Jack Nicholson Academy. Nicholson's acting career spans over sixty years. He has won three Academy Awards, and with twelve nominations, he is the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. Among his most notable films are "Easy Rider" (1969), "Five Easy Pieces" (1970), "The Last Detail" (1973), "Chinatown" (1974), "The Passenger" (1975), "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975), "The Shining" (1980), "Terms of Endearment" (1983), "Batman" (1989), "A Few Good Men" (1992), "As Good as It Gets" (1997), "About Schmidt" (2002), "Something's Gotta Give" (2003), "The Departed" (2006), and "The Bucket List" (2007). Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April
The Oscar (film) a promotional force for the film. The film features an impressive cast and crew, including several real Academy Award winners: eight-time costume design winner Edith Head (who would also be nominated, but not win, for "The Oscar"); Best Actor winners Borgnine and Crawford; Best Supporting Actor winners Begley, Brennan (three wins), Sinatra, and James Dunn, and cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg. Also in the cast were Oberon and Parker, who had been nominated for Oscars but did not win. As movie star Frankie Fane (Boyd) is about to hear if he won a best acting Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly (Bennett) reminisces