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
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 †