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Yeah, I was very impressed with him too in About Schmidt. A very good film.
I have always liked Nicholson the actor tremendously, and recently I have even started to consider him a possible "the best". In the few interviews with him I have read he seems to be taking his craftsmanship very seriously. Unlike some other actors of the same school or era he still chooses some really interesting projects. About Schmidt I think was a sign of him coming to terms with the fact that he's not 30 anymore which is reflecting his choice of work and this seems to be hard for a lot of actors of his age to do. They're too eager to play First Lover.
Other films where I loved Jack's performance:
As Col. Nathan R. Jessep in A Few Good Men (1992)
As The Joker in Batman (1989)
As Charley Partanna in Prizzi's Honor (1985)
As Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment (1983)
As Frank Chambers in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
As Jack Torrance in The Shining (1980). Of course.
As Randle Patrick McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
As Jake Gittes in Chinatown (1974)
As Robert Eroica Dupea in Five Easy Pieces (1970)
As George Hanson in Easy Rider (1969)
Pretty impressive stuff....
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) I guess I know too many real life cantankerous, verbally abusive, conceited older men, so his characterization is not a hard one to conceptualize. I honestly have often wondered whether this not so much due to "great acting" on his part, but more a depiction of his real character. 
It just feels so good!
