American actor of the New Hollywood era, three-time Academy Award winner across acting categories and a defining figure of 1970s American cinema.
Background
Born John Joseph Nicholson in Neptune City, New Jersey, he began as a writer at Roger Corman’s American International Pictures before breaking through as Richard “Hanson” in “Easy Rider.”
Career
He starred in Bob Rafelson’s “Five Easy Pieces” and “The King of Marvin Gardens,” Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown,” Milos Forman’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” and James L. Brooks’s “Terms of Endearment” and “As Good as It Gets.” He played the Joker in Tim Burton’s “Batman” (1989).
Style
Nicholson became identified with a charged, mischievous on-screen persona and remains the most-nominated male actor in Academy Awards history.
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