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.

Movies(121)

Breakdown: 1975

Self (archive footage)

2025

Films to Die For

(archive footage) (uncredited)

2025

John Candy: I Like Me

Self - Actor (archive footage)

2025

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Self

2025

Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director

Self (archive footage)

2024

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Self (archive footage)

2022

Untold: Deal with the Devil

Self (archive footage)

2021

Morceaux de Cannes

2021

Kubrick by Kubrick

Self (archive footage)

2020

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

Self

2020

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

Self (archive footage)

2020

Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood

Self

2017

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

Self - Audience Member

2017

Mansfield 66/67

Self - Actor(archive footage)

2017

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

Self (archive footage)

2012

Close Up

Self (archive footage)

2012

Corman's World

Self - Actor

2011

How Do You Know

Charles Madison

2010

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

Self

2010

Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom

Self

2010

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

Self

2010

Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'

Self

2010

Stardust

Self (uncredited)

2010

I'm Still Here

Jack Nicholson

2010

Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos

Self

2010

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

Self

2008

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)

2008

Notes on an American Film Director at Work

Self

2008

The Bucket List

Edward Periman Cole

2007

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

Self

2007

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

Self

2007

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

Self

2007

Witness to 'Reds'

Self

2006

The Departed

Costello

2006

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

Self - Presenter

2005

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Self(archive footage)

2004

Something's Gotta Give

Harry Sanborn

2003

Anger Management

Dr. Buddy Rydell

2003

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

Self

2003

About Schmidt

Warren Schmidt

2002

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

Self

2002

America | A Tribute to Heroes

Self

2001

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Self

2001

The Pledge

Jerry Black

2001

Velocity

Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)

1999

Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party

1999

Junket Whore

Self

1998

As Good as It Gets

Melvin Udall

1997

The Evening Star

Garrett Breedlove

1996

Mars Attacks!

President Dale / Art Land

1996

Blood and Wine

Alex

1996

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

Self (archive footage)

1996

The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped

Self

1995

The Rolling Stones: Stripped

Self

1995

The Crossing Guard

Freddy Gale

1995

The Making of '...And God Spoke'

Self - Academy Awards (archive footage)

1994

Wolf

Will Randall

1994

Hoffa

James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa

1992

A Few Good Men

Col. Nathan R. Jessep

1992

Man Trouble

Harry Bliss

1992

The Two Jakes

J.J. "Jake" Gittes

1990

Batman

Jack Napier / The Joker

1989

On the tracks of a filmmaker

Jack Nicholson

1988

Ironweed

Francis Phelan

1987

Broadcast News

Bill Rorich

1987

Creepy Classics

Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)

1987

Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump

Narrator (voice)

1987

The Witches of Eastwick

Daryl Van Horne

1987

Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories

Narrator (voice)

1987

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1986

The Elephant's Child

Narrator (voice)

1986

Heartburn

Mark

1986

Live Aid

Self

1985

Prizzi's Honor

Charley Partanna

1985

Terms of Endearment

Garrett Breedlove

1983

The Border

Charlie Smith

1982

Reds

Eugene O'Neill

1981

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Frank Chambers

1981

Making 'The Shining'

Self

1980

The Shining

Jack Torrance

1980

Goin' South

Henry Moon

1978

The Last Tycoon

Brimmer

1976

The Missouri Breaks

Tom Logan

1976

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

Self

1976

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Randle Patrick McMurphy

1975

The Fortune

Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan

1975

Tommy

The Specialist

1975

The Passenger

David Locke

1975

Chinatown

J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

1974

The Last Detail

Buddusky

1973

The King of Marvin Gardens

David Staebler

1972

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

Self

1972

A Safe Place

Mitch

1971

Carnal Knowledge

Jonathan

1971

Drive, He Said

Annoyed Bearded Guy

1971

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

Narrator

1971

Five Easy Pieces

Robert Eroica Dupea

1970

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Tad Pringle

1970

Rebel Rousers

Bunny

1970

Easy Rider

George Hanson

1969

Head

Self (uncredited)

1968

Targets

Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)

1968

Psych-Out

Stoney

1968

The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage)

1968

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)

1967

Hells Angels on Wheels

Poet

1967

Ride in the Whirlwind

Wes

1966

The Shooting

Billy Spear

1966

Back Door to Hell

Burnett

1964

Flight to Fury

Jay Wickham

1964

Ensign Pulver

Yeoman Dolan

1964

The Terror

Lt. Andre Duvalier

1963

The Raven

Rexford Bedlo

1963

The Broken Land

Will

1962

The Hour of St. Francis

Jim Evans

1962

Little Amy

Jefferson City Coach

1962

Studs Lonigan

Weary Reilly

1960

The Wild Ride

Johnny Varron

1960

The Little Shop of Horrors

Wilbur Force

1960

Too Soon to Love

Buddy

1960

Cry Baby Killer

Jimmy Wallace

1958

Jack Nicholson

TV Shows(20)

Movies(121)