Nick Nolte
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Nicholas King Nolte (Template:IPAc-en; 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 as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Nolte first came to prominence 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), Template:Film year (1998), and Template:Film show year.
His other notable films include Template:Film show year, Who'll Stop the Rain (1978), North Dallas Forty (1979), 48 Hrs. (1982), Template:Film show year, Template:Film show year, Template:Film show year, Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Template:Film show year, Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Jefferson in Paris (1995), Template:Film show year, Template:Film show year, Template:Film show year, Hotel Rwanda (2004), Over the Hedge (2006), Template:Film show year, Tropic Thunder (2008), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010), Template:Film show year, Template:Film show year, A Walk in the Woods (2015), Template:Film show year, 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 Peacock crime drama Poker Face (2023). From 2016 to 2017, Nolte played President Richard Graves in the Epix series Graves for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy.
Early lifeEdit
Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska on February 8, 1941.Template:Efn His father, Franklin Arthur Nolte (1904–1978), was a farmer's son who ran away from home, nearly dropped out of high school and was a three-time letter winner in football at Iowa State University (1929–31).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His mother, Helen (Template:Nee; 1914–2000), was a department store buyer, then became an antique dealer, co-owning an antique shop. His father was of German ancestry.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nolte's maternal grandfather, Matthew Leander King, invented the hollow-tile silo and was involved in early aviation. His maternal grandmother ran the student union at Iowa State University.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He has an older sister, Nancy, who was an executive for the Red Cross.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Nolte attended Kingsley Elementary School in Waterloo, Iowa.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He studied at Westside High School in Omaha, where he was the kicker on the football team. He also attended Benson High School, but was expelled for hiding beer before practice and being caught drinking it during a practice session.<ref>E. W. Smith, Jr., Athletes Once: 100 Famous People Who Were Once Notable Athletes, Fireship Press, 2010 p45</ref> Following his high school graduation in 1959, he attended Pasadena City College in Southern California, Arizona State University in Tempe (on a football scholarship), Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher and Phoenix College in Phoenix. At Eastern Arizona, he lettered in football as a tight end and defensive end, in basketball as a forward, and as a catcher on the baseball team.<ref name="Fischbach omaha">Template:Cite news</ref> Poor grades eventually ended his studies, at which point his career in theatre began in earnest. While in college, he worked for the Falstaff Brewery in Omaha.<ref name="Fischbach omaha" />
After stints at the Pasadena Playhouse and the Stella Adler Academy in Los Angeles, Nolte spent several years traveling the country and working in regional theater, including the Old Log Theater in Minnesota for three years.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
CareerEdit
ModelingEdit
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 Anne Powers;<ref>Nick Nolte as a Young Man & Male Model (Photos) + Rolex Watch Template:Webarchive Famewatcher.com. Retrieved on August 8, 2012</ref> and they appeared on the packaging.
ActingEdit
Nolte first starred in the television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, based on Irwin Shaw's 1970 best-selling novel.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Later, he appeared in over 40 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,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> but neither was picked up.
Nolte starred in Template:Film show year,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Who'll Stop the Rain (1978),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and North Dallas Forty (1979) which is based on Peter Gent's novel.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1982, he starred in 48 Hrs. with Eddie Murphy<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Cannery Row with Debra Winger. During the 1980s, he also starred in Template:Film show year,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Film show year,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Film show year,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Three Fugitives (1989)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and New York Stories (1989).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nolte starred with Katharine Hepburn in her last leading film role in Grace Quigley (1985).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nolte and Murphy starred again in the sequel Another 48 Hrs. (1990).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1991, Nolte starred in The Prince of Tides and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Later, he starred in Martin Scorsese's remake of Template:Film year with Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nolte also starred in Lorenzo's Oil (1992),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Jefferson in Paris (1995),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Mulholland Falls (1996)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Template:Film show year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nolte co-starred in Template:Film year (1994) with Julia Roberts. Following its release, the Los Angeles Times reported that the two did not get along well and had multiple spats on-set.