The Shining
Jack Nicholson ’s performance asJack TorranceinThe Shiningis legendary , but it ’s not his only cinematic brush with the repugnance genre . When it comes to actor that tend to exude a sense of " cool , " there are few in the league of Nicholson . certainly , he sometimes switches thing up and plays crazy , but even then he ’s often charismatic and appealing , such as his rendition of The Joker in Tim Burton’sBatman . Nicholson ’s unequaled voice and sly grin helped him chip at out a very unique identity for himself among the Hollywood A - list .
Over the line of his over 50 - year screen vocation , which sadly seems to have halted as of 2010 , Nicholson starred in some of the most iconic plastic film ever made , regardless of writing style . Outside ofBatman , and of courseThe Shining , Nicholson wowed audiences in movies likeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo ’s Nest , term of Endearment , As Good As It Gets , A Few Good Men , andThe Departed , just to name a few of his most well - regarded credits .
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When it comes to horror , nothing else Nicholson did within the musical style can really contend with Jack Torrance , one of the most placeable characters in the chronicle of horror motion-picture show . Still , it ’s not the only time the Oscar - achiever has crossed track with the realm of bragging screen frights .
Jack Nicholson’s Horror Movie Roles (That Aren’t The Shining)
Younger people are less probable to be aware of this , but two decades beforeThe skin , one of Jack Nicholson ’s first film part came in 1960 ’s originalLittle Shop of Horrors . Nicholson played the masochistic dental affected role , a role fill in the more well - make love 1986 musical version by Bill Murray . Nicholson worked a lot with legendary B - movie director / producerRoger Cormanin his early years as an player , appearing as the son of Peter Lorre ’s wizard character in 1963’sThe Raven , and play principal booster inThe Terror , also released in 1963 . pass over ahead to afterThe Shining , Nicholson , now a Brobdingnagian wizard , played Daryl Van Horne , incriminate to be Satan himself , in the fantasy comedy with horror elements , The Witches of Eastwick , alongside the trio of Cher , Michelle Pfieffer , and Susan Sarandon .
In 1994 , Nicholson reunited with Pfieffer for his secondly - big horror part to date , playing lead Will Randall in theatre director Mike Nichols’Wolf . Randall is an aging publishing executive director who father his occupation taken away by a untried champion he helped show the ropes . After being bitten by a brute , Nicholson get faster , stronger , and tougher , and palpate like a unexampled man . That ’s of course because he ’s now a werewolf . Finally , in 1996 , Nicholson reunite with directorTim Burtonfor exotic invasion comedyMars Attacks ! , play none other than the president of the united states . While not a square revulsion film by any means , Mars Attacks!is still a fun time that most repugnance fans would also appreciate .
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