Editing Nick Nolte (section)

==Early life==
Nolte was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska]] on February 8, 1941.{{efn|name="birth year"}} 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>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclones.com//pdf9/2335085.pdf?SPSID=48323&SPID=4653&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10700|title=Iowa State Records|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020210748/http://www.cyclones.com//pdf9/2335085.pdf?SPSID=48323&SPID=4653&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10700|archive-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref> His mother, Helen ({{nee|King}}; 1914–2000), was a department store buyer, then became an antique dealer, co-owning an antique shop. His father was of [[Germans|German]] ancestry.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/mar/01/features.film7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212151921/http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,905120,00.html |title=To the brink and back |website=The Guardian |date=March 1, 2003 |archive-date=December 12, 2007 |access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref> Nolte's maternal grandfather, [[Matthew Leander King]], invented the [[Structural clay tile|hollow-tile]] [[silo]] and was involved in early aviation. His maternal grandmother ran the student union at [[Iowa State University]].<ref>{{cite news |last=de Jonge |first=Peter |author-link=Peter de Jonge |date=October 27, 1991 |title=Off-Balance Heroes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/27/magazine/offbalance-heroes.html |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |access-date=April 20, 2016 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230531/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/27/magazine/offbalance-heroes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He has an older sister, Nancy, who was an executive for the [[Red Cross]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Donnelly |first=Marea |date=February 8, 2016 |title=I caught an STD from Miss New York on a trampoline |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/today-in-history/i-caught-an-std-from-miss-new-york-on-a-trampoline/news-story/cbd6717b0303ad26dd865e201e58cfba |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=April 20, 2016 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230545/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/i-caught-an-std-from-miss-new-york-on-a-trampoline/news-story/cbd6717b0303ad26dd865e201e58cfba?nk=17203435fbe2c16f331a366881b3a3c0-1637017544 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Nolte attended Kingsley Elementary School in [[Waterloo, Iowa]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Call the Courier |url=https://wcfcourier.com/features/call_the_courier/call-the-courier/article_a6b26ab3-4b29-5a63-92b6-1013ca14abf4.html |work=[[The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier]] |date=December 5, 2004 |access-date=February 24, 2016 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230530/https://wcfcourier.com/features/call_the_courier/call-the-courier/article_a6b26ab3-4b29-5a63-92b6-1013ca14abf4.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He studied at [[Westside High School (Nebraska)|Westside High School]] in Omaha, where he was the [[Placekicker|kicker]] on the [[High school football|football]] team. He also attended [[Omaha Benson High School Magnet|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 Sun Devils football|Arizona State University]] in [[Tempe, Arizona|Tempe]] (on a football [[Athletic scholarship|scholarship]]), [[Eastern Arizona College]] in [[Thatcher, Arizona|Thatcher]] and [[Phoenix College]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]. At Eastern Arizona, he lettered in football as a [[tight end]] and [[defensive end]], in [[College Basketball|basketball]] as a [[Forward (basketball)|forward]], and as a [[catcher]] on the [[College baseball|baseball]] team.<ref name="Fischbach omaha">{{cite news |last=Fischbach |first=Bob |date=June 8, 2013 |title=The homes where Omaha's stars got their starts |url=https://www.omaha.com/lifestyles/the-homes-where-omahas-stars-got-their-starts/article_123c4167-76f9-59ed-a76e-acd0a55ca4d0.html |work=[[Omaha World-Herald]] |access-date=April 20, 2016 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230532/https://omaha.com/lifestyles/the-homes-where-omahas-stars-got-their-starts/article_123c4167-76f9-59ed-a76e-acd0a55ca4d0.html |url-status=live }}</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 Studio of Acting#The Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre, Los Angeles|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>{{cite news |last=Longsdorf |first=Amy |date=January 27, 1989 |title=ON THE RUN WITH NICK NOLTE 'THREE FUGITIVES' STAR EXPLAINS HOW HE THRIVES ON CHAOS |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1989-01-27-2679763-story.html |work=[[The Morning Call]] |access-date=April 20, 2016 |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120220019/https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1989-01-27-2679763-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>