Jack Nicholson
Born: 1937-04-22 in Manhattan, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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, 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.
Filmography
2025
- John Candy: I Like Me as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- Breakdown: 1975 as Self (The Passenger-archive footage)
- Films to Die For as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
- Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location as Self (archive footage)
- Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director as Self (archive footage)
2022
- Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Untold: Deal with the Devil as Self (archive footage)
- Morceaux de Cannes
2020
- Joker: Put on a Happy Face as Self
- Kubrick by Kubrick as Self (archive footage)
- 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Mansfield 66/67 as Self - Actor(archive footage)
- The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 as Self - Audience Member
- Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood as Self
2014
- I Am Divine as Self (archive)
2012
- Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir as Self (archive footage)
- Close Up as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Corman's World as Self - Actor
2010
- I'm Still Here as Jack Nicholson
- How Do You Know as Charles
- Stardust as Self (uncredited)
- BBStory: An American Film Renaissance as Self
- America Lost and Found: The BBS Story as Self
- Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos as Self
- Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces' as Self
- Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom as Self
2008
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)
- Notes on an American Film Director at Work as Self
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight as Self
- Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson as Self
2007
- Into the Wild ... (Thanks)
- The Bucket List as Edward Periman Cole
- My Spy Family
- 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
2006
- The Departed as Costello
- Witness to 'Reds' as Self
2005
- Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast as Self - Presenter
2004
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild as Self(archive footage)
2003
- Anger Management as Dr. Buddy Rydell
- Something's Gotta Give as Harry Sanborn
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2002
- Nudes in the News as Warren Schmidt (archive footage)
- About Schmidt as Warren Schmidt
- Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. as Self
2001
- The Pledge as Jerry Black
- America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self
1999
- Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
- Velocity as Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)
1998
- Junket Whore as Self
1997
- As Good as It Gets as Melvin Udall
1996
- Mars Attacks! as President Dale / Art Land
- Blood and Wine as Alex
- The Evening Star as Garrett Breedlove
- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self (archive footage)
1995
- The Crossing Guard as Freddy Gale
- The Rolling Stones: Stripped as Self
- The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped as Self
1994
- Wolf as Will Randall
1992
- A Few Good Men as Col. Nathan R. Jessep
- Hoffa as James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
- Man Trouble as Harry Bliss
1990
- The Two Jakes as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
1989
- Batman as Joker / Jack Napier
1988
- On the tracks of a filmmaker as Jack Nicholson
1987
- The Witches of Eastwick as Daryl Van Horne
- Broadcast News as Bill Rorich
- Ironweed as Francis Phelan
- Creepy Classics as Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
- Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories as Narrator (voice)
- Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump as Narrator (voice)
1986
- Heartburn as Mark
- Barbra Streisand: One Voice as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- The Elephant's Child as Narrator (voice)
1985
- Prizzi's Honor as Charley Partanna
- Live Aid as Self
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
1983
- Not Necessarily the News as Self (archive footage)
- Terms of Endearment as Garrett Breedlove
1982
- The Border as Charlie Smith
1981
- The Postman Always Rings Twice as Frank Chambers
- Reds as Eugene O'Neill
1980
- The Shining as Jack Torrance
- Making 'The Shining' as Self
1978
- Ciné regards as Self
- The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- Goin' South as Henry Moon
1976
- The Missouri Breaks as Tom Logan
- The Last Tycoon as Brimmer
- TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Randle Patrick McMurphy
- Tommy as The Specialist
- The Passenger as David Locke
- The Fortune as Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan
1974
- Chinatown as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
1973
- The Last Detail as Billy L. 'Badass' Buddusky
1972
- The King of Marvin Gardens as David Staebler
- Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
1971
- Film '72 as Self
- Carnal Knowledge as Jonathan
- Drive, He Said as Annoyed Bearded Guy
- A Safe Place as Mitch
- Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age as Narrator
1970
- Five Easy Pieces as Robert Eroica Dupea
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Tad Pringle
- Rebel Rousers as Bunny
1969
- Easy Rider as George Hanson
1968
- Targets as Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- Head as Self (uncredited)
- Psych-Out as Stoney
1967
- The Guns of Will Sonnett as Tom Murdock
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)
- Hells Angels on Wheels as Poet
- The Trip ... (Writer)
1966
- Ride in the Whirlwind as Wes
- The Shooting as Billy Spear
1964
- Ensign Pulver as Yeoman Dolan
- Flight to Fury as Jay Wickham
- Cordillera ... (Screenplay)
- Back Door to Hell as Burnett
1963
- The Raven as Rexford Bedlo
- The Terror as Lt. Andre Duvalier
- Thunder Island ... (Screenplay)
1962
- Little Amy as Jefferson City Coach
- The Broken Land as Will
- Little Amy as Jefferson City Coach
- The Hour of St. Francis as Jim Evans
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Mr. Garland
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Bud
- The Little Shop of Horrors as Wilbur Force
- Studs Lonigan as Weary Reilly
- Too Soon to Love as Buddy
- The Wild Ride as Johnny Varron
1959
- Hawaiian Eye as Tony Morgan
- Mr. Lucky as Martin
1958
- Sea Hunt as John Stark
- Bronco as Bob Doolin
- Cry Baby Killer as Jimmy Wallace
1955
- Matinee Theater as Musician's Son
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient