Jack Nicholson

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 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.

Known For

Saturday Night Live

The Andy Griffith Show

Golden Globe Awards

All Movies (122)

Breakdown: 19752025 · as Self (archive footage)
Films to Die For2025 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Candy: I Like Me2025 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert2025 · as Self
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director2024 · as Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend2022 · as Self (archive footage)
Untold: Deal with the Devil2021 · as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes2021
Kubrick by Kubrick2020 · as Self (archive footage)
Joker: Put on a Happy Face2020 · as Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic2020 · as Self (archive footage)
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood2017 · as Self
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 20152017 · as Self - Audience Member
Mansfield 66/672017 · as Self - Actor(archive footage)
I Am Divine2014 · as Self (archive)
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir2012 · as Self (archive footage)
Close Up2012 · as Self (archive footage)
Corman's World2011 · as Self - Actor
How Do You Know2010 · as Charles
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance2010 · as Self
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom2010 · as Self
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story2010 · as Self
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'2010 · as Self
Stardust2010 · as Self (uncredited)
I'm Still Here2010 · as Jack Nicholson
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos2010 · as Self
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight2008 · as Self
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson2008 · as Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired2008 · as Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)
Notes on an American Film Director at Work2008 · as Self
The Bucket List2007 · as Edward Periman Cole
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'2007 · as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick2007 · as Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick2007 · as Self
Witness to 'Reds'2006 · as Self
The Departed2006 · as Costello
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast2005 · as Self - Presenter
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild2004 · as Self(archive footage)
Something's Gotta Give2003 · as Harry Sanborn
Anger Management2003 · as Dr. Buddy Rydell
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood2003 · as Self
About Schmidt2002 · as Warren Schmidt
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.2002 · as Self
America | A Tribute to Heroes2001 · as Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures2001 · as Self
The Pledge2001 · as Jerry Black
Velocity1999 · as Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party1999
Junket Whore1998 · as Self
As Good as It Gets1997 · as Melvin Udall
The Evening Star1996 · as Garrett Breedlove
Mars Attacks!1996 · as President Dale / Art Land
Blood and Wine1996 · as Alex
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels1996 · as Self (archive footage)
The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped1995 · as Self
The Rolling Stones: Stripped1995 · as Self
The Crossing Guard1995 · as Freddy Gale
Wolf1994 · as Will Randall
Hoffa1992 · as James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
A Few Good Men1992 · as Col. Nathan R. Jessep
Man Trouble1992 · as Harry Bliss
The Two Jakes1990 · as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
Batman1989 · as Jack Napier / The Joker
On the tracks of a filmmaker1988 · as Jack Nicholson
Ironweed1987 · as Francis Phelan
Broadcast News1987 · as Bill Rorich
Creepy Classics1987 · as Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump1987 · as Narrator (voice)
The Witches of Eastwick1987 · as Daryl Van Horne
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories1987 · as Narrator (voice)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice1986 · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
The Elephant's Child1986 · as Narrator (voice)
Heartburn1986 · as Mark
Live Aid1985 · as Self
Prizzi's Honor1985 · as Charley Partanna
Terms of Endearment1983 · as Garrett Breedlove
The Border1982 · as Charlie Smith
Reds1981 · as Eugene O'Neill
The Postman Always Rings Twice1981 · as Frank Chambers
Making 'The Shining'1980 · as Self
The Shining1980 · as Jack Torrance
Goin' South1978 · as Henry Moon
The Last Tycoon1976 · as Brimmer
The Missouri Breaks1976 · as Tom Logan
TVTV Looks at the Oscars1976 · as Self
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975 · as Randle Patrick McMurphy
The Fortune1975 · as Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan
Tommy1975 · as The Specialist
The Passenger1975 · as David Locke
Chinatown1974 · as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
The Last Detail1973 · as Buddusky
The King of Marvin Gardens1972 · as David Staebler
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here1972 · as Self
A Safe Place1971 · as Mitch
Carnal Knowledge1971 · as Jonathan
Drive, He Said1971 · as Annoyed Bearded Guy
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age1971 · as Narrator
Five Easy Pieces1970 · as Robert Eroica Dupea
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever1970 · as Tad Pringle
Rebel Rousers1970 · as Bunny
Easy Rider1969 · as George Hanson
Head1968 · as Self (uncredited)
Targets1968 · as Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Psych-Out1968 · as Stoney
The Movie Orgy1968 · as Self (archive footage)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre1967 · as Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)
Hells Angels on Wheels1967 · as Poet
Ride in the Whirlwind1966 · as Wes
The Shooting1966 · as Billy Spear
Back Door to Hell1964 · as Burnett
Flight to Fury1964 · as Jay Wickham
Ensign Pulver1964 · as Yeoman Dolan
The Terror1963 · as Lt. Andre Duvalier
The Raven1963 · as Rexford Bedlo
The Broken Land1962 · as Will
The Hour of St. Francis1962 · as Jim Evans
Little Amy1962 · as Jefferson City Coach
Studs Lonigan1960 · as Weary Reilly
The Wild Ride1960 · as Johnny Varron
The Little Shop of Horrors1960 · as Wilbur Force
Too Soon to Love1960 · as Buddy
Cry Baby Killer1958 · as Jimmy Wallace

All TV Shows (26)

Basketball: A Love Story2018 · as Self (archive footage)
My Spy Family2007
Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
Nudes in the News2002 · as Warren Schmidt (archive footage)
Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
Not Necessarily the News1983 · as Self (archive footage)
The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
Film '721971 · as Self
The Guns of Will Sonnett1967 · as Tom Murdock
Little Amy1962 · as Jefferson City Coach
Dr. Kildare1961 · as Jaime Angel
The Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Mr. Garland
The Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Marvin Jenkins
The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Bud
Mr. Lucky1959 · as Martin
Hawaiian Eye1959 · as Tony Morgan
Bronco1958 · as Bob Doolin
Sea Hunt1958 · as John Stark
Matinee Theater1955 · as Musician's Son
The Oscars1953 · as Self
Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee