
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, 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.
Acting (108 movies)

Mars Attacks!
1996

Batman
1989

A Few Good Men
1992

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975

Prizzi's Honor
1985

The Departed
2006

Easy Rider
1969

The Shining
1980

The Movie Orgy
1968

Chinatown
1974

Wolf
1994

Hoffa
1992

About Schmidt
2002

As Good as It Gets
1997

The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981

Terms of Endearment
1983

The Evening Star
1996

The Border
1982

The Pledge
2001

The Witches of Eastwick
1987

Tommy
1975

The Bucket List
2007

Something's Gotta Give
2003

Blood and Wine
1996

The Terror
1963

The Little Shop of Horrors
1960

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005

Anger Management
2003

The Two Jakes
1990

Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
1987

Broadcast News
1987

Hells Angels on Wheels
1967

Five Easy Pieces
1970

The Crossing Guard
1995

Goin' South
1978

The Passenger
1975

Untold: Deal with the Devil
2021

Heartburn
1986

Ironweed
1987

Carnal Knowledge
1971

The Raven
1963

The Missouri Breaks
1976

TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976

Rebel Rousers
1970

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002

The Shooting
1966

Ensign Pulver
1964

How Do You Know
2010

The Last Detail
1973

Ride in the Whirlwind
1966

Back Door to Hell
1964

The Last Tycoon
1976

Psych-Out
1968

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970

Close Up
2012

Man Trouble
1992

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972

Reds
1981

Making 'The Shining'
1980

The Fortune
1975

The King of Marvin Gardens
1972

A Safe Place
1971

Creepy Classics
1987

The Wild Ride
1960

Corman's World
2011

The Rolling Stones: Stripped
1995

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008

Cry Baby Killer
1958

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020

Studs Lonigan
1960

Too Soon to Love
1960

The Broken Land
1962

The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped
1995

Head
1968

Flight to Fury
1964

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022

Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007

On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010

Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
2024

Junket Whore
1998

Targets
1968

I'm Still Here
2010

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967

Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017

Stardust
2010

Live Aid
1985

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001

Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
2010

Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008

America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001

Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020

Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
2010

Drive, He Said
1971

Velocity
1999

Witness to 'Reds'
2006
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Thunder Island | 1963 | Screenplay |
| Flight to Fury | 1964 | Writer |
| Cordillera | 1964 | Screenplay |
| The Shooting | 1966 | Producer |
| Ride in the Whirlwind | 1966 | Writer |
| Ride in the Whirlwind | 1966 | Producer |
| The Trip | 1967 | Writer |
| Head | 1968 | Writer |
| Head | 1968 | Producer |
| Drive, He Said | 1971 | Screenplay |
| Drive, He Said | 1971 | Producer |
| The Two Jakes | 1990 | Producer |
| Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild | 2004 | Producer |