Editing Nick Nolte

{{short description|American actor (born 1941)}}
{{use mdy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Nick Nolte
| image        = Nick Nolte 2008 (2544500287).jpg
| caption      = Nolte in 2008
| birth_name   = Nicholas King Nolte
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1941|2|8|mf=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Omaha, Nebraska]], U.S.
| occupation   = Actor
| years_active = 1969–present
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
*{{marriage|Sheila Page|1966|1970|end=div}}
*{{marriage|Sharyn Haddad|1978|1983|end=div}}
*{{marriage|Rebecca Linger|1984|1994|end=div}}
*{{marriage|Clytie Lane|2016}}
}}
| partners     = Karen Eklund (1972–1977)<br>[[Vicki Lewis]] (1994–2003)
| children     = 2
| relatives    = [[Navi Rawat]] (daughter-in-law)
}}
'''Nicholas King Nolte''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|oʊ|l|t|i}}; 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]] as well as nominations for three [[Academy Awards]] and a [[Primetime Emmy Award]]. Nolte first came to prominence for his role in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] miniseries ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (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), ''{{film year|Affliction|1997}}'' (1998), and {{film show year|Warrior|2011}}.

His other notable films include {{film show year|The Deep|1977}}, ''[[Who'll Stop the Rain]]'' (1978), ''[[North Dallas Forty]]'' (1979), ''[[48 Hrs.]]'' (1982), {{film show year|Cannery Row|1982}}, {{film show year|Under Fire|1983}}, {{film show year|Teachers|1984}}, ''[[Down and Out in Beverly Hills]]'' (1986), ''[[Another 48 Hrs.]]'' (1990), {{film show year|Cape Fear|1991}}, ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]'' (1992), ''[[Jefferson in Paris]]'' (1995), {{film show year|The Thin Red Line|1998}}, {{film show year|The Good Thief|2002}}, {{film show year|Hulk|2003}}, ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'' (2004), ''[[Over the Hedge]]'' (2006), {{film show year|The Spiderwick Chronicles|2008}}, ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' (2008), ''[[Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore]]'' (2010), {{film show year|The Company You Keep|2012}}, {{film show year|Gangster Squad|2013}}, ''[[A Walk in the Woods (film)|A Walk in the Woods]]'' (2015), {{film show year|Head Full of Honey|2018}}, and ''[[Angel Has Fallen]]'' (2019).

His television credits include the [[HBO]] series ''[[Luck (TV series)|Luck]]'' (2011–2012), the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] miniseries ''[[Gracepoint]]'' (2014), the [[Disney+]] series ''[[The Mandalorian]]'' (2019) and ''[[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]]'' crime drama ''[[Poker Face (TV series)|Poker Face]]'' (2023). From 2016 to 2017, Nolte played President Richard Graves in the [[Epix]] series ''[[Graves (TV series)|Graves]]'' for which he was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy]].

==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>

==Career==

===Modeling===
Nolte was a model in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In a national magazine advertisement in 1972, he appeared in jeans and an open jean shirt for [[Clairol]]'s "Summer Blonde" hair lightener sitting on a log next to a blonde Anne Powers;<ref>[http://famewatcher.com/nick-nolte-rolex-submariner-watch-young-and-old-photos.html Nick Nolte as a Young Man & Male Model (Photos) + Rolex Watch] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514090654/http://famewatcher.com/nick-nolte-rolex-submariner-watch-young-and-old-photos.html |date=May 14, 2012 }} Famewatcher.com. Retrieved on August 8, 2012</ref> and they appeared on the packaging.

===Acting===
[[File:Nick Nolte Tom Jordache Rich Man Poor Man 1976.JPG|thumb|upright|Nolte as Tom Jordache in ''Rich Man, Poor Man'', 1976]]
Nolte first starred in the television miniseries ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]'', based on [[Irwin Shaw]]'s 1970 best-selling novel.<ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=Susan |date=July 19, 1992 |title=Back Again With the Jordache Clan |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-19-tv-4408-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 21, 2015 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126224655/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-19-tv-4408-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Later, he appeared in over 40 films, playing a wide variety of characters. Diversity of character, trademark athleticism, and gravelly voice are signatures of his career. In 1973, he guest-starred in the ''[[Griff (TV series)|Griff]]'' episode, "Who Framed Billy the Kid?", as Billy Randolph, a [[American football|football]] player accused of murder. Nolte also made two guest appearances in the television series ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' in 1974 and 1975. He co-starred with [[Andy Griffith]] in ''[[Winter Kill]]'', a television film made as the pilot of a possible television series, and another one, ''[[Adams of Eagle Lake]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |date=2020 |title=Encyclopedia of Television Pilots: 2,470 Films Broadcast 1937–2019, 2d ed. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69-_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |page=5 |isbn=978-1-4766-7874-0 |access-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230531/https://books.google.com/books?id=69-_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 |url-status=live }}</ref> but neither was picked up.

Nolte starred in {{film show year|The Deep|1977}},<ref>{{cite news |last=Edwards |first=Henry |date=September 19, 1976 |title=Shooting 'The Deep' in A Million-Dollar Pool |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/19/archives/shooting-the-deep-in-a-milliondollar-pool-shooting-the-deep-in-a.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230533/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/19/archives/shooting-the-deep-in-a-milliondollar-pool-shooting-the-deep-in-a.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Who'll Stop the Rain]]'' (1978),<ref>{{cite news |title=Who'll Stop the Rain |url=https://variety.com/1977/film/reviews/who-ll-stop-the-rain-1200424095/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=December 31, 1977 |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222183551/http://variety.com/1977/film/reviews/who-ll-stop-the-rain-1200424095/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[North Dallas Forty]]'' (1979) which is based on [[Peter Gent]]'s novel.<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=August 1, 1979 |title=Film: 'Dallas Forty':Cynicism and Comedy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/01/archives/film-dallas-fortycynicism-and-comedy.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=December 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228013519/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/01/archives/film-dallas-fortycynicism-and-comedy.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1982, he starred in ''[[48 Hrs.]]'' with [[Eddie Murphy]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=December 8, 1982 |title=NICK NOLTE AND EDDIE MURPHY IN '48 HOURS' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/08/movies/nick-nolte-and-eddie-murphy-in-48-hours.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826224023/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/08/movies/nick-nolte-and-eddie-murphy-in-48-hours.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Cannery Row (film)|Cannery Row]]'' with [[Debra Winger]]. During the 1980s, he also starred in {{film show year|Under Fire|1983}},<ref>{{cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Bernstein (journalist) |date=October 30, 1983 |title=ISSUES RAISED BY 'UNDER FIRE' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/30/movies/issues-raised-by-under-fire.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=March 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331041855/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/30/movies/issues-raised-by-under-fire.html |url-status=live }}</ref> {{film show year|Teachers|1984}},<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=October 4, 1984 |title=FILM: 'TEACHERS,' WITH NICK NOLTE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/05/movies/film-teachers-with-nick-nolte.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 19, 2025 |archive-date=December 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220041816/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/05/movies/film-teachers-with-nick-nolte.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Down and Out in Beverly Hills]]'' (1986),<ref>{{cite news |last=Benson |first=Sheila |author-link=Sheila Benson |date=January 31, 1986 |title=MOVIE REVIEWS: MAKING MOST OF INFLUENCE: 'Down and Out in Beverly Hills' Is Up and at 'Em With On-Target Satire |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-31-ca-2882-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120221346/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-31-ca-2882-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> {{film show year|Extreme Prejudice|1987}},<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Kevin |author-link=Kevin Thomas (film critic) |date=April 24, 1987 |title=MOVIE REVIEW : STYLISH EXPLOITATION IN 'EXTREME PREJUDICE' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-24-ca-620-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230640/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-24-ca-620-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Three Fugitives]]'' (1989)<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=January 27, 1989 |title=Review/Film; Fugitives, Ne Fugitifs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/27/movies/review-film-fugitives-ne-fugitifs.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 28, 2025 |archive-date=December 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220041816/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/27/movies/review-film-fugitives-ne-fugitifs.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[New York Stories]]'' (1989).<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=March 1, 1989 |title=Review/Film; New York as Magic, Money and Mom |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/01/movies/review-film-new-york-as-magic-money-and-mom.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=December 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220041816/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/01/movies/review-film-new-york-as-magic-money-and-mom.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Nolte starred with [[Katharine Hepburn]] in her last leading film role in ''[[Grace Quigley]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=May 17, 1985 |title=HEPBURN STARS IN 'GRACE QUIGLEY' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/17/movies/hepburn-stars-in-grace-quigley.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=November 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121181820/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/17/movies/hepburn-stars-in-grace-quigley.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Nolte and Murphy starred again in the sequel ''[[Another 48 Hrs.]]'' (1990).<ref>{{cite news |last=Rainer |first=Peter |date=June 8, 1990 |title=MOVIE REVIEW : Another 95 Minutes : Sequel: 'Another 48 HRS.,' a crude rehashing of the 1982 hit, reteams Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in wall-to-wall mayhem. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-08-ca-784-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=April 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418033837/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-08-ca-784-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1991, Nolte starred in ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' and was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Spiller |first=Nancy |date=August 7, 1992 |title='Prince of Tides' affirms life as it explores emotional trauma |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-08-07-1992220184-story.html |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118222247/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-08-07-1992220184-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Later, he starred in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s [[Cape Fear (1991 film)|remake]] of ''{{film year|Cape Fear|1962}}'' with [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Jessica Lange]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Morgan |first=David |date=February 17, 1991 |title=COVER STORY : ON LOCATION : Back to Cape Fear : Director Martin Scorsese loves those old thrillers. Now, teaming on film No. 7 with Robert De Niro, he's (re)making one for himself |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-17-ca-1842-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126230535/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-17-ca-1842-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Nolte also starred in ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]'' (1992),<ref>{{cite news |last=Turan |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Turan |date=December 30, 1992 |title=MOVIE REVIEW : A Bracing Prescription : 'Lorenzo's Oil' takes an unsentimental look at a boy's devastating disease . . . and his parents' struggle to cope. