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One of Hollywood’s enduring bad boys is ready to tell all, on his terms.

Three-time Oscar nominee Nick Nolte first broke through in the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, which catapulted him to the top of the call sheet with hit psychological thrillers and action comedies including The Deep, 48 Hrs., Affliction and Cape Fear.

But as the Nebraska native details in his sprawling, if somewhat stilted, new memoir Rebel: My Life Outside the Lines (William Morrow, ★★½ out of four), his success didn’t come straightaway, with years spent chasing dashed football dreams and honing his craft on community-theater stages.

All of which gets ample ink in his authorial debut, as do his varied sordid romances and run-ins with the law.

Much of the book reads like a self-congratulatory Wikipedia page, as Nolte, 76, rattles off box-office receipts and accolades for each of his movies, even quoting many of the critics who prais