Jack Nicholson
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. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As Good as It Gets. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1983 film 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, in chronological order, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Reds, Terms of Endearment, Batman, A Few Good Men, As Good as It Gets, About Schmidt, Something's Gotta Give and The Departed.
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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, in chronological order, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Reds, Terms of Endearment, Batman, A Few Good Men, As Good as It Gets, About Schmidt, Something's Gotta Give and The Departed.
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Known for
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Mr. Saturday Night
Untold: Deal with the Devil
Kubrick by Kubrick
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson
Basketball: A Love Story
Always at The Carlyle
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
And the Oscar Goes To...
Close Up
Corman's World
How Do You Know
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
Stardust
I'm Still Here
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
The Bucket List
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Into the Wild
Witness to 'Reds'
The Departed
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
Something's Gotta Give
Celebrities Uncensored
Anger Management
About Schmidt
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
The Kid Stays in the Picture
America: A Tribute to Heroes
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
The Pledge
Velocity
Junket Whore
As Good as It Gets
The Evening Star
Mars Attacks!
Blood and Wine
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
The Crossing Guard
The Rolling Stones - Totally Stripped
The Rolling Stones: Stripped
Wolf
Hoffa
A Few Good Men
Man Trouble
The Two Jakes
Star Life
Batman
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Ironweed
Broadcast News
Creepy Classics
The Witches of Eastwick
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Heartburn
Live Aid
Prizzi's Honor
Terms of Endearment
The Border
Reds
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Making 'The Shining'
The Shining
The Kennedy Center Honors
Goin' South
The Last Tycoon
The Missouri Breaks
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Saturday Night Live
The Fortune
Tommy
The Passenger
Chinatown
The Last Detail
The King of Marvin Gardens
A Safe Place
Carnal Knowledge
Drive, He Said
Five Easy Pieces
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Rebel Rousers
Easy Rider
Head
Targets
Psych-Out
The Movie Orgy
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Trip
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Hells Angels on Wheels
Ride in the Whirlwind
The Shooting
Back Door to Hell
Cordillera
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Flight to Fury
Ensign Pulver
Thunder Island
The Terror
The Raven
The Broken Land
Little Amy
Dr. Kildare
The Andy Griffith Show
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Studs Lonigan
The Little Shop of Horrors
The Wild Ride
Too Soon to Love
Mr. Lucky
Hawaiian Eye
Bronco
The Cry Baby Killer
Sea Hunt
Matinee Theater
The Oscars