Nick Nolte Add to My Celebs Age 71 Birthday Feb. 8th, 1941 Born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA Height 6' 1"

Nick Nolte's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Rich Man, Poor Man Tom Jordache

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 2008 - Tropic Thunder 2008 - The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008 - The Mysteries of Pittsburgh 2007 - Chicago 10 2006 - Over the Hedge 2006 - Paris, je t'aime 2005 - Neverwas 2004 - Hotel Rwanda 2003 - Northfork 2003 - Hulk 2001 - Investigating Sex 2000 - The Golden Bowl 2000 - Trixie 1999 - Breakfast of Champions 1998 - The Thin Red Line 1997 - Affliction 1997 - Nightwatch 1997 - Afterglow 1996 - Mulholland Falls 1996 - Mother Night 1994 - Blue Chips 1994 - I Love Trouble 1992 - Lorenzo's Oil 1992 - The Player 1991 - Cape Fear 1991 - The Prince of Tides 1990 - Another 48 Hrs. 1990 - Q & A 1990 - Everybody Wins 1989 - Three Fugitives 1989 - Farewell to the King 1989 - New York Stories 1987 - Extreme Prejudice 1986 - Down and Out in Beverly Hills 1984 - Teachers 1983 - Under Fire 1982 - Cannery Row 1982 - 48 Hrs. 1979 - North Dallas Forty 1978 - Who'll Stop the Rain 1978 - Big Wednesday 1977 - The Deep 1975 - Return to Macon County 1973 - Electra Glide in Blue

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Nick Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska and began his career on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse and in regional theatre productions. His breakthrough role was in the TV mini-series "Rich Man, Poor Man" (1976), playing the role of "Tom/Tommy Jordache". Nick Nolte said that when he played a young man in the early scenes of the project, he weighed about 160 pounds. When he played a middle aged man in the later scenes, he weighed over 180 pounds.


TRIVIA:

• His paternal grandfather was a German farmer with a farm in Iowa.
• Was considered for the role of Rick Deckard in Blade Runner (1982), one of three roles that ultimately went to Harrison Ford.
• Born at 7:00pm-CST.
• His career started in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the 'Eleanor Moore' (qv) Agency as a model for print ads.
• #1 of VH1's "40 Most Shocking Celebrity Mugshots" - had a Hawaiin shirt and a bed-head.
• Father of 'Brawley Nolte' (qv).
• He, along with 'Christopher Walken' (qv), were both considered for the role of Han Solo in _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).
• Nolte was a heavy drinker until 1990. When 'Katharine Hepburn' (qv) accused him of falling down drunk in every gutter in town, he replied: "I've got a few to go yet."

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