Jack Nicholson
80 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 22, 1937 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Also known as
- John Joseph Nicholson · Jack Joseph Nicholson · Джон Джозеф Николсон
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Jack Nicholson: movies and TV shows
Acting (85)
- 2025 Films to Die For
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2010 How Do You Know
as Charles
- 2010 I'm Still Here
as Jack Nicholson
- 2007 The Bucket List
as Edward Periman Cole
- 2007
- 2006 The Departed
as Costello
- 2003 Something's Gotta Give
as Harry Sanborn
- 2003 Anger Management
as Dr. Buddy Rydell
- 2002 About Schmidt
as Warren Schmidt
- 2001 The Pledge
as Jerry Black
- 1999 Velocity
as Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)
- 1999
- 1997 As Good as It Gets
as Melvin Udall
- 1997
- 1996 The Evening Star
as Garrett Breedlove
- 1996 Mars Attacks!
as President Dale / Art Land
- 1996 Blood and Wine
as Alex
- 1995 The Crossing Guard
as Freddy Gale
- 1994 Wolf
as Will Randall
- 1992 Hoffa
as James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
- 1992 A Few Good Men
as Col. Nathan R. Jessep
- 1992 Man Trouble
as Harry Bliss
- 1990 The Two Jakes
as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
- 1989 Batman
as Joker / Jack Napier
- 1988 On the tracks of a filmmaker
as Jack Nicholson
- 1987 Ironweed
as Francis Phelan
- 1987 Broadcast News
as Bill Rorich
- 1987 Creepy Classics
as Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
- 1987 Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
as Narrator (voice)
- 1987 The Witches of Eastwick
as Daryl Van Horne
- 1987 Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
as Narrator (voice)
- 1986 The Elephant's Child
as Narrator (voice)
- 1986 Heartburn
as Mark
- 1985 Prizzi's Honor
as Charley Partanna
- 1983 Terms of Endearment
as Garrett Breedlove
- 1982 The Border
as Charlie Smith
- 1981 Reds
as Eugene O'Neill
- 1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Frank Chambers
- 1980 The Shining
as Jack Torrance
- 1978 Goin' South
as Henry Moon
- 1976 The Last Tycoon
as Brimmer
- 1976 The Missouri Breaks
as Tom Logan
- 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Randle Patrick McMurphy
- 1975 The Fortune
as Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan
- 1975 Tommy
as The Specialist
- 1975 The Passenger
as David Locke
- 1974 Chinatown
as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
- 1973 The Last Detail
as Billy L. 'Badass' Buddusky
- 1972 The King of Marvin Gardens
as David Staebler
- 1971 A Safe Place
as Mitch
- 1971 Carnal Knowledge
as Jonathan
- 1971 Drive, He Said
as Annoyed Bearded Guy
- 1971 Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
as Narrator
- 1970 Five Easy Pieces
as Robert Eroica Dupea
- 1970 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Tad Pringle
- 1970 Rebel Rousers
as Bunny
- 1969 Easy Rider
as George Hanson
- 1968 Targets
as Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1968 Psych-Out
as Stoney
- 1967
- 1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)
- 1967 Hells Angels on Wheels
as Poet
- 1966 Ride in the Whirlwind
as Wes
- 1966 The Shooting
as Billy Spear
- 1964 Back Door to Hell
as Burnett
- 1964 Flight to Fury
as Jay Wickham
- 1964 Ensign Pulver
as Yeoman Dolan
- 1963 The Terror
as Lt. Andre Duvalier
- 1963 The Raven
as Rexford Bedlo
- 1962 The Broken Land
as Will
- 1962 The Hour of St. Francis
as Jim Evans
- 1962 Little Amy
as Jefferson City Coach
- 1962
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Studs Lonigan
as Weary Reilly
- 1960 The Wild Ride
as Johnny Varron
- 1960 The Little Shop of Horrors
as Wilbur Force
- 1960 Too Soon to Love
as Buddy
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958 Cry Baby Killer
as Jimmy Wallace
- 1958
- 1955
Behind the camera (12)
- 2007 Into the Wild
Thanks
- 2004 Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Producer
- 1990 The Two Jakes
Director, Producer
- 1978 Goin' South
Director
- 1971 Drive, He Said
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1968 Head
Writer, Producer, Songs
- 1967 The Trip
Writer
- 1966 Ride in the Whirlwind
Writer, Producer
- 1966 The Shooting
Producer
- 1964 Cordillera
Screenplay
- 1964 Flight to Fury
Writer
- 1963 Thunder Island
Screenplay
Talk shows and appearances (62)
- Upcoming
- 2025
- 2025 Tim Burton: Life in the Line
4 episodes
- 2025
- 2025
- 2025
- 2024
- 2024
- 2022
- 2021
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020
- 2018 Basketball: A Love Story
2 episodes
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2014
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2003 Celebrities Uncensored
1 episode
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002 Nudes in the News
1 episode
- 2001
- 2001
- 1999
- 1998
- 1996
- 1995
- 1995
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984 Goldene Kamera
1 episode
- 1983 Not Necessarily the News
1 episode
- 1980
- 1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
1 episode
- 1978 Ciné regards
1 episode
- 1976
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
3 episodes
- 1972
- 1971 Film '72
3 episodes
- 1968
- 1953 The Oscars
10 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
7 episodes