<ref name="yahoo1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He received his second Academy Award (Best Actor) nomination for the 1997 film Template:Film year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nolte starred with Sean Penn in three films, including U Turn (1997),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Terrence Malick's war epic Template:Film year (1998),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Template:Film year (2013).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1992, Nolte was named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. When asked about the selection he said "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? My personal choice is Walter Cronkite."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Nolte continued to work in the 2000s, appearing in Template:Film show year, Template:Film show year, and taking smaller parts in 2004's Template:Film year and Hotel Rwanda, both performances receiving positive reviews.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He also played supporting roles in the drama Peaceful Warrior (2006),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the fantasy adventure Template:Film show year and the comedy Tropic Thunder (2008).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He provided voice work in the animated films Over the Hedge (2006), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010), Template:Film year (2011) and Template:Film year (2014). In 2011, Nolte played recovering alcoholic Paddy Conlon in Warrior, and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He appeared in the political thrillers Template:Film show year and Angel Has Fallen (2019). In 2013, he was in the movie Template:Film year which starred Jason Statham. In 2015, Nolte starred in the biopic comedy-drama Template:Film year<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and in the revenge thriller Template:Film year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
From 2016 to 2017, Nolte starred in Graves on 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nolte appeared as recurring character Kuiil in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian in 2019.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
Nolte married Clytie Lane in 2016.<ref name="auto2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was previously married to Sheila Page, Sharyn Haddad, and Rebecca Linger.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nolte and Linger have a son, Brawley (b. 1986), an actor who is married to Indian-American actress Navi Rawat.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nolte and Lane have a daughter, Sophia (b. 2007). Sophia played his granddaughter in Template:Film year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nolte and Linger also had a daughter in 1983 who was stillborn.<ref name="auto"/> Nolte lived with Karen Eklund, who later sued him for palimony.<ref name="auto"/><ref>Associated Press (May 19, 1978). "Nick Nolte's ex-girlfriend sues him for $5 million". Corpus Christi Caller-Times.</ref> He has also dated Debra Winger and Vicki Lewis.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Legal troubles and substance abuseEdit
Nolte is known for his "bad-boy reputation".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
In 1961, he was arrested for selling counterfeit draft card documents and given a 45-year prison sentence and a $75,000 fine, but the sentence was suspended.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Nick Nolte, Q&A with Nick Nolte Template:Webarchive. Futuremovies.co.uk (March 10, 2008). Retrieved on December 21, 2010.</ref> However, the felony conviction left him ineligible for military service. He had felt obligated to serve in the Vietnam War, and says that he felt incomplete as a young man for not going to Vietnam.<ref>Weekend Weirdness: An Intimate Doc on Nick Nolte; Who Killed Teddy Bear? in NYC; The House of the Devil on VHS Template:Webarchive. /Film (January 24, 2010). Retrieved on December 21, 2010.</ref>
On September 11, 2002, Nolte was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in Malibu, California. Tests later showed that he was under the influence of GHB. Nolte responded that he has "been taking it for four years and I've never been raped."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Three days later, he checked himself into Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut for counseling.<ref name="CBS-AP-2009-02-11">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="auto1">Template:Cite news</ref> On December 12, 2002, he pleaded no contest to charges of driving under the influence. He was given three years' probation, with orders to undergo alcohol and drug counseling with random testing required.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2005, The Independent reported that Nolte had struggled with substance abuse for "the majority of his adult life" and had begun abusing alcohol at an early age. After remaining sober for nearly 10 years, he resumed drinking in the late 1990s. Following his 2002 arrest, he again stopped drinking.<ref name="auto1"/> In 2018, he told The Saturday Evening Post that he did not have a drug problem and that he had been "relatively clean outside of prescription stuff for years".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Acting creditsEdit
FilmEdit
| Template:Dagger | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Dirty Little Billy | Town Gang Leader | Uncredited | ||
| 1973 | Electra Glide in Blue | Hippie Kid | |||
| 1975 | Return to Macon County | Bo Hollinger | |||
| 1976 | Northville Cemetery Massacre | Chris | Voice; Uncredited | ||
| 1977 | Template:Film year | David Sanders | |||
| 1978 | Who'll Stop the Rain | Ray Hicks | |||
| 1979 | North Dallas Forty | Phillip Elliott | |||
| 1980 | Template:Film year | Neal Cassady | |||
| 1982 | Template:Film year | 'Doc' Eddie Daniels | |||
| 48 Hrs. | Inspector Jack Cates | ||||
| 1983 | Template:Film year | Russell Price | |||
| 1984 | Grace Quigley | Seymour Flint | |||
| Template:Film year | Alex Jurel | ||||
| 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Jerry Baskin | |||
