Nicholson holding his Academy Award for Best Actor at the 48th Academy Awards | ||
Award | Wins | Nominations |
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3 | 12 | |
3 | 7 | |
6 | 17 | |
1 | 1 | |
1 | 3 | |
| 14 | 40 |
The following is a List of awards and nominations received by American actor Jack Nicholson .
Jack Nicholson is one of only six performers to have won three Academy Awards in the acting categories, and is the most nominated male performer in the acting categories, with a total of 12 nominations. His other major competitive awards include a Grammy Award, three BAFTA Awards, and six Golden Globes. He was also the recipient of the Cecil B DeMille Award at the 1999 Golden Globe Awards ceremony.
Nicholson won three Academy Awards, two for Best Actor for his roles as Randle McMurphy in the psychological drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and a man suffering with obsessive–compulsive disorder in the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets (1997) as well as for Best Supporting Actor for playing a randy former astronaut Garrett Breedlove in the family melodrama Terms of Endearment (1983). Nicholson was further Oscar-nominated for his performances in the films Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Last Detail (1973), Chinatown (1974), Reds (1981), Prizzi's Honor (1985), Ironweed (1987), A Few Good Men (1992), and About Schmidt (2002).
He won three British Academy Film Awards, two for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Last Detail / Chinatown, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Reds. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his role in The Last Detail (1973). He also won the Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album for The Elephant's Child in 1988. He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for As Good as it Gets. Nicholson won six competitive Golden Globe Awards for Chinatown (1974), One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983), Prizzi's Honor (1985), As Good as it Gets (1997), and About Schmidt (2002).
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1969 | Best Supporting Actor | Easy Rider | Nominated | [1] |
1970 | Best Actor | Five Easy Pieces | Nominated | [2] |
1973 | The Last Detail | Nominated | [3] | |
1974 | Chinatown | Nominated | [4] | |
1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Won | [5] | |
1981 | Best Supporting Actor | Reds | Nominated | [6] |
1983 | Terms of Endearment | Won | [7] | |
1985 | Best Actor | Prizzi's Honor | Nominated | [8] |
1987 | Ironweed | Nominated | [9] | |
1992 | Best Supporting Actor | A Few Good Men | Nominated | [10] |
1997 | Best Actor | As Good as It Gets | Won | [11] |
2002 | About Schmidt | Nominated | [12] |
British Academy Film Awards | ||||
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Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
1970 | Best Film Actor in a Supporting Role | Easy Rider | Nominated | [13] |
1975 | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | The Last Detail / Chinatown | Won | [14] |
1977 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Won | [15] | |
1983 | Best Film Actor in a Supporting Role | Reds | Won | [16] |
1990 | Batman | Nominated | [17] | |
2003 | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | About Schmidt | Nominated | [18] |
2007 | Best Film Actor in a Supporting Role | The Departed | Nominated | [19] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1974 | Best Actor | The Last Detail | Won | [20] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1969 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Easy Rider | Nominated | [21] |
1970 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Five Easy Pieces | Nominated | [21] |
1971 | Carnal Knowledge | Nominated | [21] | |
1973 | The Last Detail | Nominated | [21] | |
1974 | Chinatown | Won | [21] | |
1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Won | [21] | |
1981 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Reds | Nominated | [21] |
1983 | Terms of Endearment | Won | [21] | |
1985 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Prizzi's Honor | Won | [21] |
1987 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ironweed | Nominated | [21] |
1989 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Batman | Nominated | [21] |
1992 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | A Few Good Men | Nominated | [21] |
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Hoffa | Nominated | [21] | |
1997 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | As Good as It Gets | Won | [21] |
2002 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | About Schmidt | Won | [21] |
2003 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Something's Gotta Give | Nominated | [21] |
2006 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | The Departed | Nominated | [22] |
Honorary awards | ||||
1998 | Cecil B. DeMille Award | Recipient | [23] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1988 | Best Recording for Children [lower-alpha 1] | The Elephant's Child | Won | [24] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | As Good as It Gets | Won | [25] |
2002 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | About Schmidt | Nominated | [26] |
2006 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture | The Departed | Nominated | [27] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | Best Movie Male Performance | A Few Good Men | Nominated | |
Best Movie Villain | Nominated | |||
2007 | The Departed | Won | ||
The National Board of Review was founded in 1909 in New York City to award "film, domestic and foreign, as both art and entertainment". [28] Nicholson has received six awards.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1975 | Best Actor | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Won | [29] |
1981 | Best Supporting Actor | Reds | Won | [30] |
1983 | Terms of Endearment | Won | [31] | |
1992 | A Few Good Men | Won | [32] | |
1997 | Best Actor | As Good as It Gets | Won | [33] |
2006 | Best Cast | The Departed | Won | [34] |
The Satellite Awards are a set of annual awards given by the International Press Academy. [35] Nicholson has received two awards from five nominations.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Mars Attacks! | Nominated | [36] |
1998 | As Good as It Gets | Won | [37] | |
2003 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | About Schmidt | Nominated | [38] |
2006 | Best Ensemble Cast – Motion Picture | The Departed | Won | [39] |
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1987 | Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Film | The Witches of Eastwick | Won | |
1989 | Batman | Nominated | ||
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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1975 | David di Donatello | Best Foreign Actor | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Won |
2003 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Hissy Fit | Anger Management | Nominated |
2006 | People's Choice Awards | Best On-Screen Match-Up | The Departed | Nominated [lower-alpha 3] |
Year | Award | Result |
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2001 | Stanislavsky Award | Honored |