Nick Nolte's Daughter, 15, Called Him Grandpa Due to His Age - After Her Birth He Found Peace in Protecting Her

• Nick Nolte is a famous actor who gained popularity after featuring in the miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man."
• Nick's popularity did not address his trauma but worsened it as he started to drink and use hard drugs to avoid feeling his pain and suffering.
• The actor's little daughter has turned him into a caring father despite their 67-year difference.

Nick Nolte had a difficult childhood. He was raised by a hot-tempered mom and a shell-shocked World War II vet father.

Nick used football to distract himself from the pain at home, but he failed out of three colleges. He was then arrested at 20 for selling fake draft cards. Nick admitted that he didn't have a clear view of how he could make his life better.

The "Blackout" actor was drawn to acting, and he located an acting coach to help nature his passion. Nick's breakthrough came at 35 when he featured in the miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man."

The actor suddenly became a star in Hollywood and appeared in several hit films such as "North Dallas Forty," "48 HRS," and "Down and Out in Beverly Hills." Even with this newly-found fame, Nick was still a mess. He noted:

"My career as an actor had skyrocketed to heights I had never imagined. But instead of finding peace and a degree of meaning in my success, I continued to find life offstage and away from the cameras challenging."

In 1992, Nick was named the sexiest man alive by People Magazine. However, ten years after this, the actor said, "he looked to all the world like a madman."

The trauma he had carried all his life led him to drink to deal with anything difficult, including failed relationships and projects. "I started using harder drugs to close off the pain and suffering of life-in other words, to escape life," he revealed.

Nick's search for love and acceptance was in vain, as he was married and divorced three times before meeting his current love. The actor is now in a long-term relationship.

At 82, Nick Nolte Is Close with His Little Daughter despite past Suffering

Nick has a beautiful and talented daughter, Sophia Lane Nolte, with his partner Clytie Lane. The actor noted that he had found the true meaning of life as a father. "Your responsibility to love and protect your child is the work you offer the world," he said.

The "Warrior" actor also said that when Sophia was born on October 3, 2007, he began his most important work, which was to help his daughter travel high and far as she could. "…keep aloft, safe by her family's love," he added.

The actor's daughter, Sophia, featured in her first movie, "Head Full of Honey," released in 2018, when she was eleven, alongside her father.

In the movie, Sophia plays the granddaughter of her father, the recently widowed Amadeus. Amadeus has Alzheimer's, and Sophia's character, Matilda, attempts to store what's left of his memory.

Matilda takes his father on a trip from their family home in the English countryside to Venice, Italy, where Amadeus first met his wife.

Nick and her daughter had a great rapport on screen. The actor revealed that it wasn't his idea to cast her for the film. However, he said he had shown his daughter part of the movie, which was originally in German and had to be rewritten into English.

When the director of the movie, Til Schweiger, came to visit Nick, Sophia opened the door and told him, "You must be Til Schweiger. You made a pretty good movie." Sophia was dressed like a vampire for Halloween, and Schweiger later asked Nick, "Who was that vampire girl?"

The actor loves to spend time with his daughter, and he was seen on a shopping trip with Sophia in Malibu.

Til asked Nick if Sophia could play Matilda, but the actor told him he would have to seek permission from Clytie. After a four-hour conversation, Clytie agreed Sophia could play Matilda. Nick said he was okay with his daughter playing his granddaughter:

"She calls me Grandpa, anyway. I asked her why, and she said, 'Because you're twice the age of most of my friends' parents!'"

Nick also has a son, Brawley Nolte, from his third marriage to Rebecca Linger. The father of two revealed that Brawley's birth was wonderful, "For the first time in my life, I experienced unconditional love in the way only a parent can."

Brawley has also featured in films with his father, albeit in smaller roles. His first big role was starring as the kidnapped child in the 1996 crime-thriller film "Ransom."

Brawley was offered another role in "Frosty the Snow Man," but he was not excited to take the role. His father later revealed that the young man did some acting, but he did not like it. He added that Brawley was studying to be a doctor.

Nick Nolte Found Family Happiness Thanks to His Partner

Nick is now in a long-term relationship with Clytie, who he said he is devoted to.

The 82-year-old added that he and Clytie chose not to marry, and they are both okay with this decision.

Nick found happiness and peace thanks to Clytie, his son, and his daughter. The actor loves to spend time with his daughter, and he was seen on a shopping trip with Sophia in Malibu.

Sophia helped his father carry their shopping bags as Nick used a walking cane and had a brace on one knee. The actor, who adores his daughter, said he would quickly take an opportunity to feature in a film with his daughter again:

"It was very special. We got some intimacy that's just going to be precious for our memories. If there came another film that I could do with my daughter, I'd do it in a second. Whether she would do it, I don't know. I would never force her to do anything."

As for his career, Nick is set to appear in another movie with his "The Deep Star" costar Jacqueline Bisset. The movie star was spotted in Malibu looking handsome in a silver beard and mustache.

The "Angel Has Fallen" actress wore a pair of glasses with brown frames. He was also in a causal look of an oversized white shirt, which was buttoned down, and a pair of turquoise and navy check pajama-like pants.

The actor has also opened up about acting in old age. He said he was always on the lookout for something artistic and stories to tell. Nick added that there was something he was still searching for, but he wasn't sure what it was:

"And I don't find the 80s particularly fun because you're falling apart in a way. But I've always said that I'll keep on going until I just can't go anymore."

Nick, who is now happy, in love, and has his own adorable family, has said that even in his 80s, he doesn't want to retire ever. He noted that he didn't know what he would do with his life if he retired.

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