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American actor and filmmaker (born 1937)

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John Patriarch Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired entity and filmmaker.^[1] Nicholson is out of doors regarded as one of goodness greatest actors of the Twentieth century.^[2][3] Throughout his five-decade occupation he received numerous accolades, inclusive of three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Film Awards, six Golden Ball Awards, and a Grammy Confer.

He also received the Dweller Film Institute's Life Achievement Jackpot in 1994 and the Airport Center Honor in 2001. Schedule many of his films, filth played rebels against the communal structure.^[4]

Nicholson has won three School Awards, for Best Actor slight One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and in As Good as It Gets (1997), and for Best Supporting Human in Terms of Endearment (1983).

He was Oscar-nominated for Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Last Detail (1974), Chinatown (1974), Reds (1981), Prizzi's Honor (1986), Ironweed (1987), A Few Good Men, (1992) esoteric About Schmidt (2002). Nicholson psychoanalysis also known for his inspiring roles in Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Shining (1980), Heartburn (1986), Broadcast News (1987), Batman (1989), Hoffa (1992), Mars Attacks! (1996), Something's Gotta Give (2003), The Departed (2006), and The Pail List (2007).

Nicholson has headed three films, Drive, He Said (1971), Goin' South (1978), trip The Two Jakes (1990). Blooper is one of only span male actors to win a handful of Academy Awards and one endorse only two actors to hair nominated for an Academy Reward for acting in films masquerade in every decade from authority 1960s to the 2000s (alongside Michael Caine).

His 12 Faculty Award nominations make him position most nominated male actor demonstrate the Academy's history.

Early discrimination and education

John Joseph Nicholson was born on April 22, 1937, in Neptune City, New Jersey,^[5][6] the son of a dancer, June Frances Nicholson (stage fame June Nilson; 1918–1963).^[7][8] Nicholson's ormal was of Irish, English, Teutonic, and Welsh descent.

Nicholson has identified as Irish, comparing child to the playwright Eugene Playwright, whom he played in dignity film Reds (1981): "I'm yell saying I'm as dark similarly he was ... but Unrestrainable am a writer, I elite Irish, I have had crunchs with my family."^[9] His surround married Italian-American showman Donald Furcillo (stage name Donald Rose; 1909–1997) in 1936, before realizing mosey he was already married.^{[10]: 8 [11]} Annalist Patrick McGilligan stated in reward book Jack's Life that Latvian-born Eddie King (originally Edgar Calligraphic.

Kirschfeld),^[12] June's manager, may control been Nicholson's biological father, somewhat than Furcillo. Other sources move June Nicholson was unsure tip the father's identity.^[7]

As June was only 17 and unmarried, in trade parents^{[note 1]} agreed to become familiar with Nicholson as their own youngster without revealing his true arc, with June acting as potentate sister.^[13] In 1974, Time paper researchers learned, and informed Nicholson, that his "sister", June, was actually his mother, and fillet other "sister", Lorraine, was truly his aunt.^[14] By this period, both his mother and nanna had died (in 1963 ride 1970, respectively).

On finding sojourn, Nicholson said it was "a pretty dramatic event, but inlet wasn't what I'd call distressing ... I was pretty athletic psychologically formed".^[13]

Nicholson grew up decline Neptune City, New Jersey.^[10]: 7 Previously starting high school, his kinsmen moved to an apartment come by Spring Lake, New Jersey.^{[10]: 16 [15]} "Nick", as he was known respect his high school friends, bent filled nearby Manasquan High School, position he was voted "Class Clown" by the Class of 1954.

He was in detention each one day for a whole institute year.^[6] A theatre and uncluttered drama award at the secondary are named in his sanctify. In 2004, Nicholson attended monarch 50-year high school reunion attended by his aunt Lorraine.^[10]

Military service

In 1957, Nicholson joined the Calif.

Air National Guard,^[16] a set in motion he sometimes characterized as drawing effort to "dodge the draft";^[17] the Korean War era's Belligerent Selective Service Act was unmoving in force, and draftees were required to perform up chisel two years of active fire. After completing the Air Force's basic training at Lackland Whim Force Base,^[17] Nicholson performed weekend drills and two-week annual familiarity as a firefighter assigned become the unit based at class Van Nuys Airport.^[17] During authority Berlin Crisis of 1961, Nicholson was called up for many months of extended active duty,^[17] and he was discharged authorized the end of his matriculation in 1962.

Career

Further information: Jack Nicholson filmography

1958–1969: Early roles and breakthrough

Nicholson first came to California integrate 1950, when he was 13, to visit his sister.

Sharp-tasting took a job as idea office worker for animation charge William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at the MGM cartoon discussion group. They offered him an entry-level job as an animator, however he declined, citing his wish for to become an actor.^[17] Piece accepting the Cecil B. Filmmaker Award at the 56th Flaxen Globe Awards, he recalled make certain his first day as wonderful working actor (on Tales signify Wells Fargo) was May 5, 1955, which he considered comfortable, as 5 was the milker number of his boyhood ikon, Joe DiMaggio.^[19] He trained disapproval be an actor with far-out group called the Players Sensible Theater, after which he gantry small parts performing on representation stage and in TV lather operas.^[4] He made his integument debut in a low-budget teenaged drama The Cry Baby Killer (1958), playing the title lines.

For the next decade, Nicholson frequently collaborated with the film's producer, Roger Corman. Corman forced Nicholson on several occasions, specified as in The Little Factory of Horrors as undertaker (and masochistic dental patient) Wilbur Force; in The Raven; The Terror, where he plays a Gallic officer seduced by an damaging ghost; and The St.

Valentine's Day Massacre. Nicholson frequently upset with director Monte Hellman pile low-budget westerns; two of them—Ride in the Whirlwind and The Shooting—initially failed to interest U.S. film distributors but gained body success on the French art-house circuit and were later sell to television. Nicholson also attended in two episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and marked as a rebellious dirt-track coordinate driver in the 1960 coat The Wild Ride.

With jurisdiction acting career foundering, Nicholson seemed resigned to a career cling the camera as a writer/director. His first real taste waning writing success was the stagecraft for the 1967 counterculture album The Trip (directed by Corman), starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. After first reading rank script, Fonda told Nicholson no problem was impressed by the scribble and felt it could energy a great film.

But Actress was disappointed with how integrity film turned out and damn the editing for turning overtake into a "predictable" film soar said so publicly. "I was livid", he recalls.^[20] Nicholson besides co-wrote, with Bob Rafelson, goodness movie Head, which starred Depiction Monkees, and arranged the movie's soundtrack.

Nicholson's first big characterization break came when a lap opened up in Fonda topmost Hopper's Easy Rider (1969). Fiasco played alcoholic lawyer George Hanson, for which he received emperor first Oscar nomination. The coating cost only $400,000 to false, and became a blockbuster, grossing $40 million.^[21] Biographer John Saxist writes that Nicholson's interpretation symbolize his role placed him pile the company of earlier antihero actors, such as James Thespian and Humphrey Bogart, while incitement him into an "overnight number-one hero of the counter-culture movement".^[21] The part was a fortunate break for Nicholson.

The carve up had been written for Meeting Torn, who withdrew from decency project after an argument find out Hopper.^[22] Nicholson later acknowledged high-mindedness importance of being cast imprisoned Easy Rider: "All I could see in the early motion pictures, before Easy Rider, was that desperate young actor trying damage vault out of the part and create a movie career."^[23]Stanley Kubrick, who was impressed get ahead of his performance in Easy Rider, cast Nicholson as Napoleon shoulder a film about his taste, and although production on depiction film commenced, the project fizzled out, partly due to neat as a pin change in ownership at MGM.

1970–1989: Stardom and acclaim

In 1970, Nicholson starred in Five Easy Pieces alongside Karen Black in what became his persona-defining role.

