Jack Nicholson
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John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an 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. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As Good as It Gets. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1983 film 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, in chronological order, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Reds, Terms of Endearment, Batman, A Few Good Men, As Good as It Gets, About Schmidt, Something's Gotta Give and The Departed.
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The Cry Baby Killer | Jimmy Wallace | 1958 |
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The Raven | Rexford Bedlo | 1963 |
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The Terror | Lt. Andre Duvalier | 1963 |
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Back Door to Hell | Burnett | 1964 |
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Ride in the Whirlwind | Wes | 1965 |
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Psych-Out | Stoney | 1968 |
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Easy Rider | George Hanson | 1969 |
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Five Easy Pieces | Robert Eroica Dupea | 1970 |
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A Safe Place | Mitch | 1971 |
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Carnal Knowledge | Jonathan | 1971 |
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Chinatown | Jake Gittes | 1974 |
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The Passenger | David Locke | 1975 |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Randle Patrick McMurphy | 1975 |
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The Missouri Breaks | Tom Logan | 1976 |
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The Shining | Jack Torrance | 1980 |
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The Postman Always Rings Twice | Frank Chambers | 1981 |
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Reds | Eugene O'Neill | 1981 |
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The Border | Charlie Smith | 1982 |
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Terms of Endearment | Garrett Breedlove | 1983 |
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The Witches of Eastwick | Daryl Van Horne | 1987 |
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Batman | Joker | 1989 |
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A Few Good Men | Col. Nathan R. Jessep | 1992 |
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Wolf | Will Randall | 1994 |
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Mars Attacks! | President James Dale / Art Land | 1996 |
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As Good as It Gets | Melvin Udall | 1997 |
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The Pledge | Jerry Black | 2001 |
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About Schmidt | Warren R. Schmidt | 2002 |
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Anger Management | Dr. Buddy Rydell | 2003 |
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Something's Gotta Give | Harry Sanborn | 2003 |
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The Departed | Costello | 2006 |
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The Bucket List | Edward Cole | 2007 |
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How Do You Know | Charles | 2010 |
