Jack Nicholson is female.
John Joseph `` Jack '' Nicholson ( born April 22 , 1937 ) is an American actor and filmmaker , who has performed for over 60 years . In many of his films , he has played the `` eternal outsider , the sardonic drifter , '' someone who rebels against the social structure . Nicholson 's 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy 's history . Nicholson is one of three male actors to win three Academy Awards . In 1994 , he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institute 's Life Achievement Award .