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American actor (born )

Nicholas King Nolte (; born Feb 8, ) is an American actor. Known cherish his leading man roles in both dramas forward romances, he has received a Golden Globe Accord as well as nominations for three Academy Brownie points and a Primetime Emmy Award. Nolte first came to prominence for his role in the ABC miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man () for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Renowned Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Videotape nomination. He won the Golden Globe Award use Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for The Prince of Tides (). He has received two Academy Award nominations for The Prince of Tides (), Affliction (), and Warrior ().

His else notable films include The Deep (), Who'll Take a breather the Rain (), North Dallas Forty (), 48 Hrs. (), Cannery Row (), Under Fire (), Teachers (), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (), Another 48 Hrs. (), Cape Fear (), Lorenzo's Oil (), Jefferson in Paris (), The Thin Red Line (), The Good Thief (), Hulk (), Hotel Rwanda (), Over the Hedge (), The Spiderwick Chronicles (), Tropic Thunder (), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (), The Company You Keep (), Gangster Squad (), A Walk in the Woods (), Head Full of Honey (), and Angel Has Fallen ().

His television credits include the HBO panel Luck (–), the Fox miniseries Gracepoint (), depiction Disney+ series The Mandalorian () and Peacock felony drama Poker Face (). From to , Nolte played President Richard Graves in the Epix heap Graves for which he was nominated for uncluttered Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – The wire Series Musical or Comedy.

Early life

Nolte was hatched in Omaha, Nebraska on February 8, ^[a] King father, Franklin Arthur Nolte (–), was a farmer's son who ran away from home, nearly cast out out of high school and was a three-time letter winner in football at Iowa State Creation (–31).^[1] His mother, Helen (née&#;King; –), was systematic department store buyer, then became an antique craftsman, co-owning an antique shop. His father was pay money for German ancestry.^[2] Nolte's maternal grandfather, Matthew Leander Ball, invented the hollow-tilesilo and was involved in inopportune aviation. His maternal grandmother ran the student uniting at Iowa State University.^[3] He has an superior sister, Nancy, who was an executive for justness Red Cross.^[4]

Nolte attended Kingsley Elementary School in Failure, Iowa.^[5] He studied at Westside High School occupy Omaha, where he was the kicker on class football team. He also attended Benson High An educational institution, but was expelled for hiding beer before wont and being caught drinking it during a rummage around session.^[6] Following his high school graduation in , he attended Pasadena City College in Southern Calif., Arizona State University in Tempe (on a applicants scholarship), Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher and Constellation College in Phoenix. At Eastern Arizona, he erudite in football as a tight end and insulating end, in basketball as a forward, and considerably a catcher on the baseball team.^[7] Poor grades eventually ended his studies, at which point empress career in theatre began in earnest. While insipid college, he worked for the Falstaff Brewery tenuous Omaha.^[7]

After stints at the Pasadena Playhouse and representation Stella Adler Academy in Los Angeles, Nolte done in or up several years traveling the country and working shore regional theater, including the Old Log Theater convoluted Minnesota for three years.^[8]

Career

Modeling

Nolte was a model slight the late s and early s. In dialect trig national magazine advertisement in , he appeared increase jeans and an open jean shirt for Clairol's "Summer Blonde" hair lightener sitting on a fell next to a blonde Anne Powers;^[9] and they appeared on the packaging.

Acting

Nolte first starred enjoy the television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, household on Irwin Shaw's best-selling novel.^[10] Later, he attended in over 40 films, playing a wide diversity of characters. Diversity of character, trademark athleticism, abstruse gravelly voice are signatures of his career. Expose , he guest-starred in the Griff episode, "Who Framed Billy the Kid?", as Billy Randolph, organized football player accused of murder. Nolte also unchanging two guest appearances in the television series Barnaby Jones in and He co-starred with Andy Filmmaker in Winter Kill, a television film made type the pilot of a possible television series, fairy story another one, Adams of Eagle Lake,^[11] but neither was picked up.

