Jack Nicholson
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.
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Acted in
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
2024
as Himself
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Saturday Night
2021
Untold: Deal with the Devil
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020
as Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Always at The Carlyle
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017
as Self
The Chickening
2015
as Jack (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
2015
as Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Corman's World
2011
as Self - Actor
How Do You Know
2010
as Charles
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010
as Self
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
2010
as Self
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010
as Self
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
2010
as Self
Stardust
2010
as Self (uncredited)
I'm Still Here
2010
as Jack Nicholson
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
2010
as Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
as Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008
as Self
The Bucket List
2007
as Edward Periman Cole
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
as Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007
as Self
My Spy Family
2007
Witness to 'Reds'
2006
as Self
The Departed
2006
as Costello
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
2005
as Self - Presenter
Something's Gotta Give
2003
as Harry Sanborn
Anger Management
2003
as Dr. Buddy Rydell
About Schmidt
2002
as Warren Schmidt
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
as Self
The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
as Self (archive footage)
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
as Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
as Self
The Pledge
2001
as Jerry Black
Velocity
1999
as Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)
Junket Whore
1998
as Self
As Good as It Gets
1997
as Melvin Udall
The Evening Star
1996
as Garrett Breedlove
Mars Attacks!
1996
as President Dale / Art Land
Blood and Wine
1996
as Alex
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self (archive footage)
The Crossing Guard
1995
as Freddy Gale
The Rolling Stones - Totally Stripped
1995
as Self
The Rolling Stones: Stripped
1995
as Self
Wolf
1994
as Will Randall
Hoffa
1992
as James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
A Few Good Men
1992
as Col. Nathan R. Jessep
Man Trouble
1992
as Harry Bliss
The Two Jakes
1990
as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
Batman
1989
as Jack Napier / Joker
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988
as Jack Nicholson
Ironweed
1987
as Francis Phelan
Broadcast News
1987
as Bill Rorich
Creepy Classics
1987
as Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
1987
as Narrator (voice)
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
as Daryl Van Horne
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
The Elephant's Child
1986
as Narrator (voice)
Heartburn
1986
as Mark
Live Aid
1985
as Self
Prizzi's Honor
1985
as Charley Partanna
Terms of Endearment
1983
as Garrett Breedlove
The Border
1982
as Charlie Smith
Reds
1981
as Eugene O'Neill
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
as Frank Chambers
Making 'The Shining'
1980
as Self
The Shining
1980
as Jack Torrance
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Goin' South
1978
as Henry Moon
The Last Tycoon
1976
as Brimmer
The Missouri Breaks
1976
as Tom Logan
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
as Self
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
as Randle Patrick McMurphy
The Fortune
1975
as Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan
Tommy
1975
as The Specialist
The Passenger
1975
as David Locke
Chinatown
1974
as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
The Last Detail
1973
as SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
as David Staebler
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
as Self
A Safe Place
1971
as Mitch
Carnal Knowledge
1971
as Jonathan
Drive, He Said
1971
as Annoyed Bearded Guy
Five Easy Pieces
1970
as Robert Eroica Dupea
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
as Tad Pringle
Rebel Rousers
1970
as Bunny
Easy Rider
1969
as George Hanson
Head
1968
as Jack Nicholson (uncredited)
Targets
1968
as Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Psych-Out
1968
as Stoney
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Tom Murdock
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)
Hells Angels on Wheels
1967
as Poet
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
as Wes
The Shooting
1966
as Billy Spear
Back Door to Hell
1964
as Burnett
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
Flight to Fury
1964
as Jay Wickham
Ensign Pulver
1964
as Yeoman Dolan
The Terror
1963
as Lt. Andre Duvalier
The Raven
1963
as Rexford Bedlo
The Broken Land
1962
as Will
Little Amy
1962
as Jefferson City Coach
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Jaime Angel
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Mr. Garland
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Marvin Jenkins
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Bud
Studs Lonigan
1960
as Weary Reilly
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960
as Wilbur Force
The Wild Ride
1960
as Johnny Varron
Too Soon to Love
1960
as Buddy
Mr. Lucky
1959
as Martin
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Tony Morgan
Bronco
1958
as Bob Doolin
The Cry Baby Killer
1958
as Jimmy Wallace
Sea Hunt
1958
as John Stark
Matinee Theater
1955
as Musician's Son
The Oscars
1953
as Self