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-30-ca-2394-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126225431/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-30-ca-2394-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Jefferson in Paris]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=March 31, 1995 |title=FILM REVIEW; Jefferson's Entanglements, In History And in Love |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/31/movies/film-review-jefferson-s-entanglements-in-history-and-in-love.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=April 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413043748/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/31/movies/film-review-jefferson-s-entanglements-in-history-and-in-love.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Mulholland Falls]]'' (1996)<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilmington |first=Michael |date=April 26, 1996 |title=DRESSED TO KILL |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-04-26-9604260316-story.html |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127020210/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-04-26-9604260316-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and {{film show year|Afterglow|1997}}.<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=December 25, 1997 |title='Afterglow': Stellar Performances from Nick Nolte and Julie Christie |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/122597afterglow-film-review.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125212815/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/122597afterglow-film-review.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Nolte co-starred in ''{{film year|I Love Trouble|1994}}'' (1994) with [[Julia Roberts]]. Following its release, the ''Los Angeles Times'' reported that the two did not get along well and had multiple spats on-set.<ref name="yahoo1">{{cite web|author=Lia Beck |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/julia-roberts-called-co-star-162854699.html |title=Julia Roberts Called This Co-Star 'Completely Disgusting' |publisher=Yahoo.com |date=2022-02-16 |accessdate=2022-02-21}}</ref>
He received his second [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award]] nomination for the 1997 film ''{{film year|Affliction|1997}}''.<ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=Susan |date=January 4, 1999 |title='Out of Sight' Is Not Out of Mind With National Critics |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-04-ca-60273-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306162227/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jan/04/entertainment/ca-60273 |url-status=live }}</ref> Nolte starred with [[Sean Penn]] in three films, including ''[[U Turn (1997 film)|U Turn]]'' (1997),<ref>{{cite news |last=Hornaday |first=Ann |author-link=Ann Hornaday |date=October 3, 1997 |title=One wild ride Review: Oliver Stone takes a 'U-Turn' from his deadly serious side to his darkly humorous side. |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-10-03-1997276018-story.html |work=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124042141/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-10-03-1997276018-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Terrence Malick]]'s war epic ''{{film year|The Thin Red Line|1998}}'' (1998),<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=December 23, 1998 |title=FILM REVIEW; Beauty and Destruction in Pacific Battle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/23/movies/film-review-beauty-and-destruction-in-pacific-battle.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201154505/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/23/movies/film-review-beauty-and-destruction-in-pacific-battle.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''{{film year|Gangster Squad}}'' (2013).<ref>{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=August 29, 2011 |title=Nick Nolte Joins 'Gangster Squad' |url=https://deadline.com/2011/08/nick-nolte-joins-gangster-squad-164423/ |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=November 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126003421/http://deadline.com/2011/08/nick-nolte-joins-gangster-squad-164423/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1992, Nolte was named the Sexiest Man Alive by ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine. When asked about the selection he said "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? My personal choice is [[Walter Cronkite]]."<ref>{{Cite news|last=AP staff writers|date=March 7, 1992|title=Nolte named 'sexist man alive'|work=[[Star-Gazette]]|agency=[[The Associated Press]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89002731/nick-nolte-sexist-man-alive/|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230532/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89002731/nick-nolte-sexist-man-alive/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Nick Nolte.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Nolte in 2003]]
Nolte continued to work in the 2000s, appearing in {{film show year|The Good Thief|2002}}, {{film show year|Hulk|2003}}, and taking smaller parts in 2004's ''{{film year|Clean|2004}}'' and ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'', both performances receiving positive reviews.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vice |first=Jeff |date=July 7, 2006 |title=Film review: Actress shines in drug drama |url=https://www.deseret.com/2006/7/7/20091670/film-review-actress-shines-in-drug-drama |work=[[Deseret News]] |access-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230535/https://www.deseret.com/2006/7/7/20091670/film-review-actress-shines-in-drug-drama |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=December 22, 2004 |title=Holding a Moral Center as Civilization Fell |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/22/movies/holding-a-moral-center-as-civilization-fell.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302174647/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/22/movies/holding-a-moral-center-as-civilization-fell.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He also played supporting roles in the drama ''[[Peaceful Warrior]]'' (2006),<ref>{{cite news |last=Germain |first=David |date=May 30, 2006 |title=Nolte shines in 'Peaceful Warrior' |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/nolte-shines-peaceful-warrior-wbna13050922 |work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |access-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126144129/https://www.today.com/popculture/nolte-shines-peaceful-warrior-wbna13050922 |url-status=live }}</ref> the fantasy adventure {{film show year|The Spiderwick Chronicles|2008}} and the comedy ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' (2008).<ref>{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Phillips (critic) |date=August 13, 2008 |title='Tropic Thunder' *** |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-08-13-0808110356-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230533/https://www.chicagotribune.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He provided voice work in the animated films ''[[Over the Hedge]]'' (2006), ''[[Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore]]'' (2010), ''{{film year|Zookeeper}}'' (2011) and ''{{film year|Noah|2014}}'' (2014). In 2011, Nolte played recovering [[alcoholic]] Paddy Conlon in ''[[Warrior (2011 film)|Warrior]]'', and was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Labrecque |first=Jeff |date=December 19, 2011 |title=Nick Nolte talks 'Warrior' |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/12/19/warrior-nick-nolte/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-date=March 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319195925/http://ew.com/article/2011/12/19/warrior-nick-nolte/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Beginning in 2011, Nolte starred with Dustin Hoffman in the [[HBO]] series ''[[Luck (TV series)|Luck]]''. At the start of production of the second season, however, HBO ended the series after the death of three horses during filming.