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Primarily portrayed by Jack Nicholson, the character was based on the DC Comics supervillain the Joker. [1] His name is a play on the word Jackanapes, as well as a reference to the names Jack Nicholson and Alan Napier, the latter having portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in the 1960s Batman TV series and having died the previous year.
The film was produced by Jon Peters and Peter Guber and stars Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, and Jack Palance. The film takes place early in the war on crime of the title character (Keaton) and depicts his conflict with his archenemy the Joker (Nicholson).
John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker. [1] Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century. [2] [3] Throughout his five-decade career he received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.
Jack Nicholson brought an old Hollywood sheen to the then-frowned-upon medium of comic book movies, practically stealing the show from Michael Keaton in Tim Burton’s retooled big-screen Batman ...
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Jack Nicholson and Shirley MacLaine at the 1984 Academy Awards. Shirley MacLaine has always been one of our more candid and forthcoming movie stars. She wrote about her past lives years before woo ...
Nicholson in 2002. Jack Nicholson is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who made his film debut in The Cry Baby Killer (1958). Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation.
A version of the Joker named Jack Napier (played by Jack Nicholson) made his film debut in 1989's Batman, which earned over $400 million at the worldwide box office. The role was a defining performance in Nicholson's career and was considered to overshadow Batman's, with film critic Roger Ebert saying that the audience must sometimes remind ...