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.

Filmography

• 2026Company — Tom
• 2026Confession
• 2026Crime 101 — Money
• 2026LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian — Kuiil (voice)
• 2025Die My Love — Harry
• 2025The Golden Voice — Barry
• Poker Face — Arthur Liptin
• 2022Blackout — Ethan McCoy
• 2020Last Words — Shakespeare
• Paradise Lost — Judge Forsythe
• 2019Angel Has Fallen — Clay Banning
• The Mandalorian — Kuiil (voice)
• 2018Head Full of Honey — Amadeus
• 2018The Padre — Nemes
• Graves — President Richard Graves
• 2015A Walk in the Woods — Stephen Katz
• 2015Asthma — Werewolf (voice)
• 2015Return to Sender — Mitchell Wells
• 2015Run All Night — Eddie Conlon
• 2015The Ridiculous 6 — Frank Stockburn
• Gracepoint — Jack Reinhold
• 2014Hateship Loveship — Mr. McCauley
• 2014Noah — Samyaza (voice)
• 2013Gangster Squad — Bill Parker
• 2013Parker — Hurley
• 2013The Trials of Cate McCall — Bridges
• Luck — Walter Smith
• 2012The Cold Call — Mr. Battleworth
• 2012The Company You Keep — Donal Fitzgerald
• 2011Arthur — Burt Johnson
• 2011Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
• 2011Warrior — Paddy Conlon
• 2011Zookeeper — Bernie the Gorilla (voice)
• 2010Arcadia Lost — Benerji
• 2010Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore — Butch (voice)
• 2010My Own Love Song — Caldwell
• 2008Chicago 10 — Thomas Foran (voice)
• 2008The Mysteries of Pittsburgh — Joe Bechstein
• 2008The Spiderwick Chronicles — Mulgarath
• 2008Tropic Thunder — Four Leaf Tayback
• 2008Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness — Four Leaf Tayback
• 2006A Few Days in September — Elliott
• 2006Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride — Narrator
• 2006Off the Black — Ray Cook
• 2006Over the Hedge — Vincent (voice)
• 2006Paris Je T'aime — Vincent (Parc Monceau)
• 2006Peaceful Warrior — Socrates
• 2005Neverwas — T. L. Pierson
• 2004Clean — Albrecht Hauser
• 2004Hotel Rwanda — Colonel Oliver
• 2004The Beautiful Country — Steve
• 2003Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork
• 2003Hulk — Father
• 2003Northfork — Father Harlan
• 2003The Good Thief — Bob
• 2003This So-Called Disaster — Earl
• 2002Intimate Affairs — Faldo, Producer
• 2000The Golden Bowl — Adam Verver
• 2000Trixie — Senator Drummond Avery
• 1999Breakfast of Champions — Harry Le Sabre
• 1999Simpatico — Vincent Webb
• 1998Affliction — Wade Whitehouse, Executive Producer
• 1998The Thin Red Line — Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
• 1997Afterglow — Lucky Mann
• 1997Nightwatch — Inspector Cray
• 1997U Turn — Jake McKenna
• 1996Mother Night — Howard Campbell
• 1996Mulholland Falls — Max Hoover
• 1995Jefferson in Paris — Thomas Jefferson
• 1994Blue Chips — Pete
• 1994I Love Trouble — Peter Brackett
• 1994I'll Do Anything — Matt Hobbs
• 1992Lorenzo's Oil — Augusto Odone
• 1992The Player — Nick Nolte
• 1991Cape Fear — Sam Bowden
• 1991The Prince of Tides — Tom Wingo
• 1990Another 48 Hrs. — Jack Cates
• 1990Everybody Wins — Tom O'Toole
• 1990Q & A — Mike Brennan
• 1989Farewell to the King — Learoyd
• 1989New York Stories — Lionel Dobie
• 1989Three Fugitives — Lucas
• 1987Extreme Prejudice — Jack Benteen
• 1987Weeds — Lee Umstetter
• 1986Down and Out in Beverly Hills — Jerry Baskin
• 1985Grace Quigley — Seymour Flint
• 1984Teachers — Alex Jurel
• 1983Under Fire — Russell Price
• 198248 Hrs. — Jack Cates
• 1982Cannery Row — Doc
• 1980Heart Beat — Neal Cassady
• 1979North Dallas Forty — Phillip Elliott
• 1978Who'll Stop the Rain — Ray Hicks
• 1977The Deep — David Sanders
• Rich Man, Poor Man — Tom Jordache
• Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II — Tom Jordache (archive footage; uncredited)
• 1976The Northville Cemetery Massacre — Chris (voice) (uncredited)
• Adams of Eagle Lake — Officer Jerry Troy
• 1975Return to Macon County — Bo Hollinger
• 1975The Runaway Barge — Roy Blount
• Chopper One — Bob
• 1974Death Sentence — John Healy
• 1974The California Kid — Buzz Stafford
• 1974Winter Kill — Dave Michaels
• Barnaby Jones — Paul Barringer
• 1973Electra Glide in Blue — Hippie Kid (uncredited)
• Toma — Wally
• 1972Dirty Little Billy — Town Gang Leader (uncredited)
• Emergency! — Fred
• The Rookies — Tommy
• The Streets of San Francisco — Captain Alan Melder
• Cannon — Ron Johnson
• 1969Aggie — Thanks
• Medical Center — Tank
• 1969The Feather Farm
• Gunsmoke — Barney Austin
• A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
• Poacher — John Hardy
• Shelter Me
• Vested

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2008Nick Nolte: No Exit — Self
• 2003The Incredible Ang Lee — Self
• 2003The Making of 'Hulk' — Self
• 2001Feast of Death — self
• 2001The Making of 'Cape Fear' — Self
• The View — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee