John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is renowned for his often dark portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has been nominated for an Academy Award twelve times, and 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 also 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 . Nicholson is well known for playing Jack Torrance in The Shining and the Joker in 1989's Batman,... among many other roles. Nicholson is one of only two actors who has been nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s . 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.
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| Birthdate: | April 22, 1937 |
| Birthplace: | Manhattan, New York |
| Age: | 74 |
| Height: | 5' 10" |
| Education: | Manasquan High School, The Actors Studio |
| Religion: | Atheism, Roman Catholicism |
| Also known as: | John Joseph Nicholson, jack_nicholson, Jack Nicholson |