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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (46)
Breakdown: 1975
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Films to Die For
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Untold: Deal with the Devil
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
as Self
2020
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
as Self
2017
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
as Self - Audience Member
2017
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Corman's World
as Self - Actor
2011
How Do You Know
as Charles
2010
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
as Self
2010
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
as Self
2010
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
as Self
2010
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
as Self
2010
Stardust
as Self (uncredited)
2010
I'm Still Here
as Jack Nicholson
2010
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
as Self
2010
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
as Self
2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)
2008
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
as Self
2008
The Bucket List
as Edward Periman Cole
2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
2007
Into the Wild
Thanks (Crew)
2007
Witness to 'Reds'
as Self
2006
The Departed
as Costello
2006
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self - Presenter
2005
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
as Self(archive footage)
2004
Something's Gotta Give
as Harry Sanborn
2003
Anger Management
as Dr. Buddy Rydell
2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
2003
About Schmidt
as Warren Schmidt
2002
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
as Self
2002
America | A Tribute to Heroes
as Self
2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
as Self
2001
The Pledge
as Jerry Black
2001
Velocity
as Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)
1999
Junket Whore
as Self
1998
As Good as It Gets
as Melvin Udall
1997
The Evening Star
as Garrett Breedlove
1996
