
Filmography

Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self, Self (uncredited)

The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Mr. Garland, Marvin Jenkins

Matinee Theater
1955 · Musician's Son

Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient, Self - Nominee / Presenter
Film '72
1971 · Self

Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Tony Morgan

The Shining
1980 · Jack Torrance

The Departed
2006 · Costello
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self

Sea Hunt
1958 · John Stark

The Oscars
1953 · Self

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Randle Patrick McMurphy
Nudes in the News
2002 · Warren Schmidt (archive footage)

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self

Basketball: A Love Story
2018 · Self (archive footage)

Bronco
1958 · Bob Doolin

Batman
1989 · Joker / Jack Napier

Ciné regards
1978 · Self

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Bud

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · Tom Murdock

Not Necessarily the News
1983 · Self (archive footage)

A Few Good Men
1992 · Col. Nathan R. Jessep

Mr. Lucky
1959 · Martin

Mars Attacks!
1996 · President Dale / Art Land

Chinatown
1974 · J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

As Good as It Gets
1997 · Melvin Udall

Anger Management
2003 · Dr. Buddy Rydell

The Bucket List
2007 · Edward Periman Cole

Easy Rider
1969 · George Hanson

The Witches of Eastwick
1987 · Daryl Van Horne

Something's Gotta Give
2003 · Harry Sanborn

Terms of Endearment
1983 · Garrett Breedlove

The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981 · Frank Chambers

The Pledge
2001 · Jerry Black

Wolf
1994 · Will Randall

How Do You Know
2010 · Charles

About Schmidt
2002 · Warren Schmidt

Reds
1981 · Eugene O'Neill

Broadcast News
1987 · Bill Rorich

The Last Detail
1973 · Billy L. 'Badass' Buddusky

I'm Still Here
2010 · Jack Nicholson

The Little Shop of Horrors
1960 · Wilbur Force

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Self

Kubrick by Kubrick
2020 · Self (archive footage)

Tommy
1975 · The Specialist

Hoffa
1992 · James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa

Targets
1968 · Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)

Carnal Knowledge
1971 · Jonathan

The Two Jakes
1990 · J.J. "Jake" Gittes, Director

Five Easy Pieces
1970 · Robert Eroica Dupea

The Raven
1963 · Rexford Bedlo

Heartburn
1986 · Mark

John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Actor (archive footage)

Breakdown: 1975
2025 · (archive footage)

Ironweed
1987 · Francis Phelan

Prizzi's Honor
1985 · Charley Partanna

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025 · Self (archive photo)

The Shooting
1966 · Billy Spear, Producer

Untold: Deal with the Devil
2021 · Self (archive footage)

The Missouri Breaks
1976 · Tom Logan

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020 · Self (archive footage)

The Border
1982 · Charlie Smith

Ride in the Whirlwind
1966 · Wes, Writer

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970 · Tad Pringle

The Crossing Guard
1995 · Freddy Gale

The Passenger
1975 · David Locke

Blood and Wine
1996 · Alex

The Terror
1963 · Lt. Andre Duvalier

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967 · Gino, Hit Man (uncredited)

The Last Tycoon
1976 · Brimmer

Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
2001 · Self

Goin' South
1978 · Henry Moon, Director

Hells Angels on Wheels
1967 · Poet

Live Aid
1985 · Self

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022 · Self (archive footage)

The Fortune
1975 · Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self

Corman's World
2011 · Self - Actor

America: A Tribute to Heroes
2001 · Self

Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020 · Self

Making 'The Shining'
1980 · Self

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005 · Self - Presenter

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996 · Self (archive footage)

Man Trouble
1992 · Harry Bliss

Psych-Out
1968 · Stoney

The King of Marvin Gardens
1972 · David Staebler

Head
1968 · Self (uncredited), Writer

The Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008 · Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage)

I Am Divine
2014 · Self (archive)

The Evening Star
1996 · Garrett Breedlove

The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
2017 · Self - Audience Member

Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986 · Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Monty and the Movies
TBA · Self (archive footage)

Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999 · Actor

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012 · Self (archive footage)

Ensign Pulver
1964 · Yeoman Dolan

Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008 · Self

Close Up
2012 · Self (archive footage)

Little Amy
1962 · Jefferson City Coach

The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped
1995 · Self

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972 · Self

Drive, He Said
1971 · Annoyed Bearded Guy, Director

Little Amy
1962 · Jefferson City Coach

Junket Whore
1998 · Self

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Self

Cry Baby Killer
1958 · Jimmy Wallace

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002 · Self

Back Door to Hell
1964 · Burnett

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Self

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008 · Self

Mansfield 66/67
2017 · Self - Actor(archive footage)

A Safe Place
1971 · Mitch

Morceaux de Cannes
2021 · Self (archive footage)

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971 · Narrator
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
2010 · Self

Films to Die For
2025 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988 · Jack Nicholson

TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976 · Self

Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024 · Self (archive footage)
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010 · Self

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 · Self

The Rolling Stones: Stripped
1995 · Self

Completely Cuckoo
1997 · Actor
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004 · Self (archive footage), Producer

The Wild Ride
1960 · Johnny Varron

Stardust
2010 · Self (uncredited)

Too Soon to Love
1960 · Buddy

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010 · Self

Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017 · Self

Creepy Classics
1987 · Rexford Bedlo - (archive footage)

Studs Lonigan
1960 · Weary Reilly

Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Self

Rebel Rousers
1970 · Bunny

Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
2024 · Self (archive footage)

Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
1987 · Narrator (voice)

Flight to Fury
1964 · Jay Wickham, Writer

Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson
2008 · Self

The Broken Land
1962 · Will

Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
2010 · Self
Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
1987 · Narrator (voice)

Playmate Pajama Party
1999 · self
The Elephant's Child
1986 · Narrator (voice)

Velocity
1999 · Johnny Varron (young) (archive footage)

The Doctor in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2013 · Actor

Witness to 'Reds'
2006 · Self

The Hour of St. Francis
1962 · Jim Evans

Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
2010 · Self

Making of Chinatown
2007 · Actor