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Also known as John Joseph Nicholson, John Nicholson

attore, sceneggiatore e produttore cinematografico statunitense (1937-)

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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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Person · Open Library

Born
1937-04-22
Works
1

Top works

  • 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…

Known for

  • 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
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
American English
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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Jack Nicholson
date of birth
1937-04-22
unmarried partner
Sandra Knight
Commons gallery
Jack Nicholson
birth name
John Joseph Nicholson
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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Article · Italiano

Jack Nicholson, pseudonimo di John Joseph Nicholson (Neptune City, 22 aprile 1937), è un attore, regista e sceneggiatore statunitense. Considerato tra i maggiori interpreti della storia del cinema, a fronte di 12 candidature Nicholson è uno dei tre attori ad aver vinto tre volte il Premio Oscar insieme a Daniel Day-Lewis e Walter Brennan: due volte il premio Oscar come miglior attore protagonista per il film drammatico Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo (1975) e per la commedia romantica Qualcosa è cambiato (1997) e nella categoria miglior attore non protagonista per la commedia drammatica Voglia di tenerezza (1983). Nicholson è uno dei tre attori ad essere stato candidato agli Oscar per film prodotti in cinque decenni: gli anni sessanta, settanta, ottanta, novanta e duemila. Ha vinto 7 Golden Globe e ha ricevuto il Kennedy Center Honor nel 2001. Nel 1994 è diventato uno degli attori più giovani ad essere insigniti del Life Achievement Award dall'American Film Institute. Tra gli altri film in cui ha recitato vi sono il road movie Easy Rider (1969), il drammatico Cinque pezzi facili (1970), la commedia drammatica L'ultima corvé (1973), il neo-noir Chinatown (1974), il drammatico Professione: reporter (1975) e il politico Reds (1981). Inoltre ha interpretato Jack Torrance nel film horror Shining di Stanley Kubrick (1980), il Joker in Batman di Tim Burton (1989) e Frank Costello nel thriller drammatico The Departed - Il bene e il male di Martin Scorsese (2006). Tra gli altri film vi sono il thriller legale Codice d'onore (1992), il thriller La promessa di Sean Penn (2001) e la commedia drammatica A proposito di Schmidt (2002).

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