The great Jack Nicholson, on one of his many outings to watch basketball games. Photo: Reuters.
Jack Nicholson is undoubtedly one of the most important and legendary actors in cinema. He is now 85, and a tour of his career shows why he is highly praised, with varied, rich, complex and emotionally dynamic presentations. The result is always an extraordinary task, enticing and enticing.
His biography says he graduated from Manasquan High School, in New Jersey, the city where he was born. At the age of 17, after a difficult childhood and without any artistic experience, he went to Hollywood, where he first worked as a bellboy in the cartoon section of Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
Jack Nicholson in 1998. Photo: AP
Then, yes, he studied acting with Jeff Corey and started working in theater and soap operas. His first screen appearance was set in 1958, the year in which he played the lead role in Roger Corman’s film. The Cry Baby Killer. He later worked on horror or action films with Corman and other directors operating outside of major studios.
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Nicholson’s talent was recognized in a legendary 1969 film, I seek my destiny, by Dennis Hopper ‘. Since then, he has had a series of memorable performances that have made him stand out from the crowd, reaching a new milestone in Chinatownin 1974. At that time he even sat in the director’s chair and made a film, Drive, He said.
The first Oscar came in 1975, with Milos Forman’s Trapped with No Exit. In total he received “only” twelve nominations for the highest award in cinema, and became the most nominated male actor in history, in various categories.
As a leading actor, for example, he was second, surpassed only by the great Laurence Olivier and Spencer Tracy. As a supporting actor, he leads alongside Walter Brennan, Jeff Bridges, Robert Duvall, Arthur Kennedy, Al Pacino and Claude Rains.
In total he won three statuettes, that of Trapped without an exit and later the power of love Y Better … impossible.
Jack Nicholson, always histrionic and great.
Now yes, the list. A Strange Jack Nicholson Top 10:
isa- Trapped without an exit (1975)
Jack Nicholson in “Trapped with no way out”.
Directed by Miloš Forman, based on the novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. It stars Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Sydney Lassick, William Redfield, and Brad Dourif.
two- Better … impossible (1997)
Jack Nicholson in “Better … impossible.”
Romantic comedy directed by James L. Brooks and produced by Laura Ziskin. It stars Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear.
3- Chinatown (1974)
Jack Nicholson in “Chinatown”.
1974 dramatic film noir directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston. The film won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for 10 more awards.
4- Matters of honor (1992)
Jack Nicholson in “A Matter of Honor.”
Directed by Rob Reiner and starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, and Kevin Pollak in the lead roles. It is based on the play of the same name by Aaron Sorkin, who also wrote the screenplay for the film.
5- The sparkle (1980)
Jack Nicholson in “The Shining”
It belongs to the psychological horror subgenre, produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers. It is based on the novel of the same name by the writer Stephen King, published in 1977, although the novel and the film are noticeably different.
6- I seek my destiny (1969)
Jack Nicholson in “I Seek My Destiny”
It is an independent, dramatic film of the “movie on the road” subgenre, directed by Dennis Hopper and starring solo with Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson as the main actors.
7- networks (1981)
Jack Nicholson in “Reds”.
Directed, produced, written and starring Warren Beatty.
8- Batman (1989)
Jack Nicholson in “Batman.”
This is the first of four films that make up the first film series of Batman, the eponymous character from DC Comics. It is directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger.
9- Confessions of Mr. Schmidt (2002)
Jack Nicholson in “Mr. Schmidt’s Confessions.”
A dramatic film directed by Alexander Payne, from a screenplay of himself and Jim Taylor, starring Jack Nicholson as Warren Schmidt and Hope Davis as his daughter Jeannie.
10- the power of love (1983)
Jack Nicholson in “The Force of Endearment.”
Dramatic comedy based on the novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry, directed, written and produced by James L. Brooks, and starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels and John Lithgow. The film covers the 30 -year relationship between Aurora Greenway (MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Winger).
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Source: Clarin