Jack Nicholson: movies and TV shows
Jack Nicholson has 168 credits in the archive: 141 films and 27 TV series, from 1944 to 2025. Highest rated: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2025 · busiest year: 1971 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | John Candy: I Like Me | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 88 |
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 88 |
| 2025 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Self | Film | 6.8 | 88 |
| 2025 | Films to Die For | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | — | 88 |
| 2024 | Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 87 |
| 2024 | Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 87 |
| 2022 | Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 85 |
| 2021 | Morceaux de Cannes | Film | 2.0 | 84 | |
| 2021 | Untold: Deal with the Devil | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 84 |
| 2020 | Kubrick by Kubrick | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 83 |
| 2020 | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 83 |
| 2020 | Joker: Put on a Happy Face | Self | Film | 8.0 | 83 |
| 2018 | Basketball: A Love Story | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.3 | 81 |
| 2017 | Mansfield 66/67 | Self - Actor(archive footage) | Film | 4.8 | 80 |
| 2017 | Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood | Self | Film | 6.7 | 80 |
| 2017 | The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 | Self - Audience Member | Film | 7.8 | 80 |
| 2014 | I Am Divine | Self (archive) | Film | 7.3 | 77 |
| 2012 | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.5 | 75 |
| 2012 | Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2011 | Corman's World | Self - Actor | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2010 | How Do You Know | Charles | Film | 5.3 | 73 |
| 2010 | I'm Still Here | Jack Nicholson | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2010 | Stardust | Self (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2010 | BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2010 | Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2010 | Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces' | Self | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2010 | Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos | Self | Film | 2.0 | 73 |
| 2010 | America Lost and Found: The BBS Story | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2008 | Notes on an American Film Director at Work | Self | Film | 5.6 | 71 |
| 2008 | Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson | Self | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2008 | Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 2007 | Into the Wild | Film | 7.8 | 70 | |
| 2007 | The Bucket List | Edward Periman Cole | Film | 7.2 | 70 |
| 2007 | My Spy Family | TV | 4.8 | 70 | |
| 2007 | The Visions of Stanley Kubrick | Self | Film | 6.9 | 70 |
| 2007 | Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick | Self | Film | 6.9 | 70 |
| 2007 | View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' | Self | Film | 7.4 | 70 |
| 2006 | The Departed | Costello | Film | 8.2 | 69 |
| 2006 | Witness to 'Reds' | Self | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 2005 | Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast | Self - Presenter | Film | 2.0 | 68 |
| 2004 | Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild | Self(archive footage) | Film | 2.0 | 67 |
| 2004 | Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild | Film | 2.0 | 67 | |
| 2003 | Something's Gotta Give | Harry Sanborn | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 2003 | Anger Management | Dr. Buddy Rydell | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | Film | 7.1 | 66 |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self | TV | 4.8 | 66 |
| 2002 | Nudes in the News | Warren Schmidt (archive footage) | TV | — | 65 |
| 2002 | About Schmidt | Warren Schmidt | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2002 | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Self | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 2001 | The Pledge | Jerry Black | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 2001 | America | A Tribute to Heroes | Self | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2001 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | Film | 7.4 | 64 |
| 1999 | Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party | Film | — | 62 | |
| 1999 | Velocity | Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage) | Film | 1.0 | 62 |
| 1998 | Junket Whore | Self | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Melvin Udall | Film | 7.4 | 60 |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | President Dale / Art Land | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1996 | Blood and Wine | Alex | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1996 | The Evening Star | Garrett Breedlove | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1996 | Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1995 | The Crossing Guard | Freddy Gale | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1995 | The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped | Self | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1995 | The Rolling Stones: Stripped | Self | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 1994 | Wolf | Will Randall | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1992 | A Few Good Men | Col. Nathan R. Jessep | Film | 7.6 | 55 |
| 1992 | Hoffa | James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1992 | Man Trouble | Harry Bliss | Film | 4.9 | 55 |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | J.J. "Jake" Gittes | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1989 | Batman | Joker / Jack Napier | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1988 | On the tracks of a filmmaker | Jack Nicholson | Film | — | 51 |
| 1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | Daryl Van Horne | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1987 | Broadcast News | Bill Rorich | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1987 | Ironweed | Francis Phelan | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1987 | Creepy Classics | Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage) | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1987 | Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 50 |
| 1987 | Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1986 | Heartburn | Mark | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1986 | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 49 |
| 1986 | The Elephant's Child | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | Charley Partanna | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1985 | Live Aid | Self | Film | 7.9 | 48 |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera | Self | TV | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1983 | Not Necessarily the News | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | Garrett Breedlove | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1982 | The Border | Charlie Smith | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1981 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Frank Chambers | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1981 | Reds | Eugene O'Neill | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1980 | The Shining | Jack Torrance | Film | 8.2 | 43 |
| 1980 | Making 'The Shining' | Self | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1978 | Ciné regards | Self | TV | — | 41 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 41 |
| 1978 | Goin' South | Henry Moon | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1978 | Goin' South | Film | 5.8 | 41 | |
| 1976 | The Missouri Breaks | Tom Logan | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Brimmer | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1976 | TVTV Looks at the Oscars | Self | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self | TV | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Randle Patrick McMurphy | Film | 8.4 | 38 |
| 1975 | Tommy | The Specialist | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1975 | The Passenger | David Locke | Film | 7.2 | 38 |
| 1975 | The Fortune | Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1974 | Chinatown | J.J. 'Jake' Gittes | Film | 7.9 | 37 |
| 1973 | The Last Detail | Billy L. 'Badass' Buddusky | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1972 | The King of Marvin Gardens | David Staebler | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1972 | Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here | Self | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 34 |
| 1971 | Carnal Knowledge | Jonathan | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1971 | Drive, He Said | Annoyed Bearded Guy | Film | 5.7 | 34 |
| 1971 | Drive, He Said | Film | 5.7 | 34 | |
| 1971 | Drive, He Said | Film | 5.7 | 34 | |
| 1971 | Drive, He Said | Film | 5.7 | 34 | |
| 1971 | A Safe Place | Mitch | Film | 5.3 | 34 |
| 1971 | Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age | Narrator | Film | — | 34 |
| 1970 | Five Easy Pieces | Robert Eroica Dupea | Film | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1970 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Tad Pringle | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1970 | Rebel Rousers | Bunny | Film | 4.3 | 33 |
| 1969 | Easy Rider | George Hanson | Film | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1968 | Targets | Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1968 | Head | Self (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1968 | Head | Film | 6.2 | 31 | |
| 1968 | Head | Film | 6.2 | 31 | |
| 1968 | Head | Film | 6.2 | 31 | |
| 1968 | Psych-Out | Stoney | Film | 5.0 | 31 |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Tom Murdock | TV | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Gino, Hit Man (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1967 | Hells Angels on Wheels | Poet | Film | 5.2 | 30 |
| 1967 | The Trip | Film | 5.7 | 30 | |
| 1966 | Ride in the Whirlwind | Wes | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1966 | Ride in the Whirlwind | Film | 6.2 | 29 | |
| 1966 | Ride in the Whirlwind | Film | 6.2 | 29 | |
| 1966 | The Shooting | Billy Spear | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1966 | The Shooting | Film | 6.2 | 29 | |
| 1964 | Ensign Pulver | Yeoman Dolan | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1964 | Back Door to Hell | Burnett | Film | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1964 | Flight to Fury | Jay Wickham | Film | 5.4 | 27 |
| 1964 | Flight to Fury | Film | 5.4 | 27 | |
| 1964 | Cordillera | Film | 7.0 | 27 | |
| 1963 | The Terror | Lt. Andre Duvalier | Film | 5.2 | 26 |
| 1963 | The Raven | Rexford Bedlo | Film | 6.3 | 26 |
| 1963 | Thunder Island | Film | 5.4 | 26 | |
| 1962 | Little Amy | Jefferson City Coach | Film | — | 25 |
| 1962 | The Broken Land | Will | Film | 6.1 | 25 |
| 1962 | The Hour of St. Francis | Jim Evans | Film | — | 25 |
| 1962 | Little Amy | Jefferson City Coach | TV | 8.0 | 25 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Jaime Angel | TV | 5.7 | 24 |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Mr. Garland | TV | 7.6 | 23 |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Marvin Jenkins | TV | 7.6 | 23 |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Bud | TV | 6.4 | 23 |
| 1960 | The Little Shop of Horrors | Wilbur Force | Film | 6.3 | 23 |
| 1960 | The Wild Ride | Johnny Varron | Film | 4.8 | 23 |
| 1960 | Studs Lonigan | Weary Reilly | Film | 4.5 | 23 |
| 1960 | Too Soon to Love | Buddy | Film | 4.6 | 23 |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Tony Morgan | TV | 5.6 | 22 |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky | Martin | TV | 6.7 | 22 |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt | John Stark | TV | 6.7 | 21 |
| 1958 | Bronco | Bob Doolin | TV | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1958 | Cry Baby Killer | Jimmy Wallace | Film | 5.8 | 21 |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | Musician's Son | TV | 5.3 | 18 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 16 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient | TV | 7.1 | 7 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 7 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 7 |