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.
Movies
Self (The Passenger-archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
2025
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Films to Die For
2025
Self (archive photo)
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
Self - Actor (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Self (archive footage)
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024
Self (archive footage)
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
2024
Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
Self (archive footage)
Untold: Deal with the Devil
2021
Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Self (archive footage)
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
Self
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020
Self (archive footage)
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
Self
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017
Self - Audience Member
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
2017
Self - Actor(archive footage)
Mansfield 66/67
2017
Self (archive)
I Am Divine
2014
Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012
Self (archive footage)
Close Up
2012
Self - Actor
Corman's World
2011
TV Shows
Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
My Spy Family
2007
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Self (archive footage)
Not Necessarily the News
1983
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Self
Ciné regards
1978
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
Self (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
Tom Murdock
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Jefferson City Coach
Little Amy
1962
Mr. Garland
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Marvin Jenkins
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Bud
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Martin
Mr. Lucky
1959
Tony Morgan
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Bob Doolin
Bronco
1958
John Stark
Sea Hunt
1958
Musician's Son
Matinee Theater
1955
Self
The Oscars
1953
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Golden Globe Awards
1944
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