John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Nicholson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Toni Erdmann | 2025 | |
Movie | Becoming Al Pacino | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-06 |
Movie | Mr. Saturday Night | 2021-11-13 | |
Movie | Untold: Deal with the Devil | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-17 |
Movie | Joker: Put on a Happy Face | Self | 2020-08-18 |
Movie | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Self (archive footage) | 2020-06-09 |
Movie | Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-21 |
Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
Movie | Always at The Carlyle | Self (archive footage) | 2018-05-11 |
Movie | Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood | Self | 2017-12-09 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self | 2015-02-15 |
Movie | Olga | Himself | 2014-05-15 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Top Priority: The Terror Within | Himself - Academy Award Winning Actor (archive footage) | 2012-06-15 |
Movie | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
Movie | Corman's World | Self - Actor | 2011-12-16 |
Movie | Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos | Self | 2010-02-20 |
Movie | Stardust | Self (uncredited) | 2010-10-16 |
Movie | I'm Still Here | Jack Nicholson | 2010-09-10 |
Movie | How Do You Know | Charles | 2010-12-17 |
Movie | BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | Self | 2010-11-23 |
Movie | Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom | Self | 2010-11-23 |
Movie | Notes on an American Film Director at Work | Self | 2008-01-01 |
Movie | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage) | 2008-01-18 |
Series | My Spy Family | 2007-09-01 | |
Movie | Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | Killers Kill, Dead Men Die | The Killer | 2007-03-13 |
Movie | The Bucket List | Edward Periman Cole | 2007-12-25 |
Movie | View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | The Visions of Stanley Kubrick | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | Witness to 'Reds' | Self | 2006-10-17 |
Movie | The Departed | Francis 'Frank' Costello | 2006-10-04 |
Movie | Anger Management | Dr. Buddy Rydell | 2003-04-11 |
Movie | Something's Gotta Give | Harry Sanborn | 2003-12-12 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
Movie | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-16 |
Movie | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Self | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | About Schmidt | Warren Schmidt | 2002-12-12 |
Movie | America: A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 |
Movie | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | 2001-05-02 |
Movie | The Pledge | Jerry Black | 2001-01-19 |
Movie | Velocity | Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage) | 1999-12-02 |
Movie | As Good as It Gets | Melvin Udall | 1997-12-19 |
Movie | Blood and Wine | Alex | 1996-10-03 |
Movie | The Evening Star | Garrett Breedlove | 1996-12-25 |
Movie | Mars Attacks! | President Dale / Art Land | 1996-12-13 |
Movie | The Crossing Guard | Freddy Gale | 1995-11-15 |
Movie | The Rolling Stones: Stripped | Self | 1995-07-04 |
Movie | The Rolling Stones - Totally Stripped | Self | 1995-08-03 |
Movie | Wolf | Will Randall | 1994-06-17 |
Movie | Man Trouble | Harry Bliss | 1992-07-17 |
Movie | A Few Good Men | Col. Nathan R. Jessep | 1992-12-11 |
Movie | Hoffa | James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa | 1992-12-25 |
Movie | The Two Jakes | J.J. "Jake" Gittes | 1990-08-10 |
Movie | Batman | Joker / Jack Napier | 1989-06-21 |
Movie | The Witches of Eastwick | Daryl Van Horne | 1987-06-12 |
Movie | Ironweed | Francis Phelan | 1987-12-18 |
Movie | Broadcast News | Bill Rorich | 1987-12-16 |
Movie | Creepy Classics | Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage) | 1987-10-01 |
Movie | Heartburn | Mark | 1986-07-25 |
Movie | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | 1986-12-27 |
Movie | Prizzi's Honor | Charley Partanna | 1985-06-14 |
Movie | Live Aid | Self | 1985-07-13 |
Movie | Terms of Endearment | Garrett Breedlove | 1983-11-20 |
Movie | The Border | Charlie Smith | 1982-01-29 |
Movie | Reds | Eugene O'Neill | 1981-12-25 |
Movie | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Frank Chambers | 1981-03-20 |
Movie | Ragtime | Pirate (uncredited) | 1981-11-20 |
Movie | The Shining | Jack Torrance | 1980-05-23 |
Movie | Making 'The Shining' | Self | 1980-10-04 |
Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
Movie | Goin' South | Henry Moon | 1978-10-06 |
Movie | TVTV Looks at the Oscars | Self | 1976-03-30 |
Movie | The Missouri Breaks | Tom Logan | 1976-05-19 |
Movie | The Last Tycoon | Brimmer | 1976-11-18 |
Movie | The Passenger | David Locke | 1975-02-28 |
Movie | Tommy | The Specialist | 1975-03-19 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Randle Patrick McMurphy | 1975-11-19 |
Movie | The Fortune | Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan | 1975-05-20 |
Movie | Chinatown | J.J. 'Jake' Gittes | 1974-06-20 |
Movie | The Last Detail | SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky | 1973-12-11 |
Movie | The King of Marvin Gardens | David Staebler | 1972-10-12 |
Movie | Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here | Self | 1972-05-11 |
Movie | Drive, He Said | Annoyed Bearded Guy | 1971-06-13 |
Movie | Carnal Knowledge | Jonathan | 1971-06-30 |
Movie | A Safe Place | Mitch | 1971-10-01 |
Movie | Five Easy Pieces | Robert Eroica Dupea | 1970-09-12 |
Movie | Rebel Rousers | Bunny | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Tad Pringle | 1970-06-17 |
Movie | Easy Rider | George Hanson | 1969-06-26 |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Head | Jack Nicholson (uncredited) | 1968-11-06 |
Movie | Psych-Out | Stoney | 1968-03-06 |
Movie | Hells Angels on Wheels | Poet | 1967-06-01 |
Movie | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Gino, Hit Man (uncredited) | 1967-06-30 |
Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | Ride in the Whirlwind | Wes | 1966-10-23 |
Movie | The Shooting | Billy Spear | 1966-06-02 |
Movie | Ensign Pulver | Yeoman Dolan | 1964-07-31 |
Series | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Unknown | 1964-09-14 |
Movie | Back Door to Hell | Burnett | 1964-12-19 |
Movie | Flight to Fury | Jay Wickham | 1964-08-07 |
Movie | The Raven | Rexford Bedlo | 1963-01-25 |
Movie | The Terror | Lt. Andre Duvalier | 1963-06-17 |
Series | Little Amy | Jefferson City Coach | 1962-01-01 |
Movie | The Broken Land | Will | 1962-03-31 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Jaime Angel | 1961-09-27 |
Movie | Too Soon to Love | Buddy | 1960-02-01 |
Series | The Andy Griffith Show | Unknown | 1960-10-03 |
Movie | The Wild Ride | Johnny Varron | 1960-06-17 |
Movie | The Little Shop of Horrors | Wilbur Force | 1960-08-05 |
Movie | Studs Lonigan | Weary Reilly | 1960-09-01 |
Series | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
Series | Mr. Lucky | Unknown | 1959-10-24 |
Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
Series | Sea Hunt | Unknown | 1958-01-04 |
Movie | The Cry Baby Killer | Jimmy Wallace | 1958-08-15 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Series | The Oscars | Jack Nicholson | 1953-03-19 |