
Born 1937
John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is a retired 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, winning Best Actor for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As Good as It Gets, and Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment. He is tied with…
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Breakdown: 1975(2025)
as Self (archive footage)

Films to Die For(2025)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Candy: I Like Me(2025)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert(2025)
as Self

Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director(2024)
as Self (archive footage)

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend(2022)
as Self (archive footage)

Untold: Deal with the Devil(2021)
as Self (archive footage)

Morceaux de Cannes(2021)

Kubrick by Kubrick(2020)
as Self (archive footage)

Joker: Put on a Happy Face(2020)
as Self

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic(2020)
as Self (archive footage)

Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood(2017)
as Self

The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015(2017)
as Self - Audience Member

Mansfield 66/67(2017)
as Self - Actor(archive footage)

I Am Divine(2014)
as Self (archive)

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir(2012)
as Self (archive footage)

Close Up(2012)
as Self (archive footage)

Corman's World(2011)
as Self - Actor

How Do You Know(2010)
as Charles

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance(2010)
as Self
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story(2010)
as Self

Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom(2010)
as Self

Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'(2010)
as Self

Stardust(2010)
as Self (uncredited)

I'm Still Here(2010)
as Jack Nicholson
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos(2010)
as Self

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight(2008)
as Self

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired(2008)
as Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)

Notes on an American Film Director at Work(2008)
as Self

The Bucket List(2007)
as Edward Periman Cole

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick(2007)
as Self

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'(2007)
as Self

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick(2007)
as Self

Witness to 'Reds'(2006)
as Self

The Departed(2006)
as Costello

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast(2005)
as Self - Presenter

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild(2004)
as Self(archive footage)

Something's Gotta Give(2003)
as Harry Sanborn

Anger Management(2003)
as Dr. Buddy Rydell

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood(2003)
as Self

About Schmidt(2002)
as Warren Schmidt

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.(2002)
as Self

America | A Tribute to Heroes(2001)
as Self

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures(2001)
as Self

The Pledge(2001)
as Jerry Black

Velocity(1999)
as Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)

Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party(1999)

Junket Whore(1998)
as Self

As Good as It Gets(1997)
as Melvin Udall

The Evening Star(1996)
as Garrett Breedlove

Mars Attacks!(1996)
as President Dale / Art Land

Blood and Wine(1996)
as Alex

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels(1996)
as Self (archive footage)

The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped(1995)
as Self

The Rolling Stones: Stripped(1995)
as Self

The Crossing Guard(1995)
as Freddy Gale

The Making of '...And God Spoke'(1994)
as Self - Academy Awards (archive footage)

Wolf(1994)
as Will Randall

Hoffa(1992)
as James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa

A Few Good Men(1992)
as Col. Nathan R. Jessep

Man Trouble(1992)
as Harry Bliss

The Two Jakes(1990)
as J.J. "Jake" Gittes

Batman(1989)In catalog
as Jack Napier / The Joker

On the tracks of a filmmaker(1988)
as Jack Nicholson

Ironweed(1987)
as Francis Phelan

Broadcast News(1987)
as Bill Rorich

Creepy Classics(1987)
as Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump(1987)
as Narrator (voice)

The Witches of Eastwick(1987)
as Daryl Van Horne

Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories(1987)
as Narrator (voice)

Barbra Streisand: One Voice(1986)
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
The Elephant's Child(1986)
as Narrator (voice)

Heartburn(1986)
as Mark

Live Aid(1985)
as Self

Prizzi's Honor(1985)
as Charley Partanna

Terms of Endearment(1983)
as Garrett Breedlove

The Border(1982)
as Charlie Smith

Reds(1981)
as Eugene O'Neill

The Postman Always Rings Twice(1981)
as Frank Chambers

Making 'The Shining'(1980)
as Self

The Shining(1980)In catalog
as Jack Torrance

Goin' South(1978)
as Henry Moon

The Last Tycoon(1976)
as Brimmer

The Missouri Breaks(1976)
as Tom Logan

TVTV Looks at the Oscars(1976)
as Self

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)In catalog
as Randle Patrick McMurphy

The Fortune(1975)
as Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan

Tommy(1975)
as The Specialist

The Passenger(1975)
as David Locke

Chinatown(1974)
as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

The Last Detail(1973)
as Buddusky

The King of Marvin Gardens(1972)
as David Staebler

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here(1972)
as Self

A Safe Place(1971)
as Mitch

Carnal Knowledge(1971)
as Jonathan

Drive, He Said(1971)
as Annoyed Bearded Guy

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age(1971)
as Narrator

Five Easy Pieces(1970)
as Robert Eroica Dupea

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever(1970)
as Tad Pringle

Rebel Rousers(1970)
as Bunny

Easy Rider(1969)
as George Hanson

Head(1968)
as Self (uncredited)

Targets(1968)
as Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)

Psych-Out(1968)
as Stoney

The Movie Orgy(1968)
as Self (archive footage)

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre(1967)
as Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)

Hells Angels on Wheels(1967)
as Poet

Ride in the Whirlwind(1966)
as Wes

The Shooting(1966)
as Billy Spear

Back Door to Hell(1964)
as Burnett

Flight to Fury(1964)
as Jay Wickham

Ensign Pulver(1964)
as Yeoman Dolan

The Terror(1963)
as Lt. Andre Duvalier

The Raven(1963)
as Rexford Bedlo

The Broken Land(1962)
as Will

The Hour of St. Francis(1962)
as Jim Evans

Little Amy(1962)
as Jefferson City Coach

Studs Lonigan(1960)
as Weary Reilly

The Wild Ride(1960)
as Johnny Varron

The Little Shop of Horrors(1960)
as Wilbur Force

Too Soon to Love(1960)
as Buddy

Cry Baby Killer(1958)
as Jimmy Wallace
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Celebrities Uncensored(2003)
as Self