Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

Nicholas King Nolte (/ˈnoʊlti/; born February 8, 1941) is an American actor. Known for his leading man roles in both dramas and romances, he has received a Golden Globe Award and nominations for three Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Nolte first became famous for his role in the ABC miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for The Prince of Tides (1991). He has received three Academy Award nominations for The Prince of Tides (1991), Affliction (1998), and Warrior (2011).

His other notable films include The Deep (1977), Who’ll Stop the Rain (1978), North Dallas Forty (1979), 48 Hrs. (1982), Cannery Row (1982), Under Fire (1983), Teachers (1984), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Lorenzo’s Oil (1992), Jefferson in Paris (1995), The Thin Red Line (1998), The Good Thief (2002), Hulk (2003), Hotel Rwanda (2004), Over the Hedge (2006), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Tropic Thunder (2008), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010), The Company You Keep (2012), Gangster Squad (2013), A Walk in the Woods (2015), Head Full of Honey (2018), and Angel Has Fallen (2019).

His television credits include the HBO series Luck (2011–2012), the Fox miniseries Gracepoint (2014), the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019) and the Peacock crime drama Poker Face (2023). From 2016 to 2017, Nolte played President Richard Graves in the Epix series, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy.

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Nick Nolte Movies

Discover the best Nick Nolte movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Nick Nolte ranked by year and score.

1

Crime 101 (2026)

Crime Thriller
Los Angeles hums beneath the 101 freeway, and somewhere in that sprawl, a seasoned thief has been running his game for years, hitting targets with precision and disappearing clean. One...
Score 6.9
2

Die My Love (2025)

Drama
After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural...
Score 6.2
3

The Company You Keep (2012)

Drama Thriller
For decades, Jim Grant has lived quietly under an assumed name, building a law practice and raising a daughter in upstate New York. When a tenacious young reporter digs up...
Score 6.2
4

Warrior (2011)

Action Drama
Two brothers, long separated by old wounds and unspoken grudges, find themselves heading toward the same mixed martial arts championship for entirely different reasons. The younger one trains under their...
Score 7.8
5

Tropic Thunder (2008)

Action Adventure Comedy
When a Vietnam War film spirals into budgetary chaos, its maverick director abandons Hollywood protocols and drags his pampered cast into actual Southeast Asian jungles to finish the picture. The...
Score 6.7
6

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

Drama History War
In 1994, while the international community looked away, Rwanda descended into one of the worst mass killings of the twentieth century. Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager with sharp instincts and...
Score 7.7
7

The Thin Red Line (1998)

Drama History War
Terrence Malick turns the Pacific campaign at Guadalcanal into something closer to a philosophical reckoning than a conventional war film. C-for-Charlie Company arrives expecting resistance and finds something worse: a...
Score 7.4
8

Cape Fear (1991)

Crime Drama Thriller
A respectable lawyer's carefully constructed life unravels when a former client he betrayed walks free from prison. Max Cady spent fourteen years behind bars, and he hasn't forgotten the evidence...
Score 7.3

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What are the highest-rated movies starring Nick Nolte? +
According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Nick Nolte are Crime 101, Die My Love, and The Company You Keep.
How many movies and TV shows has Nick Nolte starred in? +
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 8 titles starring Nick Nolte, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
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Yes! The overall filmography starring Nick Nolte maintains a strong average user rating of 7 out of 10 across all tracked titles.