| Year
|
Film
|
Role
|
Notes
|
| 1958
|
The Cry Baby Killer
|
Jimmy Wallace
|
|
| 1960
|
Too Soon to Love
|
Buddy
|
|
| The Wild Ride
|
Johnny Varron
|
|
| The Little Shop of Horrors
|
Wilbur Force
|
|
| Studs Lonigan
|
Weary Reilly
|
|
| 1962
|
The Broken Land
|
Will Brocious
|
|
| 1963
|
The Terror
|
Andre Duvaler
|
Also director
|
| The Raven
|
Rexford Bedlo
|
|
| 1964
|
Flight to Fury
|
Jay Wickham
|
|
| Ensign Pulver
|
Dolan
|
|
| Back Door to Hell
|
Burnett
|
|
| 1965
|
Ride in the Whirlwind
|
Wes
|
|
| 1966
|
The Shooting
|
Billy Spear
|
|
| 1967
|
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
|
Gino, Hit Man
|
uncredited
|
| Hells Angels on Wheels
|
Poet
|
|
| 1968
|
Psych-Out
|
Stoney
|
| 1968
|
Head
|
Himself
|
|
| 1969
|
Easy Rider
|
George Hanson
|
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
|
| 1970
|
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
|
Tad Pringle
|
|
| The Rebel Rousers
|
Bunny
|
|
| Five Easy Pieces
|
Robert Eroica Dupea
|
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
|
| 1971
|
Carnal Knowledge
|
Jonathan Fuerst
|
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
|
| A Safe Place
|
Mitch
|
|
| Drive, He Said
|
|
Director
Nominated — Palme d'Or
|
| 1972
|
The King of Marvin Gardens
|
David Staebler
|
|
| 1973
|
The Last Detail
|
Billy "Bad Ass" Buddusky
|
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role also for Chinatown
Cannes Film Festival Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor also for Chinatown
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor also for Chinatown
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
|
| 1974
|
Chinatown
|
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
|
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role also for The Last Detail
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Foreign Movie Performer
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor also for The Last Detail
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor also for The Last Detail
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
|
| 1975
|
The Fortune
|
Oscar Sullivan aka Oscar Dix
|
|
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
Randle Patrick McMurphy
|
Academy Award for Best Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor
|
| The Passenger
|
David Locke
|
|
| Tommy
|
The Specialist
|
|
| 1976
|
The Missouri Breaks
|
Tom Logan
|
|
| The Last Tycoon
|
Brimmer
|
|
| 1978
|
Goin' South
|
Henry Lloyd Moon
|
Also director
|
| 1980
|
The Shining
|
Jack Torrance
|
|
| 1981
|
The Postman Always Rings Twice
|
Frank Chambers
|
|
| Ragtime
|
Pirate at beach
|
uncredited
|
| Reds
|
Eugene O'Neill
|
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
|
| 1982
|
The Border
|
Charlie Smith
|
|
| 1983
|
Terms of Endearment
|
Garrett Breedlove
|
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
|
| 1984
|
Terror in the Aisles
|
|
archival footage
|
| 1985
|
Prizzi's Honor
|
Charley Partanna
|
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
|
| 1986
|
Heartburn
|
Mark Forman
|
|
| 1987
|
The Witches of Eastwick
|
Daryl Van Horne
|
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor also for Ironweed
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor also for Ironweed and Broadcast News
|
| Broadcast News
|
Bill Rorich
|
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor also for Ironweed and The Witches of Eastwick
|
| Ironweed
|
Francis Phelan
|
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor also for The Witches of Eastwick
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor also for Broadcast News and The Witches of Eastwick
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
|
| 1989
|
Batman
|
Jack Napier / The Joker
|
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
|
| 1990
|
The Two Jakes
|
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
|
Also director
|
| 1992
|
Man Trouble
|
Eugene Earl Axline, aka Harry Bliss
|
|
| A Few Good Men
|
Col. Nathan R. Jessep
|
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
|
| Hoffa
|
James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
|
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
|
| 1994
|
Wolf
|
Will Randall
|
|
| 1995
|
The Crossing Guard
|
Freddy Gale
|
|
| 1996
|
Blood and Wine
|
Alex Gates
|
|
| The Evening Star
|
Garrett Breedlove
|
|
| Mars Attacks!
|
President James Dale / Art Land
|
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
|
| 1997
|
As Good as It Gets
|
Melvin Udall
|
Academy Award for Best Actor
American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
|
| 1999
|
|
|
Golden Globe's Cecil B. DeMille Award
|
| 2001
|
The Pledge
|
Jerry Black
|
|
| 2002
|
About Schmidt
|
Warren R. Schmidt
|
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor tied with Daniel Day-Lewis for Gangs of New York
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor tied with Daniel Day-Lewis for Gangs of New York
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Actor
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
|
| 2003
|
Anger Management
|
Dr. Buddy Rydell
|
|
| Something's Gotta Give
|
Harry Sanborn
|
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
|
| 2006
|
The Departed
|
Francis 'Frank' Costello
|
Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — People's Choice Award for Best On-Screen Match-Up shared with Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
|
| 2007
|
The Bucket List
|
Edward Cole
|
| 2010
|
Everything You've Got
|
Charles
|
