Head to headJack Nicholson against Roman Polanski Both careers by TMDB ratingJack NicholsonRoman Polanski
Tale of the tape as an actor
Jack Nicholson vs Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski averages 6.76 across 21 rated films as an actor, ahead of Jack Nicholson at 6.40.
- 61 (54 rated)
- Films acted
- 24 (21 rated)
- 6.40
- Average
- 6.76▶
- 6.58
- Weighted
- 6.85▶
- ◀One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 8.4
- Best film
- Chinatown 7.9
- 7.09, 1974 to 1975
- Peak five
- 7.13, 1974 to 1994▶
- 3 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 3 films
- ◀6.65 (+0.25)
- Current form
- 6.59 (−0.17)
- ◀104K
- TMDB votes
Rows won
5 to 3
Jack Nicholson ahead
Films together
6
averaging 6.94
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 Chinatown | 1974 | 7.9 | as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes | Director, Writer, as Man with Knife |
| Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | 2003 | 7.1 | as Self | as Self (archive footage), as Self |
 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | 2008 | 6.3 | as Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage) | as Self (archive footage) |
 Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir | 2012 | 6.5 | as Self (archive footage) | as Self |
 Mansfield 66/67 | 2017 | · | as Self - Actor(archive footage) | as Self - Filmmaker(archive footage) |
| Breakdown: 1975 | 2025 | 6.9 | as Self (The Passenger-archive footage) | as Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage) |