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Goldberg|first1=Lesley|title=HBO Ends 'Luck' After Horse Deaths|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hbo-cancels-luck-horse-death-peta-dustin-hoffman-300201|access-date=August 8, 2017|date=March 14, 2012|archive-date=October 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024213316/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hbo-cancels-luck-horse-death-peta-dustin-hoffman-300201|url-status=live}}</ref> He appeared in the political thrillers {{film show year|The Company You Keep|2012}} and ''[[Angel Has Fallen]]'' (2019). In 2013, he was in the movie ''{{film year|Parker|2013}}'' which starred [[Jason Statham]]. In 2015, Nolte starred in the biopic comedy-drama ''{{film year|A Walk in the Woods}}''<ref>{{cite news |last=Cohn |first=Paulette |date=September 2, 2015 |title=Robert Redford, Nick Nolte's friendship shines through in 'A Walk in the Woods' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/robert-redford-nick-noltes-friendship-shines-through-in-a-walk-in-the-woods |work=[[Fox News]] |access-date=March 12, 2018 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230542/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/robert-redford-nick-noltes-friendship-shines-through-in-a-walk-in-the-woods |url-status=live }}</ref> and in the revenge thriller ''{{film year|Return to Sender|2015}}''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |author-link=Neil Genzlinger |date=August 13, 2015 |title=Review: In 'Return to Sender,' Rosamund Pike Connects With Her Attacker |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/movies/review-in-return-to-sender-rosamund-pike-connects-with-her-attacker.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 24, 2016 |archive-date=November 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108034809/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/movies/review-in-return-to-sender-rosamund-pike-connects-with-her-attacker.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 2016 to 2017, Nolte starred in ''[[Graves (TV series)|Graves]]'' on [[Epix]] about a volatile, hard-drinking former U.S. president who has been retired for 25 years and who has a political epiphany to right the wrongs of his past administration in very public and unpredictable ways.<ref>{{cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=December 21, 2017 |title='Graves,' Starring Nick Nolte, Canceled at Epix (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/graves-starring-nick-nolte-canceled-at-epix-1069932 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=December 21, 2017 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222061218/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/graves-starring-nick-nolte-canceled-at-epix-1069932 |url-status=live }}</ref>

For Nolte, acting is not a career but something he needs to do, he says, "a need in the sense that I can't find anything as complex and interesting to do, but I need it in a story," and "I don't want to do reality because reality never runs smooth". He likes to vanish into a role "if the story reaches up to where the great actor is, the great actor disappears, and the story becomes number one, that's as real as it gets".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cowan|first1=Lee|title=Nick Nolte: "Reality never runs smooth"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nick-nolte-reality-never-runs-smooth/|access-date=August 9, 2017|work=CBS News|date=October 9, 2016|archive-date=August 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809050835/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nick-nolte-reality-never-runs-smooth/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nolte appeared as recurring character [[Kuiil]] in the Disney+ series ''[[The Mandalorian]]'' in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Scribner |first=Herb |date=November 15, 2019 |title='Star Wars: The Mandalorian' second episode 'The Child' has strong 'A New Hope' vibes |url=https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2019/11/15/20966607/star-wars-the-mandalorian-episode-2-the-child-kuiil-mando-baby-yoda-jawas |work=Deseret News |access-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218182656/https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2019/11/15/20966607/star-wars-the-mandalorian-episode-2-the-child-kuiil-mando-baby-yoda-jawas |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Nolte married Clytie Lane in 2016.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/factsNick-Nolte|title=Nick Nolte Facts|website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> He was previously married to Sheila Page, Sharyn Haddad, and Rebecca Linger.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/hes-no-teachers-pet-but-from-his-new-wife-bad-boy-nick-nolte-wants-a-good-conduct-award-vol-22-no-19/|title=He's No Teachers' Pet, but from His New Wife, Bad Boy Nick Nolte Wants a Good Conduct Award|website=People|access-date=July 30, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804095050/https://people.com/archive/hes-no-teachers-pet-but-from-his-new-wife-bad-boy-nick-nolte-wants-a-good-conduct-award-vol-22-no-19/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nolte and Linger have a son, Brawley (b. 1986), an actor who is married to Indian-American actress [[Navi Rawat]].<ref>{{cite web |date=August 29, 2012 |title=Exclusive: Numbers Star Navi Rawat Marries Nick Nolte's Son, Brawley! |url=http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/2012/08/numbers-star-navi-rawat-marries-nick-nolte-son-brawley-nolte.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923135640/http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/2012/08/numbers-star-navi-rawat-marries-nick-nolte-son-brawley-nolte.html |archive-date=September 23, 2012 |access-date=September 10, 2012 |publisher=Life&Style}}</ref> Nolte and Lane have a daughter, Sophia (b. 2007). Sophia played his granddaughter in ''{{film year|Head Full of Honey|2018}}''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nick Nolte: Life in pictures|access-date=March 1, 2015|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-nick-nolte-career-in-pictures-20150824-p-017-photo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306172129/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-nick-nolte-career-in-pictures-20150824-p-017-photo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nick Nolte's 11-year-old daughter calls him 'Grandpa'|date=November 29, 2018|access-date=November 29, 2018|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|url=https://nypost.com/2018/11/29/nick-noltes-11-year-old-daughter-calls-him-grandpa/|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130114719/https://nypost.com/2018/11/29/nick-noltes-11-year-old-daughter-calls-him-grandpa/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nolte and Linger also had a daughter in 1983 who was stillborn.<ref name="auto"/> Nolte lived with Karen Eklund, who later sued him for [[palimony]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>Associated Press (May 19, 1978). "[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/757361835 Nick Nolte's ex-girlfriend sues him for $5 million]". ''Corpus Christi Caller-Times''.</ref> He has also dated [[Debra Winger]] and [[Vicki Lewis]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Debra Winger: The return of a class act|date=October 24, 2008|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/debra-winger-the-return-of-a-class-act-971262.html|access-date=June 6, 2015|archive-date=June 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607061559/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/debra-winger-the-return-of-a-class-act-971262.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Voll|first=Daniel|title=Nick Nolte Has a Drawer Full of Tourniquets|date=January 29, 2007|magazine=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|url=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a283/esq1099-oct-nolte/|access-date=June 6, 2015|archive-date=May 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507214425/http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a283/esq1099-oct-nolte/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Legal troubles and substance abuse===
