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

Tim Burton: Life in the Line

Close Up

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location

The Departed

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

John Candy: I Like Me

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

The Shining

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

Into the Wild

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

Live Aid

Chinatown

Little Amy

Kubrick by Kubrick

A Few Good Men

Basketball: A Love Story

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

I Am Divine

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film

As Good as It Gets

The Bucket List

The Andy Griffith Show

The Kennedy Center Honors

Breakdown: 1975

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

Batman

Untold: Deal with the Devil

Corman's World

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

The Passenger

Terms of Endearment

About Schmidt

Making 'The Shining'

Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood

The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

Targets

Five Easy Pieces

The Last Detail

Not Necessarily the News

Reds

Easy Rider

Broadcast News