Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

1941-02-08 Omaha, Nebraska, USA 104 Credits

Biography

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 P...

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Crime 101

2026

Acting

A series of high level jewelry thefts up and down the Pacific Coast Highway have gone unsolved for years, primarily because the perpetrator has lived ...

Die My Love

Die My Love

2025

as Harry

Acting

A woman living in a remote rural area is driven to the brink of insanity by marriage and motherhood.

The Golden Voice

The Golden Voice

2025

as Barry

6.0
Acting

A young street singer and a homeless veteran, both on a self-destructive path, battle dark times through friendship and music.

Blackout

Blackout

2022

as Ethan McCoy

5.1
Acting

A man wakes in a hospital with no memory, and quickly finds himself on the run in a locked down hospital with the Cartel on his tail.

Last Words

Last Words

2020

as Shakespeare

4.3
Acting

The year is 2085 and no human babies have been born in over a decade. A group of disparate survivors respond to a call to meet in Athens, where the fi...

Angel Has Fallen

Angel Has Fallen

2019

as Clay Banning

6.6
Acting

After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagu...

Head Full of Honey

Head Full of Honey

2018

as Amadeus

6.2
Acting

A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkabl...

The Padre

The Padre

2018

as Nemes

5.9
Acting

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown of...

The Ridiculous 6

The Ridiculous 6

2015

as Frank Stockburn

5.2
Acting

When his long-lost outlaw father returns, Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn goes on an adventure-filled journey across the Old West with his five brothers...

Asthma

Asthma

2015

as Werewolf (voice)

6.0
Acting

A young musician takes a beautiful tattoo artist on a ride in a stolen classic car.

A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods

2015

as Stephen Katz

6.1
Acting

After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appa...

Return to Sender

Return to Sender

2015

as Mitchell Wells

6.1
Acting

A nurse living in a small town goes on a blind date with a man who is not the person he says he is.

Run All Night

Run All Night

2015

as Eddie Conlon

6.4
Acting

Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—...

Hateship Loveship

Hateship Loveship

2014

as Mr. McCauley

5.8
Acting

A shy caretaker believes that the father of her teenage charge is falling in love with her, unaware that she is actually the victim of the girl's pran...

Noah

Noah

2014

as Samyaza (voice)

5.7
Acting

A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

The Trials of Cate McCall

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013

as Bridges

6.3
Acting

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal ...

Parker

Parker

2013

as Hurley

6.1
Acting

A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely all...

Gangster Squad

Gangster Squad

2013

as Bill Parker

6.4
Acting

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, th...

The Company You Keep

The Company You Keep

2012

as Donal Fitzgerald

6.2
Acting

A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.

The Cold Call

The Cold Call

2012

as Mr. Battleworth

5.9
Acting

The story of salesman Salvador Lozano and his ambiguous relationship with young hostess Inés.

Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life

Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life

2011

3.5
Acting

The cast and crew of the 2011 film 'Warrior' discuss the movie making process and the themes explored in the film.

Warrior

Warrior

2011

as Paddy Conlon

7.8
Acting

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a pa...

Zookeeper

Zookeeper

2011

as Bernie the Gorilla (voice)

5.4
Acting

Kindhearted Griffin Keyes is one of the best-loved caretakers at the Franklin Park Zoo, but he's more comfortable with the animals than with females o...

Arthur

Arthur

2011

as Burt Johnson

5.5
Acting

A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman that his family doesn't like.

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

2010

as Butch (voice)

5.2
Acting

The ongoing war between the canine and feline species is put on hold when they join forces to thwart a rogue cat spy with her own sinister plans for c...

Arcadia Lost

Arcadia Lost

2010

as Benerji

5.2
Acting

Two teenagers wander rural Greece after being stranded by a car crash. They encounter an itinerant vagabond on their travels.

My Own Love Song

My Own Love Song

2010

as Caldwell

6.2
Acting

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness

2008

as Four Leaf Tayback

6.8
Acting

A behind-the-scenes mockumentary of Tropic Thunder.

Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder

2008

as Four Leaf Tayback

6.7
Acting

A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the fru...

Chicago 10

Chicago 10

2008

as Thomas Foran (voice)

6.0
Acting

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic Natio...

The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008

as Mulgarath

6.7
Acting

Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselv...

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

2008

as Joe Bechstein

4.0
Acting

Based on Michael Chabon's novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster father and explores lov...

Nick Nolte: No Exit

Nick Nolte: No Exit

2008

as Self/Interviewer

5.0
Acting

A frank and unconventional view of the life and work of actor Nick Nolte.

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

2006

as Self

7.2
Acting

A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships. It captures the legacy and "gonzo" ...

Off the Black

Off the Black

2006

as Ray Cook

5.4
Acting

An aging, disillusioned alcoholic gets a younger friend and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.

A Few Days in September

A Few Days in September

2006

as Elliott

4.8
Acting

1 September 2001. Elliot, an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret information on the immediate future of the world, disappears. His sole aim was t...

Paris Je T'aime

Paris Je T'aime

2006

as Vincent (Parc Monceau)

6.8
Acting

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories,...

Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge

2006

as Vincent (voice)

6.6
Acting

A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that poppe...

Peaceful Warrior

Peaceful Warrior

2006

as Socrates

7.4
Acting

A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

Neverwas

Neverwas

2005

as T. L. Pierson

6.4
Acting

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What h...

Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda

2004

as Colonel Oliver

7.7
Acting

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnot...

Clean

Clean

2004

as Albrecht Hauser

6.4
Acting

After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to rega...

The Beautiful Country

The Beautiful Country

2004

as Steve

6.0
Acting

After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a...

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

2003

Acting

A short behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "Northfork" (2003).

Northfork

Northfork

2003

as Father Harlan

6.0
Acting

The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town,...

Hulk

Hulk

2003

as Father

5.6
Acting

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a ragin...

This So-Called Disaster

This So-Called Disaster

2003

as Earl

4.2
Acting

Director Michael Almereyda's documentary on the weeks just prior to Sam Shepard's stage production of his play "The Late Henry Moss."

The Good Thief

The Good Thief

2002

as Bob Montagnet

6.1
Acting

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

Intimate Affairs

Intimate Affairs

2002

as Faldo

4.6
Acting

Edgar organizes a salon on the topic of sexuality and arranges to use the lavish estate of Faldo as a venue. In light of the overwhelming brilliance o...

Intimate Affairs

Intimate Affairs

2002

Producer

4.6
Producing

Edgar organizes a salon on the topic of sexuality and arranges to use the lavish estate of Faldo as a venue. In light of the overwhelming brilliance o...

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

2001

as Self

7.3
Acting

A retrospective documentary on the making of Cape Fear (1991) and Cape Fear (1962).

Trixie

Trixie

2000

as Senator Drummond Avery

4.9
Acting

Passed over at work and numbed after she witnesses a colleague's murder, security guard Trixie Zurbo takes a relatively easy job at a lakefront casino...

The Golden Bowl

The Golden Bowl

2000

as Adam Verver

6.0
Acting

Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend, Ch...

Simpatico

Simpatico

1999

as Vincent Webb

4.9
Acting

As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an of...

Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

1999

as Harry Le Sabre

5.1
Acting

A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one day,...

The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line

1998

as Lt. Col. Gordon Tall

7.4
Acting

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselve...

Affliction

Affliction

1997

as Wade Whitehouse

6.3
Acting

A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally...

Affliction

Affliction

1997

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally...

Afterglow

Afterglow

1997

as Lucky Mann

6.0
Acting

Lucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corpor...

U Turn

U Turn

1997

as Jake McKenna

6.6
Acting

When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Cau...

Nightwatch

Nightwatch

1997

as Inspector Cray

6.0
Acting

A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.

Mother Night

Mother Night

1996

as Howard Campbell

6.7
Acting

An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real...

Mulholland Falls

Mulholland Falls

1996

as Max Hoover

6.0
Acting

In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris

1995

as Thomas Jefferson

5.1
Acting

His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult...

I Love Trouble

I Love Trouble

1994

as Peter Brackett

5.5
Acting

Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.

Blue Chips

Blue Chips

1994

as Pete

6.1
Acting

Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future ar...

I'll Do Anything

I'll Do Anything

1994

as Matt Hobbs

5.5
Acting

Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter h...

Lorenzo's Oil

Lorenzo's Oil

1992

as Augusto Odone

7.1
Acting

Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the...

The Player

The Player

1992

as Nick Nolte

7.2
Acting

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides

1991

as Tom Wingo

6.6
Acting

A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the p...

Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991

as Sam Bowden

7.3
Acting

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14...

Another 48 Hrs.

Another 48 Hrs.

1990

as Jack Cates

6.0
Acting

For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the Ice Man. Jack finds a picture ...

Q & A

Q & A

1990

as Mike Brennan

5.8
Acting

A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who...

Everybody Wins

Everybody Wins

1990

as Tom O'Toole

3.9
Acting

A seemingly good Samaritan hires a private detective to prove a teen sitting in prison on a murder charge is innocent. His investigation discovers dee...

New York Stories

New York Stories

1989

as Lionel Dobie

6.2
Acting

Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories feature...

Farewell to the King

Farewell to the King

1989

as Learoyd

6.0
Acting

An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among...

Three Fugitives

Three Fugitives

1989

as Lucas

6.7
Acting

On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decide...

Weeds

Weeds

1987

as Lee Umstetter

5.3
Acting

A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.

Extreme Prejudice

Extreme Prejudice

1987

as Jack Benteen

6.2
Acting

A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

1986

as Jerry Baskin

5.9
Acting

Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.

Grace Quigley

Grace Quigley

1985

as Seymour Flint

5.9
Acting

Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. On the day she's being evicted, she witnesses a murder being com...

Teachers

Teachers

1984

as Alex Jurel

5.6
Acting

A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still canno...

Under Fire

Under Fire

1983

as Russell Price

6.7
Acting

Three U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.

48 Hrs.

48 Hrs.

1982

as Jack Cates

6.7
Acting

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Cannery Row

Cannery Row

1982

as Doc

5.9
Acting

Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giv...

Heart Beat

Heart Beat

1980

as Neal Cassady

5.6
Acting

An exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and Cassady's wife, Carolyn.

North Dallas Forty

North Dallas Forty

1979

as Phillip Elliott

6.7
Acting

A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.

Who'll Stop the Rain

Who'll Stop the Rain

1978

as Ray Hicks

6.5
Acting

John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside...

The Deep

The Deep

1977

as David Sanders

6.0
Acting

A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.

The Northville Cemetery Massacre

The Northville Cemetery Massacre

1976

as Chris (voice) (uncredited)

5.6
Acting

Mayhem starts when a gang of bikers is accused of a sadistic rape in a small town.

Return to Macon County

Return to Macon County

1975

as Bo Hollinger

6.5
Acting

In 1958, two teenagers take their pride and joy, a hopped-up Chevy, and start a cross-country journey to enter it in the National Championship drag ra...

The Runaway Barge

The Runaway Barge

1975

as Roy Blount

Acting

Two bargemen on the Mississippi River find themselves mixed up in a kidnapping and hijacking plot.

Death Sentence

Death Sentence

1974

as John Healy

5.7
Acting

A juror on a murder trial begins to believe that the man charged with the crime is innocent — and that the real killer is her own husband.

The California Kid

The California Kid

1974

as Buzz Stafford

6.2
Acting

A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one...

Winter Kill

Winter Kill

1974

as Dave Michaels

7.4
Acting

Someone is shooting the residents of a mountain resort town. Sheriff McNeill (Andy Griffith) must figure out the connection that links the victims and...

Electra Glide in Blue

Electra Glide in Blue

1973

as Hippie Kid (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his ill...

Dirty Little Billy

Dirty Little Billy

1972

as Town Gang Leader (uncredited)

4.9
Acting

Clearly influenced by the darker, more sinister style of spaghetti westerns, Dirty Little Billy offers a unique insight into the beginnings of the not...

The Feather Farm

The Feather Farm

1969

Acting

Ostrich raising in 1915 is not as easy as it seems, as a Boston matron and her niece sadly discover. They almost lose their investment as the ostrich...

Aggie

Aggie

1969

Thanks

As the oldest of three, Aggie takes on the responsibility of raising her siblings. A dark secret makes her life even more complicated: she is a nympho...

A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand

N/A

10.0
Acting

An ex-soldier attempts to clear his name while being relentlessly tracked down for the murder and rape of a well-to-do woman.

Poacher

N/A

as John Hardy

Acting

Vengeance motivates a young man to go to war with the corrupt fishing barons that rule his town, sending him on an epic journey that transforms him fr...

The Ploughmen

N/A

Acting

Strange friendship between a haunted young deputy sheriff and a notorious old murderer turns both their worlds upside down.

Shelter Me

N/A

Acting

Jon Boylan, an A.I. research scientist, develops a remote monitoring system that exposes personal struggles, weaknesses and strengths during the isola...