John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American
actor and filmmaker whose career has spanned more than 60 years. He is
known for having played a wide range of starring or supporting roles,
including comedy, romance, and darkly comic portrayals of anti-heroes
and villainous characters. In many of his films, he played the
"eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter", someone who rebels against
the social structure.His most known and celebrated films include the
road drama Easy Rider (1969); the dramas Five Easy Pieces (1970) and
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); the comedy-dramas Carnal
Knowledge (1971), The Last Detail (1973), Terms of Endearment (1983),
Prizzi's Honor (1985), Heartburn (1986), As Good as It Gets (1997),
and About Schmidt (2002); the neo-noir mystery Chinatown (1974); the
horror film The Shining (1980); the biopic Reds (1981); the fantasy
comedy The Witches of Eastwick (1987); the superhero film Batman
(1989); the legal drama A Few Good Men (1992); the romantic horror
film Wolf (1994); the science fiction comedy Mars Attacks! (1996); the
comedy Anger Management (2003); the romantic comedy Something's Gotta
Give (2003); and the crime drama The Departed (2006). He has also
directed three films, including The Two Jakes (1990).Nicholson's 12
Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in
the Academy's history. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor
twice for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and As Good as It
Gets (1997), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Terms
of Endearment (1983). He is one of only three male actors to win three
Academy Awards, and one of only two actors to be nominated for an
Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s.
He has won six Golden Globe Awards and received the Kennedy Center
Honor in 2001. In 1994, at 57, he became one of the youngest actors to
be awarded the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.
actor and filmmaker whose career has spanned more than 60 years. He is
known for having played a wide range of starring or supporting roles,
including comedy, romance, and darkly comic portrayals of anti-heroes
and villainous characters. In many of his films, he played the
"eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter", someone who rebels against
the social structure.His most known and celebrated films include the
road drama Easy Rider (1969); the dramas Five Easy Pieces (1970) and
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); the comedy-dramas Carnal
Knowledge (1971), The Last Detail (1973), Terms of Endearment (1983),
Prizzi's Honor (1985), Heartburn (1986), As Good as It Gets (1997),
and About Schmidt (2002); the neo-noir mystery Chinatown (1974); the
horror film The Shining (1980); the biopic Reds (1981); the fantasy
comedy The Witches of Eastwick (1987); the superhero film Batman
(1989); the legal drama A Few Good Men (1992); the romantic horror
film Wolf (1994); the science fiction comedy Mars Attacks! (1996); the
comedy Anger Management (2003); the romantic comedy Something's Gotta
Give (2003); and the crime drama The Departed (2006). He has also
directed three films, including The Two Jakes (1990).Nicholson's 12
Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in
the Academy's history. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor
twice for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and As Good as It
Gets (1997), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Terms
of Endearment (1983). He is one of only three male actors to win three
Academy Awards, and one of only two actors to be nominated for an
Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s.
He has won six Golden Globe Awards and received the Kennedy Center
Honor in 2001. In 1994, at 57, he became one of the youngest actors to
be awarded the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.
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