How old was Jack Nicholson in the movie Chinatown?

Jack Nicholson was 36 in Chinatown when he played the character 'J.J. 'Jake' Gittes'.

That was over 50 years ago in 1974.

Today he is 86, and has starred in 97 movies in total, 69 of those since Chinatown was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Chinatown, I think Jack Nicholson looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Roman Polanski has worked with Jack Nicholson just once in his career.
  • Jack Nicholson's first movie was as 'Jimmy Wallace' in The Cry Baby Killer, released in 1958 when he was 20
  • Chinatown scores 7.92 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Chinatown

Jack Nicholson's other movies