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.
Movie | Becoming Al Pacino | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-06 |
Movie | Untold: Deal with the Devil | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-17 |
Movie | Mr. Saturday Night | 2021-11-13 | |
Movie | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Self (archive footage) | 2020-06-09 |
Movie | Joker: Put on a Happy Face | Self | 2020-08-18 |
Movie | Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-21 |
Movie | Howard | Self (archive footage) | 2018-04-22 |
Movie | Always at The Carlyle | Self (archive footage) | 2018-05-11 |
Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
Movie | Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood | Self | 2017-12-09 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self | 2015-02-15 |
Movie | The Chickening | Jack (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2015-09-10 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Top Priority: The Terror Within | Himself - Academy Award Winning Actor (archive footage) | 2012-06-15 |
Movie | Room 237 | Jack Torrance (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2012-10-26 |
Movie | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
Movie | Corman's World | Self - Actor | 2011-12-16 |
Movie | Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom | Self | 2010-11-23 |
Movie | Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos | Self | 2010-02-20 |
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 | Notes on an American Film Director at Work | Self | 2008-01-01 |
Movie | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage) | 2008-01-18 |
Movie | Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | The Visions of Stanley Kubrick | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Series | My Spy Family | 2007-09-01 | |
Movie | The Bucket List | Edward Periman Cole | 2007-12-25 |
Movie | View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | The Departed | Costello | 2006-10-04 |
Movie | Witness to 'Reds' | Self | 2006-10-17 |
Movie | A Concert for Hurricane Relief | Self - Presenter | 2005-09-02 |
Movie | Anger Management | Dr. Buddy Rydell | 2003-04-11 |
Movie | Something's Gotta Give | Harry Sanborn | 2003-12-12 |
Movie | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-16 |
Movie | About Schmidt | Warren Schmidt | 2002-12-12 |
Movie | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Self | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | The Pledge | Jerry Black | 2001-01-19 |
Movie | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | 2001-05-02 |
Movie | America | A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 |
Movie | Velocity | Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage) | 1999-12-02 |
Movie | Junket Whore | Self | 1998-10-12 |
Movie | As Good as It Gets | Melvin Udall | 1997-12-19 |
Movie | The Evening Star | Garrett Breedlove | 1996-12-25 |
Movie | Blood and Wine | Alex | 1996-10-03 |
Movie | Mars Attacks! | President Dale / Art Land | 1996-12-13 |
Movie | The Rolling Stones: Stripped | Self | 1995-07-04 |
Movie | The Crossing Guard | Freddy Gale | 1995-11-15 |
Movie | The Rolling Stones - Totally Stripped | Self | 1995-08-03 |
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 | A Few Good Men | Col. Nathan R. Jessep | 1992-12-11 |
Series | Star Life | Self | 1990-08-04 |
Movie | The Two Jakes | J.J. "Jake" Gittes | 1990-08-10 |
Movie | Batman | Jack Napier / The Joker | 1989-06-21 |
Movie | The Witches of Eastwick | Daryl Van Horne | 1987-06-12 |
Movie | Broadcast News | Bill Rorich | 1987-12-16 |
Movie | Ironweed | Francis Phelan | 1987-12-18 |
Movie | Heartburn | Mark | 1986-07-25 |
Movie | Live Aid | Self | 1985-07-13 |
Movie | Prizzi's Honor | Charley Partanna | 1985-06-14 |
Movie | Terror in the Aisles | (archive footage) | 1984-10-26 |
Movie | Notre Dame de la Croisette | Self (uncredited) | 1983-02-23 |
Movie | Terms of Endearment | Garrett Breedlove | 1983-11-20 |
Movie | The Border | Charlie Smith | 1982-01-29 |
Movie | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Frank Chambers | 1981-03-20 |
Movie | Reds | Eugene O'Neill | 1981-12-25 |
Movie | Ragtime | Pirate (uncredited) | 1981-11-20 |
Movie | The Shining | Jack Torrance | 1980-05-23 |
Movie | Making 'The Shining' | Self | 1980-10-04 |
Movie | Goin' South | Henry Moon | 1978-10-06 |
Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
Movie | TVTV Looks at the Oscars | Self | 1976-03-30 |
Movie | The Missouri Breaks | Tom Logan | 1976-05-19 |
Movie | The Last Tycoon | Brimmer | 1976-11-18 |
Movie | The Passenger | David Locke | 1975-02-28 |
Movie | Tommy | The Specialist | 1975-03-19 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Randle Patrick McMurphy | 1975-11-19 |
Movie | The Fortune | Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan | 1975-05-20 |
Movie | Chinatown | J.J. 'Jake' Gittes | 1974-06-20 |
Movie | The Last Detail | SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky | 1973-12-11 |
Movie | Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here | Self | 1972-05-11 |
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 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Tad Pringle | 1970-06-17 |
Movie | Five Easy Pieces | Robert Eroica Dupea | 1970-09-12 |
Movie | Easy Rider | George Hanson | 1969-06-26 |
Movie | Psych-Out | Stoney | 1968-03-06 |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Targets | Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1968-08-15 |
Movie | Head | Jack Nicholson (uncredited) | 1968-11-06 |
Movie | Hells Angels on Wheels | Poet | 1967-06-01 |
Movie | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Gino, Hit Man (uncredited) | 1967-06-30 |
Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | The Shooting | Billy Spear | 1966-06-02 |
Movie | Ride in the Whirlwind | Wes | 1966-10-23 |
Movie | Flight to Fury | Jay Wickham | 1964-08-07 |
Movie | Ensign Pulver | Yeoman Dolan | 1964-07-31 |
Series | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Unknown | 1964-09-14 |
Movie | Back Door to Hell | Burnett | 1964-12-19 |
Movie | The Raven | Rexford Bedlo | 1963-01-25 |
Movie | The Terror | Lt. Andre Duvalier | 1963-06-17 |
Series | Little Amy | Jefferson City Coach | 1962-01-01 |
Movie | The Broken Land | Will | 1962-03-31 |
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 |
Series | The Andy Griffith Show | Unknown | 1960-10-03 |
Movie | The Little Shop of Horrors | Wilbur Force | 1960-08-05 |
Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
Series | Mr. Lucky | Unknown | 1959-10-24 |
Series | Sea Hunt | Unknown | 1958-01-04 |
Movie | The Cry Baby Killer | Jimmy Wallace | 1958-08-15 |
Series | The Oscars | Jack Nicholson | 1953-03-19 |