Nick Nolte

Actor

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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Known For

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The Mandalorian

2019

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Tropic Thunder

2008

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Noah

2014

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Hulk

2003

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Warrior

2011

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Over the Hedge

2006

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Gangster Squad

2013

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Angel Has Fallen

2019

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Cape Fear

1991

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The Thin Red Line

1998

Acting

2026 Crime 101 as Money In Library

2025 The Golden Voice as Barry

2025 Die My Love as Harry

2023 Poker Face as Arthur Liptin (1 episode)

2022 Blackout as Ethan McCoy

2020 Last Words as Shakespeare

2020 Paradise Lost as Judge Forsythe (10 episodes)

2019 Angel Has Fallen as Clay Banning

2019 The Mandalorian as Kuiil (voice) (3 episodes)

2018 The Padre as Nemes

2018 Head Full of Honey as Amadeus

2016 Graves as President Richard Graves (20 episodes)

2015 A Walk in the Woods as Stephen Katz

2015 Asthma as Werewolf (voice)

2015 Run All Night as Eddie Conlon

2015 Return to Sender as Mitchell Wells

2015 The Ridiculous 6 as Frank Stockburn

2014 Noah as Samyaza (voice)

2014 Hateship Loveship as Mr. McCauley

2014 Gracepoint as Jack Reinhold (6 episodes)

2013 Gangster Squad as Bill Parker

2013 Parker as Hurley

2013 The Trials of Cate McCall as Bridges

2012 The Company You Keep as Donal Fitzgerald

2012 The Cold Call as Mr. Battleworth

2012 Luck as Walter Smith (9 episodes)

2011 Zookeeper as Bernie the Gorilla (voice)

2011 Arthur as Burt Johnson

2011 Warrior as Paddy Conlon

2011 Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life

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

2010 My Own Love Song as Caldwell

2010 Arcadia Lost as Benerji

2008 The Mysteries of Pittsburgh as Joe Bechstein

2008 Tropic Thunder as Four Leaf Tayback

2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles as Mulgarath

2008 Chicago 10 as Thomas Foran (voice)

2008 Nick Nolte: No Exit as Self/Interviewer

2008 Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness as Four Leaf Tayback

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

2006 Over the Hedge as Vincent (voice)

2006 Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Narrator

2006 Peaceful Warrior as Socrates

2006 A Few Days in September as Elliott

2006 Off the Black as Ray Cook

2005 Neverwas as T. L. Pierson

2004 Hotel Rwanda as Colonel Oliver

2004 The Beautiful Country as Steve

2004 Clean as Albrecht Hauser

2003 Hulk as Father

2003 The Good Thief as Bob

2003 Northfork as Father Harlan

2003 This So-Called Disaster as Earl

2003 Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

2002 Intimate Affairs as Faldo

2001 The Making of 'Cape Fear' as Self

2001 Feast of Death as self

2000 Trixie as Senator Drummond Avery

2000 The Golden Bowl as Adam Verver

1999 Breakfast of Champions as Harry Le Sabre

1999 Simpatico as Vincent Webb

1998 Affliction as Wade Whitehouse

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

1997 U Turn as Jake McKenna

1997 Nightwatch as Inspector Cray

1997 Afterglow as Lucky Mann

1997 The View as Self (1 episode)

1996 Mulholland Falls as Max Hoover

1996 Mother Night as Howard Campbell

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

1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self (3 episodes)

1991 Cape Fear as Sam Bowden

1991 The Prince of Tides as Tom Wingo

1990 Another 48 Hrs. as Jack Cates

1990 Q & A as Mike Brennan

1990 Everybody Wins as Tom O'Toole

1989 Farewell to the King as Learoyd

1989 Three Fugitives as Lucas

1989 New York Stories as Lionel Dobie

1987 Extreme Prejudice as Jack Benteen

1987 Weeds as Lee Umstetter

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)

1976 Rich Man, Poor Man as Tom Jordache (12 episodes)

1976 Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Tom Jordache (archive footage; uncredited) (1 episode)

1975 Return to Macon County as Bo Hollinger

1975 The Runaway Barge as Roy Blount

1975 Adams of Eagle Lake as Officer Jerry Troy (2 episodes)

1974 Death Sentence as John Healy

1974 The California Kid as Buzz Stafford

1974 Winter Kill as Dave Michaels

1974 Chopper One as Bob (1 episode)

1973 Electra Glide in Blue as Hippie Kid (uncredited)

1973 Toma as Wally (1 episode)

1973 Barnaby Jones as Paul Barringer (1 episode)

1972 Dirty Little Billy as Town Gang Leader (uncredited)

1972 The Rookies as Tommy (1 episode)

1972 The Streets of San Francisco as Captain Alan Melder (1 episode)

1972 Emergency! as Fred (1 episode)

1971 Cannon as Ron Johnson (1 episode)

1969 The Feather Farm

1969 Medical Center as Tank (2 episodes)

1961 The Mike Douglas Show as Self (1 episode)

1955 Gunsmoke as Barney Austin (1 episode)

1953 The Oscars as Self (1 episode)

1944 Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee (3 episodes)

— A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand

— Poacher as John Hardy

— The Ploughmen as John Gload

— Shelter Me

Production

2002 Intimate Affairs Producer

1998 Affliction Executive Producer

Crew

1969 Aggie Thanks