Jack Nicholson You Know" in 2010, but does not consider himself to be retired. He has also directed three films, including "The Two Jakes" (1990), the sequel to "Chinatown". Nicholson's 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. Nicholson has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice - one for the drama "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975), and the other for the romantic comedy "As Good as It Gets" (1997). He also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy-drama "Terms of Endearment" (1983). Nicholson is one of three
Jack Nicholson "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1981), "Reds" (1981), where Nicholson portrays the writer Eugene O'Neill with a quiet intensity, "Prizzi's Honor" (1985), "The Witches of Eastwick" (1987), "Broadcast News" (1987), and "Ironweed" (1987). Three Oscar nominations also followed ("Reds", "Prizzi's Honor", and "Ironweed"). John Huston, who directed "Prizzi's Honor", said of Nicholson's acting, "He just illuminates the book. He impressed me in one scene after another; the movie is composed largely of first takes with him." In the 1989 "Batman" movie, Nicholson played the psychotic murderer and villain The Joker. The film was an international smash hit, and a lucrative