Nick Nolte
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| Born | Nicholas King Nolte February 8, 1941 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor/Producer |
| Years active | 1969 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Sheila Page (1966 – 1970) Sharyn Haddad (1978 – 1983) Rebecca Linger (1984 – 1994) |
| Domestic partner(s) | Karen Louise Ecklund (1970 – 1977) Vicki Lewis (1994 – 2003) Clytie Lane (2003 – present) |
Nicholas King "Nick" Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor, film producer and former model.
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[edit] Early life
Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Helen (née King), a department store buyer, and Franklin A. Nolte, a farmer's son who worked in irrigation pump sales[1][2] and was an All-American candidate at Iowa State in 1964. Nolte's father was of German descent.[3] Nolte's maternal grandfather, Matthew Leander King, invented the hollow-tile silo and was prominent in early aviation. His maternal grandmother ran the student union at Iowa State University. He has an older sister, Nancy, who was an executive for the Red Cross.
Nolte went to Omaha Benson High School, where he was the kicker on the football team. Nolte got kicked out of Benson for digging a hole and hiding beer before practice and then getting caught drinking it during a practice session. After his expulsion, he attended Westside High School in Omaha. He also attended Pasadena City College. Nolte went on to attend Arizona State University (on a football scholarship); Eastern Arizona College, Thatcher, Arizona; and Phoenix College, Phoenix, Arizona. At Eastern Arizona Nolte lettered in football as a tight end and defensive end, in basketball as a forward, and as a catcher on the baseball team. Poor grades eventually ended his studies, at which point his career in theatre began in earnest. While in college, Nolte worked for the Falstaff Brewery in Omaha. In 1965, he was arrested for selling counterfeit documents and was given a 45-year jail sentence and a $75,000 fine, however the sentence was suspended. It also prevented him from joining the army, and he at the time felt obliged to serve in the Vietnam war as his father had served in World War Two. As a result, Nolte says he felt incomplete as a young man for not going to Vietnam [4][5]. After stints at the Pasadena Playhouse and Stella Adler's Academy in Los Angeles, Nolte spent several years traveling the country and working in regional theaters.
[edit] Modeling
Nolte was a model in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In one national magazine advertisement in 1972, he appeared in jeans and an open jean shirt for Clairol's "Summer Blonde" hair lightener sitting on a log next to a blonde Sigourney Weaver.[citation needed] The pair also appeared on the packaging.
[edit] Acting career
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Nolte first gained national attention and critical acclaim for his performance in Rich Man, Poor Man, the 1976 television miniseries based on Irwin Shaw's 1970 best-selling novel. Since then he has had a successful career playing a wide variety of characters in more than 40 films. Diversity of character is the signature of Nolte's film career. He is known for his trademark athleticism and graveled-voice characters. In 1973, he appeared in Lorne Greene's ABC crime drama Griff in the episode "Who Framed Billy the Kid?", in the role of Billy Randolph, a football player accused of murder.
Nolte's first major film role was in 1977's The Deep starring opposite Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Shaw. This was followed by Who'll Stop the Rain in 1978 and North Dallas Forty, based on the Peter Gent novel, in 1979. The buddy cop/convict film 48 Hrs. (1982) would strongly bolster his film career and make his co-star Eddie Murphy a box-office sensation.
Nolte would continue starring in films throughout the 1980s, including Under Fire (1983) with Gene Hackman, Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) with Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler, Extreme Prejudice (1987) and New York Stories (1989) under the direction of Martin Scorsese.
He would begin the 1990s working again with Murphy in the sequel Another 48 Hours. 1991 would bring perhaps his greatest box office success as he starred in The Prince of Tides with Barbra Streisand and in Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear with Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange. Nolte received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Prince of Tides (which he lost to Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs) and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.
Nolte's solid work continued with Lorenzo's Oil (1992) opposite Susan Sarandon, Mulholland Falls (1996), and After Glow (1997) for which his co-star Julie Christie received her third Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. Nolte received his second Academy Award for Best Actor nomination the same year for his work in Affliction (he lost to Roberto Benigni for Life Is Beautiful). His co-star James Coburn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the father of Nolte's character.
Nolte took smaller parts in The Thin Red Line (1999) and Hotel Rwanda (2004) which were critically respected.
According to a written note owned by Richard Donner, Nolte was the first choice to play Superman in the 1978 film starring Christopher Reeve. He also lost the role of Han Solo to Harrison Ford in the 1977 classic, Star Wars.[citation needed]
[edit] Personal life
Nolte has been married and divorced three times. His ex-wives are Sheila Page, Sharyn Haddad and Rebecca Linger, with whom he has a son named Brawley Nolte (born June 20, 1986). Nolte's son is also an actor, having been prominently featured as Mel Gibson's kidnapped son in the 1996 film Ransom. He was also involved with Debra Winger and Vicki Lewis.[clarification needed] On October 3, 2007, Nolte's longtime partner Clytie Lane gave birth to their daughter, Sophie Lane Nolte.
Nolte resides in Malibu, California. On October 6, 2008, a fire starting from a computer printer burned a section of his residence. Nolte escaped, but there was a reported $1.5 million in damages to the house.
[edit] Legal Troubles
In September 2002, he checked himself into Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut for counselling after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Malibu, California a few days earlier.[6] Tests later showed that he was under the influence of GHB, the "date rape" drug. Nolte responded that he "has been taking it for four years and I've never been raped"[7]. On December 12, 2002 he pleaded no contest to charges of driving under the influence. He was given three years' probation with orders to undergo alcohol and drug counselling with random testing required.
[edit] Awards
- 1991 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actor, The Prince of Tides
- 1991 - Golden Globe: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), The Prince of Tides
- 1992 - Chosen as People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive
- 1998 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actor, Affliction
- 1998 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Actor, Affliction
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1973 | Electra Glide in Blue | Hippie Kid | |
| 1974 | The California Kid | Buzz Stafford | |
| 1975 | Return to Macon County | Bo Hollinger | |
| 1976 | Northville Cemetery Massacre | Chris | |
| Rich Man, Poor Man | Tom Jordache | (mini-series) (1976) | |
| 1977 | The Deep | David Sanders | |
| 1978 | Who'll Stop the Rain | Ray Hicks | |
| 1979 | North Dallas Forty | Phillip Elliott | |
| 1980 | Heart Beat | Neal Cassady | |
| 1982 | Cannery Row | Doc | |
| 48 Hrs. | Jack Cates | ||
| 1983 | Under Fire | Russell Price | |
| 1984 | Teachers | Alex Jurel | |
| 1985 | Grace Quigley | Seymour Flint | |
| 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Jerry Baskin | |
| 1987 | Extreme Prejudice | Jack Benteen | |
| Weeds | Lee Umstetter | ||
| 1988 | Grace Quigley 2, Gracie | Seymour Flint | (unfinished) |
| 1989 | Three Fugitives | Lucas | |
| New York Stories | Lionel Dobie | ||
| Farewell to the King | Learoyd | ||
| 1990 | Everybody Wins | Tom O'Toole | |
| Q&A | Captain Michael Brennan | ||
| Another 48 Hrs. | Jack Cates | ||
| 1991 | Cape Fear | Sam Bowden | |
| The Prince of Tides' | Tom Wingo | ||
| The Player | (cameo) | ||
| Lorenzo's Oil | Augusto Odone | ||
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | Matt Hobbs | |
| Blue Chips | Pete Bell | ||
| I Love Trouble | Peter Brackett | ||
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Thomas Jefferson | |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | Max Hoover | |
| Mother Night | Howard Campbell | ||
| 1997 | Affliction | Wade Whitehouse | Nominated for Academy Award and Golden Globe. |
| Nightwatch | Inspector Thomas Cray | ||
| U Turn | Jake McKenna | ||
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | Lt. Col. Tall | |
| Hayes Hours | |||
| 1999 | Breakfast of Champions | Harry Le Sabre | |
| Simpatico | Vincent Webb | ||
| 2000 | The Golden Bowl | Adam Verver | |
| 2002 | The Good Thief | Bob Montagnet | |
| 2003 | Hulk | David Banner/Father | |
| Northfork | Father Harlan | ||
| 2004 | Clean | Albrecht Hauser | |
| Hotel Rwanda | Colonel Oliver | ||
| The Beautiful Country | Steve | ||
| 2005 | Neverwas | T.L. Pierson | |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | (voice) Vincent | |
| Off the Black | Ray Cook | ||
| Paris, je t'aime | Vincent (segment "Parc Monceau") | ||
| Quelques jours en septembre | Elliott | ||
| Peaceful Warrior | Socrates | ||
| 2007 | Intimate Affairs | Faldo | |
| 2008 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | Joe Bechstein | |
| The Spiderwick Chronicles | Mulgarath | ||
| Tropic Thunder | John "Four Leaf" Tayback | ||
| 2009 | Arcadia Lost | Benerji | forthcoming film |
| 2010 | Warrior | forthcoming film | |
| My Own Love Song | forthcoming film |
[edit] References
- ^ Nick Nolte Biography (1941?-)
- ^ Nolte comes clean| Film | This is London
- ^ To the brink and back | Interviews | guardian.co.uk Film
- ^ http://www.futuremovies.co.uk/filmmaking.asp?ID=239
- ^ http://filmschoolbuzz.com/tag/nick-nolte/
- ^ October 24, 2002 Nick Nolte Charged With DUI CBS News
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1199503/
[edit] External links
- Nick Nolte at the Internet Movie Database
- a candid interview with Nick Nolte in Stumped? Magazine
- To the brink and back - The Guardian, March 1, 2003.
- Spiderwick Chronicles Interview.
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| Preceded by Patrick Swayze |
People's Sexiest Man Alive 1992 |
Succeeded by Brad Pitt |
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