NICK NOLTE

'Nicholas King Nolte' (born February 8, 1941) is a Oscar-nominated American actor, model, and producer.

Contents

Biography

Awards

Filmography

References

External links

Biography

Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His father, Frank Nolte, a farmer's son and an itinerant irrigation pump salesman of part German descent -- his father a German immigrant --, was an All-American candidate at Iowa State in 1934. His mother, Helen King, was a department store buyer; her father, Matthew Leander King, invented the hollow-tile silo and was prominent in early aviation. Nolte's maternal grandmother ran the student union at Iowa State University.
Nolte went to a public high school at Omaha Benson High School. While he was at Omaha Benson High School 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 another public high school, Westside High School in Omaha.
Nolte went on to attend Arizona State University (on an football scholarship); Eastern Arizona College, Thatcher, Arizona; and Phoenix College, Phoenix, Arizona. Poor grades eventually ended his studies, at which point his career in theatre began in earnest. After stints at the Pasadena Playhouse and Stella Adler's Academy in Los Angeles Nolte spent several years travelling the country and working in regional theaters. In 1962, Nolte was convicted of selling fake draft cards and sentenced to five years probation. He has since declined all invitations to visit the White House on the grounds that the president should not be associating with convicted felons.
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 Nolte's signature of his film career. He is known for his trademark athleticism and gravel-voiced characters. 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, ''.
Nolte has been a heavy drinker and even found passed out in July, 2007 in at the Kauai Airport in Hawaii.^[1][2]. Katharine Hepburn remarked about him falling down drunk in every gutter in town, to which Nolte replied, "I've got a few to go yet". While he still smokes cigarettes, Nolte is trying to keep healthy by a regimen of vitamins and eating organic food only.
He has been involved with Sheila Page, Karen Louise Eklund, Sharyn Haddad, Debra Winger, Vicki Lewis, and Rebecca Linger. He is currently divorced. Nolte has an older sister, Nancy, who was an executive for the Red Cross. Nolte has a son, Brawley, with Linger. Brawley Nolte is also an actor, having prominently featured as Mel Gibson's kidnapped son in the 1996 film ''Ransom''.
Nick Nolte currently resides in Malibu, California.

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''

Filmography

★ ''Dirty Little Billy'' (1972)

★ ''Electra Glide in Blue'' (1973)

★ ''The California Kid'' (1974)

★ ''Return to Macon County'' (1975)

★ ''Northville Cemetery Massacre'' (1976)

★ ''The Deep'' (1977)

★ ''Who'll Stop the Rain'' (1978)

★ ''North Dallas Forty'' (1979)

★ ''Heart Beat'' (1980)

★ ''Cannery Row'' (1982)

★ ''48 Hrs.'' (1982)

★ ''Under Fire'' (1983)

★ ''Teachers'' (1984)

★ ''Grace Quigley'' (1985)

★ ''Down and Out in Beverly Hills'' (1986)

★ ''Extreme Prejudice'' (1987)

★ ''Weeds'' (1987)

★ ''Three Fugitives'' (1989)

★ ''New York Stories'' (1989)

★ ''Farewell to the King'' (1989)

★ ''Everybody Wins'' (1990)

★ ''Q&A'' (1990)

★ ''Another 48 Hrs.'' (1990)

★ ''Cape Fear'' (1991)

★ ''The Prince of Tides'' (1991)

★ ''The Player'' (1992) (Cameo)

★ ''Lorenzo's Oil'' (1992)

★ ''I'll Do Anything'' (1994)

★ ''Blue Chips'' (1994)

★ ''I Love Trouble'' (1994)

★ ''Jefferson in Paris'' (1995)

★ ''Mulholland Falls'' (1996)

★ ''Mother Night'' (1996)

★ ''Affliction'' (1997)

★ ''Nightwatch'' (1997)

★ ''U Turn'' (1997)

★ ''The Thin Red Line'' (1998)

★ ''Breakfast of Champions'' (1999)

★ ''The Golden Bowl'' (2000)

★ ''The Good Thief'' (2002)

★ ''Hulk '' (2003)

★ ''Northfork'' (2003)

★ ''Clean (2004)

★ ''Hotel Rwanda (2004)

★ ''Neverwas'' (2005)

★ ''Over the Hedge (Voice)'' (2006)

★ ''Off The Black (2006)

★ ''Paris, je t'aime'' (2006)

★ ''Quelques jours en septembre'' (2006)

★ ''Peaceful Warrior'' (2006)

★ ''The Mysteries of Pittsburgh'' (2007)

★ ''The Spiderwick Chronicles'' (2008)

References

1. http://www.tmz.com/2007/07/18/nick-nolte-crashes-in-hawaiian-airport/
2. Mentioned in the 7/20/07 monologue on the Jay Leno show

External links

★

★ a candid interview with Nick Nolte in Stumped? Magazine

★ ''To the brink and back'' - ''The Guardian'', March 1, 2003.