Jack Nicholson
Known for: Acting
Born: April 22, 1937
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
Mars Attacks!
1996
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
Prizzi's Honor
1985
The Shining
1980
Chinatown
1974
Wolf
1994
Hoffa
1992
About Schmidt
2002
As Good as It Gets
1997
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
The Border
1982
The Pledge
2001
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
The Bucket List
2007
Something's Gotta Give
2003
Blood and Wine
1996
The Two Jakes
1990
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
1987
Five Easy Pieces
1970
The Crossing Guard
1995
Goin' South
1978
The Passenger
1975
Ironweed
1987
Carnal Knowledge
1971
The Last Detail
1973
Man Trouble
1992
Making 'The Shining'
1980
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
The Wild Ride
1960
The Elephant's Child
1986
Flight to Fury
1964
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
2024
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
2010
Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
1987
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971
The Hour of St. Francis
1962
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson
2008
Batman
1989
A Few Good Men
1992
The Terror
1963
Anger Management
2003
Hells Angels on Wheels
1967
Heartburn
1986
The Missouri Breaks
1976
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
Back Door to Hell
1964
The Fortune
1975
Cry Baby Killer
1958
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
2010
The Departed
2006
Easy Rider
1969
Terms of Endearment
1983
Psych-Out
1968
A Safe Place
1971
Stardust
2010
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010
Rebel Rousers
1970
The Shooting
1966
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
2010
How Do You Know
2010
The Last Tycoon
1976
Reds
1981
The Rolling Stones: Stripped
1995
Studs Lonigan
1960
Too Soon to Love
1960
The Broken Land
1962
The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped
1995
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988
Junket Whore
1998
The Raven
1963
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
I'm Still Here
2010
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
Untold: Deal with the Devil
2021
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010
Witness to 'Reds'
2006
Little Amy
1962
Tommy
1975
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960
Broadcast News
1987
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
Velocity
1999
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
Films to Die For
2025
The Evening Star
1996
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
Ensign Pulver
1964
Corman's World
2011
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
Drive, He Said
1971
Mansfield 66/67
2017
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
2017
Creepy Classics
1987
The Movie Orgy
1968
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
Close Up
2012
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
Targets
1968
Head
1968
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
I Am Divine
2014
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
100 Years at the Movies
1994
Live Aid
1985
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Mr. Lucky
1959
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Sea Hunt
1958
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Bronco
1958
Matinee Theater
1955
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Oscars
1953
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Little Amy
1962
Goldene Kamera
1984
Nudes in the News
2002
My Spy Family
2007
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Not Necessarily the News
1983
Film '72
1971