Born: April 22, 1937 in Neptune City, New Jersey

John Joseph Nicholson is an American actor and filmmaker with a career that spans more than 60 years. Mr. Nicholson is best known for his Academy Award-winning roles in the films One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), As Good as It Gets (1997), and Terms of Endearment (1983). But it is his roles in the horror classics THE RAVEN (1963), and THE TERROR (1963) that secures his status among the esteemed CDF Alumni.