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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Shares birthday with Eddie Albert, Glen Campbell, Byron Haskin  see more..

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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Jack Nicholson Quotes:

George Hanson: You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it.
Billy: Man, everybody got chicken, that's what happened. Hey, we can't even get into like, a second-rate hotel, I mean, a second-rate motel, you dig? They think we're gonna cut their throat or somethin'. They're scared, man.
George Hanson: They're not scared of you. They're scared of what you represent to 'em.
Billy: Hey, man. All we represent to them, man, is somebody who needs a haircut.
George Hanson: Oh, no. What you represent to them is freedom.
Billy: What the hell is wrong with freedom? That's what it's all about.
George Hanson: Oh, yeah, that's right. That's what's it's all about, all right. But talkin' about it and bein' it, that's two different things. I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. Of course, don't ever tell anybody that they're not free, 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are. Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.
Billy: Well, it don't make 'em runnin' scared.
George Hanson: No, it makes 'em dangerous. Buh, neh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Swamp!


Buddy: I tell you what to think and when to think!
Poet: Don't tell me anything man, I'm not a member of your private army.
Buddy: Well then Get out!
Poet: I don't need you, and I don't need your rules or your uniform man.


Stoney: C'mon, man! Warren's freakin' out at the gallery!


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