Jack Nicholson

Acting Apr 22, 1937 (89 years old) Manhattan, New York, USA

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.

149 Acting Credits

12 Crew Credits

Jack Nicholson

Acting

The Shining

The Departed

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Batman

Mars Attacks!

Chinatown

A Few Good Men

As Good as It Gets

The Bucket List

Anger Management

Easy Rider

Something's Gotta Give

The Witches of Eastwick

About Schmidt

The Pledge

How Do You Know

Wolf

Terms of Endearment

Five Easy Pieces

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Passenger

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Crew

Into the Wild

The Two Jakes

Goin' South

The Shooting

The Trip

Head

Ride in the Whirlwind

Drive, He Said

Flight to Fury

Thunder Island

Cordillera

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild