Yes. Nicholson's brief but memorable turn as doomed attorney George Hanson earned him a 1969 nomination for Best Supporting Actor. It was the first of his 12 Oscar nods, the most ever received by an actor.
No. He won his first Best Actor nomination for the 1970 movie, but the Oscar choice was George C. Scott for "Patton" (who declined the honor).
A spot opened up in Fonda and Hopper's Easy Rider, it led to his first big acting break. Nicholson played hard-drinking lawyer George Hanson, for which he received his first Oscar nomination. The part of Hanson was a lucky break for Nicholson-the role had in fact been written for actor Rip Torn, who was a close friend of screen writer Terry Southern, but Torn withdrew from the project after a bitter argument with the film's director Dennis Hopper, during which the two men almost came to blows.[11]
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"With my glasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and seventy." -Jack Nicholson
No. He won his first Best Actor nomination for the 1970 movie, but the Oscar choice was George C. Scott for "Patton" (who declined the honor).
A spot opened up in Fonda and Hopper's Easy Rider, it led to his first big acting break. Nicholson played hard-drinking lawyer George Hanson, for which he received his first Oscar nomination. The part of Hanson was a lucky break for Nicholson-the role had in fact been written for actor Rip Torn, who was a close friend of screen writer Terry Southern, but Torn withdrew from the project after a bitter argument with the film's director Dennis Hopper, during which the two men almost came to blows.[11]
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On March 29, 1976, Nicholson won the 1975 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." He would win two more Oscars for "Terms of Endearment" (Best Supporting Actor of 1983) and "As Good As It Gets" (Best Actor of 1997).
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Easy Rider: 1969 film with Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
Dennis Hopper & Jack Nicholson starred with Peter Fonda in "Easy Rider."
"With my glasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and seventy." -Jack Nicholson
The duration of Easy Rider is 1.57 hours.
Your Answer: Easy RiderDid you know:The part of lawyer George Hanson in the movie Easy Rider was written for Rip Torn by Terry Southern. Torn withdrew from the project after he and co-director Dennis Hopper got into a bitter argument. Torn had to be replaced by Jack Nicholson, whose appearance in the film catapulted him to stardom.
A few movies come to mind: "Easy Rider," "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest," "The Passenger," "The Shining," "Prizzi's Honor, " "Batman," "Hoffa," "The Departed" and "The Bucket List."