John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has been nominated for Academy Awards 12 times. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As Good as It Gets. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1983 film Terms of Endearment. He is tied with Walter Brennan for most acting wins by a male actor (three), and second to Katharine Hepburn for most acting wins overall (four). He is also one of only two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting (either lead or supporting) in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s (the other one being Michael Caine). He has won seven Golden Globe Awards, and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In 1994, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award. Notable films in which he has starred include, in chronological order, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Reds, Terms of Endearment, Batman, A Few Good Men, As Good as It Gets, About Schmidt, Something's Gotta Give and The Departed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Nicholson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie | Witches | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-06-09 |
Movie | Becoming Al Pacino | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-06 |
Movie | Joker: Put on a Happy Face | Self | 2020-08-18 |
Movie | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Self (archive footage) | 2020-06-09 |
Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
Movie | Always at The Carlyle | Self (archive footage) | 2018-05-11 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Olga | Himself | 2014-05-15 |
Movie | Top Priority: The Terror Within | Himself - Academy Award Winning Actor (archive footage) | 2012-06-15 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
Movie | Room 237 | Jack Torrance (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2012-10-26 |
Movie | Corman's World | Self - Actor | 2011-12-16 |
Movie | I'm Still Here | Jack Nicholson | 2010-09-10 |
Movie | BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | Self | 2010-11-23 |
Movie | How Do You Know | Charles | 2010-12-17 |
Movie | Killers Kill, Dead Men Die | The Killer | 2007-03-13 |
Movie | The Bucket List | Edward Periman Cole | 2007-12-25 |
Movie | View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | The Visions of Stanley Kubrick | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | The Departed | Costello | 2006-10-04 |
Movie | Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight | Himself | 2005-10-18 |
Movie | Something's Gotta Give | Harry Sanborn | 2003-12-12 |
Movie | Anger Management | Dr. Buddy Rydell | 2003-04-11 |
Movie | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Self | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-16 |
Movie | The Pledge | Jerry Black | 2001-01-19 |
Movie | America | A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 |
Movie | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | 2001-05-02 |
Movie | Velocity | Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage) | 1999-12-02 |
Movie | As Good as It Gets | Melvin Udall | 1997-12-19 |
Movie | Blood and Wine | Alex | 1996-10-03 |
Movie | Mars Attacks! | President Dale / Art Land | 1996-12-13 |
Movie | The Evening Star | Garrett Breedlove | 1996-12-25 |
Movie | The Crossing Guard | Freddy Gale | 1995-11-15 |
Movie | The Rolling Stones: Stripped | Self | 1995-07-04 |
Movie | Wolf | Will Randall | 1994-06-17 |
Movie | Man Trouble | Harry Bliss | 1992-07-17 |
Movie | Hoffa | James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa | 1992-12-25 |
Movie | The Two Jakes | J.J. "Jake" Gittes | 1990-08-10 |
Movie | Batman | Jack Napier / Joker | 1989-06-21 |
Movie | Ironweed | Francis Phelan | 1987-12-18 |
Movie | The Witches of Eastwick | Daryl Van Horne | 1987-06-12 |
Movie | Broadcast News | Bill Rorich | 1987-12-16 |
Movie | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | 1986-12-27 |
Movie | Prizzi's Honor | Charley Partanna | 1985-06-14 |
Movie | Live Aid | Self | 1985-07-13 |
Movie | The Border | Charlie Smith | 1982-01-29 |
Movie | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Frank Chambers | 1981-03-20 |
Movie | Ragtime | Pirate (uncredited) | 1981-11-20 |
Movie | Reds | Eugene O'Neill | 1981-12-25 |
Movie | The Shining | Jack Torrance | 1980-05-23 |
Movie | Making 'The Shining' | Self | 1980-10-04 |
Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
Movie | Goin' South | Henry Moon | 1978-10-06 |
Movie | The Missouri Breaks | Tom Logan | 1976-05-19 |
Movie | TVTV Looks at the Oscars | Self | 1976-03-30 |
Movie | Tommy | The Specialist | 1975-03-19 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | The Fortune | Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan | 1975-05-20 |
Movie | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Randle Patrick McMurphy | 1975-11-19 |
Movie | Chinatown | J.J. 'Jake' Gittes | 1974-06-20 |
Movie | The Last Detail | SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky | 1973-12-11 |
Movie | The King of Marvin Gardens | David Staebler | 1972-10-12 |
Movie | Drive, He Said | Annoyed Bearded Guy | 1971-06-13 |
Movie | A Safe Place | Mitch | 1971-10-01 |
Movie | Carnal Knowledge | Jonathan | 1971-06-30 |
Movie | Rebel Rousers | Bunny | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | Five Easy Pieces | Robert Eroica Dupea | 1970-09-12 |
Movie | Easy Rider | George Hanson | 1969-06-26 |
Movie | Targets | Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1968-08-15 |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Hells Angels on Wheels | Poet | 1967-06-01 |
Movie | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Gino, Hit Man (uncredited) | 1967-06-30 |
Movie | The Shooting | Billy Spear | 1966-06-02 |
Movie | Ensign Pulver | Yeoman Dolan | 1964-07-31 |
Series | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Unknown | 1964-09-14 |
Movie | Flight to Fury | Jay Wickham | 1964-08-07 |
Movie | Back Door to Hell | Burnett | 1964-12-19 |
Movie | The Terror | Lt. Andre Duvalier | 1963-06-17 |
Movie | The Raven | Rexford Bedlo | 1963-01-25 |
Movie | The Broken Land | Will | 1962-03-31 |
Series | Little Amy | Jefferson City Coach | 1962-01-01 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Jaime Angel | 1961-09-27 |
Movie | The Wild Ride | Johnny Varron | 1960-06-17 |
Movie | Too Soon to Love | Buddy | 1960-02-01 |
Movie | Studs Lonigan | Weary Reilly | 1960-09-01 |
Movie | The Little Shop of Horrors | Wilbur Force | 1960-08-05 |
Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
Movie | The Cry Baby Killer | Jimmy Wallace | 1958-08-15 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
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