Nicholas King Nolte was born on February 8, 1941, in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up in a middle-class family; his father, Franklin Arthur Nolte, worked as a traveling salesman, while his mother, Helen King Nolte, was an antiques expert who served as a buyer for a department store.
With German, English, Scottish, and Swiss-German roots, Nolte was surrounded by a blend of cultural influences that shaped his early life.
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