Īfter stints at the Pasadena Playhouse and the Stella Adler Academy in Los Angeles, Nolte spent several years traveling the country and working in regional theaters, including the Old Log Theater in Minnesota for three years. While in college, Nolte worked for the Falstaff Brewery in Omaha. Poor grades eventually ended his studies, at which point his career in theatre began in earnest. At Eastern Arizona, Nolte lettered in football as a tight end and defensive end, in basketball as a forward, and as a catcher on the baseball team. Following his high school graduation in 1959, he attended Pasadena City College in Southern California, Arizona State University in Tempe (on a football scholarship), Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher and Phoenix College in Phoenix. He also attended Benson High School, but was expelled for hiding beer before practice and being caught drinking it during a practice session. He studied at Westside High School in Omaha, where he was the kicker on the football team. Nolte attended Kingsley Elementary School in Waterloo, Iowa. He has an older sister, Nancy, who was an executive for the Red Cross. His maternal grandmother ran the student union at Iowa State University.

Nolte's maternal grandfather, Matthew Leander King, invented the hollow-tile silo and was prominent in early aviation. His ancestry includes German, English, Scots-Irish, Scottish and Swiss-German. His mother, Helen ( née King 1914–2000), was a department store buyer, and then became an expert antique dealer, co-owning a prestigious and successful antique shop. His father, Franklin Arthur Nolte (1904–1978), was a farmer's son who ran away from home, nearly dropped out of high school and was a three-time letter winner in football at Iowa State University (1929–1931). Nolte was born on February 8, 1941, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for his role in the TV series Graves. (1982), Teachers (1984), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Another 48 Hrs. His other film appearances include The Deep (1977), Who'll Stop The Rain (1978), North Dallas Forty (1979), 48 Hrs.

He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Affliction (1998) and Warrior (2011). He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film The Prince of Tides.

Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor.

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