholland Falls [ 28] Afterglow [ 29] I Love Trouble Julia Roberts . Following its release, theLos Angeles Times reported that the two did not get along well and had multiple spats on-set.[ 30] Affliction [ 31] Sean Penn in three films, includingU Turn [ 32] Terrence Malick 's war epicThe Thin Red Line [ 33] Gangster Squad [ 34]
In 1992, Nolte was named the Sexiest Man Alive byPeople Walter Cronkite ."[ 35]
Nolte in 2003 Nolte continued to work in the 2000s, appearing inThe Good Thief Hulk Clean Hotel Rwanda [ 36] [ 37] Peaceful Warrior [ 38] The Spiderwick Chronicles Tropic Thunder [ 39] Over the Hedge Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Zookeeper Noah alcoholic Paddy Conlon inWarrior Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor .[ 40] HBO seriesLuck [ 41] The Company You Keep Angel Has Fallen Parker Jason Statham . In 2015, Nolte starred in the biopic comedy-dramaA Walk in the Woods [ 42] Return to Sender [ 43]
From 2016 to 2017, Nolte starred inGraves Epix about a volatile, hard-drinking former U.S. president who has been retired for 25 years and who has a political epiphany to right the wrongs of his past administration in very public and unpredictable ways.[ 44]
For Nolte, acting is not a career but something he needs to do, he says, "a need in the sense that I can't find anything as complex and interesting to do, but I need it in a story," and "I don't want to do reality because reality never runs smooth". He likes to vanish into a role "if the story reaches up to where the great actor is, the great actor disappears, and the story becomes number one, that's as real as it gets".[ 45] Kuiil in the Disney+ seriesThe Mandalorian [ 46]
Nolte married Clytie Lane in 2016.[ 47] [ 47] [ 48] [ 49] Navi Rawat .[ 50] Head Full of Honey [ 51] [ 52] [ 48] palimony .[ 48] [ 53] Debra Winger andVicki Lewis .[ 54] [ 55]
Legal troubles and substance abuse [ edit ] Nolte is known for his "bad-boy reputation".[ 56] [ 57] [ 48]
In 1961, he was arrested for sellingcounterfeit draft card documents and given a 45-year prison sentence and a $75,000 fine ($814,715.72 in 2025), but the sentence was suspended.[ 58] [ 59] Vietnam War , and says that he felt incomplete as a young man for not going toVietnam .[ 60]
On September 11, 2002, Nolte was arrested on suspicion ofdrunk driving in Malibu, California. Tests later showed that he was under the influence ofGHB . Nolte responded that he has "been taking it for four years and I've never been raped."[ 61] Silver Hill Hospital inConnecticut for counseling.[ 62] [ 63] no contest to charges ofdriving under the influence . He was given three years'probation , with orders to undergo alcohol and drug counseling with random testing required.[ 64] [ 65]
In 2005,The Independent [ 63] The Saturday Evening Post [ 66]
Key † Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes 1968 The Rose Tattoo Phoenix Theater[ 73] 1972, 1973 The Last Pad Southwest Ensemble Theatre; Contempo Theatre[ 74] 2000 The Late Henry Moss Earl Moss Post Street Theatre[ 74]
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