Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor and film-maker who has performed for over sixty years. He is known for playing a wide range of starring or supporting roles, including satirical comedy, romance, and dark portrayals of anti-heroes and villainous characters. In many of his films, he has played the "eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter", someone who rebels against the social structure. His most known and celebrated films include the road drama "Easy Rider" (1969); the dramas "Five Easy Pieces" (1970) and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975); the comedy-dramas "The Last Detail"
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. 2000: Russell Crowe – "Gladiator" as Maximus Decimus Meridius † 2001: Russell Crowe – "A Beautiful Mind" as John Nash ‡ 2002: Daniel Day-Lewis – "Gangs of New York" as William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting ‡ (TIE) / Jack Nicholson – "About Schmidt" as Warren Schmidt ‡ (TIE) 2003: Sean Penn – "Mystic River" as Jimmy Markum †