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Jack Nicholson

04/22/1937 (87 years old) | Manhattan, USA | Actor | Male | 177 cm (5'10")

John Joseph Jack Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an 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. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As Good as It Gets. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1983 film 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, in chronological order, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Reds, Terms of Endearment, Batman, A Few Good Men, As Good as It Gets, About Schmidt, Something's Gotta Give and The Departed.Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Nicholson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Jack Nicholson Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

Chart List

1.	The Departed	703
2.	As Good as It Gets	396
3.	A Few Good Men	229
4.	The Pledge	139
5.	Wolf	83
6.	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	68
7.	How Do You Know	54
8.	The Passenger	54
9.	The Two Jakes	44
10.	Chinatown	38
11.	The Bucket List	33
12.	The Shining	33
13.	Anger Management	17
14.	Five Easy Pieces	15
15.	Batman	15
16.	Terms of Endearment	14
17.	Mars Attacks!	14
18.	Something's Gotta Give	9
19.	The Missouri Breaks	6
20.	The Witches of Eastwick	5
21.	Heartburn	4
22.	The Postman Always Rings Twice	1
23.	Reds	0
24.	Easy Rider	0

The Departed

Movie | United States | 10/04/2006 | Crime | Gangsters

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

8.5/10

91%

2,840

As Good as It Gets

Movie | United States | 12/19/1997 | Romance | Older Couples

New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

7.7/10

86%

1,329

A Few Good Men

Movie | United States | 12/11/1992 | Drama | Lawyers

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.

7.7/10

84%

1,606

The Pledge

Movie | United States | 01/09/2001 | Crime | Murder

A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer. Based on a story by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

6.8/10

78%

1,417

Wolf

Movie | United States | 06/17/1994 | Horror | Werewolves

Aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches his job out from under his nose. But after being bitten by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself full of youthful vigor. As he struggles to regain his position, he becomes enthralled with Laura Alden, his former boss's daughter. And, as increasingly animal-like urges begin to overwhelm him, Randall worries that he may be turning into the creature that bit him.

6.3/10

84%

493

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Movie | United States | 11/18/1975 | Drama | Psychological

While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse Mildred Ratched.

8.7/10

93%

527

How Do You Know

Movie | Canada | 12/17/2010 | Romance | Relationship

After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.

5.4/10

31%

578

The Passenger

Movie | Italy | 02/28/1975 | Drama | Journalists

David Locke (Jack Nicholson) is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman (Maria Schneider), Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.

7.6/10

88%

The Two Jakes

Movie | United States | 08/10/1990 | Crime | Mystery

This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted from the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate his wife's infidelities, Jake once again finds himself involved in a complicated plot involving murder, oil, and even some ghosts from his past.

6.1/10

68%

Chinatown

Movie | United States | 06/20/1974 | Crime | Noir

The story of the people that frequented Harlem's famous nightclubs, 'The Cotton Club', and those that ran it.

8.1/10

99%

639

The Bucket List

Movie | United States | 12/24/2007 | Drama | Dying

Corporate billionaire Edward and working class mechanic Carter have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to escape and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their \bucket list\. In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.

7.4/10

41%

509

The Shining

Movie | United Kingdom | 05/22/1980 | Horror | Psychological horror

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

8.4/10

82%

940

Anger Management

Movie | United States | 04/11/2003 | Comedy | Situation

After a misunderstanding aboard an airplane that escalates out of control, the mild-mannered Dave Buznik is ordered by Judge Daniels to attend anger management sessions run by Doctor Buddy Rydell, which are filled with highly eccentric and volatile men and women. Buddys unorthodox approach to therapy is confrontational and abrasive and Dave is bewildered by it. Then, after yet another mishap, Judge Daniels orders Dave to step up his therapy or wind up in jail. So, Buddy moves in with Dave to help him battle his inner demons. Buddy himself has no inner demons since he acts out at every opportunity and that includes making lewd comments about Daves girlfriend Linda and goading Dave into confronting every slight, past or present, head-on. But Buddy finally goes too far and Dave must decide whether to crawl back into his shell or stand up for himself. Could it be that Buddys confounding and contradictory treatment is just what the doctor ordered?

6.2/10

42%

1,980

Five Easy Pieces

Movie | United States | 09/12/1970 | Drama

A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isnt spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.

7.5/10

87%

Batman

Movie | United States | 06/23/1989 | Superhero | DC

The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.

7.5/10

73%

1,891

Terms of Endearment

Movie | United States | 11/20/1983 | Comedy | Cancer

Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Breedlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking.

7.4/10

81%

104

Mars Attacks!

Movie | United States | 12/12/1996 | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion

'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy homage to science fiction films of the '50s and '60s.

6.4/10

56%

171

Something's Gotta Give

Movie | United States | 12/12/2003 | Romance | Older Couples

Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.

6.7/10

72%

854

The Missouri Breaks

Movie | United States | 05/19/1976 | Western

Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous regulator

6.6/10

79%

The Witches of Eastwick

Movie | United States | 06/12/1987 | Fantasy | Witch

Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.

6.5/10

66%

241

Heartburn

Movie | United States | 07/25/1986 | Comedy | Rom Com

Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.

6.1/10

45%

137

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Movie | United States | 03/20/1981 | Drama

This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.

6.6/10

83%

Reds

Movie | United States | 12/03/1981 | Biography | Communism

7.5/10

94%

Easy Rider

Movie | United States | 05/07/1969 | Drama | Moto

Easy Rider is the classic cult film from the 1960s. A road movie that embodies the feeling of being a hippie as two friends head cross-country to Mardi Gras. A controversial period film by Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda with some classic music from a generation of wanderers.

7.2/10

84%

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