It's because mentally, he is one. Ang Lee's "Hulk" centers its story on Bruce's relationship with his father, renamed David ...

Dr. Banner already has a problem on his hands after a phone call with his estranged father Dr. David Banner (Nick Nolte), learning that he has send his trio of mutated Hulk dogs to attack Betty Ross.

Oscar-nominated actor Nick Nolte has gone into a substance abuse ... Next year, Nolte appears as Dr David Banner in director Ang Lee's The Hulk which also stars Eric Bana and Jennifer Connelly.