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Actor

Jack Nicholson

Born 22 April 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.

Films and shows

  1. 2025Films to Die For(archive footage) (uncredited)
  2. 2025Tim Burton: Life in the Line1 seasonSelf (footage)
  3. 2024Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director23mSelf (archive footage)
  4. 2024Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location26mSelf (archive footage)
  5. 2022Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend1h 18mSelf (archive footage)
  6. 2021Untold: Deal with the Devil1h 17mSelf (archive footage)
  7. 2020Kubrick by Kubrick1h 14mSelf (archive footage)
  8. 202040 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic30mSelf (archive footage)
  9. 2017Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood59mSelf
  10. 2017Mansfield 66/671h 24mSelf - Actor(archive footage)
  11. 2017The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 20151h 27mSelf - Audience Member
  12. 2012Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir1h 34mSelf (archive footage)
  13. 2011Corman's World1h 31mSelf - Actor
  14. 2010Stardust20mSelf (uncredited)
  15. 2010How Do You Know2h 1mCharles
  16. 2010BBStory: An American Film Renaissance47mSelf
  17. 2010Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom11mSelf
  18. 2010America Lost and Found: The BBS Story2hSelf
  19. 2010Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'9mSelf
  20. 2010Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos1hSelf
  21. 2010I'm Still Here1h 47mJack Nicholson
  22. 2008Notes on an American Film Director at Work1h 4mSelf
  23. 2008Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack NicholsonSelf
  24. 2007The Bucket List1h 37mEdward Periman Cole
  25. 2007Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick20mSelf
  26. 2007View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'30mSelf
  27. 2007The Visions of Stanley Kubrick17mSelf
  28. 2007Making of Chinatown55m
  29. 2006The Departed2h 31mCostello
  30. 2006Witness to 'Reds'1h 7mSelf
  31. 2005Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast1hSelf - Presenter
  32. 2004Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild1h 43mSelf(archive footage)
  33. 2003Something's Gotta Give2h 8mHarry Sanborn
  34. 2003Anger Management1h 46mDr. Buddy Rydell
  35. 2002About Schmidt2h 5mWarren Schmidt
  36. 2002Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.2h 1mSelf
  37. 2001The Pledge2h 4mJerry Black
  38. 2001Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film2h 21mSelf
  39. 2001America: A Tribute to Heroes2hSelf
  40. 1999Velocity1h 28mJohnny Varron (young) (archive footage)
  41. 1999Playmate Pajama Party1h 1mself
  42. 1998Junket Whore55mSelf
  43. 1997As Good as It Gets2h 19mMelvin Udall
  44. 1997Completely Cuckoo1h 27m
  45. 1996Blood and Wine1h 41mAlex
  46. 1996Mars Attacks!1h 46mPresident Dale / Art Land
  47. 1996The Evening Star2h 9mGarrett Breedlove
  48. 1995The Crossing Guard1h 51mFreddy Gale
  49. 1995The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped1h 31mSelf
  50. 1995The Rolling Stones: StrippedSelf
  51. 1994Wolf2h 5mWill Randall
  52. 1992Hoffa2h 20mJames R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
  53. 1992Man Trouble1h 40mHarry Bliss
  54. 1992A Few Good Men2h 18mCol. Nathan R. Jessep
  55. 1990The Two Jakes2h 17mJ.J. "Jake" Gittes
  56. 1989Batman2h 6mJack Napier / The Joker
  57. 1988On the tracks of a filmmakerJack Nicholson
  58. 1987Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories23mNarrator (voice)
  59. 1987Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump22mNarrator (voice)
  60. 1987The Witches of Eastwick1h 58mDaryl Van Horne
  61. 1987Ironweed2h 23mFrancis Phelan
  62. 1987Broadcast News2h 13mBill Rorich
  63. 1987Creepy Classics30mRexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
  64. 1986The Elephant's Child27mNarrator (voice)
  65. 1986Heartburn1h 48mMark
  66. 1986Barbra Streisand: One Voice1h 8mSelf - Audience Member (uncredited)
  67. 1985Prizzi's Honor2h 4mCharley Partanna
  68. 1983Terms of Endearment2h 12mGarrett Breedlove
  69. 1982The Border1h 48mCharlie Smith
  70. 1981The Postman Always Rings Twice2h 2mFrank Chambers
  71. 1981Reds3h 15mEugene O'Neill
  72. 1980The Shining2h 24mJack Torrance
  73. 1980Making 'The Shining'35mSelf
  74. 1978Goin' South1h 49mHenry Moon
  75. 1976The Missouri Breaks2h 6mTom Logan
  76. 1976TVTV Looks at the Oscars59mSelf
  77. 1976The Last Tycoon2h 3mBrimmer
  78. 1975The Passenger2h 6mDavid Locke
  79. 1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest2h 15mRandle Patrick McMurphy
  80. 1975The Fortune1h 28mOscar 'Dix' Sullivan
  81. 1975Tommy1h 51mThe Specialist
  82. 1974Chinatown2h 10mJ.J. 'Jake' Gittes
  83. 1973The Last Detail1h 44mBuddusky
  84. 1972The King of Marvin Gardens1h 43mDavid Staebler
  85. 1972Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here18mSelf
  86. 1971Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age28mNarrator
  87. 1971Carnal Knowledge1h 38mJonathan
  88. 1971A Safe Place1h 34mMitch
  89. 1971Drive, He Said1h 35mAnnoyed Bearded Guy
  90. 1970Five Easy Pieces1h 38mRobert Eroica Dupea
  91. 1970Rebel Rousers1h 18mBunny
  92. 1970On a Clear Day You Can See Forever2h 9mTad Pringle
  93. 1969Easy Rider1h 36mGeorge Hanson
  94. 1968Psych-Out1h 41mStoney
  95. 1968The Movie Orgy4h 36mSelf (archive footage)
  96. 1968Head1h 26mWriter
  97. 1967Hells Angels on Wheels1h 35mPoet
  98. 1967The Trip1h 25mWriter
  99. 1966Ride in the Whirlwind1h 22mWes
  100. 1966The Shooting1h 22mBilly Spear
  101. 1964Flight to Fury1h 12mJay Wickham
  102. 1964Back Door to Hell1h 10mBurnett
  103. 1964Ensign Pulver1h 44mYeoman Dolan
  104. 1964Cordillera1h 14mScreenplay
  105. 1963The Terror1h 19mLt. Andre Duvalier
  106. 1963The Raven1h 26mRexford Bedlo
  107. 1963Thunder Island1h 5mScreenplay
  108. 1962The Hour of St. Francis28mJim Evans
  109. 1962The Broken Land1hWill
  110. 1962Little Amy30mJefferson City Coach
  111. 1960The Wild Ride1hJohnny Varron
  112. 1960Studs Lonigan1h 35mWeary Reilly
  113. 1960Too Soon to Love1h 25mBuddy
  114. 1960The Little Shop of Horrors1h 13mWilbur Force
  115. 1958Cry Baby Killer1h 1mJimmy Wallace
  116. Monty and the MoviesSelf (archive footage)
  117. The Doctor in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest