Jack Nicholson
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Biography
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 mos...
Known For
Filmography
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
Films to Die For
2025
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self (The Passenger-archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
as Self (archive photo)
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2025
as Self (footage)
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Untold: Deal with the Devil
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
as Self (archive footage)
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020
as Self
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017
as Self
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
2017
as Self - Audience Member
Mansfield 66/67
2017
as Self - Actor(archive footage)
I Am Divine
2014
as Self (archive)
Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Corman's World
2011
as Self - Actor
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
2010
as Self
How Do You Know
2010
as Charles
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010
as Self
I'm Still Here
2010
as Jack Nicholson
Stardust
2010
as Self (uncredited)
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
2010
as Self
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010
as Self
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
2010
as Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
as Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008
as Self
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
as Self
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson
2008
as Self
The Bucket List
2007
as Edward Periman Cole
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
as Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007
as Self
Making of Chinatown
2007
My Spy Family
2007
The Departed
2006
as Costello
Witness to 'Reds'
2006
as Self
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self - Presenter
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Something's Gotta Give
2003
as Harry Sanborn
Anger Management
2003
as Dr. Buddy Rydell
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
About Schmidt
2002
as Warren Schmidt
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
as Self
Nudes in the News
2002
as Warren Schmidt (archive footage)
The Pledge
2001
as Jerry Black
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
2001
as Self
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
as Self
Velocity
1999
as Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
Playmate Pajama Party
1999
as self
Junket Whore
1998
as Self
As Good as It Gets
1997
as Melvin Udall
Completely Cuckoo
1997
Mars Attacks!
1996
as President Dale / Art Land
The Evening Star
1996
as Garrett Breedlove
Blood and Wine
1996
as Alex
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self (archive footage)
The Crossing Guard
1995
as Freddy Gale
The Rolling Stones: Stripped
1995
as Self
The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped
1995
as Self
Wolf
1994
as Will Randall
A Few Good Men
1992
as Col. Nathan R. Jessep
Hoffa
1992
as James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
Man Trouble
1992
as Harry Bliss
The Two Jakes
1990
as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
Batman
1989
as Joker / Jack Napier
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988
as Jack Nicholson
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
as Daryl Van Horne
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Broadcast News
1987
as Bill Rorich
Ironweed
1987
as Francis Phelan
Creepy Classics
1987
as Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Heartburn
1986
as Mark
The Elephant's Child
1986
as Narrator (voice)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Prizzi's Honor
1985
as Charley Partanna
Live Aid
1985
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Terms of Endearment
1983
as Garrett Breedlove
Not Necessarily the News
1983
as Self (archive footage)
The Border
1982
as Charlie Smith
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
as Frank Chambers
Reds
1981
as Eugene O'Neill
The Shining
1980
as Jack Torrance
Making 'The Shining'
1980
as Self
Goin' South
1978
as Henry Moon
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
The Missouri Breaks
1976
as Tom Logan
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
as Self
The Last Tycoon
1976
as Brimmer
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
as Randle Patrick McMurphy
Tommy
1975
as The Specialist
The Passenger
1975
as David Locke
The Fortune
1975
as Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
Chinatown
1974
as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
The Last Detail
1973
as Billy L. 'Badass' Buddusky
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
as Self
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
as David Staebler
Carnal Knowledge
1971
as Jonathan
A Safe Place
1971
as Mitch
Drive, He Said
1971
as Annoyed Bearded Guy
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971
as Narrator
Film '72
1971
as Self
Five Easy Pieces
1970
as Robert Eroica Dupea
Rebel Rousers
1970
as Bunny
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
as Tad Pringle
Easy Rider
1969
as George Hanson
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Psych-Out
1968
as Stoney
Head
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Targets
1968
as Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hells Angels on Wheels
1967
as Poet
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Tom Murdock
The Shooting
1966
as Billy Spear
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
as Wes
Ensign Pulver
1964
as Yeoman Dolan
Back Door to Hell
1964
as Burnett
Flight to Fury
1964
as Jay Wickham
The Terror
1963
as Lt. Andre Duvalier
The Raven
1963
as Rexford Bedlo
The Broken Land
1962
as Will
The Hour of St. Francis
1962
as Jim Evans
Little Amy
1962
as Jefferson City Coach
Little Amy
1962
as Jefferson City Coach
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960
as Wilbur Force
The Wild Ride
1960
as Johnny Varron
Studs Lonigan
1960
as Weary Reilly
Too Soon to Love
1960
as Buddy
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Mr. Garland
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Bud
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Marvin Jenkins
Mr. Lucky
1959
as Martin
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Tony Morgan
Cry Baby Killer
1958
as Jimmy Wallace
Sea Hunt
1958
as John Stark
Bronco
1958
as Bob Doolin
Matinee Theater
1955
as Musician's Son
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee