Jack Nicholson
Born April 22, 1937 (Age: 88)
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Manhattan, New York, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Breakdown: 1975
2025
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 88
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
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as Self
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Age: 87
Close Up
2012
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 75
How Do You Know
2010
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as Charles Madison
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Age: 73
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
2010
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as Self
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Age: 73
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
2010
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as Self
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Age: 73
I'm Still Here
2010
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as Jack Nicholson
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Age: 73
No Image
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
2010
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as Self
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Age: 72
The Bucket List
2007
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as Edward Periman Cole
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Age: 70
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
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as Self
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Age: 70
Witness to 'Reds'
2006
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as Self
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Age: 69
The Departed
2006
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as Costello
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Age: 69
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
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as Self(archive footage)
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Age: 67
Something's Gotta Give
2003
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as Harry Sanborn
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Age: 66
Anger Management
2003
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as Dr. Buddy Rydell
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Age: 65
About Schmidt
2002
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as Warren Schmidt
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Age: 65
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
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as Self
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Age: 65
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
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as Self
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Age: 64
The Pledge
2001
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as Jerry Black
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Age: 63
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
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as
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Age: 62
Junket Whore
1998
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as Self
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Age: 61
As Good as It Gets
1997
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as Melvin Udall
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Age: 60
The Evening Star
1996
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as Garrett Breedlove
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Age: 59
Mars Attacks!
1996
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as President Dale / Art Land
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Age: 59
Blood and Wine
1996
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as Alex
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Age: 59
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 59
The Making of '...And God Spoke'
1994
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as Self - Academy Awards (archive footage)
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Age: 57
Wolf
1994
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as Will Randall
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Age: 57
Hoffa
1992
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as James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
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Age: 55
A Few Good Men
1992
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as Col. Nathan R. Jessep
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Age: 55
Man Trouble
1992
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as Harry Bliss
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Age: 55
The Two Jakes
1990
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as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
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Age: 53
Batman
1989
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as Jack Napier / The Joker
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Age: 52
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988
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as Jack Nicholson
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Age: 50
Ironweed
1987
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as Francis Phelan
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Age: 50
Broadcast News
1987
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as Bill Rorich
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Age: 50
Creepy Classics
1987
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as Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
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Age: 50
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
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as Daryl Van Horne
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Age: 50
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
1987
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 49
Heartburn
1986
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as Mark
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Age: 49
Live Aid
1985
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as Self
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Age: 48
Prizzi's Honor
1985
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as Charley Partanna
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Age: 48
Terms of Endearment
1983
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as Garrett Breedlove
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Age: 46
The Border
1982
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as Charlie Smith
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Age: 44
Reds
1981
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as Eugene O'Neill
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Age: 44
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
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as Frank Chambers
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Age: 43
Making 'The Shining'
1980
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as Self
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Age: 43
The Shining
1980
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as Jack Torrance
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Age: 43
Goin' South
1978
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as Henry Moon
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Age: 41
The Missouri Breaks
1976
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as Tom Logan
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Age: 39
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
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as Randle Patrick McMurphy
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Age: 38
Tommy
1975
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as The Specialist
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Age: 37
The Passenger
1975
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as David Locke
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Age: 37
Chinatown
1974
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as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
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Age: 37
The Last Detail
1973
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as Buddusky
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Age: 36
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
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as David Staebler
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Age: 35
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
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as Self
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Age: 35
Carnal Knowledge
1971
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as Jonathan
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Age: 34
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971
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as Narrator
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Age: 34
Five Easy Pieces
1970
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as Robert Eroica Dupea
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Age: 33
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
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as Tad Pringle
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Age: 33
Easy Rider
1969
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as George Hanson
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Age: 32
Head
1968
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 31
Back Door to Hell
1964
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as Burnett
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Age: 27
Flight to Fury
1964
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as Jay Wickham
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Age: 27
Ensign Pulver
1964
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as Yeoman Dolan
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Age: 27
The Terror
1963
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as Lt. Andre Duvalier
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Age: 26
The Raven
1963
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as Rexford Bedlo
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Age: 25
The Broken Land
1962
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as Will
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Age: 24
Little Amy
1962
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as Jefferson City Coach
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Age: 24
The Hour of St. Francis
1962
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as Jim Evans
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Age: 24
Studs Lonigan
1960
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as Weary Reilly
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Age: 23
The Wild Ride
1960
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as Johnny Varron
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Age: 23
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960
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as Wilbur Force
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Age: 23
Too Soon to Love
1960
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as Buddy
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Age: 22
Cry Baby Killer
1958
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as Jimmy Wallace
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Age: 21