Nolte is known for his "bad-boy reputation".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-now/hollywood-bad-boy-nick-nolte-tells-all-in-his-memoir-rebel/465-33150a89-d52e-452d-8846-b8eddfa2e04c|title=Hollywood bad-boy Nick Nolte tells all in his memoir, 'Rebel'|website=wkyc.com|access-date=July 30, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230536/https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-now/hollywood-bad-boy-nick-nolte-tells-all-in-his-memoir-rebel/465-33150a89-d52e-452d-8846-b8eddfa2e04c|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2018/01/22/hollywood-bad-boy-nick-nolte-tells-all-his-memoir-rebel/1046022001/|title=Hollywood bad-boy Nick Nolte tells all in his memoir, 'Rebel'|first=Patrick|last=Ryan|website=USA Today|access-date=July 30, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804121044/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2018/01/22/hollywood-bad-boy-nick-nolte-tells-all-his-memoir-rebel/1046022001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>

In 1961, he was arrested for selling [[counterfeit]] draft card documents and given a 45-year prison sentence and a $75,000 fine, but the sentence was suspended.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/celebrity/busted-stories-behind-30-classic-celebrity-mug-shots/ss-AAljFKl?fullscreen=true&li=BBnb2gh#image=29|title=Busted: Stories Behind 30 Classic Celebrity Mug Shots|website=www.msn.com|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=October 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016070629/http://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/celebrity/busted-stories-behind-30-classic-celebrity-mug-shots/ss-AAljFKl?fullscreen=true&li=BBnb2gh#image=29|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.futuremovies.co.uk/filmmaking.asp?ID=239 Nick Nolte, Q&A with Nick Nolte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407103310/http://www.futuremovies.co.uk/filmmaking.asp?ID=239 |date=April 7, 2008 }}. Futuremovies.co.uk (March 10, 2008). Retrieved on December 21, 2010.</ref> However, the felony conviction left him ineligible for military service. He had felt obligated to serve in the [[Vietnam War]], and says that he felt incomplete as a young man for not going to [[Vietnam]].<ref>[https://www.slashfilm.com/2010/01/24/weekend-weirdness-an-intimate-doc-on-nick-nolte-who-killed-teddy-bear-in-nyc-the-house-of-the-devil-on-vhs/ Weekend Weirdness: An Intimate Doc on Nick Nolte; Who Killed Teddy Bear?] in NYC; The House of the Devil on VHS {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826044242/http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/01/24/weekend-weirdness-an-intimate-doc-on-nick-nolte-who-killed-teddy-bear-in-nyc-the-house-of-the-devil-on-vhs/ |date=August 26, 2010 }}. [[/Film]] (January 24, 2010). Retrieved on December 21, 2010.</ref>

On September 11, 2002, Nolte was arrested on suspicion of [[drunk driving]] in Malibu, California. Tests later showed that he was under the influence of [[GHB]]. Nolte responded that he has "been taking it for four years and I've never been raped."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1199503/ |title=Nick Nolte: No Exit |publisher=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> Three days later, he checked himself into [[Silver Hill Hospital]] in [[Connecticut]] for counseling.<ref name="CBS-AP-2009-02-11">{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nick-nolte-charged-with-dui/ |title=Nick Nolte Charged With DUI |publisher=CBS News |agency=AP |date=2009-02-11 |access-date=2023-01-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214190324/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/12/entertainment/main532852.shtml |archive-date=2012-02-14 }}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/nick-nolte-the-bad-stage-was-good-too-225098.html|title=Nick Nolte: The bad stage was good too|date=June 10, 2005|website=The Independent|access-date=July 30, 2020|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917032857/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/nick-nolte-the-bad-stage-was-good-too-225098.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 12, 2002, he pleaded [[no contest]] to charges of [[driving under the influence]]. He was given three years' [[probation]], with orders to undergo alcohol and drug counseling with random testing required.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Stan |date=December 12, 2002 |title=Nolte pleads no contest to DUI count |url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/12/nick.nolte.plea/index.html |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=April 9, 2015 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125140127/http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/12/nick.nolte.plea/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NOLTE PLEADS NO CONTEST, GETS PROBATION |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2002-12-13-0212130076-story.html |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |date=December 13, 2002 |access-date=April 9, 2015 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124191212/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2002-12-13-0212130076-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2005, ''[[The Independent]]'' reported that Nolte had struggled with substance abuse for "the majority of his adult life" and had begun abusing alcohol at an early age. After remaining sober for nearly 10 years, he resumed drinking in the late 1990s. Following his 2002 arrest, he again stopped drinking.<ref name="auto1"/> In 2018, he told ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' that he did not have a drug problem and that he had been "relatively clean outside of prescription stuff for years".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/04/nolte/|title=3 Questions for Nick Nolte &#124; The Saturday Evening Post|website=www.saturdayeveningpost.com|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=July 30, 2020|archive-date=August 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831212638/https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/04/nolte/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Acting credits==
===Film===
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| 1972
| ''[[Dirty Little Billy]]''
| Town Gang Leader
| rowspan="2" | Uncredited
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Electra Glide in Blue]]''
| Hippie Kid
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Return to Macon County]]''
| Bo Hollinger
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Northville Cemetery Massacre]]''
| Chris
| Voice; Uncredited
|-
| 1977
| ''{{film year|The Deep|1977}}''
| David Sanders
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Who'll Stop the Rain]]''
| Ray Hicks
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[North Dallas Forty]]''
| Phillip Elliott
|
|-
| 1980
| ''{{film year|Heart Beat}}''
| [[Neal Cassady]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| ''{{film year|Cannery Row}}''
| 'Doc' Eddie Daniels
|
|-
| ''[[48 Hrs.]]''
