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Jack Nicholson

Also known as John Joseph Nicholson, John Nicholson

John Joseph Nicholson is an American retired actor and filmmaker. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century, often playing charismatic rebels fighting against the social structure. Over his five-decade-long career, he received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.

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Jack Nicholson, born John Joseph Nicholson in 1937 in Neptune City, is a United States citizen and male film actor, film director, and screenwriter. He began his work period in 1955 and is educated at the Actors Studio. His field of work is acting, and he speaks and writes in the English language, specifically American English.

Nicholson has received the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, and recognition in the California Hall of Fame. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Academy Award for Best Actor, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He is also recognized in the Academy Award Best Actor collection, the Academy Award Best Supporting Actor collection, the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection, and the Kennedy Center Honors collection.

He is a member of the Democratic Party and served in the Air National Guard. His unmarried partners include Anjelica Huston, Rebecca Broussard, Sandra Knight, and Susan Anspach. He is the author of one work, with Shooting listed as a top work.

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Born: 1937-04-22
Works: 1

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Shooting

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Manhattan, New York, USA

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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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self2025
Films to Die For — (archive footage) (uncredited)2025
Breakdown: 1975 — Self (The Passenger-archive footage)2025
John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor (archive footage)2025
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror — Self (archive photo)2025
Tim Burton: Life in the Line — Self (footage)2025
Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director — Self (archive footage)2024
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location — Self (archive footage)2024
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend — Self (archive footage)2022
Untold: Deal with the Devil — Self (archive footage)2021

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Instance of: human
Family name: Nicholson
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Neptune City
Occupation: producer
Political party: Democratic Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: American English
Award: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Student of: Jeff Corey
Field of work: acting
Military branch: Air National Guard
Image: Jack Nicholson 2001.jpg
Height: 177
Work location: United States

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Commons category: Jack Nicholson
date of birth: 1937-04-22
unmarried partner: Sandra Knight
Commons gallery: Jack Nicholson
nominated for: Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
birth name: John Joseph Nicholson
filmography: Jack Nicholson filmography
name in native language: Jack Nicholson
start of work period: 1955-00-00
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
writing language: English language
end of work period: 2010-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century, often playing charismatic rebels fighting against the social structure. Over his five-decade-long career, he received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.

Nicholson won Academy Awards for Best Actor for playing Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and an author with OCD in As Good as It Gets (1997), as well as for Best Supporting Actor for playing an aging playboy in Terms of Endearment (1983). He received further Oscar nominations for Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Last Detail (1973), Chinatown (1974), Reds (1981), Prizzi's Honor (1985), Ironweed (1987), A Few Good Men (1992), and About Schmidt (2002).

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