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John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor, film director and producer. He is renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters.
Nicholson has been nominated for Academy Awards twelve times. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (film)) 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 since the 1960s (the other one being Michael Caine). He has won seven Golden Globe Awards, and received a Kennedy Center Honor (Kennedy Center Honors) in 2001. In 1994, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institutes Life Achievement Award.
Notable films in which he has starred include, in chronological order, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown (Chinatown (film)), One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (film)), The Shining (The Shining (film)), Reds (Reds (film)), Terms of Endearment, Batman (Batman (1989 film)), A Few Good Men (A Few Good Men (film)), As Good as It Gets, About Schmidt, Somethings Gotta Give (Somethings Gotta Give (film)), Anger Management, The Departed, and The Bucket List.
Date of birth: 1937-04-22
Birth Location: New York City, New York, United States, U.S.
Birth Name: John Joseph Nicholson
Occupation: Actor, director, producer
Years Active: 1958-present
Spouse: Sandra Knight (1962-1968)1 child