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Jack Nicholson

John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is a retired American actor, film director, producer and writer.

Born April 22, 1937 Manhattan, New York, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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The Departed

2006 · 2h 31m · Drama · Crime

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The Shining

1980 · 2h 24m · Thriller · Horror

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Choose this if you want upernatural ten ion and an atmo phere that can get under your kin.

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2006The DepartedActor · Costello2h 31m · Drama · Crime1980The ShiningActor · Jack Torrance2h 24m · Thriller · Horror1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestActor · Randle Patrick McMurphy2h 15m · Drama

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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.

Also known asJohn Joseph Nicholson · Jack Joseph Nicholson · Джон Джозеф Николсон

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2025Breakdown: 1975Actor — Self (The Passenger-archive footage)
2025Films to Die ForActor — (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky HorrorActor — Self (archive photo)
2025John Candy: I Like MeActor — Self - Actor (archive footage)
2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertActor — Self
2024Shine On: The Forgotten Shining LocationActor — Self (archive footage)
2024Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the DirectorActor — Self (archive footage)
2022Clint Eastwood: The Last LegendActor — Self (archive footage)
2021Untold: Deal with the DevilActor — Self (archive footage)
2021Morceaux de CannesActor — Self (archive footage)
2020Kubrick by KubrickActor — Self (archive footage)
2020Joker: Put on a Happy FaceActor — Self
202040 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a ClassicActor — Self (archive footage)
2017Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of HollywoodActor — Self
2017The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015Actor — Self - Audience Member
2017Mansfield 66/67Actor — Self - Actor(archive footage)
2014I Am DivineActor — Self (archive)
2012Roman Polanski: A Film MemoirActor — Self (archive footage)
2012Close UpActor — Self (archive footage)
2011Corman's WorldActor — Self - Actor
2010How Do You KnowActor — Charles
2010America Lost and Found: The BBS StoryActor — Self
2010BBStory: An American Film RenaissanceActor — Self
2010Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual FreedomActor — Self
2010Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'Actor — Self
2010StardustActor — Self (uncredited)
2010I'm Still HereActor — Jack Nicholson
2010Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-MythosActor — Self
2008Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark KnightActor — Self
2008Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack NicholsonActor — Self
2008Roman Polanski: Wanted and DesiredActor — Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)
2008Notes on an American Film Director at WorkActor — Self
2007The Bucket ListActor — Edward Periman Cole
2007Making of ChinatownActor
2007Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley KubrickActor — Self
2007The Visions of Stanley KubrickActor — Self
2007View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'Actor — Self
2006Witness to 'Reds'Actor — Self
2005Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf CoastActor — Self - Presenter
2004Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is WildActor · Producer — Self (archive footage)
2003Something's Gotta GiveActor — Harry Sanborn
2003Anger ManagementActor — Dr. Buddy Rydell
2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved HollywoodActor — Self
2002About SchmidtActor — Warren Schmidt
2002Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.Actor — Self
2001America | A Tribute to HeroesActor — Self
2001Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den FilmActor — Self
2001The PledgeActor — Jerry Black
1999VelocityActor — Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)
1999Playboy: Playmate Pajama PartyActor

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