Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

1937-04-22

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. 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.

Also appears in

The Shining

The Shining

8.2

Batman

Batman

7.2

The Departed

The Departed

8.2

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

8.4

A Few Good Men

A Few Good Men

7.5

Chinatown

Chinatown

7.9

As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

7.4

Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

6.4

Wolf

Wolf

6.1

The Bucket List

The Bucket List

7.2

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

6.5

Anger Management

Anger Management

6.1

The Witches of Eastwick

The Witches of Eastwick

6.5

Easy Rider

Easy Rider

7.1

The Pledge

The Pledge

6.6

Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

7.1

Something’s Gotta Give

Something’s Gotta Give

6.6

How Do You Know

How Do You Know

5.3

The Little Shop of Horrors

The Little Shop of Horrors

6.3

Tommy

Tommy

6.5