Jack Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century, with twelve Academy Award nominations, making him the most nominated male actor in the Academy’s history. 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). In this lecture, we will look at his career and his iconic roles in films like “Easy Rider” (1969), “Five Easy Pieces” (1970), “Chinatown” (1974), “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975), “The Shining” (1980), “Batman” (1989), “A Few Good Men” (1992), and “The Departed” (2006).iction translation into one of the masters to film storytelling.