Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I roto i About Schmidt (2002), i whakaahuatia e Nicholson he Omaha, Nebraska, kua reti, he kaitohutohu e uiui ana i tona ake oranga whai muri i te matenga o tana wahine. Na tana mahinga atawhai i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he Tohu Academy mo te Kaitito Pai rawa atu. I roto i te Whakahaere Anger (2003), i takaro ia i tetahi kaiwhakangungu riri i tukuna ki te awhina i tetahi tangata tino pai (Adam Sandler). I te tau 2003, i wheturangitia hoki a Nicholson i roto i te Something's Gotta Give, hei kaitakaro koroheke e hinga ana ki te whaea (Diane Keaton) o tana hoa wahine taitamariki. I te mutunga o te tau 2006, i tohu a Nicholson i tana hokinga mai ki te taha pouri hei Frank Costello, he rangatira kino o te Boston Irish Mob, i runga i a Whitey Bulger i rere tonu i taua wa, e whakahaere ana i a Matt Damon me Leonardo DiCaprio i roto i te kiriata toa Oscar a Martin Scorsese Ko te hunga kua ngaro, he hanga hou o nga mahi Infernal a Andrew Lau. Na te mahi i whakamoemiti ai a Nicholson i te ao katoa, me te wikitoria o nga tohu me nga tohu, tae atu ki te tohu Golden Globe mo te kaiwhakaari tautoko pai.  Pātai: He aha te tau i puta ai About Schmidt?
Ko te tau 2002