Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte has been married four times. He married Sheila Page in 1966 and was divorced in 1970. He married Sharyn Haddad in 1978 and divorced her in 1983. Eventually he married Rebecca Linger in 1984 and got a divorce in 1994. He and Linger have a son, Brawley King Nolte, who was born in 1986. He also has a daughter Sophie, who was born in 2007.

He has also been in relationships with Debra Winger, an American actress, and Vicki Lewis, an American singer and actress.

In 2016, he got married for the fourth time, tying the knot with Clytie Lane.

Nicholas King Nolte was born on February 8, 1941, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Franklin Arthur Nolte and Helen. His father was a farmer's son, who ran away from home, and was a three-time letter winner in football at Iowa State University. His mother was a department store buyer. His ancestry includes German, Scots-Irish, English, Scottish and Swiss-German roots.

His maternal grandfather, Matthew Leander King, had invented the hollow-tile silo and was well known during the years of early aviation. He has an elder sister, Nancy, who was an executive for the Red Cross.

He went to Kingsley Elementary School in Waterloo, Iowa. He attended Westside High School in Omaha, where he played football, and was the kicker on the football team. He also studied in Benson High School, but was expelled for hiding beer and drinking it during a practice session.

After he graduated from high school in 1959, he attended Pasadena City College in Southern California and Arizona State University in Tempe on a football scholarship. He also attended Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher and Phoenix College in Phoenix. At Eastern Arizona College, he lettered in football. He also played basketball and baseball.

When his studies ended abruptly due to poor grades, he turned to theaters. After stints at the Stella Adler Academy in Los Angeles, and the Pasadena Playhouse, he traveled the country for several years, and worked in regional theaters. He worked at the Old Log Theater in Minnesota for three years.

Nick Nolte worked as a model from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. In 1973, he appeared in the Griff episode, ‘Who Framed Billy the Kid?’, as Billy Randolph, a football player accused of murder. In 1976, he starred in the television miniseries ‘Rich Man, Poor Man’, based on Irwin Shaw's best-selling novel.

He appeared with Andy Griffith in ‘Winter Kill’, a television film made as a pilot of a television series. He also appeared on ‘Adams of Eagle Lake’, but these did not boost his acting career.

In 1977, he starred in ‘The Deep’, an adventure film based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. In 1978, he appeared in the psychological drama film ‘Who'll Stop the Rain’.

In 1979, he was featured in ‘North Dallas Forty’, which was based on Peter Gent's novel. In 1982, he starred in ‘48 Hrs’ with Eddie Murphy. It was an American action comedy film directed by Walter Hill.

During the 1980s, he starred in ‘Under Fire’ (1983), ‘Grace Quigley’ (1985), ‘Down and Out in Beverly Hills’ (1986), ‘Extreme Prejudice’ (1987) and ‘New York Stories’ (1989). He also starred in the sequel ‘Another 48 Hrs’.

Nick Nolte’s performances in the films ‘Clean’, and ‘Hotel Rwanda’ received positive reviews. His soulful portrayal as rebel Tom Jordache in the TV miniseries ‘Rich Man, Poor Man’ won him critical acclaim and brought him into the spotlight. His roles as football player Phillip Elliott in ‘North Dallas Forty’, and policeman Jack Cates in ‘48 Hrs’ won him critical acclaim.