| Inspector Jack Cates
|
|-
| 1983
| ''{{film year|Under Fire|1983}}''
| Russell Price
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| ''[[Grace Quigley]]''
| Seymour Flint
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Teachers}}''
| Alex Jurel
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Down and Out in Beverly Hills]]''
| Jerry Baskin
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| ''{{film year|Extreme Prejudice}}''
| Texas Ranger Jack Benteen
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Weeds|1987}}''
| Lee Umstetter
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1989
| ''[[Three Fugitives]]''
| Daniel James Lucas
|
|-
| ''[[Farewell to the King]]''
| Learoyd
|
|-
| ''[[New York Stories]]''
| Lionel Dobie
| Segment: "Life Lessons"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1990
| ''{{film year|Everybody Wins|1990}}''
| Tom O'Toole
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Q&A}}''
| Captain Michael Brennan
|
|-
| ''[[Another 48 Hrs.]]''
| Inspector Jack Cates
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| ''{{film year|Cape Fear|1991}}''
| Sam Bowden
|
|-
| ''[[The Prince of Tides]]''
| Tom Wingo
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]''
| [[Augusto Odone]]
|
|-
| ''{{film year|The Player|1992}}''
| Himself
| Cameo
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1994
| ''[[I'll Do Anything]]''
| Matt Hobbs
|
|-
| ''[[Blue Chips]]''
| Coach Pete Bell
|
|-
| ''{{film year|I Love Trouble|1994}}''
| Peter Brackett
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Jefferson in Paris]]''
| [[Thomas Jefferson]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''[[Mulholland Falls]]''
| Lieutenant Max Hoover
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Mother Night}}''
| Howard Campbell
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1997
| ''{{film year|Nightwatch|1997}}''
| Inspector Thomas Cray
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Afterglow|1997}}''
| 'Lucky' Mann
|
|-
| ''{{film year|U Turn|1997}}''
| Jake McKenna
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Affliction|1997}}''
| Wade Whitehouse
| Also executive producer
|-
| 1998
| ''{{film year|The Thin Red Line|1998}}''
| Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Tall
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| ''{{film year|Breakfast of Champions}}''
| Harry Le Sabre
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Simpatico}}''
| Vincent Webb
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| ''{{film year|The Golden Bowl}}''
| Adam Verver
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Trixie}}''
| Senator Drumond Avery
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| ''[[Investigating Sex]]''
| Faldo
| Also producer
|-
| ''James Ellroy's Feast of death''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| 2002
| ''{{film year|The Good Thief}}''
| Bob Montagnet
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2003
| ''[[Northfork]]''
| Father Harlan
|
|-
| ''This So-Called Disaster''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| ''{{film year|Hulk}}''
| [[Brian Banner|Dr. David Banner / The Father]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2004
| ''[[The Beautiful Country]]''
| Steve
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Clean|2004}}''
| Albrecht Hauser
|
|-
| ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]''
| Colonel Oliver
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Neverwas]]''
| T.L. Pierson
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2006
|''[[Over the Hedge]]''
| rowspan="2" | Vincent
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Paris, je t'aime]]''
| Segment: "Parc Monceau"
|-
| ''[[Peaceful Warrior]]''
| Socrates
|
|-
| ''[[A Few Days in September]]''
| Elliott
|
|-
| ''[[Off the Black]]''
| Ray Cook
|
|-
| ''[[Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film]]''
| Narrator
| Documentary
|-
| 2007
| ''{{film year|Chicago 10}}''
| Thomas Horan
| Voice; Documentary
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2008
| ''{{film year|The Mysteries of Pittsburgh}}''
| Joe Bechstein
|
|-
| ''{{film year|The Spiderwick Chronicles}}''
| Mulgarath
|
|-
| ''[[Nick Nolte: No Exit]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| ''[[Tropic Thunder]]''
| Sergeant John 'Four Leaf' Tayback
|
|-
| ''Wisdom''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| 2009
| ''My Horizon''
| Lowell
| Short film
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2010
| ''[[My Own Love Song]]''
| Caldwell
|
|-
| ''[[Huxley on Huxley]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| ''[[Arcadia Lost]]''
| Benerji
|
|-
| ''[[Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore]]''
