1937-04-22 Manhattan, New York, USA
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.
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Breakdown: 1975 | Self (archive footage) | 2025-12-18 |
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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Self | 2025-02-14 |
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John Candy: I Like Me | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2025-09-04 |
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Films to Die For | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2025-10-23 |
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Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director | Self (archive footage) | 2024-03-26 |
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Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende | Self (archive footage) | 2022-11-13 |
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Morceaux de Cannes | 2021-07-02 | |
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Untold: Deal with the Devil | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-17 |
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Joker: Put on a Happy Face | Self | 2020-08-18 |
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40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Self (archive footage) | 2020-06-09 |
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Kubrick by Kubrick | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-22 |
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The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 | Self - Audience Member | 2017-09-29 |
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Mansfield 66/67 | Self - Actor(archive footage) | 2017-01-29 |
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Jack Nicholson: Das Teuflische Grinsen Hollywoods | Self | 2017-12-09 |
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I Am Divine | Self (archive) | 2014-03-26 |
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Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir | Self (archive footage) | 2012-10-09 |
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Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
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Corman's World | Self - Actor | 2011-12-16 |
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How Do You Know | Charles | 2010-12-17 |
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America Lost and Found: The BBS Story | Self | 2010-11-23 |
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Stardust | Self (uncredited) | 2010-10-16 |
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I'm Still Here | Jack Nicholson | 2010-09-10 |
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BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | Self | 2010-11-23 |
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Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom | Self | 2010-11-23 |
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Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces' | Self | 2010-11-23 |
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Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos | Self | 2010-02-20 |
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Notes on an American Film Director at Work | Self | 2008-01-01 |
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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage) | 2008-01-18 |
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Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight | Self | 2008-10-18 |
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The Visions of Stanley Kubrick | Self | 2007-10-23 |
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The Bucket List | Edward Periman Cole | 2007-12-25 |
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View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' | Self | 2007-10-23 |
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Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick | Self | 2007-10-23 |
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The Departed | Costello | 2006-10-04 |
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Witness to 'Reds' | Self | 2006-10-17 |
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Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast | Self - Presenter | 2005-09-02 |
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Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild | Self(archive footage) | 2004-08-29 |
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003-03-09 |
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Something's Gotta Give | Harry Sanborn | 2003-12-12 |
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Anger Management | Dr. Buddy Rydell | 2003-04-11 |
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About Schmidt | Warren Schmidt | 2002-12-12 |
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Self | 2002-11-26 |
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The Pledge | Jerry Black | 2001-01-19 |
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | 2001-02-17 |
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America | A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 |
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Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party | 1999-10-21 | |
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Velocity | Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage) | 1999-12-02 |
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Junket Whore | Self | 1998-10-12 |
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As Good as It Gets | Melvin Udall | 1997-12-19 |
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self (archive footage) | 1996-05-19 |
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Blood and Wine | Alex | 1996-10-03 |
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Mars Attacks! | President Dale / Art Land | 1996-12-13 |
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The Evening Star | Garrett Breedlove | 1996-12-25 |
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The Rolling Stones: Stripped | Self | 1995-07-04 |
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The Crossing Guard | Freddy Gale | 1995-01-26 |
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The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped | Self | 1995-08-03 |
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The Making of '...And God Spoke' | Self - Academy Awards (archive footage) | 1994-09-23 |
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Wolf | Will Randall | 1994-06-17 |
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Hoffa | James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa | 1992-12-25 |
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A Few Good Men | Col. Nathan R. Jessep | 1992-12-11 |
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Man Trouble | Harry Bliss | 1992-07-17 |
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The Two Jakes | J.J. "Jake" Gittes | 1990-08-10 |
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Batman | Jack Napier / The Joker | 1989-06-21 |
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On the tracks of a filmmaker | Jack Nicholson | 1988-01-01 |
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Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump | Narrator (voice) | 1987-09-01 |
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Creepy Classics | Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage) | 1987-10-01 |
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The Witches of Eastwick | Daryl Van Horne | 1987-06-12 |
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Ironweed | Francis Phelan | 1987-12-18 |
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Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories | Narrator (voice) | 1987-01-01 |
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Broadcast News | Bill Rorich | 1987-12-16 |
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Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | 1986-12-27 |
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Heartburn | Mark | 1986-07-25 |
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The Elephant's Child | Narrator (voice) | 1986-09-01 |
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Live Aid | Self | 1985-07-13 |
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Prizzi's Honor | Charley Partanna | 1985-06-14 |
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Terms of Endearment | Garrett Breedlove | 1983-11-20 |
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The Border | Charlie Smith | 1982-01-29 |
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Reds | Eugene O'Neill | 1981-12-25 |
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The Postman Always Rings Twice | Frank Chambers | 1981-03-20 |
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Making 'The Shining' | Self | 1980-10-04 |
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The Shining | Jack Torrance | 1980-05-23 |
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Goin' South | Henry Moon | 1978-10-06 |
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TVTV Looks at the Oscars | Self | 1976-03-30 |
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The Missouri Breaks | Tom Logan | 1976-05-19 |
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The Last Tycoon | Brimmer | 1976-11-18 |
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The Fortune | Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan | 1975-05-20 |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Randle Patrick McMurphy | 1975-11-19 |
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Tommy | The Specialist | 1975-03-19 |
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Professione: reporter | David Locke | 1975-02-28 |
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Chinatown | J.J. 'Jake' Gittes | 1974-06-20 |
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The Last Detail | Buddusky | 1973-12-11 |
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The King of Marvin Gardens | David Staebler | 1972-10-13 |
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Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here | Self | 1972-05-11 |
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Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age | Narrator | 1971-05-31 |
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Carnal Knowledge | Jonathan | 1971-06-30 |
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Drive, He Said | Annoyed Bearded Guy | 1971-06-13 |
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A Safe Place | Mitch | 1971-10-01 |
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Rebel Rousers | Bunny | 1970-04-01 |
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Five Easy Pieces | Robert Eroica Dupea | 1970-09-12 |
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Tad Pringle | 1970-06-17 |
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Easy Rider | George Hanson | 1969-06-26 |
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Targets | Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1968-08-13 |
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The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
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Psych-Out | Stoney | 1968-03-06 |
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Head | Self (uncredited) | 1968-11-06 |
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Gino, Hit Man (uncredited) | 1967-06-30 |
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Hells Angels on Wheels | Poet | 1967-06-01 |
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The Shooting | Billy Spear | 1966-06-02 |
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Ride in the Whirlwind | Wes | 1966-10-23 |
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Flight to Fury | Jay Wickham | 1964-08-07 |
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Back Door to Hell | Burnett | 1964-12-19 |
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Ensign Pulver | Yeoman Dolan | 1964-07-31 |
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The Terror | Lt. Andre Duvalier | 1963-06-17 |
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The Raven | Rexford Bedlo | 1963-01-25 |
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The Hour of St. Francis | Jim Evans | 1962-01-01 |
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Little Amy | Jefferson City Coach | 1962-01-01 |
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The Broken Land | Will | 1962-03-31 |
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Studs Lonigan | Weary Reilly | 1960-09-01 |
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Too Soon to Love | Buddy | 1960-02-01 |
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The Little Shop of Horrors | Wilbur Force | 1960-05-04 |
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The Wild Ride | Johnny Varron | 1960-06-17 |
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Cry Baby Killer | Jimmy Wallace | 1958-08-15 |
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Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson | Self |
