The Big Picture: Jack Nicholson Career & Biographical Notes: Used to be a messenger boy for MGM’s Cartoon Department Co-wrote the script to the Monkees’ movie Head Boyhood friend of Danny DeVito. Nicholson’s relatives and DeVito’s relatives ran a hair salon together Still shopping around his book of children's stories to publishers

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Jack Nicholson Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• As Good as It Gets
• Batman
• Celebrity Eyes 3
• Chinatown
• Departed, The
• Few Good Men, A
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• People Working Together
• Shining, The
• Something's Gotta Give

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
The Departed	10/6/06	R	3017	26.89	131.81	Info
Something's Gotta Give	12/12/03	PG-13	2677	16.06	124.59	Info
Anger Management	4/11/03	PG-13	3551	42.22	133.76	Info
About Schmidt	12/13/02		816	8.53	65.00	Info

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Awards:

2006
The Departed

• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Phoenix Film Critics Society
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Satellites
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Online Film Critics Association

2003
Something's Gotta Give

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

2002
About Schmidt

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor, Toronto Film Critics
• Win: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes
• Win: Best Actor, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Win: Best Actor, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Win: Best Actor, Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Satellites

1997
As Good As It Gets

• Win: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor, Screen Actors' Guild
• Win: Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Actor, Online Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Toronto Film Critics

1992
A Few Good Men

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes

Hoffa

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1989
Batman

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

1987
Ironweed

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1985
Prizzi's Honor

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes
• Win: Best Actor, Boston Film Critics

1983
Terms of Endearment

• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Boston Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes

1981
Reds

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Boston Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes

1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

• Win: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1974
Chinatown

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1973
The Last Detail

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1971
Carnal Knowledge

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1970
Five Easy Pieces

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1969
Easy Rider

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes

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