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).
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Breakdown: 1975
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/12/2025
Films to Die For
Character:(archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:23/10/2025
John Candy: I Like Me
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:04/09/2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Character:Self
Release Date:14/02/2025
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/03/2024
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/11/2022
Untold: Deal with the Devil
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/08/2021
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Character:Self
Release Date:18/08/2020
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/06/2020
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:09/12/2017
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
Character:Self - Audience Member
Release Date:29/09/2017
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/10/2012
Close Up
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/09/2012
Corman's World
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:16/12/2011
How Do You Know
Character:Charles
Release Date:17/12/2010
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2010
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2010
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2010
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2010
Stardust
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:16/10/2010
I'm Still Here
Character:Jack Nicholson
Release Date:10/09/2010
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
Character:Self
Release Date:20/02/2010
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Character:Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)
Release Date:18/01/2008
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2008
The Bucket List
Character:Edward Periman Cole
Release Date:25/12/2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
Witness to 'Reds'
Character:Self
Release Date:17/10/2006
The Departed
Character:Costello
Release Date:04/10/2006
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Character:Self - Presenter
Release Date:02/09/2005
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Character:Self(archive footage)
Release Date:29/08/2004
Something's Gotta Give
Character:Harry Sanborn
Release Date:12/12/2003
Anger Management
Character:Dr. Buddy Rydell
Release Date:11/04/2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/2003
About Schmidt
Character:Warren Schmidt
Release Date:12/12/2002
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Character:Self
Release Date:26/11/2002
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Character:Self
Release Date:21/09/2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Character:Self
Release Date:02/05/2001
The Pledge
Character:Jerry Black
Release Date:19/01/2001
Velocity
Character:Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)
Release Date:02/12/1999
Junket Whore
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/1998
As Good as It Gets
Character:Melvin Udall
Release Date:19/12/1997
The Evening Star
Character:Garrett Breedlove
Release Date:25/12/1996
Mars Attacks!
Character:President Dale / Art Land
Release Date:13/12/1996
Blood and Wine
Character:Alex
Release Date:03/10/1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/05/1996
The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped
Character:Self
Release Date:03/08/1995
The Rolling Stones: Stripped
Character:Self
Release Date:04/07/1995
The Crossing Guard
Character:Freddy Gale
Release Date:26/01/1995
Wolf
Character:Will Randall
Release Date:17/06/1994
Hoffa
Character:James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
Release Date:25/12/1992
A Few Good Men
Character:Col. Nathan R. Jessep
Release Date:11/12/1992
Man Trouble
Character:Harry Bliss
Release Date:17/07/1992
The Two Jakes
Character:J.J. "Jake" Gittes
Release Date:10/08/1990
Batman
Character:Jack Napier / The Joker
Release Date:21/06/1989
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Character:Jack Nicholson
Release Date:01/01/1988
Ironweed
Character:Francis Phelan
Release Date:18/12/1987
Broadcast News
Character:Bill Rorich
Release Date:16/12/1987
Creepy Classics
Character:Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/1987
Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1987
The Witches of Eastwick
Character:Daryl Van Horne
Release Date:12/06/1987
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1987
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Character:Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Release Date:27/12/1986
The Elephant's Child
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1986
Heartburn
Character:Mark
Release Date:25/07/1986
Live Aid
Character:Self
Release Date:13/07/1985
Prizzi's Honor
Character:Charley Partanna
Release Date:14/06/1985
Terms of Endearment
Character:Garrett Breedlove
Release Date:20/11/1983
The Border
Character:Charlie Smith
Release Date:29/01/1982
Reds
Character:Eugene O'Neill
Release Date:25/12/1981
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Character:Frank Chambers
Release Date:20/03/1981
Making 'The Shining'
Character:Self
Release Date:04/10/1980
The Shining
Character:Jack Torrance
Release Date:23/05/1980
Goin' South
Character:Henry Moon
Release Date:06/10/1978
The Last Tycoon
Character:Brimmer
Release Date:18/11/1976
The Missouri Breaks
Character:Tom Logan
Release Date:19/05/1976
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Character:Self
Release Date:30/03/1976
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Character:Randle Patrick McMurphy
Release Date:19/11/1975
The Fortune
Character:Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan
Release Date:20/05/1975
Tommy
Character:The Specialist
Release Date:19/03/1975
The Passenger
Character:David Locke
Release Date:28/02/1975
Chinatown
Character:J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Release Date:20/06/1974
The Last Detail
Character:SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky
Release Date:11/12/1973
The King of Marvin Gardens
Character:David Staebler
Release Date:13/10/1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Character:Self
Release Date:11/05/1972
A Safe Place
Character:Mitch
Release Date:01/10/1971
Carnal Knowledge
Character:Jonathan
Release Date:30/06/1971
Drive, He Said
Character:Annoyed Bearded Guy
Release Date:13/06/1971
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
Character:Narrator
Release Date:31/05/1971
Five Easy Pieces
Character:Robert Eroica Dupea
Release Date:12/09/1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Character:Tad Pringle
Release Date:17/06/1970
Rebel Rousers
Character:Bunny
Release Date:01/04/1970
Easy Rider
Character:George Hanson
Release Date:26/06/1969
Head
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:06/11/1968
Targets
Character:Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:13/08/1968
Psych-Out
Character:Stoney
Release Date:06/03/1968
The Movie Orgy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1968
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Character:Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)
Release Date:30/06/1967
Hells Angels on Wheels
Character:Poet
Release Date:01/06/1967
Ride in the Whirlwind
Character:Wes
Release Date:23/10/1966
The Shooting
Character:Billy Spear
Release Date:02/06/1966
Back Door to Hell
Character:Burnett
Release Date:19/12/1964
Flight to Fury
Character:Jay Wickham
Release Date:07/08/1964
Ensign Pulver
Character:Yeoman Dolan
Release Date:31/07/1964
The Terror
Character:Lt. Andre Duvalier
Release Date:17/06/1963
The Raven
Character:Rexford Bedlo
Release Date:23/01/1963
The Broken Land
Character:Will
Release Date:31/03/1962
The Hour of St. Francis
Character:Jim Evans
Release Date:01/01/1962
Little Amy
Character:Jefferson City Coach
Release Date:01/01/1962
Studs Lonigan
Character:Weary Reilly
Release Date:01/09/1960
The Wild Ride
Character:Johnny Varron
Release Date:17/06/1960
The Little Shop of Horrors
Character:Wilbur Force
Release Date:04/05/1960
Too Soon to Love
Character:Buddy
Release Date:01/02/1960
Cry Baby Killer
Character:Jimmy Wallace
Release Date:15/08/1958
Television Appearances
Basketball: A Love Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
My Spy Family
Character:
Celebrities Uncensored
Character:Self
Nudes in the News
Character:Warren Schmidt (archive footage)
Goldene Kamera
Character:Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Character:Tom Murdock
Little Amy
Character:Jefferson City Coach
Dr. Kildare
Character:Jaime Angel
The Andy Griffith Show
Character:Mr. Garland
The Andy Griffith Show
Character:Marvin Jenkins
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Character:Bud
Mr. Lucky
Character:Martin
Hawaiian Eye
Character:Tony Morgan
Bronco
Character:Bob Doolin
Sea Hunt
Character:John Stark
Matinee Theater
Character:Musician's Son
The Oscars
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee / Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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