Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte
Nolte at Cannes, 2000
Born	Nicholas King Nolte
Spouse(s)	Sheila Page (1966-1970) Sharyn Haddad (1978-1983) Rebecca Linger (1984-1994)
Awards	NYFCC Award for Best Actor 1997 Affliction

Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1940) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, film producer and ex-model. He is Beautiful, Like super sexy

Biography

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 and was an All-American candidate at Iowa State in 1934. Nolte's father was of German descent. 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.

Nolte went to a public high school at 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, 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 Stella Adler's Academy in Los Angeles, Nolte spent several years traveling the country and working in regional theaters.

Career

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, Star Wars.

Personal life

Nolte has a long history of alcoholism. In July 2007 he was found passed out at the Kauai Airport, in Hawaii. Nolte has been married and divorced three times. His wives are Sheila Page, Sharyn Haddad and Rebecca Linger, with whom he has a son named Brawley. He has also been involved with Karen Louise Eklund, Debra Winger, and Vicki Lewis. On October 3, 2007, Nolte's longtime partner Clytie Lane gave birth to their daughter. The baby's name is Sophie Lane Nolte as revealed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 7, 2008.

Nolte has an older sister, Nancy, who was an executive for the Red Cross. His son Brawley Nolte is also an actor, having been prominently featured as Mel Gibson's kidnapped son in the 1996 film Ransom.

Nolte 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)
• Grace Quigley 2, Gracie (unfinished) (1988)
• 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)
• The Beautiful Country (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 (2008)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
• Tropic Thunder (2008)
• Nine Miles Down (2008)

External links

• Nick Nolte at IMDb
• a candid interview with Nick Nolte in Stumped? Magazine
• To the brink and back - The Guardian, March 1, 2003.
• Spiderwick Chronicles Interview.
• New Auto Security System Will Not Allow Car To Start If Driver Is Nick Nolte (parody by The Onion).