| Butch
| Voice
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2011
| ''{{film year|Arthur|2011}}''
| Burt Johnson
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Zookeeper}}''
| Bernie the Gorilla
| Voice
|-
| ''{{film year|Warrior|2011}}''
| Paddy Conlon
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[Cold Call (film)|Cold Call]]''<ref>{{cite news|title='Memorias de mis putas tristes' y una película con Nick Nolte, en el Festival de Cine|date=March 7, 2012|newspaper=El Mundo|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/03/07/andalucia_malaga/1331144925.html|accessdate=June 18, 2022}}</ref> 
|Battleworth<ref>{{cite news|last=Gomez|first=Marta|title=Nick Nolte afronta el calor en el rodaje de 'A puerta fría'|date=July 7, 2011|newspaper=[[El Mundo (Spain)]]|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/07/06/andalucia_sevilla/1309970515.html|accessdate=June 18, 2022}}</ref>
|
|-
| ''{{film year|The Company You Keep}}''
| Donal
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2013
| ''{{film year|Gangster Squad}}''
| [[William H. Parker (police officer)|Bill Parker]]
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Parker|2013}}''
| Hurley
|
|-
| ''[[Hateship, Loveship]]''
| Mr. McCauley
|
|-
| ''[[The Trials of Cate McCall]]''
| Bridges
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| ''{{film year|Noah|2014}}''
| [[Samyaza]]
| rowspan="2" | Voice
|-
| ''{{film year|Asthma}}''
| Werewolf
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2015
| ''{{film year|A Walk in the Woods}}''
| Stephen Katz
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Run All Night}}''
| Eddie Conlon
| Uncredited
|-
| ''{{film year|Return to Sender|2015}}''
| Mitchell Wells
|
|-
| ''[[The Ridiculous 6]]''
| Frank Stockburn
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''[[The Padre]]''
| Nemes
|
|-
| ''{{film year|Head Full of Honey|2018}}''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/nick-nolte-matt-dillon-honey-in-the-head-1202731631/|title=Nick Nolte, Matt Dillon to Star in Drama 'Honey in the Head'|magazine=Variety|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=March 20, 2018|access-date=March 21, 2018|archive-date=March 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322021747/http://variety.com/2018/film/news/nick-nolte-matt-dillon-honey-in-the-head-1202731631/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Amadeus
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Angel Has Fallen]]''
| Clay Banning
|
|-
| 2020
| ''{{film year|Last Words|2020}}''
| Shakespeare
|
|-
| 2022
| ''{{film year|Blackout|2022}}''<ref>{{cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|title='Blackout': Josh Duhamel, Abbie Cornish, Nick Nolte & Omar Chaparro To Star In Mexico City-Set Action-Thriller – AFM|date=October 28, 2020|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/josh-duhamel-abbie-cornish-nick-nolte-omar-chaparro-action-thriller-blackout-mexico-city-afm-1234604727/|accessdate=June 18, 2022}}</ref>
|DEA Agent Ethan McCoy
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2025
| ''[[The Golden Voice (2025 film)|The Golden Voice]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=McCall|first=Kevin|title='Eugene the Marine' Taps Nick Nolte for Lead Role in Psychological Thriller|date=August 16, 2022|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|url=https://collider.com/eugene-the-marine-cast-nick-nolte/|accessdate=August 30, 2022|quote=Other projects the actor is attached to star in include Rittenhouse Square, directed by Brandon Eric Kamin, and Blackout, directed by Sam Macaroni.}}</ref>
|Barry<ref>{{cite web|title=BRANDON ERIC KAMIN SET TO PREMIERE NEW FILM RITTENHOUSE SQUARE AT PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL NEXT MONTH|date=September 23, 2022|website=Indie Wrap|url=http://indiewrapmag.com/awards/brandon-eric-kamin-set-to-premiere-new-film-rittenhouse-square-at-philadelphia-film-festival-next-month/|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}</ref>
|
|-
| ''[[Die, My Love]]''
| Harry
| 
|-
| 2026
| {{Pending film|[[Crime 101 (2025 film)|Crime 101]]}}
|
| Filming
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]''
| Les
| Episode: "The Feather Farm"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1973
| ''[[Griff (TV series)|Griff]]''
| Billy Randolph
| Episode: "The Framing of Billy the Kid"
|-
| ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]''
| Ron Johnson
| Episode: "Arena of Fear"
|-
| 1973–1974
| ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''
| Tank / Lou
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="9" | 1974
| ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]''
| Captain Alan Melder
| Episode: "Crossfire"
|-
| ''[[Emergency!]]''
