Nick Nolte
Nick Nolte | |
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 Nolte as Tom Jordache in 1976 | |
| Born | Nicholas King Nolte February 8, 1941 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Westside High School |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, model |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Sheila Page (1966–1970) Sharyn Haddad (1978–1983) Rebecca Linger (1984–1994) Clytie Lane (m. 2016)[1] |
| Children | 2 |
Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941)[2] is an American actor, producer, author, and former model. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film The Prince of Tides. He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Affliction (1998) and Warrior (2011). His other film appearances include The Deep (1977), Who'll Stop The Rain (1978), North Dallas Forty (1979), 48 Hrs. (1982), Teachers (1984), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Everybody Wins (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), The Thin Red Line (1998), The Good Thief (2002), Hulk (2003), Hotel Rwanda (2004), Tropic Thunder (2008), and A Walk in the Woods (2015). He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for his role in the TV series Graves.
Early life
Nolte was born February 8, 1941, in Omaha, Nebraska. His father, Franklin Arthur Nolte (1904–1978), was a farmer's son who ran away from home, nearly dropped out of high school and was a three-time letter winner in football at Iowa State University (1929–1931).[3] His mother, Helen (née King; 1914–2000), was a department store buyer and then became an expert Antique Dealer co-owning a prestigious and successful Antique Shop despite having no formal education in this area. His ancestry includes German, English, Scots-Irish, Scottish and Swiss-German.[4][1] 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 attended Kingsley Elementary School in Waterloo, Iowa.[1] He studied at Westside High School in Omaha, where he was the kicker on the football team. He also attended Benson High School, but was expelled for hiding beer before practice and being caught drinking it during a practice session.[5] Following his high school graduation in 1959, he attended Pasadena City College in Southern California, Arizona State University in Tempe (on a football scholarship), Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher and Phoenix College in Phoenix. 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.
After stints at the Pasadena Playhouse and the Stella Adler Academy in Los Angeles, Nolte spent several years traveling the country and working in regional theaters, including the Old Log Theater in Minnesota for three years.
Career
Modeling
Nolte was a model in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In a 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 Chris O'Connor;[6] and they appeared on the packaging. In 1992, Nolte was named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.
Acting
Nolte first starred in the television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, based on Irwin Shaw's 1970 best-selling novel. Later he appeared in over forty films, playing a wide variety of characters. Diversity of character, trademark athleticism, and gravelly voice are signatures of his career. In 1973, he guest-starred in the Griff episode, "Who Framed Billy the Kid?", as Billy Randolph, a football player accused of murder. He co-starred with Andy Griffith in Winter Kill, a television film made as the pilot of a possible television series, and another one, Adams of Eagle Lake, but neither was picked up.[citation needed]
Nolte starred in The Deep (1977), Who'll Stop the Rain (1978), North Dallas Forty (1979) which is based on Peter Gent's novel, and starred in 48 Hrs. (1982) with Eddie Murphy. During the 1980s, he starred in Under Fire (1983), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Extreme Prejudice (1987) and New York Stories (1989). Nolte starred with Katharine Hepburn in her last leading film role in Grace Quigley (1985). Nolte and Murphy starred again in the sequel Another 48 Hrs.. In 1991, Nolte starred in The Prince of Tides and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Later, he starred in Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear with Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange. Nolte also starred in Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Jefferson in Paris (1995), Mulholland Falls (1996) and Afterglow (1997). He received his second Academy Award nomination the same year for Affliction. Nolte starred with Sean Penn in three films, including Terrence Malick's war epic The Thin Red Line, U Turn and Gangster Squad.
Nolte continued to work in the 2000s, taking smaller parts in Clean and Hotel Rwanda, both performances receiving positive reviews. He also played supporting roles in the 2006 drama Peaceful Warrior and the 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder. In 2011, Nolte played recovering alcoholic Paddy Conlon in Warrior, and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Beginning in 2011, Nolte starred with Dustin Hoffman in the HBO series Luck. At the start of production of the second season, however, HBO ended the series after the death of three horses during filming.[7]
In 2015, Nolte starred in the biopic comedy-drama A Walk in the Woods and in the revenge thriller Return to Sender.
Since 2016, Nolte has starred in Graves on Epix TV about a volatile, hard-drinking former U.S. President who has been retired for 25 years and who has a political epiphany to right the wrongs of his past administration in very public and unpredictable ways. (Lee Cowan (October 9, 2016). CBS Sunday Morning.)
