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Jack Nicholson
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.
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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Films to Die For
Breakdown: 1975
John Candy: I Like Me
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Untold: Deal with the Devil
Morceaux de Cannes
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Kubrick by Kubrick
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
Mansfield 66/67
I Am Divine
Close Up
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Corman's World
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
How Do You Know
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
I'm Still Here
Stardust
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson