
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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The Mandalorian
2019 · tv · as Kuiil (voice)
Warrior
2011 · movie · as Paddy Conlon
Hotel Rwanda
2004 · movie · as Colonel Oliver
Peaceful Warrior
2006 · movie · as Socrates
The Thin Red Line
1998 · movie · as Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
Poker Face
2023 · tv · as Arthur Liptin
Cape Fear
1991 · movie · as Sam Bowden
The Player
1992 · movie · as Nick Nolte
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
Chicago 10
movie · as Thomas Foran (voice) · ★ 5.8
Nick Nolte: No Exit
movie · as Self/Interviewer · ★ 7.5
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
movie · as Joe Bechstein · ★ 4.2
The Spiderwick Chronicles
movie · as Mulgarath · ★ 6.7
Tropic Thunder
movie · as Four Leaf Tayback · ★ 6.7
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
movie · as Four Leaf Tayback · ★ 6.8