Jack Nicholson

Known for ActingBorn 1937-04-22 (age 89)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Close Up

The Departed

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

John Candy: I Like Me

The Shining

The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015

Into the Wild

Live Aid

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

Kubrick by Kubrick

Chinatown

Little Amy

Basketball: A Love Story

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

A Few Good Men

I Am Divine

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

As Good as It Gets

The Bucket List

The Andy Griffith Show

Corman's World

The Kennedy Center Honors

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Batman

Untold: Deal with the Devil

Breakdown: 1975

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

The Passenger

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

Terms of Endearment

The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped

Making 'The Shining'

About Schmidt

Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

Five Easy Pieces

The Last Detail

Targets

Easy Rider

Saturday Night Live

Reds

Something's Gotta Give

Not Necessarily the News

Golden Globe Awards