Nick Nolte acts professionally.
Affliction (film) . It stars Nick Nolte , Sissy Spacek , James Coburn and Willem Dafoe . Down and Out in Beverly Hills . Down and Out in Beverly Hills was directed by Paul Mazursky , and starred Nick Nolte , Bette Midler and Richard Dreyfuss . Nicholas King Nolte ( born February 8 , 1941 ) is an American actor and former model . 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 . His other film appearances include The Deep ( 1977 ) , 48 Hrs .