Actor
Jack Nicholson
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 actin ...

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