Rebel: My Life Outside the Lines Audiobook (Free)

The legendary icon tells his story-a tale of art, passion, commitment, addiction, as intense and hypnotic as the person himself.

Within a career spanning five decades, Nick Nolte has endured the rites of Hollywood celebrity. Increasing from obscurity to leading roles and Oscar nominations, he has been both celebrated and vilified in the mass media; survived relationships, divorces, and a string of romances; was called the “Sexiest Man Alive” by People newspaper; and suffered general public humiliation more than his drug and about Rebel: MY ENTIRE LIFE Beyond your Lines alcohol problems, including a drug-fueled trip down a “lengthy street of nothingness” that ended in arrest.

Despite these ups and downs, Nolte has remained accurate to the craft he loves, portraying a diverse selection of characters along with his brand physicality and indelible gravelly voice. Already 35 when his overall performance in the 1976 miniseries Full Man, Poor Man launched him to stardom, Nolte hardly ever learned to play by Hollywood’s rules. A rebel who defies expectations, an obsessive technique actor who’ll head to extremes for a role (he lived among the homeless to prepare for Down and Out in Beverly Hillsides), Nolte is normally motivated more by edgier, even more personal projects than by box office success. Today he is clean but still driven, juggling a number of upcoming functions and increasing his young little girl.

A guy who won’t hide his errors, Nolte now delivers his most revealing performance yet. His uncovering memoir offers a candid, unvarnished close-up look at the man, the career, the loves, and the life span.