Biography: life and films
Jack Nicholson is an American actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Neptune City, New Jersey, USA on 22nd April 1937.His best films as an actor include Roman Polanski's crime-thriller Chinatown (1974), Michelangelo Antonioni's thriller Professione: reporter (1975), Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980), Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men (1992) and Martin Scorsese's The Departed (2006), and whose best work as a film director include Drive, He Said (1971), Goin' South (1978) and The Two Jakes (1990).
Jack Nicholson has so far appeared in 61 films, scripted 6 films and directed 4 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Bob Rafelson (6 films), Roger Corman (4), Monte Hellman (4), Mike Nichols (4), James L. Brooks (4), Richard Rush (3), Tim Burton (2), Sean Penn (2) and Rob Reiner (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (32 films), Thriller (18), comedy-drama (14), romance (11), comedy-romance (11), comedy (11), Fantasy (11), crime-thriller (8), Horror (6), Western (5), comedy-thriller (3), Biography (3), War (2) and Documentary (2).
Our average rating for Jack Nicholson over all films is: 3.1
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
The Cry Baby Killer (1958) [a]
Studs Lonigan (1960) [a]
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) [a]
The Wild Ride (1960) [a]
Too Soon to Love (1960) [a]
The Broken Land (1962) [a]
The Raven (1963) [a]
The Terror (1963) [a,d]
Thunder Island (1963) [w]
Back Door to Hell (1964) [a]
Ensign Pulver (1964) [a]
Flight to Fury (1964) [a,w]
Ride in the Whirlwind (1965) [a,w]
Hells Angels on Wheels (1967) [a]
The Shooting (1967) [a]
The Trip (1967) [w]
Head (1968) [w]
Psych-Out (1968) [a]
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) [a]
The Rebel Rousers (1970) [a]
A Safe Place (1971) [a]
Carnal Knowledge (1971) [a]
Drive, He Said (1971) [d,w]
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) [a]
The Last Detail (1973) [a]
Chinatown (1974) [a]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) [a]
Professione: reporter (1975) [a]
The Fortune (1975) [a]
Tommy (1975) [a]
The Last Tycoon (1976) [a]
The Missouri Breaks (1976) [a]
Goin' South (1978) [a,d]
Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981) [a]
Reds (1981) [a]
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) [a]
The Border (1982) [a]
Terms of Endearment (1983) [a]
Prizzi's Honor (1985) [a]
Heartburn (1986) [a]
Broadcast News (1987) [a]
Ironweed (1987) [a]
The Witches of Eastwick (1987) [a]
Batman (1989) [a]
The Two Jakes (1990) [a,d]
A Few Good Men (1992) [a]
Hoffa (1992) [a]
Man Trouble (1992) [a]
Wolf (1994) [a]
The Crossing Guard (1995) [a]
Blood and Wine (1996) [a]
The Evening Star (1996) [a]
As Good as It Gets (1997) [a]
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) [a]
The Pledge (2001) [a]
About Schmidt (2002) [a]
Anger Management (2003) [a]
Something's Gotta Give (2003) [a]
The Departed (2006) [a]
The Bucket List (2007) [a]
How Do You Know (2010) [a]
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