Jack Nicholson

About Jack Nicholson

Actor best known for his roles in The Shining and The Departed, including Jack Torrance in The Shining and Frank Costello in The Departed. For his roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and As Good as it Gets, he won Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. He also played the Joker in the 1989 film Batman.

Jack Nicholson before fame

His maternal grandparents were his parents, and his mother was his sister, he was raised to believe. He did not learn the truth until 1974, when he was briefed by a TIME magazine journalist. He was voted class clown in high school and spent a full year of afternoons in detention.

Achievement of Jack Nicholson

From the 1960s until the 2000s, he and Michael Caine were the only two actors to get Academy Award nominations in each decade.

Jack Nicholson family life

June Frances, better known by her stage name June Nilson, was his mother. He had a sixteen-year relationship with actress Anjelica Huston, which ended in 1989. Lorraine, Honey, and Jennifer are his three daughters, while Ray is his son.

Associations of Jack Nicholson

In the 1983 comedy/drama Terms of Endearment, he was joined by Debra Winger and Shirley MacClain. All three were nominated for Academy Awards, with MacClain winning Best Actress and Nicholson winning Best Actor.

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