Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson
Nicholson in 1976
Born	John Joseph Nicholson (1937-04-22) 22 Aprile 1937 Neptune City, New Jersey, U.S.
Residence	Hollywood Hills, Californie
Naitionality	American
Alma mater	Actors Studio
Thrift	Actor director producer screenwriter
Years active	1955–2010
Hame toun	Neptune City, New Jersey
Hauf-marrae(s)	Sandra Knight (1962–1968)
Bairns	6 (Jennifer Nicholson (1963), Caleb James Goddard (1970), Honey Hollman (1981), Lorraine Nicholson (1990), Ray Nicholson (1992))

John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born 22 Aprile 1937) is a retired American actor an filmmakker, wha haes performed fur ower 60 year. Nicholson is kent fur playin a wide reenge o starnin or supportin roles, includin satirical comedy, romance an daurk portrayals o antiheroes an psychopathic chairacters. In mony o his films, he haes pleyed the "eternal ootsider, the sardonic drifter," someane wha rebels against the social structur.

Nicholson's 12 Academy Awaird nominations mak him the maist nominatit male actor in the Academy's history. Nicholson haes wan the Academy Awaird fur Best Actor twace, ane fur the drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) an the ither fur the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets (1997). He an aa wan the Academy Awaird for Best Supportin Actor fur the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment (1983). Nicholson is ane o three male actors tae win three Academy Awairds.

Nicholson is ane o anerly twa actors tae be nominatit fur an Academy Awaird fur actin in ivery decade frae the 1960s tae the 2000s; the ither is Michael Caine. He haes wan sax Gowden Globe Awairds, an received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In 1994, he becam ane o the yungest actors tae be awairdit the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Awaird.