Jack Nicholson

John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is an American retired actor and screenwriter, who is best known for playing a wide range of starring or supporting roles, including satirical comedy, romance, and dark portrayals of psychopathic characters. He is well-known for his roles as Jack Torrance in the 1980 psychological horror film , Jack Napier/The Joker in Tim Burton's 1989 superhero film Batman, President James Dale in Burton's , and Francis "Frank" Costello in the 2006 crime thriller film . He won the twice for his roles in and , and also won the for his role in .
For Disney, he played Freddy Gale in the 1995 Miramax film . He was also the inspiration for the Air Conditioner in The Brave Little Toaster and he was spoofed by Genie in Aladdin.
He retired from acting in 2010, his last film being .
==Spoofs==
Air Conditioner Large.jpg|The Jack Nicholson Air Conditioner
JackNicholsonGenie.jpg|Genie as Jack Nicholson
Finding-nemo-disneyscreencaps.com-2717.jpg|Bruce being like Jack Nicholson in ("HERE'S BRUCEY!")
The Replacements Season 2 Episode 9 English Dub.jpg|Dick Daring being like Jack Nicholson in The Shining ("HERE'S DICKY!")
Duck Hard (9).jpg|Chameleon transformed into Jack Nicholson
==Trivia==
*Nicholson was once approached to voice Hades in Hercules, but he turned down the role due to not being paid as much as he wanted.https://www.howardashman.com/blog/john-musker-question-countdown-3/
*Nicholson was also considered for the role of Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, along with several other actors.https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62910/15-things-you-might-not-know-about-who-framed-roger-rabbit
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