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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, 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 Mich…
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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, 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.
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BODY OF WORK
Jack Nicholson's Filmography
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Breakdown: 1975
as Self (The Passenger-archive footage)
Films to Die For
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
as Self (archive photo)
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
as Self (archive footage)
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
as Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Untold: Deal with the Devil
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
as Self (archive footage)
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
as Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
as Self
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
as Self - Audience Member
Mansfield 66/67
as Self - Actor(archive footage)
I Am Divine
as Self (archive)
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
as Self (archive footage)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Corman's World
as Self - Actor
How Do You Know
as Charles
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
as Self
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
as Self
No Poster
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
as Self
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
as Self
Stardust
as Self (uncredited)
I'm Still Here
as Jack Nicholson
No Poster
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
as Self
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
as Self
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson
as Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
as Self
The Bucket List
as Edward Periman Cole
Making of Chinatown
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
Witness to 'Reds'
as Self
The Departed
as Costello
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self - Presenter
No Poster
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
as Self (archive footage)
Something's Gotta Give
as Harry Sanborn
Anger Management
as Dr. Buddy Rydell
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
About Schmidt
as Warren Schmidt
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
as Self
America: A Tribute to Heroes
as Self
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
as Self
The Pledge
as Jerry Black
Velocity
as Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
Playmate Pajama Party
as self
Junket Whore
as Self
As Good as It Gets
as Melvin Udall
Completely Cuckoo
The Evening Star
as Garrett Breedlove
Mars Attacks!
as President Dale / Art Land
Blood and Wine
as Alex
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self (archive footage)
The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped
as Self
The Rolling Stones: Stripped
as Self
The Crossing Guard
as Freddy Gale
Wolf
as Will Randall
Hoffa
as James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
A Few Good Men
as Col. Nathan R. Jessep
Man Trouble
as Harry Bliss
The Two Jakes
as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
Batman
as Joker / Jack Napier
On the tracks of a filmmaker
as Jack Nicholson
Ironweed
as Francis Phelan
Broadcast News
as Bill Rorich
Creepy Classics
as Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
No Poster
Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
as Narrator (voice)
The Witches of Eastwick
as Daryl Van Horne
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
No Poster
The Elephant's Child
as Narrator (voice)
Heartburn
as Mark
Live Aid
as Self
Prizzi's Honor
as Charley Partanna
Terms of Endearment
as Garrett Breedlove
The Border
as Charlie Smith
Reds
as Eugene O'Neill
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Frank Chambers
Making 'The Shining'
as Self
The Shining
as Jack Torrance
Goin' South
as Henry Moon
The Last Tycoon
as Brimmer
The Missouri Breaks
as Tom Logan
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
as Self
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Randle Patrick McMurphy
The Fortune
as Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan
Tommy
as The Specialist
The Passenger
as David Locke
Chinatown
as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
The Last Detail
as Billy L. 'Badass' Buddusky
The King of Marvin Gardens
as David Staebler
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
A Safe Place
as Mitch
Carnal Knowledge
as Jonathan
Drive, He Said
as Annoyed Bearded Guy
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
as Narrator
Five Easy Pieces
as Robert Eroica Dupea
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Tad Pringle
Rebel Rousers
as Bunny
Easy Rider
as George Hanson
Head
as Self (uncredited)
Targets
as Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Psych-Out
as Stoney
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)
Hells Angels on Wheels
as Poet
Ride in the Whirlwind
as Wes
The Shooting
as Billy Spear
Back Door to Hell
as Burnett
Flight to Fury
as Jay Wickham
Ensign Pulver
as Yeoman Dolan
The Terror
as Lt. Andre Duvalier
The Raven
as Rexford Bedlo
The Broken Land
as Will
Little Amy
as Jefferson City Coach
The Hour of St. Francis
as Jim Evans
Studs Lonigan
as Weary Reilly
The Wild Ride
as Johnny Varron
The Little Shop of Horrors
as Wilbur Force
Too Soon to Love
as Buddy
Cry Baby Killer
as Jimmy Wallace
Monty and the Movies
as Self (archive footage)