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 MGM, and other issues. Nicholson starred in "Five Easy Pieces" alongside Karen Black in 1970 in what became his persona-defining role. Nicholson and Black were nominated for Academy Awards for their performances. Nicholson played Bobby Dupea, an oil rig worker, and Black was his waitress girlfriend. During an interview about the film, Black noted that Nicholson's character in the film was very subdued, and was very different than Nicholson's real-life personality. She says that the now-famous restaurant scene was partly improvised by Nicholson, and was out of character for Bobby, who wouldn't have cared enough to argue with a waitress.