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Jack Nicholson

1937-04-22

The 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. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As Good as It Gets. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1983 film 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, in chronological order, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Reds, Terms of Endearment, Batman, A Few Good Men, As Good as It Gets, About Schmidt, Something's Gotta Give and The Departed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Nicholson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Jack Nicholson in

Movies

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Batman

7.23 average rating
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The Departed

8.2 average rating
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The Shining

8.2 average rating
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

8.415 average rating
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The Witches of Eastwick

6.5 average rating
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Chinatown

7.912 average rating
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A Few Good Men

7.5 average rating
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As Good as It Gets

7.395 average rating
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The Bucket List

7.187 average rating
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Mars Attacks!

6.4 average rating
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Anger Management

6.144 average rating
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Easy Rider

7.063 average rating
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Wolf

6.1 average rating
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The Postman Always Rings Twice

6.535 average rating
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How Do You Know

5.312 average rating
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The Pledge

6.549 average rating
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The Two Jakes

5.97 average rating
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Tommy

6.481 average rating
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Reds

6.875 average rating
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Something's Gotta Give

6.625 average rating