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Jack Nicholson

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1937-04-22 (88 years old)

Biography

John 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 ing Actor for 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 ing) 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.

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Filmography

all 151

Movies 130

self 60

TV Shows 21

Producer 5

Voice 3

Director 2

Writer 2

Screenplay 2

Narrator 1

Self

Jack Nicholson

Biography

Filmography

all 151

Movies 130

self 60

TV Shows 21

Producer 5

Voice 3

Director 2

Writer 2

Screenplay 2

Narrator 1

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)

Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director (2024)

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022)

Mr. Saturday Night (2021)

Untold: Deal with the Devil (2021)

Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)

Joker: Put on a Happy Face (2020)

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic (2020)

Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson (2019)

Basketball: A Love Story (2018)

Always at The Carlyle (2018)

Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood (2017)

The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 (2017)

Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood (2014)

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

Sport in America: Our Defining Stories (2013)

Close Up (2012)

Corman's World (2011)

How Do You Know (2010)

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (2010)

Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces' (2010)

Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom (2010)

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance (2010)

Stardust (2010)

I'm Still Here (2010)

Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos (2010)

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight (2008)

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)

Notes on an American Film Director at Work (2008)

The Bucket List (2007)

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007)

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (2007)

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007)

Into the Wild (2007)

My Spy Family (2007)

Making The Monkees (2007)

Witness to 'Reds' (2006)

The Departed (2006)

A Concert for Hurricane Relief (2005)

Dans le labyrinthe de Marienbad (2005)

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004)

Something's Gotta Give (2003)

Corman's Comedy of Poe (2003)

Celebrities Uncensored (2003)

Anger Management (2003)

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)

About Schmidt (2002)

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. (2002)

The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)

Nudes in the News (2002)

Afterthoughts (2002)

America | A Tribute to Heroes (2001)

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)

The Pledge (2001)

Velocity (1999)

Junket Whore (1998)

As Good as It Gets (1997)

The Evening Star (1996)

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Blood and Wine (1996)

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)

The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped (1995)

The Rolling Stones: Stripped (1995)

The Crossing Guard (1995)

Dear Antonioni (1995)

Wolf (1994)

Hoffa (1992)