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Jack Nicholson
Nicholson in 2001
Born
John Joseph Nicholson
(1937-04-22) April 22, 1937 (age 87)
Neptune City, New Jersey, U.S.
Education
Manasquan High School
Occupations
Actor
filmmaker
Years active
1955–2010
Works
Filmography
Spouse
Sandra Knight
(m. 1962; div. 1968)
Partners
Anjelica Huston (1973–1990)
Rebecca Broussard (1989–1994)
Lara Flynn Boyle (1999–2004)
Children
6, including Lorraine and Ray
Awards
Full list
John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is a retired American actor and filmmaker.[1] Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century.[2][3] Throughout his five-decade career he received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. He also received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award in 1994 and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In many of his films, he played rebels against the social structure.[4]
Nicholson has won three Academy Awards, for Best Actor for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and As Good as It Gets (1997) and for Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment (1983). He was Oscar-nominated for Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Last Detail (1974), Chinatown (1974), Reds (1981), Prizzi's Honor (1986), Ironweed (1987), A Few Good Men (1992) and About Schmidt (2002). Nicholson is also known for his notable roles in Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Shining (1980), Heartburn (1986), Broadcast News (1987), Batman (1989), Hoffa (1992), Mars Attacks! (1996), Something's Gotta Give (2003), The Departed (2006) and The Bucket List (2007).
Nicholson has directed three films, Drive, He Said (1971), Goin' South (1978), and The Two Jakes (1990). He is one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards and one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in films made in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s (alongside Michael Caine). His 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history.
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