Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

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.

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Filmography

2025

The Golden Voice
The Golden Voice
as Barry
Movie - Released: 2/28/2025

2023

Poker Face
Poker Face
as Arthur Liptin
TV - Released: 1/26/2023

2022

Blackout
Blackout
as Ethan McCoy
Movie - Released: 10/12/2022

2020

Last Words
Last Words
as Shakespeare
Movie - Released: 10/21/2020
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
as Judge Forsythe
TV - Released: 4/13/2020

2019

Angel Has Fallen
Angel Has Fallen
as Clay Banning
Movie - Released: 8/21/2019
The Mandalorian
The Mandalorian
as Kuiil (voice)
TV - Released: 11/12/2019

2018

The Padre
The Padre
as Nemes
Movie - Released: 9/28/2018
Head Full of Honey
Head Full of Honey
as Amadeus
Movie - Released: 11/30/2018

2016

Graves
Graves
as President Richard Graves
TV - Released: 10/16/2016

2015

A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods
as Stephen Katz
Movie - Released: 9/2/2015
Asthma
Asthma
as Werewolf (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/23/2015
Run All Night
Run All Night
as Eddie Conlon
Movie - Released: 3/11/2015
Return to Sender
Return to Sender
as Mitchell Wells
Movie - Released: 5/31/2015
The Ridiculous 6
The Ridiculous 6
as Frank Stockburn
Movie - Released: 12/11/2015

2014

Noah
Noah
as Samyaza (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/7/2014
Hateship Loveship
Hateship Loveship
as Mr. McCauley
Movie - Released: 4/11/2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/1/2014

2013

Gangster Squad
Gangster Squad
as Bill Parker
Movie - Released: 1/9/2013
Parker
Parker
as Hurley
Movie - Released: 1/23/2013
The Trials of Cate McCall
The Trials of Cate McCall
as Bridges
Movie - Released: 11/28/2013

2012

The Company You Keep
The Company You Keep
as Donal Fitzgerald
Movie - Released: 12/20/2012
The Cold Call
The Cold Call
as Mr. Battleworth
Movie - Released: 4/22/2012
Luck
Luck
as Walter Smith
TV - Released: 1/29/2012

2011

Zookeeper
Zookeeper
as Bernie the Gorilla (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/6/2011
Arthur
Arthur
as Burt Johnson
Movie - Released: 4/8/2011
Warrior
Warrior
as Paddy Conlon
Movie - Released: 9/9/2011
Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
Movie - Released: 12/20/2011

2010

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
as Butch (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/29/2010
My Own Love Song
My Own Love Song
as Caldwell
Movie - Released: 4/7/2010
Arcadia Lost
Arcadia Lost
as Benerji
Movie - Released: 6/12/2010

2008

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
as Joe Bechstein
Movie - Released: 1/20/2008
Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder
as Four Leaf Tayback
Movie - Released: 8/9/2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Mulgarath
Movie - Released: 2/14/2008
Chicago 10
Chicago 10
as Thomas Foran (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/29/2008
Nick Nolte: No Exit
Nick Nolte: No Exit
as Self/Interviewer
Movie - Released: 1/1/2008
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
as Four Leaf Tayback
Movie - Released: 8/26/2008

2006

Paris Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime
as Vincent (Parc Monceau)
Movie - Released: 6/21/2006
Over the Hedge
Over the Hedge
as Vincent (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/17/2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/12/2006
Peaceful Warrior
Peaceful Warrior
as Socrates
Movie - Released: 3/30/2006
A Few Days in September
A Few Days in September
as Elliott
Movie - Released: 9/6/2006
Off the Black
Off the Black
as Ray Cook
Movie - Released: 12/8/2006

2005

Neverwas
Neverwas
as T. L. Pierson
Movie - Released: 9/9/2005

2004

Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda
as Colonel Oliver
Movie - Released: 12/22/2004
The Beautiful Country
The Beautiful Country
as Steve
Movie - Released: 3/13/2004
Clean
Clean
as Albrecht Hauser
Movie - Released: 9/1/2004

2003

Hulk
Hulk
as Father
Movie - Released: 6/19/2003
Northfork
Northfork
as Father Harlan
Movie - Released: 7/11/2003
This So-Called Disaster
This So-Called Disaster
as Earl
Movie - Released: 1/1/2003
Movie

2002

The Good Thief
The Good Thief
as Bob Montagnet
Movie - Released: 9/6/2002
Intimate Affairs
Intimate Affairs
as Faldo
Movie - Released: 4/18/2002

2001

The Making of 'Cape Fear'
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/18/2001

2000

Trixie
Trixie
as Senator Drummond Avery
Movie - Released: 6/28/2000
The Golden Bowl
The Golden Bowl
as Adam Verver
Movie - Released: 5/14/2000

1999

Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
as Harry Le Sabre
Movie - Released: 2/18/1999
Simpatico
Simpatico
as Vincent Webb
Movie - Released: 9/15/1999

1998

Affliction
Affliction
as Wade Whitehouse
Movie - Released: 2/12/1998
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line
as Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
Movie - Released: 12/23/1998

