Jack Nicholson

1937 – 20??

John Joseph Nicholson is an American retired actor and filmmaker widely regarded as one of the greatest screen actors of the 20th century. He won three Academy Awards—two for Best Actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, As Good as It Gets) and one for Best Supporting Actor (Terms of Endearment)—across a five-decade career that included Easy Rider, Chinatown, The Shining, A Few Good Men, and The Departed. He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1994 and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001.

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