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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From Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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RevenueActing
Primarily2026 Crime 101
2025 Die My Love as Harry
2025 Shelter Me
2025 The Ploughmen
2025 Poacher as John Hardy
2025 The Golden Voice as Barry
2022 Blackout as Ethan McCoy
2020 Last Words as Shakespeare
2019 Angel Has Fallen as Clay Banning
2018 Head Full of Honey as Amadeus
2018 The Padre as Nemes
2015 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
2014 Hateship Loveship as Mr. McCauley
2014 Noah as Samyaza (voice)
2014 And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2013 The Trials of Cate McCall as Bridges
2013 Parker as Hurley
2013 Gangster Squad as Bill Parker
2012 The Company You Keep as Donal Fitzgerald
2012 The Cold Call as Mr. Battleworth
2011 Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
2011 Warrior as Paddy Conlon
2011 Zookeeper as Bernie the Gorilla (voice)
2011 Arthur as Burt Johnson
2010 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as Butch (voice)
2010 Arcadia Lost as Benerji
2010 My Own Love Song as Caldwell
2008 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
2006 Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
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
2005 Neverwas as T. L. Pierson
2004 Hotel Rwanda as Colonel Oliver
2004 Clean as Albrecht Hauser
2004 The Beautiful Country as Steve
2003 Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
2003 Northfork as Father Harlan
2003 Hulk as Father
2003 This So-Called Disaster as Earl
2002 The Good Thief as Bob Montagnet
2002 Intimate Affairs as Faldo Producer
2001 The Making of 'Cape Fear' as Self
2000 Trixie as Senator Drummond Avery
2000 The Golden Bowl as Adam Verver
1999 Simpatico as Vincent Webb
1999 Breakfast of Champions as Harry Le Sabre
1998 The Thin Red Line as Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
1997 Affliction as Wade Whitehouse Executive Producer
1997 Afterglow as Lucky Mann
1997 U Turn as Jake McKenna
1997 Nightwatch as Inspector Cray
1996 Mother Night as Howard Campbell
1996 Mulholland Falls as Max Hoover
1995 Jefferson in Paris as Thomas Jefferson
1994 I Love Trouble as Peter Brackett
1994 Blue Chips as Pete
1994 I'll Do Anything as Matt Hobbs
1992 Lorenzo's Oil as Augusto Odone
1992 The Player as Nick Nolte
1991 The Prince of Tides as Tom Wingo
1991 Cape Fear as Sam Bowden
1990 Another 48 Hrs. as Jack Cates
1990 Q & A as Mike Brennan
1990 Everybody Wins as Tom O'Toole
1989 New York Stories as Lionel Dobie
1989 Farewell to the King as Learoyd
1989 Three Fugitives as Lucas
1987 Weeds as Lee Umstetter
1987 Extreme Prejudice as Jack Benteen
1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills as Jerry Baskin
1985 Grace Quigley as Seymour Flint
1984 Teachers as Alex Jurel
1983 Under Fire as Russell Price
1982 48 Hrs. as Jack Cates
1982 Cannery Row as Doc
1980 Heart Beat as Neal Cassady
1979 North Dallas Forty as Phillip Elliott
1978 Who'll Stop the Rain as Ray Hicks
1977 The Deep as David Sanders
1976 The Northville Cemetery Massacre as Chris (voice) (uncredited)
1975 Return to Macon County as Bo Hollinger
1975 The Runaway Barge as Roy Blount
1974 Death Sentence as John Healy
1974 The California Kid as Buzz Stafford
1974 Winter Kill as Dave Michaels
1973 Electra Glide in Blue as Hippie Kid (uncredited)
1972 Dirty Little Billy as Town Gang Leader (uncredited)
1969 The Feather Farm
1969 Aggie Thanks