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.
123 movies · 21 shows
Breakdown: 1975
2025·6.8
Films to Die For
2025·0.0
John Candy: I Like Me
2025·7.9
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025·6.4
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024·8.0
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
2024·0.0
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022·7.3
Untold: Deal with the Devil
2021·6.9
Morceaux de Cannes
2021·2.0
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020·7.4
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020·8.0
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020·7.5
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017·6.7
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
2017·7.8
Mansfield 66/67
2017·4.8
I Am Divine
2014·7.3
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012·6.5
Close Up
2012·9.5
Corman's World
2011·7.0
How Do You Know
2010·5.3
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010·0.0
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
2010·0.0
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010·0.0
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
2010·6.0
Stardust
2010·6.0
I'm Still Here
2010·6.0
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
2010·2.0
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008·0.0
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson
2008·6.0
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008·6.3
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008·5.6
The Bucket List
2007·7.2
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007·7.4
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007·6.9
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007·6.6
Witness to 'Reds'
2006·6.0
The Departed
2006·8.2
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005·2.0
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004·2.0
Something's Gotta Give
2003·6.6
Anger Management
2003·6.2
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003·7.1
About Schmidt
2002·6.9
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002·6.8
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001·6.5
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001·7.4
The Pledge
2001·6.6
Velocity
1999·1.0
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999·0.0
Junket Whore
1998·5.0
As Good as It Gets
1997·7.4
The Evening Star
1996·6.0
Mars Attacks!
1996·6.4
Blood and Wine
1996·5.7
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996·6.4
The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped
1995·7.0
The Rolling Stones: Stripped
1995·5.9
The Crossing Guard
1995·6.0
Wolf
1994·6.1
Hoffa
1992·6.3
A Few Good Men
1992·7.6
Man Trouble
1992·4.9
The Two Jakes
1990·6.0
Batman
1989·7.2
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988·0.0
Ironweed
1987·6.3
Broadcast News
1987·6.8
Creepy Classics
1987·6.4
Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
1987·0.0
The Witches of Eastwick
1987·6.5
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
1987·6.0
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986·7.6
The Elephant's Child
1986·6.5
Heartburn
1986·6.0
Live Aid
1985·7.9
Prizzi's Honor
1985·6.4
Terms of Endearment
1983·7.1
The Border
1982·6.0
Reds
1981·6.9
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981·6.5
Making 'The Shining'
1980·7.1
The Shining
1980·8.2
Goin' South
1978·5.8
The Last Tycoon
1976·6.3
The Missouri Breaks
1976·6.5
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976·6.3
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975·8.4
The Fortune
1975·5.4
Tommy
1975·6.4
The Passenger
1975·7.2
Chinatown
1974·7.9
The Last Detail
1973·7.0
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972·5.9
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972·6.0
A Safe Place
1971·5.3
Carnal Knowledge
1971·6.6
Drive, He Said
1971·5.6
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971·0.0
Five Easy Pieces
1970·7.1
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970·6.7
Rebel Rousers
1970·4.3
Easy Rider
1969·7.0
Head
1968·6.2
Targets
1968·7.1
Psych-Out
1968·5.0
The Movie Orgy
1968·6.7
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967·6.3
Hells Angels on Wheels
1967·5.2
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966·6.2
The Shooting
1966·6.2
Back Door to Hell
1964·5.7
Flight to Fury
1964·5.4
Ensign Pulver
1964·6.6
The Terror
1963·5.2
The Raven
1963·6.3
The Broken Land
1962·6.0
The Hour of St. Francis
1962·0.0
Little Amy
1962·0.0
Studs Lonigan
1960·4.5
The Wild Ride
1960·4.8
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960·6.3
Too Soon to Love
1960·4.6
Cry Baby Killer
1958·5.8