Jack Nicholson
ActingJohn Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is a retired 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, winning Best Actor for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As Good as It Gets, and Best Supporting Actor for 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, Easy Rider, Chinatown, The Shining, Reds, Batman, A Few Good Men, About Schmidt, Something's Gotta Give, and The Departed.
Known For
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Randle Patrick McMurphy
The Shining
Jack Torrance
The Departed
Costello
Batman
Jack Napier / The Joker
A Few Good Men
Col. Nathan R. Jessep
Mars Attacks!
President Dale / Art Land
Chinatown
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
As Good as It Gets
Melvin Udall
Anger Management
Dr. Buddy Rydell
Easy Rider
George Hanson
Filmography — Acting
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Randle Patrick McMurphy
The Shining
Jack Torrance
The Departed
Costello
Batman
Jack Napier / The Joker
A Few Good Men
Col. Nathan R. Jessep
Mars Attacks!
President Dale / Art Land
Chinatown
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
As Good as It Gets
Melvin Udall
Anger Management
Dr. Buddy Rydell
Easy Rider
George Hanson
Something's Gotta Give
Harry Sanborn
The Bucket List
Edward Periman Cole
Wolf
Will Randall
The Pledge
Jerry Black
The Witches of Eastwick
Daryl Van Horne
How Do You Know
Charles Madison
Terms of Endearment
Garrett Breedlove
Prizzi's Honor
Charley Partanna
About Schmidt
Warren Schmidt
Tommy
The Specialist
Reds
Eugene O'Neill
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Heartburn
Mark
The Last Tycoon
Brimmer
Carnal Knowledge
Jonathan
I'm Still Here
Jack Nicholson
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Frank Chambers
Broadcast News
Bill Rorich
Ironweed
Francis Phelan
Targets
Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hoffa
James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
Head
Self (uncredited)
The Crossing Guard
Freddy Gale
The Border
Charlie Smith
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Five Easy Pieces
Robert Eroica Dupea
The Terror
Lt. Andre Duvalier
The Evening Star
Garrett Breedlove
Breakdown: 1975
Self (archive footage)
Goin' South
Henry Moon
The Two Jakes
J.J. "Jake" Gittes
Live Aid
Self
The Last Detail
Buddusky
The Missouri Breaks
Tom Logan
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self
The Raven
Rexford Bedlo
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
Blood and Wine
Alex
Untold: Deal with the Devil
Self (archive footage)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
The Passenger
David Locke
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)
The Shooting
Billy Spear
The Little Shop of Horrors
Wilbur Force
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
Corman's World
Self - Actor
The Fortune
Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan
Making 'The Shining'
Self
The King of Marvin Gardens
David Staebler
Ride in the Whirlwind
Wes
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Tad Pringle
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
Man Trouble
Harry Bliss
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
Cry Baby Killer
Jimmy Wallace
Psych-Out
Stoney
Ensign Pulver
Yeoman Dolan
Hells Angels on Wheels
Poet
Junket Whore
Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
The Making of '...And God Spoke'
Self - Academy Awards (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Self
Drive, He Said
Annoyed Bearded Guy
Back Door to Hell
Burnett
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Self
Rebel Rousers
Bunny
Flight to Fury
Jay Wickham
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Self
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Self
The Wild Ride
Johnny Varron
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self (archive footage)
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Self(archive footage)
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Self (archive footage)
Velocity
Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)
Creepy Classics
Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Self
A Safe Place
Mitch
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Self
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Jack Nicholson
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
Narrator
Studs Lonigan
Weary Reilly
Too Soon to Love
Buddy
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
Mansfield 66/67
Self - Actor(archive footage)
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
Self - Audience Member
The Broken Land
Will
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
Witness to 'Reds'
Self
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
Narrator (voice)
The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped
Self
The Elephant's Child
Narrator (voice)
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
Self
Little Amy
Jefferson City Coach
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
Self
Films to Die For
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Rolling Stones: Stripped
Self
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
The Hour of St. Francis
Jim Evans
Stardust
Self (uncredited)
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
Self
Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
Narrator (voice)
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
Self
