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Birth Name: John Joseph Nicholson

Age: 86, born 22 April 1937

Born and residing in: United States

Height: 5' 9"

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Famous Speeches: A Few Good Men

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Jack Nicholson winning an Oscar® for "Cuckoo's Nest"

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Jack Nicholson Receives Cecil B Demille Award - Golden Globes 1999

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Description: Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director, is a 3-time Academy Award winner and 12-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received Oscar nods in every decade from 1960s through the 2000s. Born April 22, 1937 in Manhattan, Nicholson was raised believing his grandmother was his mother, and his mother, a showgirl, was his older sister. He discovered the truth in 1975 from a Time magazine journalist who was researching a profile on him. Nicholson made his film debut in a B-movie titled The Cry Baby Killer (1958). His rise in H Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director, is a 3-time Academy Award winner and 12-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received Oscar nods in every decade from 1960s through the 2000s.

Born April 22, 1937 in Manhattan, Nicholson was raised believing his grandmother was his mother, and his mother, a showgirl, was his older sister. He discovered the truth in 1975 from a Time magazine journalist who was researching a profile on him.

Nicholson made his film debut in a B-movie titled The Cry Baby Killer (1958). His rise in Hollywood was far from meteoric, and for years he sustained his career with guest spots in television shows and a number of Roger Corman films, including The Little Shop of Horrors (1960).

Nicholson's first turn in the director's chair was for Drive, He Said (1971). Before that, he wrote the screenplay for _The Trip (II) (1967)_, and co-wrote Head (1968), a vehicle for The Monkees. His big break came with Easy Rider (1969) and his portrayal of liquor-soaked attorney George Hanson, which earned Nicholson his first Oscar nomination.

Nicholson's film career took off in the '70s with a definitive performance in Five Easy Pieces (1970). Nicholson's other notable work during this period includes leading roles in Roman Polanski's noir masterpiece Chinatown (1974) and _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)_, for which he won his first Best Actor Oscar.

The '80s kicked off with another career-defining role for Nicholson in Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining (1980). A string of well-received films followed, including Terms of Endearment (1983) which earned Nicholson his second Oscar; _Prizzi's Honor (1985)_ and The Witches of Eastwick (1987). He portrayed another renowned villain, The Joker, in Tim Burton's Batman (1989). In the '90s he starred in such varied films as A Few Good Men (1992), for which he received another Oscar nomination, and a dual role in Mars Attacks! (1996). ... (more)

Tags: Actor (58), American (36), Oscar Winner (23), Male (20), Legend (18), Born 1937 (14), The Joker (13), Eye Brows (12), The Shining (12), Crazy (11), Atheist (11), Smoker (11), Cool (10), Icon (9), Best Smile In The Business (9), Sinister Laugh (9), Scary (8), Batman (7), Talented (6)

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1. The Shining

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2. The Departed

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3. Batman (1989)

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4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

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5. Mars Attacks! (1996)

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1. Saturday Night Live

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2. American Idol (2002)

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3. Entertainment Tonight

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4. The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

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5. The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)

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1. The Terror

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2. The Two Jakes (1990)

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3. Goin' South (1978)

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4. Drive, He Said

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1. The Trip

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2. Head (1968)

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3. Ride in the Whirlwind (1968)

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4. Drive, He Said

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5. Flight to Fury

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My Favorite Performances of 1997 (Male) (25 person items)

" Melvin Udall - As Good as It Gets "People who talk in metaphors oughta shampoo my crotch." "

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" Warren Schmidt - About Schmidt "Relatively soon, I will die. Maybe in 20 years, maybe tomorrow, it doesn't matter. Once I am dead and everyone who knew me dies too, it will be as though I never existed. What difference has my life made to anyone. None that I can think of. None at all." "

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