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Jack Nicholson

FULL NAME	John Joseph Nicholson
BORN	22 April 1937, Neptune City, New Jersey, USA
ASSOCIATION	Actor (director, producer, screenwriter)
NATIONALITY	American
HEIGHT	174 cm
REVIEWED ENTRIES	19
MAX. RATING
MIN. RATING	½
AVERAGE RATING	4.29
STRENGTHS	Intense eyes and diabolic smile Aloof sexyness

FILMOGRAPHY (ONLY REVIEWED ENTRIES)

BIO

Jack Nicholson, one of the most characteristic film stars of the modern era, has managed to combine being a fan-favourite and a critics' darling for over forty years. After being a struggling actor, often appearing in more or less unsuccesful Roger Corman films during the 1950s and 1960s, Nicholson broke through in unconventional fashion through the surprise hit Easy Rider in 1969. Even though the film was Dennis Hopper's and Peter Fonda's baby, it was Nicholson who gained star-status, a status he consolidated over the next few years in films such as Five Easy Pieces, The Last Detail and, in 1974, Chinatown – all of which garnered him Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. The following year he finally won his Oscar for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Nicholson was now one of Hollywood's hottest box-office stars. As popular as Burt Reynolds was with the public, Nicholson was with both the public and the critics. And unlike Reynolds, Nicholson maintained his status all through the 1980s as well, partly because he was able to accept new types of roles – and excel in them all. With his sly, diabolical smile and arrogant demeanor, Nicholson was able to play everything from small character roles to romantic leads well into his 50s, despite never being beautiful in the classical sense, and certainly not in his later years as a balding, fattening middle-ager. Lives on Mulholland Drive in Santa Monica, on the same street as Warren Beatty and Marlon Brando (up until his death).

TRIVIA

• Is rumoured to have dated many of the same women as Warren Beatty, most notably Michelle Phillips who went from being in a relationship with Nicholson to a long-term relationship with Beatty.

AWARDS

WHAT DO THE CRITICS SAY?

Easy Rider (1969)

"(...) the real treat here is Jack Nicholson who easily steals every scene he's in" - Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

"Jack Nicholson is seething with energy, and the interplay between him and a chillingly authentic Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched elevates the drama to thriller-level suspense." - Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

The Shining (1980)

"Nicholson delves into his character with frightening conviction" - Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

CHARACTER QUOTES

A Few Good Men (1992)

Lt. Kaffee (Tom Cruise): "I want the truth!"
Col. Jessep (Nicholson): "You can't handle the truth!"