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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	20
MAX. RATING	(The Shining)
MIN. RATING	½
AVERAGE RATING	4.25
STRENGTHS	Intense eyes and develish smile Aloof sexiness

FILMOGRAPHY (ONLY REVIEWED ENTRIES)

BIO

Jack Nicholson, one of the most distinctive film stars of the modern era, has managed to remain both a fan-favourite and a critics' darling for over forty years. After being a struggling actor early in his career, often appearing in more or less unsuccessful 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 project, it was Nicholson who gained star status – a status he consolidated over the next few years with films such as Five Easy Pieces, The Last Detail, and, in 1974, Chinatown – all of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. The following year, he finally won his Oscar for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, cementing his place as 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, partly because he continually took on new types of roles – and excelled in most of them. With his sly, diabolical smile and arrogant demeanor, Nicholson was able to play everything from small character parts to romantic leads well into his 50s, despite never fitting the classical notion of leading-man handsomeness – and certainly not in his later years as a balding, slightly overweight middle-ager. Nicholson lives on Mulholland Drive in Santa Monica, the same street as fellow Hollywood legends Warren Beatty and Marlon Brando (until Brando's 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!"