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Jack Nicholson
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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 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, Easy Rider, Chinatown, The Shining, Reds, Batman, A Few Good Men, 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.
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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 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, Easy Rider, Chinatown, The Shining, Reds, Batman, A Few Good Men, 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.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Golden Globe Awards
The Andy Griffith Show
Matinee Theater
The Kennedy Center Honors
Mr. Lucky
Celebrities Uncensored
Little Amy
Live Aid
Doctor Sleep
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Targets
My Spy Family
The Oscars
The Movie Orgy
The Evening Star
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Tommy
Witness to 'Reds'
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
The Last Tycoon
Dr. Kildare
Reds
How Do You Know
Mr. Saturday Night
The Departed
Terms of Endearment
Anger Management
A Few Good Men
The Two Jakes
Batman
Chinatown
Mars Attacks!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
As Good as It Gets
Goin' South
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Bucket List
The Shining
Something's Gotta Give
Ironweed
Making 'The Shining'
Wolf
Production Credits
Goin' South
Into the Wild
The Two Jakes
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