Jack Nicholson

**John Joseph Nicholson** (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor, director, producer and writer. He started out as a writer and part-time actor. He became a star in 1969 when he had a small part in the movie _Easy Rider_. He has won three Oscars, for _As Good as it Gets_, _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_, and _Terms of Endearment_. He is one of the fans for Los Angeles Lakers. Nicholson is one of only two actors who have been nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s; the other is Michael Caine. Nicholson received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1999. He has won seven Golden Globe Awards. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. Nicholson dropped out from the remake movie _Toni Erdmann_.

## Early Life

Nicholson was born at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune City, New Jersey, He is son of showgirl June Frances Nicholson.

## Personal life

Nicholson has been linked to many actresses and models, including Michelle Phillips, Bebe Buell and Lara Flynn Boyle. He had a intimate relationship with Anjelica Huston from 1973 to 1989. The relationship ended when the media reported Rebecca Broussard was pregnant with their child. Nicholson and Broussard had two children together, Lorraine and Raymond. Nicholson's other children are Jennifer (born with Sandra Knight) and Honey Hollman (born with Winnie Hollman). Susan Anspach says that her son, Caleb Goddard, was fathered by Nicholson. He is not sure that he is the father. Nicholson describes himself as a "lifelong Irish Democrat", although he says he supports every President, and he is staunchly pro-life. He is Roman Catholic. In 2020, Nicholson endorsed Bernie Sanders's second presidential campaign for the 2020 nomination.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|Director|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1958|_The Cry Baby Killer_|Jimmy Wallace|Jus Addiss|||
|rowspan=4|1960|_Too Soon to Love_|Buddy|Richard Rush||
|_The Wild Ride_|Johnny Varron|Harvey Berman||||
|_The Little Shop of Horrors_|Wilbur Force|Roger Corman||||
|_Studs Lonigan_|Weary Reilly|Irving Lerner||||
|1962|_The Broken Land_|Will Brocious|John A. Bushelman|||
|rowspan=3|1963|_The Raven_|Rexford Bedlo|Roger Corman||
|_The Terror_|Andre Duvalier|Roger Corman||||
|_Thunder Island_||Jack Leewood|Writer|||
|rowspan=3|1964|_Flight to Fury_|Jay Wickham|Monte Hellman|Also writer|
|_Back Door to Hell_|Burnett|Monte Hellman||||
|_Ensign Pulver_|Dolan|Joshua Logan||||
|rowspan=1|1966|_The Shooting_|Billy Spear|Monte Hellman||
|rowspan=3|1967|_The St. Valentine's Day Massacre_|Gino, Hit Man|Roger Corman|Uncredited|
|_Hells Angels on Wheels_|Poet|Richard Rush||||
|_The Trip_||Roger Corman|Writer|||
|rowspan=2|1968|_Psych-Out_|Stoney|Richard Rush||
|_Head_|Movie Director in Restaurant|Bob Rafelson|Uncredited cameo; Also producer and writer|||
|1969|_Easy Rider_|George Hanson|Dennis Hopper|||
|rowspan=3|1970|_On a Clear Day You Can See Forever_|Tad Pringle|Vincente Minnelli||
|_The Rebel Rousers_|Bunny|Martin B. Cohen||||
|_Five Easy Pieces_|Robert Eroica Dupea|Bob Rafelson||||
|rowspan=3|1971|_Carnal Knowledge_|Jonathan Fuerst|Mike Nichols||
|_A Safe Place_|Mitch|Henry Jaglom||||
|_Drive, He Said_||Himself|Producer and writer|||
|1972|_The King of Marvin Gardens_|David Staebler|Bob Rafelson|||
|1973|_The Last Detail_|Signalman 1st Class Billy L. "Badass" Buddusky|Hal Ashby|||
|1974|_Chinatown_|J. J. "Jake" Gittes|Roman Polanski|||
|rowspan=4|1975|_The Passenger_|David Locke|Michelangelo Antonioni||
|_The Fortune_|Oscar Sullivan|Mike Nichols||||
|_One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_|Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy|Miloš Forman||||
|_Tommy_|The Specialist|Ken Russell||||
|rowspan=2|1976|_The Missouri Breaks_|Tom Logan|Arthur Penn||
|_The Last Tycoon_|Brimmer|Elia Kazan||||
|1978|_Goin' South_|Henry Lloyd Moon|Himself|||
|1980|_The Shining_|Jack Torrance|Stanley Kubrick|||
|rowspan=2|1981|_The Postman Always Rings Twice_|Frank Chambers|Bob Rafelson||
|_Reds_|Eugene O'Neill|Warren Beatty||||
|1982|_The Border_|Charlie Smith|Tony Richardson|||
|1983|_Terms of Endearment_|Garrett Breedlove|James L. Brooks|||
|1985|_Prizzi's Honor_|Charley Partanna|John Huston|||
|1986|_Heartburn_|Mark Forman|Mike Nichols|||
|rowspan=3|1987|_The Witches of Eastwick_|Daryl Van Horne|George Miller||
|_Broadcast News_|Bill Rorich|James L. Brooks|Cameo|||
|_Ironweed_|Francis Phelan|Héctor Babenco||||
|1989|_Batman_|Jack Napier / The Joker|Tim Burton|||
|1990|_The Two Jakes_|J. J. "Jake" Gittes|Himself|Also producer||
|rowspan=3|1992|_Man Trouble_|Eugene Earl Axline / Harry Bliss|Bob Rafelson||
|_A Few Good Men_|Colonel Nathan R. Jessup|Rob Reiner||||
|_Hoffa_|James R. "Jimmy" Hoffa|Danny DeVito||||
|1994|_Wolf_|Will Randall|Mike Nichols|||
|1995|_The Crossing Guard_|Freddy Gale|Sean Penn|||
|rowspan=3|1996|_Blood and Wine_|Alex Gates|Bob Rafelson||
|_The Evening Star_|Garrett Breedlove|Robert Harling||||
|_Mars Attacks!_|President James Dale / Art Land|Tim Burton||||
|1997|_As Good as It Gets_|Melvin Udall|James L. Brooks|||
|2001|_The Pledge_|Jerry Black|Sean Penn|||
|2002|_About Schmidt_|Warren R. Schmidt|Alexander Payne|||
|rowspan=2|2003|_Anger Management_|Dr. Buddy Rydell|Peter Segal||
|_Something's Gotta Give_|Harry Sanborn|Nancy Meyers||||
|2006|_The Departed_|Francis "Frank" Costello|Martin Scorsese|||
|2007|_The Bucket List_|Edward Cole|Rob Reiner|||
|rowspan=2|2010|_I'm Still Here_|Himself|Casey Affleck||
|_How Do You Know_|Charles Madison|James L. Brooks||||

## Other websites

- Jack Nicholson Online

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Jack Nicholson
- **image**: Jack Nicholson 2001.jpg
- **caption**: Nicholson in 2001
- **yearsactive**: 1955–2010
- **birth name**: John Joseph Nicholson
- **birth place**: Neptune City, New Jersey, U.S.
- **spouse**: Sandra Knight (m. 1962–1968)
- **children**: 6, including Lorraine Nicholson
- **nationality**: American