Job Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
Years active 1958-present
Top Roles Movie director at filmshoot in restaurant, Wilbur Force, George Hanson, Jack Torrance, Gino, Hit Man
Top GenresDrama, Crime, Thriller/Suspense, Comedy, Western, Adventure
Top TopicsBikers, Supernatural, Period Piece
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Jack Nicholson Overview:

Legendary actor, Jack Nicholson, was born John Joseph Nicholson on Apr 22, 1937 in New York City, NY. As of December 2023, Jack Nicholson was 86 years old.

MINI BIO:

Dry-voiced, dark, dynamic American actor with cynical smile. He moved forward, via an Oscar nomination for Easy Rider, to become one of America's best actors by the 1970s, winning Academy Awards for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Terms of Endearment, plus eight further nominations. He has also written screenplays and occasionally directs. He won a third Oscar for As Good As it Gets.

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HONORS and AWARDS:

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Jack Nicholson was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning two for Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment (as Garrett Breedlove) in 1983 for Best Actor for As Good as It Gets (as Melvin Udall) in 1997.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1969Best Supporting ActorEasy Rider (1969)George HansonNominated
1970Best ActorFive Easy Pieces (1970)Robert Eroica DupeaNominated
1973Best ActorThe Last Detail (1973)Signalman First Class BudduskyNominated
1974Best ActorChinatown (1974)J. J. GittesNominated
1981Best Supporting ActorReds (1981)N/ANominated
1983Best Supporting ActorTerms of Endearment (1983)Garrett BreedloveWon
1985Best ActorPrizzi's Honor (1985)Charley PartannaNominated
1987Best ActorIronweed (1987)Francis PhelanNominated
1992Best Supporting ActorA Few Good Men (1992)Col. Nathan R. JessepNominated
1997Best ActorAs Good as It Gets (1997)Melvin UdallWon
2002Best ActorAbout Schmidt (2002)Warren SchmidtNominated
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Jack Nicholson's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #140 on Jun 17, 1974.

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Henry Lloyd Moon--a second-rate outlaw with a third-rate gang--learns the hard way that it doesn't pay to tease a posse. After crossing the border to Mexico, Moon stops to laugh at the pursuing posse. The sheriff pauses for a few minutes, then rides across the river and arrests Moon. Following his d... Read full article


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Jack Nicholson Quotes:

George Hanson: I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace.


Will Brocious: Billy, this sure is your day. You not only steal your first necklace, you break outta jail, help rob a stage, get yourself baptized in the bargain.
Billy: Yea. That's some day
Will Brocious: [to Dan] Where you going?
Dave Dunson: Gonna see what I can do with this money.
Will Brocious: You mean take it back?
Dave Dunson: Yea, that's right.
Will Brocious: Well I can just see that. You just go riding back into town, stop somebody on the street; "Pardon me Sir. I wonder if you'd mind taking this money off my hands.You see, I just broke jail this morning. Right after I tried to kill the marshall. Then this fool stage driver come ridin' up and throwed it right in my lap. and then he high tailed it back for town. Now since my specialty is murder and breaking jail, I really don't have any use for it. You understand? Sir?"


Wilbur Force: No novocaine. It dulls the senses.


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