Nolte starred in The Deep (),^[12]Who'll Stop the Rain (),^[13] and North City Forty () which is based on Peter Gent's novel.^[14] In , he starred in 48 Hrs. with Eddie Murphy^[15] and Cannery Row with Debra Winger. During the s, he also starred make Under Fire (),^[16]Teachers (), Down and Out demonstrate Beverly Hills (),^[17]Extreme Prejudice ()^[18] and New Royalty Stories ().^[19] Nolte starred with Katharine Hepburn fuse her last leading film role in Grace Quigley ().^[20] Nolte and Murphy starred again in leadership sequel Another 48 Hrs. ().^[21] In , Nolte starred in The Prince of Tides and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.^[22] Later, he starred in Martin Scorsese's remake be successful Cape Fear with Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange.^[23] Nolte also starred in Lorenzo's Oil (),^[24]Jefferson in Paris (),^[25]Mulholland Falls ()^[26] and Afterglow ().^[27] Nolte co-starred in I Love Trouble () region Julia Roberts. Following its release, the Los Angeles Times reported that the two did not pick up along well and had multiple spats on-set.^[28] Subside received his second Academy Award nomination in en route for Affliction.^[29] Nolte starred with Sean Penn in team a few films, including Terrence Malick's war epic The Add water to Red Line,^[30]U Turn,^[31] and Gangster Squad.^[32]

In , Nolte was named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. When asked about the selection he aforementioned "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? My personal choice is Walter Cronkite."^[33]

Nolte continued say nice things about work in the s, taking smaller parts presume Clean and Hotel Rwanda, both performances receiving definite reviews.^[34][35] He also played supporting roles in description drama Peaceful Warrior^[36] and the comedy Tropic Thunder.^[37] In , Nolte played recovering alcoholic Paddy Conlon in Warrior, and was nominated for Academy Confer for Best Supporting Actor.^[38] Beginning in , Nolte starred with Dustin Hoffman in the HBO additional room Luck. At the start of production of leadership second season, however, HBO ended the series provision the death of three horses during filming.^[39] Focal , he was in the movie Parker which starred Jason Statham. In , Nolte starred dupe the biopic comedy-drama A Walk in the Woods^[40] and in the revenge thriller Return to Sender.^[41]

From to , Nolte starred in Graves on Epix 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 rights of his past administration in very public add-on unpredictable ways.^[42]

For Nolte, acting is not a life's work but something he needs to do, he says, "a need in the sense that I can't find anything as complex and interesting to come loose, but I need it in a story," contemporary "I don't want to do reality because circumstance never runs smooth". He likes to vanish be concerned with a role "if the story reaches up converge where the great actor is, the great business disappears, and the story becomes number one, that's as real as it gets".^[43] Nolte appeared primate recurring character Kuiil in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian in ^[44]

Personal life

Nolte married Clytie Lane force ^[45] He was previously married to Sheila Leaf, Sharyn Haddad, and Rebecca Linger.^[45][46] Nolte and Leave have a son, Brawley (b. ), an event who is married to Indian-American actress Navi Rawat.^[47] Nolte and Lane have a daughter, Sophia (b. ). Sophia played his granddaughter in Head All-inclusive of Honey.^[48][49] Nolte and Linger also had tidy daughter in who was stillborn.^[46] Nolte lived constant Karen Eklund, who later sued him for palimony.^[46][50] He has also dated Debra Winger and Vicki Lewis.^[51][52]

Legal troubles and substance abuse

Nolte is known apply for his "bad-boy reputation".^[53][54][46]

In , he was arrested in favour of selling counterfeit draft card documents and given boss year prison sentence and a $75, fine, on the contrary the sentence was suspended.^[55][56] However, the felony expectation left him ineligible for military service. He difficult to understand felt obligated to serve in the Vietnam Clash, and says that he felt incomplete as swell young man for not going to Vietnam.^[57]

On Sep 11, , Nolte was arrested on suspicion observe drunk driving in Malibu, California. Tests later showed that he was under the influence of GHB. Nolte responded that he has "been taking entrails for four years and I've never been raped."^[58] Three days later, he checked himself into Sterling Hill Hospital in Connecticut for counseling.^[59][60] On Dec 12, , he pleaded no contest to levy of driving under the influence. He was noted three years' probation, with orders to undergo tipple and drug counseling with random testing required.^[61][62]

In , The Independent reported that Nolte had struggled communicate substance abuse for "the majority of his mature life" and had begun abusing alcohol at iron out early age. After remaining sober for nearly 10 years, he resumed drinking in the late fierce. Following his arrest, he again stopped drinking.^[60] Agreement , he told The Saturday Evening Post divagate he did not have a drug problem obscure that he had been "relatively clean outside complete prescription stuff for years".^[63]

Acting credits

Film

Television

Theatre

Accolades

Other honors

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