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Acting

Nick Nolte

Career: Active from 1974 to 2026, busiest in 2006 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 63
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: Hotel Rwanda
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 103 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Nick Nolte Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Uncanny
1.9, average 2.5
Pop Culture
1.6, average 2.2
Wonder
2.8, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 11
Character Study 9
Social Commentary 8
Moral Ambiguity 8
Psychological Drama 6
Crime Thriller 6
Gritty Realism 6
Nostalgic 5
Complex Relationships 5
Crime Drama 5
Psychological Tension 5
Neo-Noir 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

114

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

as John Hardy

2020s

10 titles · average score 59

Crime 101

73

as Money

Company

51

as Tom

Confession

as Jewish Inmate

LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian

71

as Kuiil (voice)

Die My Love

65

as Harry

The Golden Voice

55

as Barry

Poker Face

81

TV show · as Arthur Liptin

Blackout

34

as Ethan McCoy

Last Words

36

as Shakespeare

Paradise Lost

64

TV show · as Judge Forsythe

2010s

25 titles · average score 52

Angel Has Fallen

54

as Clay Banning

Head Full of Honey

43

as Amadeus

The Padre

37

as Nemes

Graves

61

TV show · as President Richard Graves

Return to Sender

31

as Mitchell Wells

A Walk in the Woods

53

as Stephen Katz

The Trials of Cate McCall

54

as Bridges

Gangster Squad

48

as Bill Parker

The Company You Keep

56

as Donal Fitzgerald

Luck

76

TV show · as Walter Smith

Warrior

80

as Paddy Conlon

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

33

as Butch (voice)

2000s

22 titles · average score 59

The Spiderwick Chronicles

68

as Mulgarath

Chicago 10

67

as Thomas Foran (voice)

Peaceful Warrior

52

as Socrates

Over the Hedge

69

as Vincent (voice)

Off the Black

61

as Ray Cook

Hotel Rwanda

83

as Colonel Oliver

Clean

62

as Albrecht Hauser

The Beautiful Country

62

as Steve

Hulk

54

as Father

Northfork

55

as Father Harlan

The Good Thief

68

as Bob

Trixie

31

as Senator Drummond Avery

1990s

20 titles · average score 57

The Thin Red Line

78

as Lt. Col. Gordon Tall

Affliction

76

as Wade Whitehouse

U Turn

61

as Jake McKenna

Mulholland Falls

49

as Max Hoover

Blue Chips

53

as Pete

I Love Trouble

35

as Peter Brackett

I'll Do Anything

58

as Matt Hobbs

Lorenzo's Oil

80

as Augusto Odone

Cape Fear

74

as Sam Bowden

The Prince of Tides

68

as Tom Wingo

Another 48 Hrs.

37

as Jack Cates

Q & A

69

as Mike Brennan

1980s

12 titles · average score 59

Three Fugitives

44

as Lucas

New York Stories

69

as Lionel Dobie

Farewell to the King

56

as Learoyd

Extreme Prejudice

65

as Jack Benteen

Weeds

64

as Lee Umstetter

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

68

as Jerry Baskin

Grace Quigley

53

as Seymour Flint

Teachers

52

as Alex Jurel

Under Fire

68

as Russell Price

48 Hrs.

75

as Jack Cates

Cannery Row

56

as Doc

Heart Beat

34

as Neal Cassady

1970s

21 titles · average score 65

North Dallas Forty

76

as Phillip Elliott

Who'll Stop the Rain

72

as Ray Hicks

The Deep

49

as David Sanders

Rich Man, Poor Man

80

TV show · as Tom Jordache

Return to Macon County

60

as Bo Hollinger

Adams of Eagle Lake

TV show · as Officer Jerry Troy

Death Sentence

56

as John Healy

The California Kid

62

as Buzz Stafford

Barnaby Jones

70

TV show · as Paul Barringer

Emergency!

78

TV show · as Fred

The Streets of San Francisco

48

TV show · as Captain Alan Melder

Cannon

67

TV show · as Ron Johnson

1960s

2 titles · average score 67

Medical Center

67

TV show · as Tank

Aggie

Thanks

1950s

1 title · average score 76

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Barney Austin