In 1992, he portrayed Jimmy Hoffa in the Danny DeVito-directed Hoffa. Nicholson subsequently directed and acted in The Two Jakes (1990), a sequel to Chinatown. He then portrayed the Joker in the Tim Burton-directed Batman (1989). His role as Francis Phelan in Ironweed (1987) garnered him yet another Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He collaborated with director John Huston in Prizzi's Honor (1985), for which Nicholson earned another Best Actor nomination from the Academy. He later returned in the 1996 sequel The Evening Star.

He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his acting in Terms of Endearment (1983). For his portrayal of playwright Eugene O'Neill in Reds (1981), Nicholson was awarded the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In 1980, Nicholson played Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. In 1978, Nicholson directed and starred in another western, Goin' South. Also that year, Nicholson costarred with Marlon Brando in the western The Missouri Breaks. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon (1941). In 1976, he starred in the film adaptation of F. He then portrayed Randle McMurphy in the Miloš Forman-directed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), which won Best Picture and garnered him the Academy Award for Best Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. For his performance in the Roman Polanski-directed Chinatown (1974), he was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. His performance in The Last Detail (1973) garnered him the Cannes Best Actor Award. He then starred in the comedy-drama Carnal Knowledge (1971). Nicholson next appeared in Five Easy Pieces (1970). Nicholson's breakout role was in the countercultural Easy Rider (1969). In the first decade of his acting career, Nicholson had several minor roles in film and television, only having significant parts in independent films. He is also a Kennedy Center Honoree and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Golden Globe Cecil B. He is also one of the most critically acclaimed: his 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation.

Jack Nicholson is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who made his film debut in The Cry Baby Killer (1958).

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