1997

U Turn
U Turn
as Jake McKenna
Movie - Released: 10/3/1997
Nightwatch
Nightwatch
as Inspector Cray
Movie - Released: 1/31/1997
Afterglow
Afterglow
as Lucky Mann
Movie - Released: 12/26/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

Mulholland Falls
Mulholland Falls
as Max Hoover
Movie - Released: 4/26/1996
Mother Night
Mother Night
as Howard Campbell
Movie - Released: 11/1/1996

1995

Jefferson in Paris
Jefferson in Paris
as Thomas Jefferson
Movie - Released: 3/31/1995

1994

I Love Trouble
I Love Trouble
as Peter Brackett
Movie - Released: 6/29/1994
Blue Chips
Blue Chips
as Pete
Movie - Released: 2/18/1994
I'll Do Anything
I'll Do Anything
as Matt Hobbs
Movie - Released: 2/4/1994

1992

Lorenzo's Oil
Lorenzo's Oil
as Augusto Odone
Movie - Released: 12/30/1992
The Player
The Player
as Nick Nolte
Movie - Released: 5/8/1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
TV - Released: 5/25/1992

1991

Cape Fear
Cape Fear
as Sam Bowden
Movie - Released: 11/13/1991
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides
as Tom Wingo
Movie - Released: 12/25/1991

1990

Another 48 Hrs.
Another 48 Hrs.
as Jack Cates
Movie - Released: 6/8/1990
Q & A
Q & A
as Mike Brennan
Movie - Released: 4/27/1990
Everybody Wins
Everybody Wins
as Tom O'Toole
Movie - Released: 1/19/1990

1989

Farewell to the King
Farewell to the King
as Learoyd
Movie - Released: 3/3/1989
Three Fugitives
Three Fugitives
as Lucas
Movie - Released: 1/27/1989
New York Stories
New York Stories
as Lionel Dobie
Movie - Released: 3/10/1989

1987

Extreme Prejudice
Extreme Prejudice
as Jack Benteen
Movie - Released: 4/24/1987
Weeds
Weeds
as Lee Umstetter
Movie - Released: 10/16/1987

1986

Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
as Jerry Baskin
Movie - Released: 1/31/1986

1985

Grace Quigley
Grace Quigley
as Seymour Flint
Movie - Released: 5/17/1985

1984

Teachers
Teachers
as Alex Jurel
Movie - Released: 10/5/1984

1983

Under Fire
Under Fire
as Russell Price
Movie - Released: 10/21/1983

1982

48 Hrs.
48 Hrs.
as Jack Cates
Movie - Released: 12/7/1982
Cannery Row
Cannery Row
as Doc
Movie - Released: 2/12/1982

1980

Heart Beat
Heart Beat
as Neal Cassady
Movie - Released: 4/25/1980

1979

North Dallas Forty
North Dallas Forty
as Phillip Elliott
Movie - Released: 8/3/1979

1978

Who'll Stop the Rain
Who'll Stop the Rain
as Ray Hicks
Movie - Released: 8/2/1978

1977

The Deep
The Deep
as David Sanders
Movie - Released: 6/17/1977

1976

The Northville Cemetery Massacre
The Northville Cemetery Massacre
as Chris (voice) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 3/1/1976
Rich Man, Poor Man
Rich Man, Poor Man
as Tom Jordache
TV - Released: 2/1/1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Tom Jordache (archive footage; uncredited)
TV - Released: 9/21/1976

1975

Return to Macon County
Return to Macon County
as Bo Hollinger
Movie - Released: 7/23/1975
The Runaway Barge
The Runaway Barge
as Roy Blount
Movie - Released: 3/24/1975
TV
Adams of Eagle Lake
as Officer Jerry Troy
TV - Released: 1/10/1975

1974

Death Sentence
Death Sentence
as John Healy
Movie - Released: 10/2/1974
The California Kid
The California Kid
as Buzz Stafford
Movie - Released: 9/25/1974
Winter Kill
Winter Kill
as Dave Michaels
Movie - Released: 4/15/1974
Chopper One
Chopper One
as Bob
TV - Released: 1/17/1974

1973

Electra Glide in Blue
Electra Glide in Blue
as Hippie Kid (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 5/17/1973
Toma
Toma
as Wally
TV - Released: 3/21/1973
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones
as Paul Barringer
TV - Released: 1/28/1973

1972

Dirty Little Billy
Dirty Little Billy
as Town Gang Leader (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/1/1972
The Rookies
The Rookies
as Tommy
TV - Released: 9/11/1972
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco
as Captain Alan Melder
TV - Released: 9/23/1972
Emergency!
Emergency!
as Fred
TV - Released: 1/22/1972

1971

Cannon
Cannon
as Ron Johnson
TV - Released: 9/14/1971

1969

The Feather Farm
The Feather Farm
Movie - Released: 10/26/1969
Medical Center
Medical Center
as Tank
TV - Released: 9/24/1969

1961

The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1955

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Barney Austin
TV - Released: 9/10/1955

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
TV - Released: 1/20/1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 1/20/1944

Unknown

Die, My Love
Movie
Poacher
as John Hardy
Movie
Movie
Crime 101
Movie
Movie