Tim Matheson

He was previously married to actress Jennifer Leak. Nick Nolte currently resides in Malibu, California. Matheson is married to Megan Murphy Matheson, with whom he has three children. The son is an actor. Matheson appeared in the movie Van Wilder in 2002, playing the father of the title character who was inspired by his own character in Animal House 24 years earlier. Nolte had a son with Rebecca Linger, Brawley King Nolte. They were unable to reverse the decline and sold it in 1991. Nolte has an older sister, Nancy, who is the executive for Red Cross.

Matheson, along with partner Dan Grodnik, bought National Lampoon in 1989 when the magazine was facing financial decline. He is currently divorced. He has also directed episodes of Third Watch, Ed, The Twilight Zone, Cold Case, and Without a Trace. He has been involved with Shelia Page, Karen Louise Eklund, Sharyn Haddad, Debra Winger, Vicki Lewis, and Rebecca Linger. More recently, he guest-starred as Vice President John Hoynes on The West Wing. Nick is staying youthful by a regiment of vitamins and eating organic food only. Beginning his acting career as a child, Matheson provided the voice of Jonny Quest in the original series of that name before going on to act in over a hundred film and television projects. He still smokes cigarettes.

Although perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth talking, sex-obsessed Otter in the 1978 comedy Animal House, Matheson's career spans five decades, many genres, and several facets of the entertainment industry. Tests showed the influence of GHB. Tim Matheson, an American actor, was born Tim Matthieson on December 31, 1947, in Glendale, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. 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.