Nick Nolte

February 8, 1941 (age 85) Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nick Nolte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Last updated: June 14, 2026

82 titles
Community avg: 7.44 /10
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    2011September 2011 by Gavin O'Connor
    Drama, Action
    Drama, Action
    8.72 Masterpiece-
  • 2
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    2003June 2003 by Ang Lee
    Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
    Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
    6.56 Good--
  • 3
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    1991November 1991 by Martin Scorsese
    Drama, Crime, Thriller
    Drama, Crime, Thriller
    8.19 Excellent+
  • 4
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    2014March 2014 by Darren Aronofsky
    Drama, Adventure
    Drama, Adventure
    6.65 Good--
  • 5
    5
    1998December 1998 by Terrence Malick
    Drama, History, War
    Drama, History, War
    8.36 Excellent++
  • 6
    6
    2008August 2008 by Ben Stiller
    Action, Comedy, Adventure
    Action, Comedy, Adventure
    7.63 Excellent--
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    2013January 2013 by Ruben Fleischer
    Crime, Drama, Action
    Crime, Drama, Action
    7.33 Good++
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    2006May 2006 by Karey Kirkpatrick
    Adventure, Animation, Comedy
    Adventure, Animation, Comedy
    7.54 Excellent--
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    9
    2019August 2019 by Ric Roman Waugh
    Action, Thriller
    Action, Thriller
    7.55 Excellent--
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    2004December 2004 by Terry George
    Drama, History, War
    Drama, History, War
    8.64 Masterpiece--
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    1982December 1982 by Walter Hill
    Crime, Action, Comedy
    Crime, Action, Comedy
    7.63 Excellent--
  • 12
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    2008February 2008 by Mark Waters
    Family, Adventure, Fantasy
    Family, Adventure, Fantasy
    7.64 Excellent--
  • 13
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    2013January 2013 by Taylor Hackford
    Action, Crime
    Action, Crime
    7.05 Good
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    2015March 2015 by Jaume Collet-Serra
    Action, Crime, Thriller
    Action, Crime, Thriller
    7.38 Good++
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    2015May 2015 by Fouad Mikati
    Drama, Thriller
    Drama, Thriller
    7.09 Good
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    1990June 1990 by Walter Hill
    Action, Comedy, Crime
    Action, Comedy, Crime
    6.99 Good
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    1997October 1997 by Oliver Stone
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
    7.58 Excellent--
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    1992December 1992 by George Miller
    Drama
    Drama
    8.02 Excellent
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    2015September 2015 by Ken Kwapis
    Adventure, Comedy, Drama
    Adventure, Comedy, Drama
    7.11 Good+
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    2010July 2010 by Brad Peyton
    Family, Adventure, Comedy
    Family, Adventure, Comedy
    6.31 Decent++
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    2015December 2015 by Frank Coraci
    Western, Comedy, Action
    Western, Comedy, Action
    6.27 Decent+
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    2011July 2011 by Frank Coraci
    Comedy, Romance, Family
    Comedy, Romance, Family
    6.42 Decent++
  • 23
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    2012December 2012 by Robert Redford
    Drama, Thriller
    Drama, Thriller
    7.16 Good+
  • 24
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    2026February 2026 by Bart Layton
    Crime, Thriller
    Crime, Thriller
    7.92 Excellent
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    1989March 1989 by Francis Ford Coppola
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    7.22 Good+
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    2006March 2006 by Victor Salva
    Drama
    Drama
    8.34 Excellent++
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    1989January 1989 by Francis Veber
    Comedy, Crime
    Comedy, Crime
    7.62 Excellent--
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    1996April 1996 by Lee Tamahori
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
    7.08 Good
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    1998February 1998 by Paul Schrader
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    7.37 Good++
  • 30
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    1991December 1991 by Barbra Streisand
    Drama, Romance
    Drama, Romance
    7.59 Excellent--
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    2011April 2011 by Jason Winer
    Comedy, Romance
    Comedy, Romance
    6.60 Good--
  • 32
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    1986January 1986 by Paul Mazursky
    Comedy
    Comedy
    7.01 Good
  • 33
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    2025October 2025 by Lynne Ramsay
    Drama
    Drama
    7.12 Good+
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    1994June 1994 by Charles Shyer
    Romance, Comedy
    Romance, Comedy
    6.72 Good-
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    2013November 2013 by Karen Moncrieff
    Drama
    Drama
    7.38 Good++
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    1994February 1994 by William Friedkin
    Drama
    Drama
    7.21 Good+
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    1990April 1990 by Sidney Lumet
    Action, Thriller, Crime
    Action, Thriller, Crime
    7.06 Good
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    1987April 1987 by Walter Hill
    Action, Thriller, Crime
    Action, Thriller, Crime
    7.33 Good++
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    1997January 1997 by Ole Bornedal
