---
name: "Nick Nolte"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-nolte"
fi1m_id: "nick-nolte"
imdb_id: "nm0000560"
tmdb_id: 1733
wikidata_id: "Q188018"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 February 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 15
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 15
updated: "2026-10-13T21:29:34.676012+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nick Nolte

## Identity

Nick Nolte

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-nolte
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-nolte
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000560
- **TMDB ID:** 1733
- **Wikidata ID:** Q188018
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Nolte, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188018, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000560/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1733

Actor. Born 8 February 1941 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 February 1941, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- **Active:** 1982–present
- **Also known as:** Nicholas King "Nick" Nolte, Nicholas King Nolte
- **Frequently works with:** [Walter Hill](https://film.one/person/walter-hill.md), [Eddie Murphy](https://film.one/person/eddie-murphy.md), [Jennifer Connelly](https://film.one/person/jennifer-connelly.md), [Larry Gross](https://film.one/person/larry-gross.md), [Lawrence Gordon](https://film.one/person/lawrence-gordon.md), [Martin Scorsese](https://film.one/person/martin-scorsese.md)
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 15 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (2), 1990s 64 (4), 2000s 74 (3), 2010s 71 (3), 2020s 62 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 65 across 12 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 10 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 6 of 14 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Action 5, Adventure 4, Comedy 4, Crime 4, Animation 2
- **Screen time:** 28 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,807m across 13 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Nolte, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188018, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000560/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1733

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Warrior*](https://film.one/film/warrior.md) (80), [*48 Hrs.*](https://film.one/film/48-hrs.md) (78), [*Over the Hedge*](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md) (73), [*Cape Fear*](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1991.md) (71), [*Crime 101*](https://film.one/film/crime-101.md) (67)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Hotel Rwanda*](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*Die My Love*](https://film.one/film/die-my-love.md) (71)
- **Disney+:** [*LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian*](https://film.one/film/lego-star-wars-the-mandalorian.md) (48)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Nick Nolte

> Nick Nolte's gravelly voice and physical presence can suggest a tough man before he has done much at all. We rate him for what comes after: the unease and vulnerability that make those men worth watching.

In *Die My Love* (2025), Nick Nolte's Harry says almost nothing and does not need to. Lynne Ramsay has Jennifer Lawrence's Grace coming apart in a farmhouse; Nolte, playing Jackson's father, declines to add to the noise. We felt relieved by his quiet, because the film keeps repeating Grace's distress long after we have understood it. He does not need to use that gravelly voice much for us to register him, and Ramsay has the sense to let him be.

His leading-man years sometimes left too much of the work to that physical presence. The breakthrough miniseries *Rich Man, Poor Man* (1976) led into a run of film leads including *North Dallas Forty* (1979) and *48 Hrs.* (1982), which paired him with Eddie Murphy. The macho typecasting of *The Deep* (1977) points to the risk: once the imposing man has arrived, there may be little left for him to tell us. We prefer him when that strength does not make the character simple.

*Affliction* (1998), with Nolte as Wade Whitehouse, and *Warrior* (2011), as Paddy Conlon, belong to the more rewarding work with troubled men. His tough exterior allows vulnerability to emerge without making it seem like a request for sympathy. From the 2000s, he moved increasingly into supporting parts, voice work and television, with fewer sustained film leads. We would not call that a failing; Harry needs little dialogue, and a longer part would not necessarily make him more interesting.

In *The Thin Red Line* (1998), Terrence Malick casts him as Lt. Col. Gordon Tall within an ensemble. The performances and John Toll's photography make this patient war film worth following through its digressions, although Malick can grow too fond of his own questions. We rate it highly without pretending that all those soldiers become distinct people, and its uneven attention to them remains a limitation. Start here, provided you can live with a war film that takes its time.

## Biography

Nicholas King Nolte (born 8 February 1941) is an American actor from Omaha, Nebraska. He first came to prominence for his role in the ABC miniseries *Rich Man, Poor Man* (1976).

Nolte won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for *The Prince of Tides* (1991). He received Academy Award nominations for *The Prince of Tides*, *Affliction* (1998) and *Warrior* (2011). His other notable films include *Cape Fear* (1991), *The Thin Red Line* (1998), *Tropic Thunder* (2008) and *Angel Has Fallen* (2019). He voiced Kuiil in the Disney+ series *The Mandalorian* (2019).

Recent credits include *Die My Love* (2025) and *Crime 101* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (15)

- *Crime 101* (2026), Fi1m 67, as Money — [page](https://film.one/film/crime-101.md)
- *LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian* (2026), Fi1m 48, as Kuiil (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/lego-star-wars-the-mandalorian.md)
- *Die My Love* (2025), Fi1m 71, as Harry — [page](https://film.one/film/die-my-love.md)
- *The Mandalorian* (2019), Fi1m 76, as Kuiil (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md)
- *Noah* (2014), Fi1m 58, as Samyaza (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/noah.md)
- *Warrior* (2011), Fi1m 80, as Paddy Conlon — [page](https://film.one/film/warrior.md)
- *Over the Hedge* (2006), Fi1m 73, as Vincent (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md)
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Fi1m 76, as Colonel Oliver — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)
- *Hulk* (2003), Fi1m 72, as Father — [page](https://film.one/film/hulk.md)
- *The Thin Red Line* (1998), Fi1m 84, as Lt. Col. Gordon Tall — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-red-line.md)
- *Cape Fear* (1991), Fi1m 71, as Sam Bowden — [page](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1991.md)
- *The Prince of Tides* (1991), Fi1m 65, as Tom Wingo — [page](https://film.one/film/the-prince-of-tides.md)
- *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990), Fi1m 38, as Jack Cates — [page](https://film.one/film/another-48-hrs.md)
- *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986), Fi1m 65, as Jerry Baskin — [page](https://film.one/film/down-and-out-in-beverly-hills.md)
- *48 Hrs.* (1982), Fi1m 78, as Jack Cates — [page](https://film.one/film/48-hrs.md)

## Complete filmography (119)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Company* (2026), as Tom
- *LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian* (2026), as Kuiil (voice) — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/lego-star-wars-the-mandalorian.md)
- *Crime 101* (2026), as Money — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/crime-101.md)
- *Die My Love* (2025), as Harry — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/die-my-love.md)
- *The Golden Voice* (2025), as Barry
- *Poker Face* (2023), series, as Arthur Liptin — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *Blackout* (2022), as Ethan McCoy
- *Last Words* (2020), as Shakespeare
- *Paradise Lost* (2020), series, as Judge Forsythe
- *The Mandalorian* (2019), series, as Kuiil (voice) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md)
- *Angel Has Fallen* (2019), as Clay Banning
- *Head Full of Honey* (2018), as Amadeus
- *The Padre* (2018), as Nemes
- *Graves* (2016), series, as President Richard Graves
- *The Ridiculous 6* (2015), as Frank Stockburn
- *Asthma* (2015), as Werewolf (voice)
- *A Walk in the Woods* (2015), as Stephen Katz
- *Return to Sender* (2015), as Mitchell Wells
- *Run All Night* (2015), as Eddie Conlon
- *Gracepoint* (2014), series, as Jack Reinhold
- *Hateship Loveship* (2014), as Mr. McCauley
- *Noah* (2014), as Samyaza (voice) — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/noah.md)
- *The Trials of Cate McCall* (2013), as Bridges
- *Parker* (2013), as Hurley
- *Gangster Squad* (2013), as Bill Parker
- *The Company You Keep* (2012), as Donal Fitzgerald
- *The Cold Call* (2012), as Mr. Battleworth
- *Luck* (2012), series, as Walter Smith
- *Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life* (2011), Actor
- *Warrior* (2011), as Paddy Conlon — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/warrior.md)
- *Zookeeper* (2011), as Bernie the Gorilla (voice)
- *Arthur* (2011), as Burt Johnson
- *Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore* (2010), as Butch (voice)
- *Arcadia Lost* (2010), as Benerji
- *My Own Love Song* (2010), as Caldwell
- *Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness* (2008), as Four Leaf Tayback
- *Tropic Thunder* (2008), as Four Leaf Tayback
- *Chicago 10* (2008), as Thomas Foran (voice)
- *The Spiderwick Chronicles* (2008), as Mulgarath
- *The Mysteries of Pittsburgh* (2008), as Joe Bechstein
- *Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride* (2006), as Narrator
- *Off the Black* (2006), as Ray Cook
- *A Few Days in September* (2006), as Elliott
- *Paris Je T'aime* (2006), as Vincent (Parc Monceau)
- *Over the Hedge* (2006), as Vincent (voice) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md)
- *Peaceful Warrior* (2006), as Socrates
- *Neverwas* (2005), as T. L. Pierson
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), as Colonel Oliver — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)
- *Clean* (2004), as Albrecht Hauser
- *The Beautiful Country* (2004), as Steve
- *Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork* (2003), Actor
- *Northfork* (2003), as Father Harlan
- *Hulk* (2003), as Father — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hulk.md)
- *The Good Thief* (2003), as Bob
- *This So-Called Disaster* (2003), as Earl
- *Intimate Affairs* (2002), as Faldo · Producer
- *Trixie* (2000), as Senator Drummond Avery
- *The Golden Bowl* (2000), as Adam Verver
- *Simpatico* (1999), as Vincent Webb
- *Breakfast of Champions* (1999), as Harry Le Sabre
- *The Thin Red Line* (1998), as Lt. Col. Gordon Tall — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-red-line.md)
- *Affliction* (1998), as Wade Whitehouse · Executive Producer
- *Afterglow* (1997), as Lucky Mann
- *U Turn* (1997), as Jake McKenna
- *Nightwatch* (1997), as Inspector Cray
- *Mother Night* (1996), as Howard Campbell
- *Mulholland Falls* (1996), as Max Hoover
- *Jefferson in Paris* (1995), as Thomas Jefferson
- *I Love Trouble* (1994), as Peter Brackett
- *Blue Chips* (1994), as Pete
- *I'll Do Anything* (1994), as Matt Hobbs
- *Lorenzo's Oil* (1992), as Augusto Odone
- *The Player* (1992), as Nick Nolte — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md)
- *The Prince of Tides* (1991), as Tom Wingo — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-prince-of-tides.md)
- *Cape Fear* (1991), as Sam Bowden — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1991.md)
- *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990), as Jack Cates — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/another-48-hrs.md)
- *Q & A* (1990), as Mike Brennan
- *Everybody Wins* (1990), as Tom O'Toole
- *New York Stories* (1989), as Lionel Dobie
- *Farewell to the King* (1989), as Learoyd
- *Three Fugitives* (1989), as Lucas
- *Weeds* (1987), as Lee Umstetter
- *Extreme Prejudice* (1987), as Jack Benteen
- *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986), as Jerry Baskin — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/down-and-out-in-beverly-hills.md)