| 1987 | Template:Film year | Texas Ranger Jack Benteen | |||
| Template:Film year | Lee Umstetter | ||||
| 1989 | Three Fugitives | Daniel James Lucas | |||
| Farewell to the King | Learoyd | ||||
| New York Stories | Lionel Dobie | Segment: "Life Lessons" | |||
| 1990 | Template:Film year | Tom O'Toole | |||
| Template:Film year | Captain Michael Brennan | ||||
| Another 48 Hrs. | Inspector Jack Cates | ||||
| 1991 | Template:Film year | Sam Bowden | |||
| The Prince of Tides | Tom Wingo | ||||
| 1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Augusto Odone | |||
| Template:Film year | Himself | Cameo | |||
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | Matt Hobbs | |||
| Blue Chips | Coach Pete Bell | ||||
| Template:Film year | Peter Brackett | ||||
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Thomas Jefferson | |||
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | Lieutenant Max Hoover | |||
| Template:Film year | Howard Campbell | ||||
| 1997 | Template:Film year | Inspector Thomas Cray | |||
| Template:Film year | 'Lucky' Mann | ||||
| Template:Film year | Jake McKenna | ||||
| Template:Film year | Wade Whitehouse | Also executive producer | |||
| 1998 | Template:Film year | Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Tall | |||
| 1999 | Template:Film year | Harry Le Sabre | |||
| Template:Film year | Vincent Webb | ||||
| 2000 | Template:Film year | Adam Verver | |||
| Template:Film year | Senator Drumond Avery | ||||
| 2001 | Investigating Sex | Faldo | Also producer | ||
| James Ellroy's Feast of death | Himself | Documentary | |||
| 2002 | Template:Film year | Bob Montagnet | |||
| 2003 | Northfork | Father Harlan | |||
| This So-Called Disaster | Himself | Documentary | |||
| Template:Film year | Dr. David Banner / The Father | ||||
| 2004 | The Beautiful Country | Steve | |||
| Template:Film year | Albrecht Hauser | ||||
| Hotel Rwanda | Colonel Oliver | ||||
| 2005 | Neverwas | T.L. Pierson | |||
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Vincent | Voice | ||
| Paris, je t'aime | Segment: "Parc Monceau" | ||||
| Peaceful Warrior | Socrates | ||||
| A Few Days in September | Elliott | ||||
| Off the Black | Ray Cook | ||||
| Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film | Narrator | Documentary | |||
| 2007 | Template:Film year | Thomas Horan | Voice; Documentary | ||
| 2008 | Template:Film year | Joe Bechstein | |||
| Template:Film year | Mulgarath | ||||
| Nick Nolte: No Exit | Himself | Documentary | |||
| Tropic Thunder | Sergeant John 'Four Leaf' Tayback | ||||
| Wisdom | Himself | Documentary | |||
| 2009 | My Horizon | Lowell | Short film | ||
| 2010 | My Own Love Song | Caldwell | |||
| Huxley on Huxley | Himself | Documentary | |||
| Arcadia Lost | Benerji | ||||
| Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Butch | Voice | |||
| 2011 | Template:Film year | Burt Johnson | |||
| Template:Film year | Bernie the Gorilla | Voice | |||
| Template:Film year | Paddy Conlon | ||||
| 2012 | Cold Call<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Battleworth<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |||
| Template:Film year | Donal | ||||
| 2013 | Template:Film year | Bill Parker | |||
| Template:Film year | Hurley | ||||
| Hateship, Loveship | Mr. McCauley | ||||
| The Trials of Cate McCall | Bridges | ||||
| 2014 | Template:Film year | Samyaza | Voice | ||
| Template:Film year | Werewolf | ||||
| 2015 | Template:Film year | Stephen Katz | |||
| Template:Film year | Eddie Conlon | Uncredited | |||
| Template:Film year | Mitchell Wells | ||||
| The Ridiculous 6 | Frank Stockburn | ||||
| 2018 | The Padre | Nemes | |||
| Template:Film year<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | Amadeus | ||||
| 2019 | Angel Has Fallen | Clay Banning | |||
| 2020 | Template:Film year | Shakespeare | |||
| 2022 | Template:Film year<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2025 | The Golden Voice<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Die, My Love | Harry | ||||
| 2026 | Template:Pending film | Filming |
TelevisionEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | Les | Episode: "The Feather Farm" |
| 1973 | Griff | Billy Randolph | Episode: "The Framing of Billy the Kid" |
| Cannon | Ron Johnson | Episode: "Arena of Fear" | |
| 1973–1974 | Medical Center | Tank / Lou | 2 episodes |
| 1974 | The Streets of San Francisco | Captain Alan Melder | Episode: "Crossfire" |
| Emergency! | Dr. Fred | Episode: "The Hard Hours" | |
| Death Sentence | John Healy | Movie | |
| The Rookies | Tommy | Episode: "The Teacher" | |
| Toma | Wally | Episode: "Friends of Danny Beecher" | |
| Chopper One | Bob | Episode: "The Hijacking" | |
| Gunsmoke | Barney Austin | Episode: "The Tarnished Badge" | |
| Winter Kill | Dave Michaels | Movie | |
| The California Kid | Buzz Stafford | ||
| 1974–1975 | Barnaby Jones | Mark Rainey, Paul Barringer | 2 episodes |
| 1975 | Adams of Eagle Lake | Officer Jerry Troy | |
| The Runaway Barge | Rou Blount | Movie | |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Tom Jordache | Miniseries |
| 2011 | Ultimate Rush | Narrator | Voice |
| 2011–2012 | Luck | Walter James Smith | 10 episodes |
| 2014 | Gracepoint | Jack Reinhold | Miniseries |
| 2016–2017 | Graves | President Richard Graves | 20 episodes |
| 2019 | The Mandalorian | Kuiil | Voice; 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Paradise Lost | Judge Forsythe | 10 episodes |
| 2023 | Poker Face | Arthur Liptin | Episode: "The Orpheus Syndrome" |
TheatreEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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| 2000 | The Late Henry Moss | Earl Moss | Post Street Theatre<ref name=abouttheartists.com/> |
AccoladesEdit
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Other honorsEdit
- 1992 – People: Sexiest Man Alive
- Nolte received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 20, 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Interview With Nick Nolte in 1979 about North Dallas Forty from Texas Archive of the Moving Image
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