1937- . US film actor who, in the late 1960s,
captured the mood of nonconformist, uncertain
young Americans in such films as Easy Rider
1969 and Five Easy Pieces 1970. He
subsequently became a mainstream Hollywood
star, appearing in Chinatown 1974, One Flew
over the Cuckoo's Nest (Academy Award) 1975,
The Shining1979, Terms of Endearment (Academy
Award) 1983, and Batman 1989.