Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/22/1937
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York, USA
Also Known As
جاك نيكلسون杰克·尼科尔森แจ็ก นิโคลสัน
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 ...
Known For
The Shining
as Jack Torrance
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Randle Patrick McMurphy
The Pledge
as Jerry Black
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
The Border
as Charlie Smith
Broadcast News
as Bill Rorich
Easy Rider
as George Hanson
A Few Good Men
as Col. Nathan R. Jessep
The Departed
as Costello
Wolf
as Will Randall
Tommy
as The Specialist
Heartburn
as Mark
As Good as It Gets
as Melvin Udall
The Shooting
as Billy Spear
Hoffa
as James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
Batman
as Jack Napier / The Joker
Man Trouble
as Harry Bliss
Terms of Endearment
as Garrett Breedlove
Blood and Wine
as Alex
Goin' South
as Henry Moon
Career Timeline
2020
2017
2012
2010
How Do You Know
as Charles
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
as Self
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
as Self
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
as Self
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
as Self
Stardust
as Self (uncredited)
I'm Still Here
as Jack Nicholson
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
as Self
2008
2007
2003
2002
2001
1996
1995
1992
1987
Ironweed
as Francis Phelan
Broadcast News
as Bill Rorich
Creepy Classics
as Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
as Narrator (voice)
The Witches of Eastwick
as Daryl Van Horne
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
as Narrator (voice)