Head to headBruce Dern against Jack Nicholson Both careers by IMDb ratingBruce DernJack Nicholson
Tale of the tape as an actor
Bruce Dern vs Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson averages 6.66 across 61 rated films as an actor, ahead of Bruce Dern at 6.16.
- 115 (88 rated)
- Films acted
- 68 (61 rated)
- 6.16
- Average
- 6.66▶
- 6.27
- Weighted
- 6.76▶
- Django Unchained 8.5
- Best film
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 8.6▶
- 7.02, 1975 to 1978
- Peak five
- 7.46, 2003 to 2008▶
- 3 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 3 films
- 4.86 (−1.30)
- Current form
- 6.70 (+0.04)▶
- 5.36M
- IMDb votes
- 7.61M▶
- 1960 to 2025
- Career
- 1958 to 2011
- 0 wins, 2 noms
- Oscars
- 3 wins, 12 noms▶
Rows won
0 to 7
Jack Nicholson ahead
Films together
6
averaging 6.80
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | 1967 | 6.6 | Actor | as Johnny May |
 The Trip | 1967 | 6.1 | Writer | as John |
| Psych-Out | 1968 | 5.9 | as Stoney | as Steve Davis |
| The Rebel Rousers | 1970 | · | as Bunny | as J.J. Weston |
| Drive, He Said | 1971 | 5.6 | Writer, Producer, Director | as Coach Bullion |
 The King of Marvin Gardens | 1972 | 6.4 | as David Staebler | as Jason Staebler |
| A Decade Under the Influence | 2003 | 7.6 | Actor | Actor |
| Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | 2011 | 7.5 | Actor | Actor |