    Drama, Horror, Mystery
    Drama, Horror, Mystery
    7.13 Good+
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    1983October 1983 by Roger Spottiswoode
    Drama, War
    Drama, War
    7.69 Excellent--
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    1977June 1977 by Peter Yates
    Mystery, Thriller, Adventure
    Mystery, Thriller, Adventure
    7.14 Good+
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    2003February 2003 by Neil Jordan
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
    7.25 Good+
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    2018November 2018 by Til Schweiger
    Drama
    Drama
    7.51 Excellent--
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    2022October 2022 by Sam Macaroni
    Action, Adventure, Thriller
    Action, Adventure, Thriller
    6.43 Decent++
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    1984October 1984 by Arthur Hiller
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    7.13 Good+
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    1989March 1989 by John Milius
    War, Adventure
    War, Adventure
    7.32 Good++
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    1979August 1979 by Ted Kotcheff
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    7.72 Excellent-
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    1978August 1978 by Karel Reisz
    Crime, Action, Drama
    Crime, Action, Drama
    7.60 Excellent--
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    1999February 1999 by Alan Rudolph
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    6.57 Good--
  • 50
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    2005September 2005 by Joshua Michael Stern
    Drama, Thriller
    Drama, Thriller
    7.48 Good++
  • 51
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    1996November 1996 by Keith Gordon
    Drama, History
    Drama, History
    7.71 Excellent-
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    2014April 2014 by Liza Johnson
    Drama
    Drama
    7.03 Good
  • 53
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    2003July 2003 by Michael Polish
    Fantasy, Drama
    Fantasy, Drama
    7.30 Good+
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    1994February 1994 by James L. Brooks
    Comedy, Drama, Music
    Comedy, Drama, Music
    7.18 Good+
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    2004September 2004 by Olivier Assayas
    Drama
    Drama
    7.55 Excellent--
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    1995March 1995 by James Ivory
    Drama, Romance, History
    Drama, Romance, History
    7.02 Good
  • 57
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    2018September 2018 by Jonathan Sobol
    Drama
    Drama
    7.31 Good++
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    1999September 1999 by Matthew Warchus
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    7.00 Good
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    1997December 1997 by Alan Rudolph
    Drama, Romance
    Drama, Romance
    7.47 Good++
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    2000May 2000 by James Ivory
    Romance, Drama
    Romance, Drama
    7.30 Good++
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    1990January 1990 by Karel Reisz
    Crime
    Crime
    6.58 Good--
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    2012 by David Milch
    Drama
    Drama
    7.72 Excellent-
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    63
    2010April 2010 by Olivier Dahan
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    7.47 Good++
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    2016–2017 by Joshua Michael Stern
    Drama, Comedy
    Drama, Comedy
    7.23 Good+
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    2004March 2004 by Hans Petter Moland
    Drama
    Drama
    7.40 Good++
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    2008August 2008 by Justin Theroux
    Comedy, Documentary
    Comedy, Documentary
    7.80 Excellent-
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    1976 by Irwin Shaw
    Drama, Soap
    Drama, Soap
    8.25 Excellent+
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    1973May 1973 by James William Guercio
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    7.84 Excellent-
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    69
    2008January 2008 by Rawson Marshall Thurber
    Adventure, Comedy, Drama
    Adventure, Comedy, Drama
    6.53 Good--
  • 70
    70
    2020October 2020 by Jonathan Nossiter
    Science Fiction
    Science Fiction
    7.23 Good+
  • 71
    71
    1974September 1974 by Richard T. Heffron
    Action, Thriller, Horror
    Action, Thriller, Horror
    7.61 Excellent--
  • 72
    72
    2000June 2000 by Alan Rudolph
    Action, Comedy, Mystery
    Action, Comedy, Mystery
    7.19 Good+
  • 73
    73
    2006September 2006 by Santiago Amigorena
    Drama, Thriller, French
    Drama, Thriller, French
    7.12 Good+
  • 74
    74
    2002April 2002 by Alan Rudolph
    Drama, Romance
    Drama, Romance
    6.96 Good
  • 75
    75
    1985May 1985 by Anthony Harvey
    Comedy
    Comedy
    7.67 Excellent--
  • 76
    76
    2008February 2008 by Brett Morgen
    Documentary, Animation, History
    Documentary, Animation, History
    7.59 Excellent--
  • 77
    77
    2025February 2025 by Brandon Eric Kamin
    Drama
    Drama
    7.75 Excellent-
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    1974October 1974 by E.W. Swackhamer
    Crime, Thriller, Drama
    Crime, Thriller, Drama
    7.57 Excellent--
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    2020 by Rodes Fishburne
    Drama, Mystery
    Drama, Mystery
    7.81 Excellent-
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    80
    2011December 2011 by Jon Mefford
    Documentary
    Documentary
    Needs more reviews
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    81
    1975
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    82
    2003October 2003
    Documentary
    Documentary
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