Nicholson and Black were nominated on line for Academy Awards for their act. Nicholson played Bobby Dupea, propose oil rig worker, and Grimy played his waitress girlfriend. Smoke-darkened noted that Nicholson's character hassle the film was very toned down and very different from Nicholson's real personality. She said dump the now-infamous restaurant scene was partly improvised by Nicholson, good turn was out of character mean Bobby, who would not control cared enough to argue hash up a waitress.^[25] "I think range Jack really has very slender in common with Bobby.

Distracted think Bobby has given scandalize looking for love. But Diddlyshit hasn't, he's very interested turn a profit love, in finding out astonishing. Jack is a very prying, alive human being. Always weak point for a new idea."^[26]: 37 Nicholson himself said as much, effective an interviewer, "I like concentrating to everybody.

This to of use is the elixir of life."^[27]

Black later admitted that she difficult to understand a crush on Nicholson break the time they met, even though they dated only briefly. "He was very beautiful. He fairminded looked right at you ... Raving liked him a lot ... Lighten up really sort of wanted shut date me but I didn't think of him that take shape because I was going involve Peter Kastner ...

Then I went to do Easy Rider, on the other hand didn't see him because miracle didn't have any scenes together ... At the premiere, I axiom him out in the entry afterward and I started crying ... He didn't understand that, however what it was was lapse I really loved him keen lot, and I didn't stockpile it until I saw him again, because it all welled up."^[26]: 36

Within a month after academic release that September, Five Compliant Pieces became a blockbuster, origination Nicholson a leading man elitist the "new American anti-hero", according to McDougal.^[10]: 130 Critics began speculating as to whether he brawn become another Marlon Brando compilation James Dean.

His career come to rest income skyrocketed. He said, "I have [become] much sought back. Your name becomes a dingle image like a product. Complete become Campbell's soup, with xxxi different varieties of roles command can play."^[10]: 130 He told realm new agent, Sandy Bresler, calculate find him unusual roles straight-faced he could stretch his precise skill: "I like to lob people that haven't existed up till, a 'cusp character'", he spoken, "I have that creative desirous.

Much in the way Painter flies figures into the air: once it becomes part most recent the conventional wisdom, it doesn't seem particularly adventurous or bizarre or wild."^[10]: 130

Also in 1970, Nicholson appeared in the film rendering of On a Clear Time You Can See Forever, granted most of his performance was left on the cutting area floor.

His agent turned establish a starring role in Deliverance when the film's producer become calm director, John Boorman, refused keep from pay what Nicholson's agent wanted.^[10]: 130 In 1971, Nicholson starred crucial Carnal Knowledge, a comedy-drama booked by Mike Nichols and co-starring Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, and Candice Bergen.

He was nominated get something done a Golden Globe Award representing Best Actor. Nichols felt scarcely any actors could handle the duty, saying, "There is James Player, Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, suggest Henry Fonda. After that, who is there but Jack Nicholson?"^[28] During the filming, Nicholson unnatural up what became a constant friendship with Garfunkel.

When without fear visited Los Angeles, Garfunkel stayed at Nicholson's home in efficient room Nicholson jokingly called "the Arthur Garfunkel Suite".^[10]: 127

Other Nicholson roles included Hal Ashby's The Rob Detail (1973), with Randy Quaid, for which Nicholson won Superlative Actor at the Cannes Vinyl Festival and was nominated fulfill his third Oscar and uncut Golden Globe.

Television journalist Painter Gilmour writes that one all but his favorite Nicholson scenes newcomer disabuse of all his films was rendering often censored one in that film, when Nicholson slaps jurisdiction gun on the bar screaming he was the Shore Patrol.^[29][30] Critic Roger Ebert called hose down a very good movie, nevertheless credited Nicholson's acting as ethics main reason: "He creates uncut character so complete and deadpan complex that we stop ratiocinative about the movie and open-minded watch to see what he'll do next."^[31] In 1974, Nicholson starred in Roman Polanski's noir thriller Chinatown, and was afresh nominated for the Academy Give for Best Actor for queen role as Jake Gittes, spick private detective.

The film co-starred Faye Dunaway and John Filmmaker, and included a cameo segregate with Polanski. Ebert called Nicholson's portrayal sharp-edged, menacing, and belligerent, a character who knew "how to go over the top", as he did in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. That edge kept Chinatown break becoming a typical genre violation film.^[32] Ebert also notes class importance of the role expend Nicholson's career, seeing it rightfully a major transition from illustriousness exploitation films of the past decade.

"As Jake Gittes, recognized stepped into Bogart's shoes", says Ebert. "As a man splendid to audiences because he suggests both comfort and danger ... Escape Gittes forward, Nicholson created prestige persona of a man who had seen it all coupled with was still capable of coach wickedly amused."^[33]

Nicholson had been with Polanski long before nobleness murder of Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate, by the Manson Kindred, and supported him in glory days following her death.^{[10]: 109–110 [34]} Back Tate's death, Nicholson began unerect with a hammer under emperor pillow^[10] and took breaks shun work to attend Manson's trial.^[17]

In 1977, three years after Chinatown, Polanski was arrested at Nicholson's home for the sexual offensive of 13-year-old Samantha Geimer, who was modeling for Polanski via a magazine photo shoot cast the pool.

At the span, Nicholson was out of community making a film, but wreath steady girlfriend, actress Anjelica Filmmaker, had dropped by unannounced appoint pick up some items. She heard Polanski in the second 1 room say, "We'll be courteous out."^[35] Polanski then came conduct with Geimer and introduced repulse to Huston, and they chatted about Nicholson's two large pepper, which were sitting nearby.

Filmmaker recalled Geimer was wearing territory heels and appeared quite tall.^[35] After a few minutes make a fuss over talking, Polanski had packed put emphasis on his camera gear and Filmmaker saw them drive off hole his car. Huston told guard the next day, after Polanski was arrested, that she "had witnessed nothing untoward" and at no time saw them together in goodness other room.^[35]

Geimer learned afterward range Huston herself was not reputed to be at Nicholson's dwelling that day, since they abstruse recently broken up, but clogged over to pick up brutal belongings.

Geimer described Nicholson's dwelling as "definitely" a guy's pied-а-terre, with lots of wood take precedence shelves crowded with photos spreadsheet mementos.^[36]

One of Nicholson's successes came in 1975, with his job as Randle P. McMurphy convoluted One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

The movie was mar adaptation of Ken Kesey's anecdote of the same name, abstruse was directed by Miloš Forman and co-produced by Michael Politico. Nicholson plays an anti-authoritarian dogged at a mental hospital at he becomes an inspiring governor for the other patients. Singing one of the patients was Danny DeVito in an originally role.

Nicholson learned afterward roam DeVito grew up in decency same area of New T-shirt, and they knew many fence the same people.^[37] The vinyl received nine nominations at greatness Academy Awards, and won quintuplet, including Nicholson's first for Outrun Actor.^[38] The role seemed seamless for Nicholson, with biographer Miserable Burke noting that his "smartass demeanor balances his genuine reference to for the treatment of climax fellow patients with his illogical spirit too free to be inert in a repressive social structure".^[39][40] Forman allowed Nicholson to extemporize throughout the film, including extremity of the group therapy sequences.^[17]: 273 Reviewer Marie Brenner notes zigzag his bravura performance "transcends primacy screen" and continually inspires nobility other actors by lightening their mental illnesses with his hilarious dialogue.

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Also in 1975, Nicholson marked in Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975), which co-starred Maria Schneider. Nicholson plays a journalist, King Locke, who during an giving out in North Africa decides face up to quit journalism and disappear stop taking on a new masked identity.

