Eighteen Brilliant But Unawarded Acting Performances
16. Jack Nicholson – The Shining
When you combine the talent of a best-selling mastermind of horror like Stephen King with the give-it-all acting of the incredibly sinister Jack Nicholson, you know the resulting film has to be brilliant.
While Nicholson’s performance as Jack Torrance is one of the scariest of his career, it is by no means the only defining moment in his six decades of mystery and horror.
He shined as the Joker in Tim Burton’s first “Batman” movie, won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his acting in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and even sent chills down our spines in his small appearance in the 1960 version of “The Little Shop of Horrors” as a demented dentist patient.
However, although Jack Torrance is certainly among the most frightening icons of horror history, neither the film nor Nicholson’s contribution to it were nominated for an Oscar. Interestingly, co-star Shelley Duvall and director Stanley Kubrick were, however, nominated for Razzie Awards for Worst Actress and Worst Director.
