Jack Nicholson was born on 22 April 1937 in Neptune City. An American actor and filmmaker from New Jersey, Nicholson began his career in low-budget films made by Roger Corman, then rose to fame in Easy Rider in 1969. He starred in Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, The Last Detail and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which won him his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 1976. He later won again for As Good as It Gets, and also an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment. Other memorable roles include the Joker in Batman and the unstable writer in The Shining. With twelve Academy Award nominations, he is the most nominated male actor in the history of the awards.
Before and after
- 6 March 1937Birth of Valentina Tereshkova
- from 31 March 1937 to 1 July 1937Biscay Campaign
- April 1937Construction of Ben Gurion Airport
- 5 April 1937Construction of Václav Havel Airport Prague
- 22 April 1937Birth of Jack Nicholson
- 27 April 1937Bombing of Guernica
- 28 April 1937Birth of Saddam Hussein
- 11 May 1937Establishment of Los Glaciares National Park
- 12 May 1937Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1918Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia
- 1920Christ the Redeemer
- 1935Construction of Cà Mau Airport
- 21 September 1937Publication of The Hobbit
- c. 1940sRise of abstract expressionism
- 15 January 1943Construction of The Pentagon
The era
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