Jack Nicholson Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This Jack Nicholson filmography covers 71 movie titles and 2 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

Jack Nicholson movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) as Wilbur Force
• The Wild Ride (1960) as Johnny Varron
• The Raven (1963) as Rexford Bedlo
• The Terror (1963) as Lt. Andre Duvalier
• Ride in the Whirlwind (1966) as Wes
• The Shooting (1966) as Billy Spear
• Hells Angels on Wheels (1967) as Poet
• The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) as Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)
• Head (1968) as Self (uncredited)
• Psych-Out (1968) as Stoney
• Targets (1968) as Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Easy Rider (1969) as George Hanson
• Five Easy Pieces (1970) as Robert Eroica Dupea
• On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) as Tad Pringle
• A Safe Place (1971) as Mitch
• Carnal Knowledge (1971) as Jonathan
• Drive, He Said (1971) as Annoyed Bearded Guy
• The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) as David Staebler
• The Last Detail (1973) as Buddusky
• Chinatown (1974) as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) as Randle Patrick McMurphy
• The Fortune (1975) as Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan
• The Passenger (1975) as David Locke
• Tommy (1975) as The Specialist
• The Last Tycoon (1976) as Brimmer
• The Missouri Breaks (1976) as Tom Logan
• Goin' South (1978) as Henry Moon
• Making 'The Shining' (1980) as Self
• The Shining (1980) as Jack Torrance
• Reds (1981) as Eugene O'Neill
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) as Frank Chambers
• The Border (1982) as Charlie Smith
• Terms of Endearment (1983) as Garrett Breedlove
• Live Aid (1985) as Self
• Prizzi's Honor (1985) as Charley Partanna
• Heartburn (1986) as Mark
• Broadcast News (1987) as Bill Rorich
• Ironweed (1987) as Francis Phelan
• The Witches of Eastwick (1987) as Daryl Van Horne
• Batman (1989) as Jack Napier / The Joker
• The Two Jakes (1990) as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
• A Few Good Men (1992) as Col. Nathan R. Jessep
• Hoffa (1992) as James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
• Man Trouble (1992) as Harry Bliss
• Wolf (1994) as Will Randall
• The Crossing Guard (1995) as Freddy Gale
• Blood and Wine (1996) as Alex
• Mars Attacks! (1996) as President Dale / Art Land
• The Evening Star (1996) as Garrett Breedlove
• As Good as It Gets (1997) as Melvin Udall
• Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) as Self
• The Pledge (2001) as Jerry Black
• About Schmidt (2002) as Warren Schmidt
• Anger Management (2003) as Dr. Buddy Rydell
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) as Self
• Something's Gotta Give (2003) as Harry Sanborn
• The Departed (2006) as Costello
• The Bucket List (2007) as Edward Periman Cole
• Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) as Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)
• How Do You Know (2010) as Charles
• I'm Still Here (2010) as Jack Nicholson
• Corman's World (2011) as Self - Actor
• Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (2012) as Self (archive footage)
• I Am Divine (2014) as Self (archive)
• 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic (2020) as Self (archive footage)
• Joker: Put on a Happy Face (2020) as Self
• Kubrick by Kubrick (2020) as Self (archive footage)
• Untold: Deal with the Devil (2021) as Self (archive footage)
• Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022) as Self (archive footage)
• Breakdown: 1975 (2025) as Self (archive footage)
• John Candy: I Like Me (2025) as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Jack Nicholson television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for Jack Nicholson; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• The Andy Griffith Show as Mr. Garland; Marvin Jenkins
• The Oscars as Self

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of Jack Nicholson's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.