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Jack Nicholson had many small roles early on in his career. Catch him as a patient of the crazy dentist in Little Shop of Horrors.

The movie that defined late 1960's America - Easy Rider.

It's not an all time great but don't you think you need to see Jack Nicholson in a musical?! On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.

Jack Nicholson's first Oscar winning role. Five Easy Pieces. Watch for the famous chicken-salad scene.

When they make up those lists of greatest movie characters and greatest performances of all times Jack Nicholson and the characters he has played appear over and over again. Here's one of them Billy Buddusky in The Last Detail.

A classic of the 1970's and film noir at its best ... Chinatown.

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - Best picture, best director, best actor, best actress, best screenplay. It doesn't happen often.

Jack Nicholson showed us that he could be very scary in The Shining.

Bring tissues. Terms of Endearment.

A Few Good Men. "You can't handle the truth." Enough said.

The movie is As Good As It Gets. We think Jack Nicholson's acting is as good as it gets.

One You Might Have Missed: About Schmidt. A sad movie, a funny movie, a very good movie.


Jack Nicholson Filmography


2007 The Bucket List
2006 The Departed
2003 Something's Gotta Give
Anger Management
2002 About Schmidt
2001 The Pledge
1997 As Good As It Gets
1996 The Evening Star
Mars Attacks!
Blood and Wine
1995 The Crossing Guard
1994 Wolf
1992 A Few Good Men
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Hoffa
Man Trouble
1990 The Two Jakes
1989

Batman
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1987

Ironweed
The Witches of Eastwick
Broadcast News
1986

Heartburn
1985 Prizzi's Honor
1983 Terms of Endearment
1982 The Border
1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Reds
1980 The Shining
1978 Goin' South
1976 The Missouri Breaks
The Last Tycoon
1975 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Tommy

The Fortune
1974 Chinatown
1973 The Last Detail
1972 The King of Marvin Gardens
1971

Drive, He Said

A Safe Place
Carnal Knowledge
1970 Five Easy Pieces
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1969 Rebel Rousers
Easy Rider
1968

Head

Psych-Out
1967

Ride in the Whirlwind
The Shooting
Hell's Angels on Wheels
1966

Flight to Fury
1964 Back Door to Hell

Ensign Pulver
1963

Thunder Island
The Terror

The Raven
1962

The Broken Land
1960 The Wild Ride

Studs Lonigan
Little Shop of Horrors

Too Soon to Love
1958 The Cry Baby Killer


Jack Nicholson Academy Awards®


If you're a "younger" person and you wonder why Jack Nicholson is always sitting in the front row at the Academy Awards Show it's because for decades he dominated the acting categories with one nomination after another.

Best Actor Nomination for About Schmidt --- 2003
Best Actor Win for As Good As It Gets --- 1998
Best Supporting Actor Nomination for A Few Good Men --- 1993
Best Actor Nomination for Ironweed --- 1988
Best Actor Nomination for Prizzi's Honor --- 1986

Best Supporting Actor Win for Terms of Endearment --- 1984
Jack Nicholson Academy Award Acceptance Speech

Best Supporting Actor Nomination for Reds --- 1982

Best Actor Win for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest --- 1976
Jack Nicholson Academy Award Acceptance Speech

Best Actor Nomination for Chinatown --- 1975
Best Actor Nomination for The Last Detail --- 1974
Best Actor Nomination for Five Easy Pieces --- 1971
Best Supporting Actor Nomination for Easy Rider --- 1970



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Terms of Endearment

Melvin Udall ( As Good As It Gets ):

"You make me want to be a better man."



What is the name of the 1969 film that catapulted Jack Nicholson from B movie status to full-fledged star?

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