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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2025
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2024
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2022
Untold: Deal with the Devil
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2021
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2020
Basketball: A Love Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV • 2018
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2017
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
Character: Self - Audience Member
MOVIE • 2017
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2012
Close Up
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2012
Corman's World
Character: Self - Actor
MOVIE • 2011
How Do You Know
Character: Charles
MOVIE • 2010
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2010
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2010
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2010
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2010
Stardust
Character: Self (uncredited)
MOVIE • 2010
I'm Still Here
Character: Jack Nicholson
MOVIE • 2010
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2010
Crew
Crew Credits
Into the Wild
Role: Thanks
MOVIE • 2007
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2004
The Two Jakes
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1990
The Two Jakes
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1990
Goin' South
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1978
Drive, He Said
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1971
Drive, He Said
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1971
Drive, He Said
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1971
Head
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1968
Head
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1968
Head
Role: Songs
MOVIE • 1968
The Trip
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1967
Ride in the Whirlwind
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1966
Ride in the Whirlwind
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1966
The Shooting
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1966
Cordillera
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1964
Flight to Fury
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1964
Thunder Island
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1963