For Nolte, acting is not a career but something he needs to do, he says, "a need in the sense that I can't find anything as complex and interesting to do, but I need it in a story," and "I don't want to do reality because reality never runs smooth." (Cowan (October 9, 2016) He likes to vanish into a role "if the story reaches up to where the great actor is, the great actor disappears, and the story becomes number one, that's as real as it gets." (Cowan (October 9, 2016)[8]
Legal troubles
In 1965, Nolte was arrested for selling counterfeit documents and was given a 45-year prison sentence and a $75,000 fine; however, the sentence was suspended.[9] [10] This felony conviction did, however, erase his military-joining eligibility – at the time, he felt obligated to serve in the Vietnam War. As a result, Nolte says he felt incomplete as a young man for not going to Vietnam.[11]
On September 11, 2002, Nolte was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in Malibu, California. Three days later, he checked himself into Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut for counseling.[12] Tests later showed that he was under the influence of GHB. Nolte responded that he has "been taking it for four years and I've never been raped."[13] 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 counseling with random testing required.
Personal life
Nolte has been in relationships with Debra Winger and Vicki Lewis.[14][15] He has two children, Brawley (b. 1986) (who has had a few acting roles himself) and Sophie (b. 2007) with his wife Clytie Lane.[16]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Dirty Little Billy | Town Gang Leader | Uncredited |
| 1973 | Electra Glide in Blue | Hippie Kid | Uncredited |
| 1974 | Death Sentence | John Healy | |
| 1975 | Return to Macon County | Bo Hollinger | |
| 1976 | Northville Cemetery Massacre | Chris (voice) | Uncredited |
| 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 | |
| 1982 | 48 Hrs. | Jack Cates | |
| 1983 | Under Fire | Russell Price | |
| 1984 | Grace Quigley | Seymour Flint | |
| 1984 | Teachers | Alex Jurel | |
| 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Jerry Baskin | |
| 1987 | Extreme Prejudice | Texas Ranger Jack Benteen | |
| 1987 | Weeds | Lee Umstetter | |
| 1989 | Three Fugitives | Lucas | |
| 1989 | Farewell to the King | Learoyd | |
| 1989 | New York Stories | Lionel Dobie | Segment: "Life Lessons" |
| 1990 | Everybody Wins | Tom O'Toole | |
| 1990 | Q&A | Captain Michael Brennan | |
| 1990 | Another 48 Hrs. | Jack Cates | |
| 1991 | Cape Fear | Sam Bowden | |
| 1991 | The Prince of Tides | Tom Wingo | |
| 1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Augusto Odone | |
| 1992 | The Player | Himself | Cameo |
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | Matt Hobbs | |
| 1994 | Blue Chips | Pete Bell | |
| 1994 | I Love Trouble | Peter Brackett | |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Thomas Jefferson | |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | Max Hoover | |
| 1996 | Mother Night | Howard Campbell | |
| 1997 | Nightwatch | Inspector Thomas Cray | |
| 1997 | Afterglow | Lucky Mann | |
| 1997 | U Turn | Jake McKenna | |
| 1997 | Affliction | Wade Whitehouse | |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | Lt. Col. Gordon Tall | |
| 1999 | Breakfast of Champions | Harry Le Sabre | |
| 1999 | Simpatico | Vincent Webb | |
| 2000 | The Golden Bowl | Adam Verver | |
| 2000 | Trixie | Senator Drumond Avery | |
| 2001 | Investigating Sex | Faldo | |
| 2002 | The Good Thief | Bob Montagnet | |
| 2003 | Northfork | Father Harlan | |
| 2003 | Hulk | Dr. David Banner / The Father | |
| 2004 | The Beautiful Country | Steve | |
| 2004 | Clean | Albrecht Hauser | |
| 2004 | Hotel Rwanda | Colonel Oliver | |
| 2005 | Neverwas | T.L. Pierson | |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Vincent (voice) | |
| 2006 | Paris, je t'aime | Vincent (segment "Parc Monceau") | |
| 2006 | Peaceful Warrior | Socrates | |
| 2006 | Quelques jours en septembre | Elliott | |
| 2006 | Off the Black | Ray Cook | |
| 2007 | Chicago 10 | Thomas Horan (voice) | Documentary |
| 2008 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | Joe Bechstein | |
| 2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Mulgarath | |
| 2008 | Nick Nolte: No Exit | Himself | Documentary |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | John "Four Leaf" Tayback | |
| 2010 | My Own Love Song | Caldwell | |
| 2010 | Huxley on Huxley | Himself | Documentary |
| 2010 | Arcadia Lost | Benerji | |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Butch (voice) | |
| 2011 | Arthur | Burt Johnson | |
| 2011 | Zookeeper | Bernie The Gorilla (voice) | |
| 2011 | Warrior | Paddy Conlon | |
| 2012 | A puerta fría | Battleworth | |
| 2012 | The Company You Keep | Donal | |
| 2013 | Gangster Squad | Bill Parker | |
| 2013 | Parker | Hurley | |
| 2013 | Hateship, Loveship | Mr. McCauley | |
| 2013 | The Trials of Cate McCall | Bridges | |
| 2014 | Noah | Samyaza (voice) | |
| 2014 | Asthma | Werewolf (voice) | |
| 2015 | A Walk in the Woods | Katz | |
| 2015 | Run All Night | Eddie Conlon | Uncredited |
| 2015 | Return to Sender | Mitchell Wells | |
| 2015 | The Ridiculous 6 | Frank Stockburn | |
| 2018 | The Padre | Nemes | |
| 2018 | Angel Has Fallen | [17] | |
| TBA | Honey in the Head | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | Episode: "The Feather Farm" | |
| 1973 | Griff | Billy Randolph | Episode: "The Framing of Billy the Kid" |
| 1973 | Cannon | Ron Johnson | Episode: "Arena of Fear" |
| 1973–1974 | Medical Center | Tank / Lou | 2 episodes |
| 1974 | The Streets of San Francisco | Captain Alan Melder | Episode: "Crossfire" |
| 1974 | Emergency! | Fred | Episode: "The Hard Hours" |
| 1974 | The Rookies | Tommy | Episode: "The Teacher" |
| 1974 | Toma | Wally | Episode: "Friends of Danny Beecher" |
| 1974 | Chopper One | Bob | Episode: "The Hijacking" |
| 1974 | Gunsmoke | Barney Austin | Episode: "The Tarnished Badge" |
| 1974 | Winter Kill | Dave Michaels | Movie |
| 1974 | The California Kid | Buzz Stafford | Movie |
| 1974–1975 | Barnaby Jones | Mark Rainey, Paul Barringer | 2 episodes |
| 1975 | Adams of Eagle Lake | Officer Jerry Troy | 2 episodes |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Tom Jordache | Miniseries |
| 2011 | Ultimate Rush | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2011–2012 | Luck | Walter James Smith | 10 episodes |
| 2014 | Gracepoint | Jack Reinhold | Miniseries |
| 2016–2017 | Graves | President Richard Graves | 20 episodes |
Accolades
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Other honors
- 1992 – People Magazine: Sexiest Man Alive
Nolte received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, November 20, 2017.[18][19]
References
- ^ a b c d "Nick Nolte".
- ^ "Nick Nolte: Life in pictures". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) (show caption on slide 1 of 21) - ^ "Iowa State Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ To the brink and back | Film | The Guardian. Film.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved on December 21, 2010.
- ^ E. W. Smith, Jr., Athletes Once: 100 Famous People Who Were Once Notable Athletes, Fireship Press, 2010 p45
- ^ Nick Nolte as a Young Man & Male Model (Photos) + Rolex Watch Famewatcher.com. Retrieved on August 8, 2012
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (March 14, 2012). "HBO Ends 'Luck' After Horse Deaths". Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ^ Cowan, Lee (October 9, 2016). "Nick Nolte: "Reality never runs smooth"". CBS News. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ "Busted: Stories Behind 30 Classic Celebrity Mug Shots". www.msn.com.
- ^ Nick Nolte, Q&A with Nick Nolte. Futuremovies.co.uk (March 10, 2008). Retrieved on December 21, 2010.
- ^ Weekend Weirdness: An Intimate Doc on Nick Nolte; Who Killed Teddy Bear? in NYC; The House of the Devil on VHS | /Film. Slashfilm.com (January 24, 2010). Retrieved on December 21, 2010.
- ^ Nick Nolte Charged With DUI. CBS News (October 24, 2002). Retrieved on December 21, 2010.
- ^ Nick Nolte: No Exit at IMDb
- ^ "Debra Winger: The return of a class act". The Independent. October 24, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Voll, Daniel (January 29, 2007). "Nick Nolte Has a Drawer Full of Tourniquets". Esquire. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Nick Nolte: Life in pictures". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ McNary, Dave (March 20, 2018). "Nick Nolte, Matt Dillon to Star in Drama 'Honey in the Head'". Variety. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ^ "Nick Nolte - Hollywood Walk of Fame". www.walkoffame.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ Variety (February 9, 2017). "Toshiro Mifune - Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony". Retrieved October 7, 2018 – via YouTube.
External links
- Nick Nolte at IMDb
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