Jack Nicholson is an American actor, film director, producer, and writer. He is the most nominated male actor in academy’s history with 12 Academy Awards nominations. He won 3 Academy Awards. He is best known for playing Frank Costello in The Departed, Jack Torrance in The Shinning, and the Joker in Batman (1989). From the 1960’s to the 2000’s he is one of only 2 actors to be nominated for an Academy Award in acting in each decade. He was one of the youngest actors for being awarded the American Film Institute’s Achievement Award in 1994.