- *Grace Quigley* (1985), as Seymour Flint
- *Teachers* (1984), as Alex Jurel
- *Under Fire* (1983), as Russell Price
- *48 Hrs.* (1982), as Jack Cates — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/48-hrs.md)
- *Cannery Row* (1982), as Doc
- *Heart Beat* (1980), as Neal Cassady
- *North Dallas Forty* (1979), as Phillip Elliott
- *Who'll Stop the Rain* (1978), as Ray Hicks
- *The Deep* (1977), as David Sanders
- *Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II* (1976), series, as Tom Jordache (archive footage; uncredited)
- *The Northville Cemetery Massacre* (1976), as Chris (voice) (uncredited)
- *Rich Man, Poor Man* (1976), series, as Tom Jordache
- *Return to Macon County* (1975), as Bo Hollinger
- *The Runaway Barge* (1975), as Roy Blount
- *Adams of Eagle Lake* (1975), series, as Officer Jerry Troy
- *Death Sentence* (1974), as John Healy
- *The California Kid* (1974), as Buzz Stafford
- *Winter Kill* (1974), as Dave Michaels
- *Chopper One* (1974), series, as Bob
- *Toma* (1973), series, as Wally
- *Electra Glide in Blue* (1973), as Hippie Kid (uncredited)
- *Barnaby Jones* (1973), series, as Paul Barringer
- *Dirty Little Billy* (1972), as Town Gang Leader (uncredited)
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, as Captain Alan Melder
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, as Tommy
- *Emergency!* (1972), series, as Fred
- *Cannon* (1971), series, as Ron Johnson
- *The Feather Farm* (1969), Actor
- *Medical Center* (1969), series, as Tank
- *Aggie* (1969), Thanks
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Barney Austin
- *A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand*, Actor
- *Shelter Me*, Actor
- *Poacher*, as John Hardy
- *Vested*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Photo of Lynda Day George as Linda Quayles and Nick Nolte as Tom Jordache from the television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man. (1976)](https://film.one/media/person/7151/gallery-9a6a82c9840b.jpg) Photo of Lynda Day George as Linda Quayles and Nick Nolte as Tom Jordache from the television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man. (1976) — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Lynda_Day_George_Nick_Nolte_Rich_Man_Poor_Man_1976.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nick Nolte, Aaron Eckhart, Joshua Michael Stern, Alan Cumming at the premiere of Neverwas, Toronto Film Festival 2005](https://film.one/media/person/7151/gallery-1a62c68b7a63.jpg) Nick Nolte, Aaron Eckhart, Joshua Michael Stern, Alan Cumming at the premiere of Neverwas, Toronto Film Festival 2005 — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Neverwas_006_%287271522862%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nick Nolte, Aaron Eckhart, not sure, and Alan Cumming here to promote Neverwas at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/7151/gallery-13a8298a9cb7.jpg) Nick Nolte, Aaron Eckhart, not sure, and Alan Cumming here to promote Neverwas at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival — Tony Shek from Rochester NY, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Neverwas_Toronto.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nolte Nick in Cannes in 2000. My own picture. Created by Rita Molnár 2000.](https://film.one/media/person/7151/gallery-565f6100306c.jpg) Nolte Nick in Cannes in 2000. My own picture. Created by Rita Molnár 2000. — No machine-readable author provided. Nikita~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/NickNolte%28cannesPhotocall%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nick Nolte](https://film.one/media/person/7151/gallery-c152843cff3a.jpg) Nick Nolte — Image via TMDB
- ![Nick Nolte](https://film.one/media/person/7151/gallery-ee37c052f3f6.jpg) Nick Nolte — Image via TMDB
- ![Nick Nolte](https://film.one/media/person/7151/gallery-4d5ffb312aeb.jpg) Nick Nolte — Image via TMDB
- ![Nick Nolte](https://film.one/media/person/7151/gallery-f498ab69261a.jpg) Nick Nolte — Alain Zirah, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Nick_Nolte_2008_%282544500287%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nick Nolte](https://film.one/media/person/7151/gallery-6bdda7ee0e7a.jpg) Nick Nolte — Image via TMDB
- ![Nick Nolte](https://film.one/media/person/7151/gallery-c2c3b04cb197.jpg) Nick Nolte — Image via TMDB
- ![Nick Nolte](https://film.one/media/person/7151/gallery-c7e0aae1758e.jpg) Nick Nolte — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 2012: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Warrior*
- 1999: Best Actor (nominated), for *Affliction*
- 1992: Best Actor (nominated), for *The Prince of Tides*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1992: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (won), for *The Prince of Tides*

### Other awards — 1 won

- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 2017: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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