Jack Nicholson
Acting
Born April 22, 1937 · 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.
Acting (119)
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Films to Die For
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
2024
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
Untold: Deal with the Devil
2021
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
2017
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012
Close Up
2012
Corman's World
2011
How Do You Know
2010
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
2010
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
2010
Stardust
2010
I'm Still Here
2010
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
2010
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008
The Bucket List
2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007
Witness to 'Reds'
2006
The Departed
2006
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
Something's Gotta Give
2003
Anger Management
2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
About Schmidt
2002
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
The Pledge
2001
Velocity
1999
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
Junket Whore
1998
As Good as It Gets
1997
The Evening Star
1996
Mars Attacks!
1996
Blood and Wine
1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped
1995
The Rolling Stones: Stripped
1995
The Crossing Guard
1995
The Making of '...And God Spoke'
1994
Wolf
1994
Hoffa
1992
A Few Good Men
1992
Man Trouble
1992
The Two Jakes
1990
Batman
1989
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988
Ironweed
1987
Broadcast News
1987
Creepy Classics
1987
Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
1987
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
1987
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
The Elephant's Child
1986
Heartburn
1986
Live Aid
1985
Prizzi's Honor
1985
Terms of Endearment
1983
The Border
1982
Reds
1981
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
Making 'The Shining'
1980
The Shining
1980
Goin' South
1978
The Last Tycoon
1976
The Missouri Breaks
1976
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
The Fortune
1975
Tommy
1975
The Passenger
1975
Chinatown
1974
The Last Detail
1973
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
A Safe Place
1971
Carnal Knowledge
1971
Drive, He Said
1971
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971
Five Easy Pieces
1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
Rebel Rousers
1970
Easy Rider
1969
Head
1968
Targets
1968
Psych-Out
1968
The Movie Orgy
1968
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
Hells Angels on Wheels
1967
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
The Shooting
1966
Back Door to Hell
1964
Flight to Fury
1964
Ensign Pulver
1964
The Terror
1963
The Raven
1963
The Broken Land
1962
The Hour of St. Francis
1962
Little Amy
1962
Studs Lonigan
1960
The Wild Ride
1960
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960
Too Soon to Love
1960
Cry Baby Killer
1958