Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte currently resides in Malibu, California. He also provided the voice of an animated Colonel Sanders character in a series of commercials for fried chicken restaurant chain KFC. The son is an actor. His television appearances include a season as an SNL cast member (1985-1986), the role of real-life gunslinger John Wesley Hardin in the mini-series Streets of Laredo, and a starring role in the awkwardly-titled The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (2003). Nolte had a son with Rebecca Linger, Brawley King Nolte. Randy has appeared in several of the National Lampoon's Vacation movies, was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Last Detail (1973), won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Presidenty Lyndon Johnson in LBJ: The Early Years (1987), and was featured (with Margaret Colin) in two science fiction movies, the unsuccessful Martians Go Home and very successful Independence Day. Nolte has an older sister, Nancy, who is the executive for Red Cross. It was the first of several roles he has had which were directed by Bogdanovich and/or based on the writings of Larry McMurtry.

He is currently divorced. He was discovered by Peter Bogdanovich while a student at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, and got his first exposure (in more ways than one) in The Last Picture Show, when escorting Jacy Farrow (played by Cybill Shepherd) to late-night indoor skinny dipping at a swimming pool. He has been involved with Shelia Page, Karen Louise Eklund, Sharyn Haddad, Debra Winger, Vicki Lewis, and Rebecca Linger. In a career that spans over thirty years, he has appeared in over ninety movies. Nick is staying youthful by a regiment of vitamins and eating organic food only. Randy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an actor and the elder brother of fellow actor Dennis Quaid. He still smokes cigarettes.

Tests showed the influence of GHB. He received help at the Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Malibu, CA. Nolte had a drug problem, but a subsequent rehabilitation helped his career. Katharine Hepburn remarked about him falling down drunk in every gutter in town, to which Nolte replied, "I've got a few to go yet." He has been working on achieving sobriety since 1990.

Nolte has been a heavy drinker. According to a written note owned by Richard Donner Nolte was first choice to play Superman in the 1978 film. He is known for his trademark athleticism and gravel-voiced characters. Diversity of character is Nolte's signature of his film career.

He has a lengthy screen career, including parts in B-movies and television films. Nolte was starred in over 40 films playing a wide variety of characters. In 1962, Nolte was given five years probation for selling fake draft cards. After training, Nolte spent years travelling the country and working in regional theaters. He attended the Pasadena Playhouse and Stella Adler's Academy in Los Angeles.

He then started his career in theatre. He eventually dropped out due to unsatisfactory grades. He also attended Eastern Arizona College, in Thatcher, Arizona and Phoenix College, Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Arizona State University on a football scholarship.

He attended high school at Benson High School and Westside High School, both in Omaha. His maternal grandmother ran the student union at Iowa State University. His maternal grandfather did agricultural research at Iowa State University, invented the hollow-tile silo and was prominent in early aviation. His paternal grandfather was a German farmer with farm in Iowa.

His mother, Helen Nolte, was a department store buyer. His father was also an All-American candidate at Iowa State in 1934. His father, Frank Nolte, was an itinerant irrigation pump salesman. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska.

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