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
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- Films to Die For as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
- 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)
2020
- 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic as Self (archive footage)
- Joker: Put on a Happy Face as Self
2018
- Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
2017
- 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
2012
- Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir as Self (archive footage)
- Close Up as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Corman's World as Self - Actor
2010
- How Do You Know as Charles
- I'm Still Here as Jack Nicholson
- Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos as Self
- America Lost and Found: The BBS Story as Self
- BBStory: An American Film Renaissance as Self
- Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces' as Self
- Stardust as Self (uncredited)
- Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom as Self
2008
- Notes on an American Film Director at Work as Self
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight as Self
2007
- Into the Wild ... (Thanks)
- The Bucket List as Edward Periman Cole
- Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick as Self
- My Spy Family
- The Visions 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
- Something's Gotta Give as Harry Sanborn
- Anger Management as Dr. Buddy Rydell
- Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2002
- About Schmidt as Warren Schmidt
- Nudes in the News as Warren Schmidt (archive footage)
- Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. as Self
2001
- The Pledge as Jerry Black
- Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self
- America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
1999
- 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
- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self (archive footage)
- The Evening Star as Garrett Breedlove
1995
- The Crossing Guard as Freddy Gale
- The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped as Self
- The Rolling Stones: Stripped as Self
1994
- Wolf as Will Randall
1992
- A Few Good Men as Col. Nathan R. Jessep
- Man Trouble as Harry Bliss
- Hoffa as James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
1990
- The Two Jakes as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
1989
- Batman as Jack Napier / The Joker
1988
- On the tracks of a filmmaker as Jack Nicholson
1987
- Broadcast News as Bill Rorich
- Creepy Classics as Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
- The Witches of Eastwick as Daryl Van Horne
- Ironweed as Francis Phelan
- 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
- Terms of Endearment as Garrett Breedlove
1982
- The Border as Charlie Smith
1981
- Reds as Eugene O'Neill
- The Postman Always Rings Twice as Frank Chambers
1980
- The Shining as Jack Torrance
- Making 'The Shining' as Self
1978
- Goin' South as Henry Moon
- The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
1976
- The Last Tycoon as Brimmer
- The Missouri Breaks as Tom Logan
- TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Randle Patrick McMurphy
- Tommy as The Specialist
- The Fortune as Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan
- The Passenger as David Locke
1974
- Chinatown as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
1973
- The Last Detail as SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky
1972
- The King of Marvin Gardens as David Staebler
- Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
1971
- Drive, He Said as Annoyed Bearded Guy
- A Safe Place as Mitch
- Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age as Narrator
- Carnal Knowledge as Jonathan
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)
- Psych-Out as Stoney
- Head as Self (uncredited)
- The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
1967
- The Trip ... (Writer)
- 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
1966
- The Shooting as Billy Spear
- Ride in the Whirlwind as Wes
1964
- Ensign Pulver as Yeoman Dolan
- Cordillera ... (Screenplay)
- Flight to Fury as Jay Wickham
- Back Door to Hell as Burnett
1963
- Thunder Island ... (Screenplay)
- The Raven as Rexford Bedlo
- The Terror as Lt. Andre Duvalier
1962
- The Broken Land as Will
- Little Amy as Jefferson City Coach
- Little Amy as Jefferson City Coach
- The Hour of St. Francis as Jim Evans
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Jaime Angel
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Mr. Garland
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Bud
- Studs Lonigan as Weary Reilly
- The Little Shop of Horrors as Wilbur Force
- The Wild Ride as Johnny Varron
- Too Soon to Love as Buddy
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