Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

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Birthday: 
22 April 1937, Neptune, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name: 
John Joseph Nicholson
Height: 
177 cm
Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received Oscar nomination in every decade from the 1960s through the early 2000s.Nicholson was born on April 22, 1937 i... Show more »
Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received Oscar nomination in every decade from the 1960s through the early 2000s.Nicholson was born on April 22, 1937 in Neptune, New Jersey. He was raised believing that his grandmother was his mother, and that his mother, June Frances Nicholson, a showgirl, was his older sister. He discovered the truth in 1975 from a Time magazine journalist who was researching a profile on him. His real father is believed to have been either Donald Furcillo, an Italian-American showman, or Eddie King (Edgar Kirschfeld), born in Latvia and also in show-business. Jack's mother's ancestry was Irish, English, as well as German, Scottish and Welsh.Nicholson made his film debut in a B-movie titled The Cry Baby Killer (1958). His rise in Hollywood was far from meteoric, and for years, he sustained his career with guest spots in television series and a number of Roger Corman films, including The Little Shop of Horrors (1960).Nicholson's first turn in the director's chair was for Drive, He Said (1971). Before that, he wrote the screenplay for The Trip (1967), and co-wrote Head (1968), a vehicle for The Monkees. His big break came with Easy Rider (1969) and his portrayal of liquor-soaked attorney George Hanson, which earned Nicholson his first Oscar nomination. Nicholson's film career took off in the 1970s with a definitive performance in Five Easy Pieces (1970). Nicholson's other notable work during this period includes leading roles in Roman Polanski's noir masterpiece Chinatown (1974) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), for which he won his first Best Actor Oscar.The 1980s kicked off with another career-defining role for Nicholson as Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Shining (1980). A string of well-received films followed, including Terms of Endearment (1983) which earned Nicholson his second Oscar; Prizzi's Honor (1985) and The Witches of Eastwick (1987). He portrayed another renowned villain, The Joker, in Tim Burton's Batman (1989). In the 1990s, he starred in such varied films as A Few Good Men (1992), for which he received another Oscar nomination, and a dual role in Mars Attacks! (1996).Although a glimpse at the darker side of Nicholson's acting range reappeared in The Departed (2006), the actor's most recent roles highlight the physical and emotional complications one faces late in life. The most notable of these is the unapologetically misanthropic Melvin Udall in As Good as It Gets (1997), for which he won his third Oscar. Shades of this persona are apparent in About Schmidt (2002), Something's Gotta Give (2003) and The Bucket List (2007). In addition to his Academy Awards and Oscar nominations, Nicholson has seven Golden Globe Awards, and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. He also became one of the youngest actors to receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement award in 1994.Nicholson has five children: Eldest daughter Jennifer Nicholson (b. 1963), from his marriage to Sandra Knight which ended in 1968; Caleb James Goddard (b. 1970) with Susan Anspach; Honey Hollman (b. 1981) with Danish supermodel, Winnie Hollman; and Lorraine Nicholson (b. 1990) and Ray Nicholson (b. 1992) with Rebecca Broussard. Nicholson's longest relationship was the seventeen years he spent with actress Anjelica Huston; this ended when Broussard become pregnant with his child. Show less «

Jack Nicholson's FILMOGRAPHY

American Idol - Season 22

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American Masters - Season 37

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American Idol - Season 21

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American Idol - Season 20

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Mr. Saturday Night

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American Idol - Season 19

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40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

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Kubrick by Kubrick

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American Idol - Season 18

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David Crosby: Remember My Name

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American Idol - Season 17

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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

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Filmworker

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Always at The Carlyle

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American Idol - Season 16

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American Idol - Season 15

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Johnny Carson: King of Late Night

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Room 237

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Corman`s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

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Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

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I`m Still Here

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Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story

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Jack Nicholson'S roles

Charlie Smith
Charlie Smith
President James Dale
President James Dale
The Specialist
The Specialist
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Jerry Black
Jerry Black
Edward
Edward
Warren Schmidt
Warren Schmidt
Bill Rorish
Bill Rorish
Melvin Udall
Melvin Udall
Garrett Breedlove
Garrett Breedlove
Harry Sanborn
Harry Sanborn
The Joker
The Joker
Charles
Charles
Frank Costello
Frank Costello
Frank Chambers
Frank Chambers
Dr. Buddy Rydell
Dr. Buddy Rydell
Col. Nathan R. Jessup
Col. Nathan R. Jessup
Freddy Gale
Freddy Gale
George Hanson
George Hanson
Jimmy Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffa
Daryl Van Horne
Daryl Van Horne
Jack Torrance
Jack Torrance
Tom Logan
Tom Logan
Will Randall
Will Randall