Nicholson has identified as Irish, comparing himself to the playwright Eugene O'Neill, whom he played in the film Reds: "I'm not saying I'm as dark as he was. Nicholson's mother was of Irish, English, German, and Welsh descent. Nicholson was born on April 22, 1937, in Neptune City, New Jersey, the son of a showgirl, June Frances Nicholson (stage name June Nilson 1918–1963). In 1994, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award. He has won six Golden Globe Awards and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. He is one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards, and one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, once for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and once for As Good as It Gets (1997) he also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment (1983). His twelve Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. He has also directed three films, including The Two Jakes (1990), a sequel to Chinatown. His most known and celebrated films include the road drama Easy Rider (1969), the drama Five Easy Pieces (1970), the psychological drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) the comedy-dramas Terms of Endearment (1983), As Good as It Gets (1997), and About Schmidt (2002) the neo-noir mystery Chinatown (1974), the horror film The Shining (1980), the superhero film Batman (1989), the legal drama A Few Good Men (1992), the comedy Anger Management (2003), the romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give (2003), and the crime drama The Departed (2006). He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards. In many of his films, he played the "eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter", someone who rebels against the social structure. He is known for having played a wide range of starring and supporting roles, including comic characters, romantic leads, anti-heroes and villains. John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker whose career spanned more than 50 years.
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