
Nick Nolte
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nick Nolte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits

Crime 101 (2026)
as Money

Hulk (2003)
as Father

Over the Hedge (2006)
as Vincent (voice)

Die My Love (2025)
as Harry

Cape Fear (1991)
as Sam Bowden

Tropic Thunder (2008)
as Four Leaf Tayback

Warrior (2011)
as Paddy Conlon

Angel Has Fallen (2019)
as Clay Banning

The Thin Red Line (1998)
as Lt. Col. Gordon Tall

Blue Chips (1994)
as Pete

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
as Mulgarath

48 Hrs. (1982)
as Jack Cates

Noah (2014)
as Samyaza (voice)

Parker (2013)
as Hurley

Return to Sender (2015)
as Mitchell Wells

Run All Night (2015)
as Eddie Conlon

The Player (1992)
as Nick Nolte

Gangster Squad (2013)
as Bill Parker

U Turn (1997)
as Jake McKenna

Hotel Rwanda (2004)
as Colonel Oliver

The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
as Frank Stockburn

Nightwatch (1997)
as Inspector Cray

Zookeeper (2011)
as Bernie the Gorilla (voice)

The Deep (1977)
as David Sanders

Paris Je T'aime (2006)
as Vincent (Parc Monceau)

Mulholland Falls (1996)
as Max Hoover

Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
as Jack Cates

Peaceful Warrior (2006)
as Socrates

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
as Butch (voice)

Under Fire (1983)
as Russell Price

The Prince of Tides (1991)
as Tom Wingo

Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
as Augusto Odone

Arthur (2011)
as Burt Johnson

Head Full of Honey (2018)
as Amadeus

Three Fugitives (1989)
as Lucas

The Company You Keep (2012)
as Donal Fitzgerald

New York Stories (1989)
as Lionel Dobie

The Good Thief (2003)
as Bob

The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
as Bridges

The Padre (2018)
as Nemes

Extreme Prejudice (1987)
as Jack Benteen

Mother Night (1996)
as Howard Campbell

Q & A (1990)
as Mike Brennan

Cannery Row (1982)
as Doc

Affliction (1998)
as Wade Whitehouse

I Love Trouble (1994)
as Peter Brackett

Chicago 10 (2008)
as Thomas Foran (voice)

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
as Jerry Baskin

A Walk in the Woods (2015)
as Stephen Katz

The Golden Voice (2025)
as Barry

Blackout (2022)
as Ethan McCoy

Last Words (2020)
as Shakespeare

Heart Beat (1980)
as Neal Cassady

Hateship Loveship (2014)
as Mr. McCauley

Jefferson in Paris (1995)
as Thomas Jefferson

Northfork (2003)
as Father Harlan

Rain of Madness (2008)
as Four Leaf Tayback

I'll Do Anything (1994)
as Matt Hobbs

Teachers (1984)
as Alex Jurel

The Golden Bowl (2000)
as Adam Verver

Simpatico (1999)
as Vincent Webb

Intimate Affairs (2002)
as Faldo

Trixie (2000)
as Senator Drummond Avery

Afterglow (1997)
as Lucky Mann

Off the Black (2006)
as Ray Cook

My Own Love Song (2010)
as Caldwell

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008)
as Joe Bechstein
The Ploughmen (—)
as John Gload

Grace Quigley (1985)
as Seymour Flint

Everybody Wins (1990)
as Tom O'Toole

Breakfast of Champions (1999)
as Harry Le Sabre

Weeds (1987)
as Lee Umstetter

Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
as Ray Hicks

Death Sentence (1974)
as John Healy

The California Kid (1974)
as Buzz Stafford

North Dallas Forty (1979)
as Phillip Elliott

Asthma (2015)
as Werewolf (voice)

Neverwas (2005)
as T. L. Pierson

The Beautiful Country (2004)
as Steve

Arcadia Lost (2010)
as Benerji

Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
as Hippie Kid (uncredited)

Clean (2004)
as Albrecht Hauser

Farewell to the King (1989)
as Learoyd
Shelter Me (—)
Actor

Winter Kill (1974)
as Dave Michaels

A Few Days in September (2006)
as Elliott

Dirty Little Billy (1972)
as Town Gang Leader (uncredited)
The Making of 'Hulk' (2003)
as Self

Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life (2011)
Actor
The Incredible Ang Lee (2003)
as Self

The Cold Call (2012)
as Mr. Battleworth

The Runaway Barge (1975)
as Roy Blount

The Making of 'Cape Fear' (2001)
as Self

Return to Macon County (1975)
as Bo Hollinger

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (2006)
as Narrator

This So-Called Disaster (2003)
as Earl

The Northville Cemetery Massacre (1976)
as Chris (voice) (uncredited)

Nick Nolte: No Exit (2008)
as Self/Interviewer

Feast of Death (2001)
as self
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand (—)
Actor

The Feather Farm (1969)
Actor
Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork (2003)
Actor
Poacher (—)
as John Hardy





