About
Jack Nicholson
Overview
John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson 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.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2025 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Untold: Deal with the Devil | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | Joker: Put on a Happy Face | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2019 | Los mejores westerns | Actor | Self - Actor (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2017 | Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Close Up | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Corman's World | Actor | Self - Actor | 60 Fair |
| 2010 | How Do You Know | Actor | Charles | 54 Average |
| 2010 | Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces' | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2010 | BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2010 | America Lost and Found: The BBS Story | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Stardust | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 2010 | I'm Still Here | Actor | Jack Nicholson | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Actor | Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Notes on an American Film Director at Work | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2007 | The Bucket List | Actor | Edward Periman Cole | 70 Good |
| 2007 | The Visions of Stanley Kubrick | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2007 | My Spy Family | Actor | 67 Fair |
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| 2006 | Witness to 'Reds' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | The Departed | Actor | Costello | 80 Very good |
| 2006 | The 78th Annual Academy Awards | Actor | Self - Presenter | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast | Actor | Self - Presenter | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Something's Gotta Give | Actor | Harry Sanborn | 64 Fair |
| 2003 | Anger Management | Actor | Dr. Buddy Rydell | 61 Fair |
| 2002 | About Schmidt | Actor | Warren Schmidt | 65 Fair |
| 2002 | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2002 | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2002 | CINDERELLA+++ | Actor | Tramp (Remixed dialogue from Carnal Knowledge) | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | America | A Tribute to Heroes | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Actor | Self | 62 Fair |
| 2001 | The Pledge | Actor | Jerry Black | 63 Fair |
| 1999 | Velocity | Actor | Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1998 | Junket Whore | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Actor | Melvin Udall | 72 Good |
| 1996 | The Evening Star | Actor | Garrett Breedlove | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Actor | President Dale / Art Land | 63 Fair |
| 1996 | Blood and Wine | Actor | Alex | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1995 | The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1995 | The Rolling Stones: Stripped | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1995 | The Crossing Guard | Actor | Freddy Gale | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Wolf | Actor | Will Randall | 60 Fair |
| 1992 | Hoffa | Actor | James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa | 60 Fair |
| 1992 | A Few Good Men | Actor | Col. Nathan R. Jessep | 73 Good |
| 1992 | Man Trouble | Actor | Harry Bliss | 57 Average |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Actor | J.J. "Jake" Gittes | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Batman | Actor | Jack Napier / The Joker | 71 Good |
| 1988 | On the tracks of a filmmaker | Actor | Jack Nicholson | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Ironweed | Actor | Francis Phelan | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Broadcast News | Actor | Bill Rorich | 62 Fair |
| 1987 | Creepy Classics | Actor | Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | Actor | Daryl Van Horne | 63 Fair |
| 1987 | Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Actor | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1986 | The Elephant's Child | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Heartburn | Actor | Mark | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Live Aid | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | Actor | Charley Partanna | 61 Fair |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | Actor | Garrett Breedlove | 66 Fair |
| 1982 | The Border | Actor | Charlie Smith | 59 Average |
| 1981 | Reds | Actor | Eugene O'Neill | 62 Fair |
| 1981 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Actor | Frank Chambers | 61 Fair |
| 1980 | Making 'The Shining' | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
| 1980 | The Shining | Actor | Jack Torrance | 81 Very good |
| 1978 | Goin' South | Actor | Henry Moon | 58 Average |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Actor | Brimmer | 59 Average |
| 1976 | The Missouri Breaks | Actor | Tom Logan | 60 Fair |
| 1976 | TVTV Looks at the Oscars | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Actor | Randle Patrick McMurphy | 83 Very good |
| 1975 | The Fortune | Actor | Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan | 58 Average |
| 1975 | Tommy | Actor | The Specialist | 61 Fair |
| 1975 | The Passenger | Actor | David Locke | 65 Fair |
| 1974 | Chinatown | Actor | J.J. 'Jake' Gittes | 76 Good |
| 1973 | The Last Detail | Actor | SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky | 63 Fair |
| 1972 | The King of Marvin Gardens | Actor | David Staebler | 58 Average |
| 1972 | Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1971 | A Safe Place | Actor | Mitch | 58 Average |
| 1971 | Carnal Knowledge | Actor | Jonathan | 60 Fair |
| 1971 | Drive, He Said | Actor | Annoyed Bearded Guy | 58 Average |
| 1971 | Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1970 | Five Easy Pieces | Actor | Robert Eroica Dupea | 65 Fair |
| 1970 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Actor | Tad Pringle | 59 Average |
| 1970 | Rebel Rousers | Actor | Bunny | 58 Average |
| 1969 | Easy Rider | Actor | George Hanson | 68 Fair |
| 1968 | Head | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1968 | Targets | Actor | Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1968 | Psych-Out | Actor | Stoney | 58 Average |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Actor | Gino, Hit Man (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1967 | Hells Angels on Wheels | Actor | Poet | 58 Average |
| 1966 | Ride in the Whirlwind | Actor | Wes | 59 Average |
| 1966 | The Shooting | Actor | Billy Spear | 59 Average |
| 1964 | Back Door to Hell | Actor | Burnett | 58 Average |
| 1964 | Flight to Fury | Actor | Jay Wickham | 58 Average |
| 1964 | Ensign Pulver | Actor | Yeoman Dolan | 58 Average |
| 1963 | The Terror | Actor | Lt. Andre Duvalier | 56 Average |
| 1963 | The Raven | Actor | Rexford Bedlo | 60 Fair |
| 1962 | The Broken Land | Actor | Will | 59 Average |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Actor | Jaime Angel | 66 Fair |
| 1960 | Studs Lonigan | Actor | Weary Reilly | 58 Average |
| 1960 | The Little Shop of Horrors | Actor | Wilbur Force | 60 Fair |
| 1960 | The Wild Ride | Actor | Johnny Varron | 58 Average |
| 1960 | Too Soon to Love | Actor | Buddy | 58 Average |
| 1960 | Little Shop of Horrors | Actor | Wilbur Force | 59 Average |
| 1958 | The Cry Baby Killer | Actor | Jimmy Wallace | 58 Average |
Directing |
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| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1978 | Goin' South | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 1971 | Drive, He Said | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Writing |
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| 1971 | Drive, He Said | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
| 1968 | Head | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 1967 | The Trip | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
| 1966 | Ride in the Whirlwind | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 1964 | Cordillera | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
| 1964 | Flight to Fury | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
| 1963 | Thunder Island | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
Production |
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| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 1971 | Drive, He Said | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
| 1968 | Head | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 1966 | Ride in the Whirlwind | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 1966 | The Shooting | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
Crew |
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| 2007 | Into the Wild | Crew | Thanks | 77 Good |