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