Nicholas King "Nick" Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor. His films include The Deep (1977), 48 Hrs. (1982), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), The Prince of Tides (1991), Cape Fear (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Affliction (1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Hulk (2003), The Good Thief (2003), and Warrior (2011). He has been nominated for three Academy Awards, twice for Best Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor. Attended Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska. Attended Kingsley Elementary School in Waterloo, Iowa His ancestry includes German, English, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, and Swiss. His paternal grandfather, who was of German descent, was a farmer with a farm in Iowa. His career started in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Eleanor Moore Agency as a model for print ads. His father, Frank Nolte, was an irrigation pump salesman. His father was also an All-American candidate at Iowa State in 1934. His mother, Helen Nolte, was a department store buyer. He has an older sister, Nancy, who is the executive for Red Cross.