SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Movie
as Self
Jack Nicholson
1937-04-22
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Manhattan, New York, USA
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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.
Filmography
Films to Die For
2025 · Movie
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Movie
as Self (The Passenger-archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Movie
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
2024 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Untold: Deal with the Devil
2021 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021 · Movie
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020 · Movie
as Self
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017 · Movie
as Self
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
2017 · Movie
as Self - Audience Member
Mansfield 66/67
2017 · Movie
as Self - Actor(archive footage)
I Am Divine
2014 · Movie
as Self (archive)
Close Up
2012 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Corman's World
2011 · Movie
as Self - Actor
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Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
2010 · Movie
as Self
How Do You Know
2010 · Movie
as Charles
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010 · Movie
as Self
I'm Still Here
2010 · Movie
as Jack Nicholson
Stardust
2010 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
2010 · Movie
as Self
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America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010 · Movie
as Self
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
2010 · Movie
as Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008 · Movie
as Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008 · Movie
as Self
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008 · Movie
as Self
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson
2008 · Movie
as Self
The Bucket List
2007 · Movie
as Edward Periman Cole
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 · Movie
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Movie
as Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Movie
as Self
My Spy Family
2007 · TV Show
The Departed
2006 · Movie
as Costello
Witness to 'Reds'
2006 · Movie
as Self
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005 · Movie
as Self - Presenter
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Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004 · Movie
as Self(archive footage)
Something's Gotta Give
2003 · Movie
as Harry Sanborn
Anger Management
2003 · Movie
as Dr. Buddy Rydell
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Movie
as Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · TV Show
as Self
About Schmidt
2002 · Movie
as Warren Schmidt
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002 · Movie
as Self
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Nudes in the News
2002 · TV Show
as Warren Schmidt (archive footage)
The Pledge
2001 · Movie
as Jerry Black
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001 · Movie
as Self
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001 · Movie
as Self
Velocity
1999 · Movie
as Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999 · Movie
Playmate Pajama Party
1999 · Movie
as self
Junket Whore
1998 · Movie
as Self
As Good as It Gets
1997 · Movie
as Melvin Udall
Mars Attacks!
1996 · Movie
as President Dale / Art Land
The Evening Star
1996 · Movie
as Garrett Breedlove
Blood and Wine
1996 · Movie
as Alex
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Crossing Guard
1995 · Movie
as Freddy Gale
The Rolling Stones: Stripped
1995 · Movie
as Self
The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped
1995 · Movie
as Self
Wolf
1994 · Movie
as Will Randall
A Few Good Men
1992 · Movie
as Col. Nathan R. Jessep
Hoffa
1992 · Movie
as James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
Man Trouble
1992 · Movie
as Harry Bliss
The Two Jakes
1990 · Movie
as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
Batman
1989 · Movie
as Joker / Jack Napier
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988 · Movie
as Jack Nicholson
The Witches of Eastwick
1987 · Movie
as Daryl Van Horne
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
1987 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Broadcast News
1987 · Movie
as Bill Rorich
Ironweed
1987 · Movie
as Francis Phelan
Creepy Classics
1987 · Movie
as Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
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Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
1987 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Heartburn
1986 · Movie
as Mark
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The Elephant's Child
1986 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986 · Movie
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Prizzi's Honor
1985 · Movie
as Charley Partanna
Live Aid
1985 · Movie
as Self
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Goldene Kamera
1984 · TV Show
as Self
Terms of Endearment
1983 · Movie
as Garrett Breedlove
Not Necessarily the News
1983 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
The Border
1982 · Movie
as Charlie Smith
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981 · Movie
as Frank Chambers
Reds
1981 · Movie
as Eugene O'Neill
The Shining
1980 · Movie
as Jack Torrance
Making 'The Shining'
1980 · Movie
as Self
Goin' South
1978 · Movie
as Henry Moon
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · TV Show
as Self
Ciné regards
1978 · TV Show
as Self
The Missouri Breaks
1976 · Movie
as Tom Logan
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976 · Movie
as Self
The Last Tycoon
1976 · Movie
as Brimmer
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Movie
as Randle Patrick McMurphy
Tommy
1975 · Movie
as The Specialist
The Passenger
1975 · Movie
as David Locke
The Fortune
1975 · Movie
as Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self, Self (uncredited)
Chinatown
1974 · Movie
as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
The Last Detail
1973 · Movie
as Billy L. 'Badass' Buddusky
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972 · Movie
as Self
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972 · Movie
as David Staebler
Carnal Knowledge
1971 · Movie
as Jonathan
A Safe Place
1971 · Movie
as Mitch
Drive, He Said
1971 · Movie
as Annoyed Bearded Guy
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971 · Movie
as Narrator
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Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Five Easy Pieces
1970 · Movie
as Robert Eroica Dupea
Rebel Rousers
1970 · Movie
as Bunny
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970 · Movie
as Tad Pringle
Easy Rider
1969 · Movie
as George Hanson
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Psych-Out
1968 · Movie
as Stoney
Head
1968 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Targets
1968 · Movie
as Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hells Angels on Wheels
1967 · Movie
as Poet
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967 · Movie
as Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · TV Show
as Tom Murdock
The Shooting
1966 · Movie
as Billy Spear
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966 · Movie
as Wes
Ensign Pulver
1964 · Movie
as Yeoman Dolan
Back Door to Hell
1964 · Movie
as Burnett
Flight to Fury
1964 · Movie
as Jay Wickham
The Terror
1963 · Movie
as Lt. Andre Duvalier
The Raven
1963 · Movie
as Rexford Bedlo
The Broken Land
1962 · Movie
as Will
The Hour of St. Francis
1962 · Movie
as Jim Evans
Little Amy
1962 · Movie
as Jefferson City Coach
Little Amy
1962 · TV Show
as Jefferson City Coach
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960 · Movie
as Wilbur Force
The Wild Ride
1960 · Movie
as Johnny Varron
Studs Lonigan
1960 · Movie
as Weary Reilly
Too Soon to Love
1960 · Movie
as Buddy
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · TV Show
as Mr. Garland, Marvin Jenkins
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · TV Show
as Bud
Mr. Lucky
1959 · TV Show
as Martin
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · TV Show
as Tony Morgan
Cry Baby Killer
1958 · Movie
as Jimmy Wallace
Sea Hunt
1958 · TV Show
as John Stark
Bronco
1958 · TV Show
as Bob Doolin
Matinee Theater
1955 · TV Show
as Musician's Son
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Nominee
Crew Credits
Into the Wild
2007 · Movie
Thanks
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Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004 · Movie
Producer
The Two Jakes
1990 · Movie
Director, Producer
Goin' South
1978 · Movie
Director
Drive, He Said
1971 · Movie
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Head
1968 · Movie
Writer, Producer, Songs
The Trip
1967 · Movie
Writer
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966 · Movie
Writer, Producer
The Shooting
1966 · Movie
Producer
Cordillera
1964 · Movie
Screenplay
Flight to Fury
1964 · Movie
Writer
Thunder Island
1963 · Movie
Screenplay
