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Jack Nicholson
John Joseph Nicholson is an American retired actor and filmmaker. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century, often playing charismatic rebels fighting against the social structure. Over his five-decade-long career, he received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.
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Born 22 April 1937 · Q39792
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2026· 4 entries
“I like listening to everybody. This to me is the elixir of life.”
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The Guardian: ‘I’m not a quitter!’ Rubén Blades, the salsa supremo who acted with Jack Nicholson, inspired Bad Bunny – and served as Panama’s tourism minister
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The Guardian: When I was seven, Jack Nicholson vomited cherry juice on me – it certainly beat doing schoolwork
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2025· 1 entry
Nicholson made a rare appearance on SNL 50, the 50th anniversary special of Saturday Night Live
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2024· 1 entry
The Guardian: From meet-cute to marriage breakdown: Streep and Nicholson shine in Nora Ephron’s bittersweet Heartburn
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2023· 2 entries
The Guardian: Jack Nicholson’s 20 best performances – ranked!
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Before choosing Jack Nicholson for the role, director Stanley Kubrick considered hiring Robin Williams to play the main character, Jack Torrance, in the horror film "The Shining."” False.
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2020· 2 entries
fact checker rated the claim “A photograph shows Magic Johnson with Jack Nicholson, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and several other celebrities walking into the NBA playoffs.” fake.
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fact checker rated the claim “A video shows comedian and actorJim Carrey imitating actor Jack Nicholson.” fake.
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2018· 1 entry
The Australian fishing spider Ornodolomedes nicholsoni was named in his honor for "brilliantly portraying diverse personalities"
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2017· 2 entries
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Opposite Kristen Wiig, his first feature film role since How Do You Know, but the project was later abandoned
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2016· 1 entry
Nicholson appeared on HBO's The Fight Game with Jim Lampley for an exclusive interview about his friendship with Ali
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2015· 1 entry
Nicholson made a special appearance as a presenter on SNL 40, the 40th anniversary special of Saturday Night Live
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2013· 1 entry
Nicholson co-presented the Academy Award for Best Picture with First Lady Michelle Obama, the eighth time he presented the Academy Award for Best Picture (1972, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1993, 2006, 2007, and 2013)
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2011· 1 entry
Nicholson received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Brown University at its 243rd commencement
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2010· 3 entries
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2010).
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Nicholson participated in a telethon for Haiti after the Earthquake
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Nicholson was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame
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2008· 2 entries
Where he was inducted alongside 11 other Californians
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Awarded California Hall of Fame (2008).
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for The Departed (2007).
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Nicholson co-starred with Morgan Freeman in Rob Reiner's The Bucket List, in which Nicholson and Freeman portrayed dying men who fulfill their list of goals
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2006· 3 entries
“give your life a resonance that it can”
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Nicholson returned to darker roles as Frank Costello, a nefarious Boston Irish Mob boss based on Whitey Bulger, in Martin Scorsese's Best Picture–winning film The Departed, a remake of Andrew Lau's Infernal Affairs
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Nicholson dated actress Paz de la Huerta
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2005· 1 entry
Nicholson and fellow actors Johnny Depp, John Cusack, and Sean Penn attended his private memorial service in Colorado
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2004· 2 entries
Nicholson purchased his bungalow for $6
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Nicholson attended his 50-year high school reunion accompanied by his aunt Lorraine
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2003· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for About Schmidt (2003).
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Nicholson also starred in the Nancy Meyers directed romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give playing an aging playboy who falls for the mother (Diane Keaton) of his young girlfriend
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2001· 3 entries
Awarded Stanislavsky Award (2001).
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Nicholson was the first actor to receive the Stanislavsky Award at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival for "conquering the heights of acting and faithfulness
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Met with Vladimir Putin at Moscow International Film Festival and offered him a job as a producer
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2000· 1 entry
Later reuniting before splitting permanently in 2004, after which Nicholson was linked to English supermodel Kate Moss
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1999· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1999).
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It was discovered that Honey's biological father is producer Lou Adler
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1998· 5 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for As Good as It Gets (1998).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for As Good as It Gets (1998).
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Awarded Critics' Choice Awards (1998).
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Awarded Actor Awards (1998).
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Nicholson met Fidel Castro and referred to him as a "genius"
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1996· 2 entries
A lawsuit was brought against Nicholson alleging that he promised a woman named Catherine Sheehan $1,000 for sex and then assaulted her when she asked for the money
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Nicholson collaborated once more with Batman director Tim Burton on Mars Attacks
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1995· 1 entry
Artist Edward Ruscha said that Nicholson has "one of the best collections out here"
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded AFI Life Achievement Award (1994).
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Robert Blank stated that Nicholson, then 56, approached Blank's Mercedes-Benz while he was stopped at a red light in North Hollywood
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1990· 1 entry
Nicholson was honored in France by Jack Lang, the Minister of Culture, with a Commander of Arts and Letters
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Saturn Awards (1988).
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Awarded Grammy Awards (1988).
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1987· 1 entry
Released album “The Elephant's Child”.
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1986· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Prizzi's Honor (1986).
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1984· 3 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment (1984).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Terms of Endearment (1984).
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Nicholson said he was not convinced of this, but in 1996, Caleb said that Nicholson had recognized Caleb as his son in private
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Reds (1983).
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1982· 1 entry
Nicholson starred as an immigration enforcement agent in The Border, directed by Tony Richardson
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1977· 2 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1977).
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Three years after Chinatown, Polanski was arrested at Nicholson's home for the sexual assault of 13-year-old Samantha Geimer, who was modeling for Polanski during a magazine photo shoot around the pool
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1976· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1976).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1976).
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1975· 3 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for Chinatown (1975).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Chinatown (1975).
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Nicholson starred in Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975), which co-starred Maria Schneider
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1974· 3 entries
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (1974).
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Nicholson starred in Roman Polanski's noir thriller Chinatown, and was again nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Jake Gittes, a private detective
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Time magazine researchers learned, and informed Nicholson, that his "sister", June, was actually his mother, and his other "sister", Lorraine, was really his aunt
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1971· 2 entries
Nicholson starred in Carnal Knowledge, a comedy-drama directed by Mike Nichols and co-starring Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, and Candice Bergen
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And 1972, Nicholson was in a relationship with singer Michelle Phillips, the ex-wife of his best friend Dennis Hopper, during which time she suffered a miscarriage
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1970· 3 entries
Nicholson appeared in the film adaptation of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, although most of his performance was left on the cutting room floor
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Nicholson starred in Five Easy Pieces alongside Karen Black in what became his persona-defining role
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And held courtside seats next to the opponent's benches both at The Forum and Staples Center
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1963· 1 entry
“a pretty dramatic event, but it wasn”
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1957· 1 entry
Nicholson joined the California Air National Guard, a move he sometimes characterized as an effort to "dodge the draft"; the Korean War era's Military Selective Service Act was still in force, and draftees were required
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1937· 2 entries
Born 1937-04-22.
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In Neptune City, New Jersey, the son of a showgirl, June Frances Nicholson (stage name June Nilson; 1918–1963)
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1936· 1 entry
Before realizing that he was already married to actress Shannon O'Connell
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