| Dr. Fred
| Episode: "The Hard Hours"
|-
| ''[[Death Sentence (1974 film)|Death Sentence]]''
| John Healy
| [[Television film|Movie]]
|-
| ''[[The Rookies]]''
| Tommy
| Episode: "[[List of The Rookies episodes|The Teacher]]"
|-
| ''[[Toma (TV series)|Toma]]''
| Wally
| Episode: "Friends of Danny Beecher"
|-
|''[[Chopper One]]''
|Bob
|Episode: "The Hijacking"
|-
|''[[Gunsmoke]]''
|Barney Austin
|Episode: "The Tarnished Badge"
|-
| ''[[Winter Kill]]''
| Dave Michaels
| rowspan="2" | Movie
|-
| ''[[The California Kid]]''
| Buzz Stafford
|-
| 1974–1975
| ''[[Barnaby Jones]]''
| Mark Rainey, Paul Barringer
| rowspan="2" | 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1975
| ''[[Adams of Eagle Lake]]''
| Officer Jerry Troy
|-
| ''The Runaway Barge''
| Rou Blount
| Movie
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]''
| Tom Jordache
| [[Miniseries]]
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Ultimate Rush]]''
| Narrator
| Voice
|-
| 2011–2012
| ''[[Luck (TV series)|Luck]]''
| Walter James Smith
| 10 episodes
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Gracepoint]]''
| Jack Reinhold
| Miniseries
|-
| 2016–2017
| ''[[Graves (TV series)|Graves]]''
| President Richard Graves
| 20 episodes
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Mandalorian]]''
| [[Kuiil]]
| Voice; 3 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Paradise Lost (2020 TV series)|Paradise Lost]]''
| Judge Forsythe
| 10 episodes
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Poker Face (TV series)|Poker Face]]''
| Arthur Liptin
| Episode: "[[The Orpheus Syndrome]]"
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Rose Tattoo]]''
|
| Phoenix Theater<ref>{{cite web | url=https://phoenixtheaterhistory.com/actors/nick-nolte/ | title=Nick Nolte &#124; Phoenix Theater: An Eccentric History | date=May 14, 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| 1972, 1973
| ''The Last Pad''
|
| Southwest Ensemble Theatre; Contempo Theatre<ref name=abouttheartists.com>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/582196-nick-nolte|title=Nick Nolte}}</ref>
|-
| 2000
| ''The Late Henry Moss''
| Earl Moss
| Post Street Theatre<ref name=abouttheartists.com/>
|}

==Accolades==
[[File:NickNolte(cannesPhotocall).jpg|thumb|Nolte at [[2000 Cannes Film Festival]]]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
|-
|1976
||[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie]]
|rowspan="2"| ''Rich Man, Poor Man''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1977
|[[Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Actor - Television Series Drama]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1979
|[[National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''Who'll Stop the Rain''
|{{Draw|3rd place}}
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|rowspan="2"| ''North Dallas Forty''
|{{Draw|3rd place}}
|-
|1980
|[[National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{Draw|3rd place}}
|-
|1988
|[[Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
|''Weeds''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1991
|[[Boston Society of Film Critics]]
|[[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|rowspan="7"| ''The Prince of Tides''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]
|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1992
|[[Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association]]
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{Draw|3rd place}}
|-
|1997
|[[Valladolid International Film Festival]]
|Best Actor
|rowspan="9"| ''Affliction''
|{{won}}
|-
|1998
|[[New York Film Critics Circle]]
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="8"| 1999
|[[Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Independent Spirit Awards]]
|[[Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics]]
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Sant Jordi Awards]]
|Best Foreign Actor
|{{won}}
|-
||[[Satellite Awards]]
|[[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Chicago Film Critics Association]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|''The Thin Red Line''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2011
|rowspan="8"| ''Warrior''
|{{nom}}
|-
|Denver Film Critics Society
|Best Supporting Actor
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[San Diego Film Critics]]
|Best Supporting Actor
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Satellite Awards]]
|[[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2012
|[[Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Broadcast Film Critics Association]]
|[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Online Film Critics Society]]
|[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|2017
|[[Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy|Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy]]
|''Graves''
|{{nom}}
|}

===Other honors===
* 1992 – ''[[people (magazine)|People]]'': Sexiest Man Alive
* Nolte received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] on November 20, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/nick-nolte|title=Nick Nolte – Hollywood Walk of Fame|website=www.walkoffame.com|access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-date=December 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204212929/http://www.walkoffame.com/nick-nolte|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y69A2psimAg|title=Toshiro Mifune – Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony|last=Variety|date=February 9, 2017|access-date=October 7, 2018|via=YouTube|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119232403/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y69A2psimAg|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Notelist|notes=
{{efn|name="birth year"|While Nolte was indeed born in 1941 (a date consistent with his [[birth registration]] in the Nebraska Birth Index, publicly accessible at [[Ancestry.com]]),<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/301985564:62094 Birth registration for Nicholas K Nolte] in the Nebraska Birth Index, 1912-1994. ''Ancestry.com''.</ref> some printed publications have cited 1940 as his year of birth.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lyy_WWjOZj0C&dq=nick+nolte+born+1940+nebraska&pg=PA202|last=Onofrio|first=Jan|title=Nebraska Biographical Dictionary|year=1999|publisher=Somerset Publishers|isbn=9780403098354}}page 202</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&dq=nick+nolte+born+1940+nebraska&pg=PA676|last=Hellman|first=Paul T.|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|year=2006|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781135948597}}page 676</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nick Nolte Filmography|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/movies/oscars/nick_nolte.htm|accessdate=June 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bivona|first=Michael|title=Wake Up, Crystal Lake - February 8|date=February 7, 2012|website=Patch|url=https://patch.com/illinois/crystallake/wake-up-crystal-lake-february-8|accessdate=June 17, 2022}}</ref> Most actively maintained online sources list 1941.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Nolte|date=February 16, 2012|website=CBS News|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/nick-nolte/|accessdate=June 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nick Nolte: Life in pictures|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-nick-nolte-career-in-pictures-pg-photogallery.html|access-date=June 8, 2016|archive-date=June 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608075724/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-nick-nolte-career-in-pictures-pg-photogallery.html|url-status=live}} (show caption on slide 1 of 21)</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022|date=February 8, 2022|website=United Press International|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2022/02/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Tuesday-Feb-8-2022/2801643651529/|accessdate=June 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=This Day in History — February 8|date=February 8, 2022|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/this-day-in-history-february-8/|accessdate=June 17, 2022}}</ref>
}}}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* Interview With [https://texasarchive.org/2009_02028 Nick Nolte in 1979 about North Dallas Forty] from [[Texas Archive of the Moving Image]]
* {{IMDb name|560}}

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