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Biography

With ruggedly handsome looks and a lengthy screen career, actor/producer Nick Nolte has established himself as a major industry figure. His enviable standing as one of Hollywood's most distinctive leading men was further cemented with a 1998 Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role in Affliction.

A native of Omaha, NE, Nolte was born February 8, 1941. While a student at Arizona State University, he showed talent as a football player, but whatever promise he may have had was aborted by his expulsion from the school for bad grades. A subsequent move to California convinced Nolte that acting was his calling and he studied at the Pasadena Playhouse, then at Stella Adler's Academy in Los Angeles under Bryan O'Byrne. After his training, Nolte spent 14 years travelling the country and working in regional theater, occasionally landing parts in B-movies and television films.

Debuting onscreen with a small role in Dirty Little Billy (1972), Nolte was 36 when he finally got his break in the acclaimed television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man (1976). His portrayal of Tom Jordache earned him an Emmy nomination and led to a starring role opposite Jacqueline Bisset in The Deep (1977). In addition to starring in the football exposé North Dallas Forty (1979), Nolte contributed to its screenplay, written by Peter Gent. Showing a marked preference for unusual and difficult films, it was not long before Nolte became known as a well-rounded actor who brought realism, depth, and spirit to even his most offbeat or even unsympathetic roles. Some of those parts include Beat author Neal Cassady in Heart Beat (1980), a homeless bum who helps a dysfunctional rich family in the hit comedy Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), a family man attempting to come to grips with his family's traumatic past while falling in love with his therapist in The Prince of Tides (1991), and a world weary detective in Mulholland Falls (1996). For a grim period in the late '80s, Nolte's career was threatened by his unrestrained drug and alcohol use, but a subsequent rehabilitation served to strengthen his career, paving the way for roles such as Jake McKenna in Oliver Stone's neo-noir thriller U-Turn (1997) and his Oscar-nominated turn as Sheriff Wade Whitehouse in Affliction (1997), for which he also acted as the film's executive producer. Following this triumph, Nolte further re-established his reputation as a major Hollywood player with his role in Terrence Malick's 1998 adaptation of James Jones' The Thin Red Line, in which he headlined a cast including George Clooney, Sean Penn, and John Travolta. ~ Rebecca Flint, All Movie Guide

Filmography

Beautiful Country (2003) .... Steve
Hulk, The (2003) .... Dr. David Banner
Northfork (2003) .... Father Harlan
Good Thief, The (2002/I) .... Bob
Investigating Sex (2001) .... Faldo
Film-Fest DVD: Issue 3 - Toronto (2000) (V) .... Himself
Trixie (2000) .... Senator Drummond Avery
Film-Fest DVD: Issue 4 - Hawaii (2000) (V) .... Himself
Golden Bowl, The (2000) .... Adam Verver
... aka Coupe d'or, La (2000) (France)
Best of Enemies, The (1999)
Simpatico (1999) .... Vinnie Webb
... aka Simpatico (1999) (France)
Breakfast of Champions (1999) .... Harry Le Sabre, Hoover's Sales Manager
Thin Red Line, The (1998) .... Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
Nightwatch (1998) .... Inspector Cray
Affliction (1997) .... Wade Whitehouse
U Turn (1997) .... Jake McKenna
... aka U Turn - Ici commence l'enfer (1998) (France)
Afterglow (1997) .... Lucky Mann
Mother Night (1996) .... Howard W. Campbell Jr.
Mulholland Falls (1996) .... Max Hoover
Jefferson in Paris (1995) .... Thomas Jefferson
... aka Jefferson à Paris (1995) (France)
I Love Trouble (1994) .... Peter Brackett
Blue Chips (1994) .... Pete Bell
I'll Do Anything (1994) .... Matt Hobbs
Lorenzo's Oil (1992) .... Augusto Odone
Player, The (1992) .... Himself
Prince of Tides, The (1991) .... Tom Wingo
Cape Fear (1991) .... Samuel.J Bowden
Q & A (1990) .... Detective Lieutenant Mike Brennan NYPD
Another 48 Hrs. (1990) .... Jack Cates
Everybody Wins (1990) .... Tom O'Toole
Farewell to the King (1989) .... Learoyd
New York Stories (1989) .... Lionel Dobie
Three Fugitives (1989) .... Lucas
Weeds (1987) .... Lee Umstetter
Extreme Prejudice (1987) .... Jack Benteen
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) .... Jerry Baskin
Grace Quigley (1984) .... Seymour Flint
... aka Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley, The (1984)
Teachers (1984) .... Alex Jurel
Under Fire (1983) .... Russell Price
48 Hrs. (1982) .... Detective Jack Cates
Cannery Row (1982) .... Doc
... aka John Steinbeck's Cannery Row (1982)
Heart Beat (1980) .... Neal Cassady
North Dallas Forty (1979) .... Phillip Elliott
Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) .... Ray Hicks
... aka Dog Soldiers (1978)
Making of 'The Deep', The (1977) (TV) .... Himself
Deep, The (1977) .... David Sanders
28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, The (1976) (TV) .... Himself/Presenter, Best Supporting Performances, Miniseries
"Rich Man, Poor Man" (1976) (mini) TV Series .... Tom Jordache
... aka "Rich Man, Poor Man - Book I" (1976) (mini)
Return to Macon County (1975) .... Bo Hollinger
"Adams of Eagle Lake" (1975) TV Series .... Officer Jerry Troy
Runaway Barge, The (1975) (TV) .... Roy Blount
... aka River Bandits (1975) (TV) (Europe: video box title English title)
Death Sentence (1974) (TV) .... John Healy
... aka Murder One (1974) (TV)
California Kid, The (1974) (TV) .... Buzz Stafford
Winter Kill (1974) (TV) .... Dave Michaels
Dirty Little Billy (1972) .... Town Gang

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