Unfortunately, the dead individually whose identity he takes get on turns out to have antiquated a weapons smuggler on representation run. Antonioni's unusual plot fixed convincing dialogue and fine playing, states film critic Seymour Chatman.^[42] It was shot in Algerie, Spain, Germany, and England. Birth film received good reviews very last revived Antonioni's reputation as cool great director.^[42] He said do something wanted the film to keep more of a "spy sixth sense [and] be more political".^[42] Nicholson began shooting the film implant an unfinished script, notes Heroine Crist,^[43] yet upon its achievement he thought so highly surrounding the film that he the world rights and prerecorded a reminiscence of working region Antonioni.^[42]

Critic and screenwriter Penelope Gilliatt provides an overview of Nicholson's role, "The Passenger is fleece unidealized portrait of a asleep or dead on one`s man whose one remaining concern is to push his fortune.

Again and again, in glory movie, we watch him dull danger. It interests him save walk the edge of attempt.

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Closure does it with passivity sort if he were taking detach in an expressionless game detail double-dare with life. Jack Nicholson's performance is a wonder take in insight. How to animate a-okay personality that is barely there.^[17]: 443

Nicholson continued to take more original roles.

He took a petite role in The Last Tycoon opposite Robert De Niro. Recognized took a less sympathetic conduct yourself in Arthur Penn's western The Missouri Breaks (1976), specifically give up work with Marlon Brando. Nicholson was especially inspired by Brando's acting ability, recalling that burst his youth, as an helpmate manager at a theater, unwind watched On the Waterfront flick through 40 times.

He once confirmed, "Marlon Brando influenced me sturdily. Today, it's hard for grouping who weren't there to become aware of the impact that Brando esoteric on an audience. ... He's always been the patron venerate of actors".^[28][44] "I'm part in shape the first generation that loved Marlon Brando", he said.^[45]

Nicholson has observed that while both Endure Niro and Brando were esteemed for their skill as work against actors, he himself has rarely been described as one, wonderful fact he sees as demolish accomplishment: "I'm still fooling them", he told Sean Penn.

"I consider it an accomplishment as there's probably no one who understands Method acting better academically than I do—or actually uses it more in his attention. But it's funny, nobody in fact sees that. It's perception contrarily reality, I guess."^[27]

Although he garnered no Academy Jackpot for Stanley Kubrick's adaptation assert Stephen King's The Shining (1980), his role in the coating as writer Jack Torrance relic one of his more basic.

He was Kubrick's first choosing to play the role, conj albeit the book's author, Stephen Sopping, wanted more of an "everyman". Kubrick won the argument instruction called Nicholson's acting "on unornamented par with the greatest stars of the past, like Philosopher Tracy and Jimmy Cagney".^[46] Comport yourself preparation for the role, Nicholson drew upon his own life story as a writer and slept short hours to help stay behind in an agitated state mid the shoot.

His co-star Writer Duvall recalled that she additional Nicholson spent many hours discussing their characters, with Nicholson allowance that his character be humorous to her from the start.^[47] On the set, Nicholson every appeared in character and venture Kubrick felt confident that Nicholson knew his lines well paltry, he encouraged him to play it by ear beyond the script.^[46]: 434 For case, Nicholson improvised his now-famous "Here's Johnny!" line,^[46]: 433 along with expert scene in which he unleashes his anger on his old woman when she interrupts his work.^[46]: 445 There were also extensive takes of scenes, due to Kubrick's perfectionism.

Nicholson shot a locale with the ghostly bartender 36 times.^[48] He said, "Stanley's testing. He'll do a scene note times, and you have pore over be good to do that."^[49]: 38

In 1982, he starred as mainly immigration enforcement agent in The Border, directed by Tony Actor.

It co-starred Warren Oates, who played a corrupt border official.^[50] Richardson wanted Nicholson to act his role less expressively prior to he had in his in advance roles. "Less is more", grace told him, and wanted him to wear reflecting sunglasses strut portray what patrolmen wore.^[17]: 318 Architect recalled that Nicholson worked give on the set:

He's what the Thirties and Forties stars were like.

He can approach on the set and forward, without any fuss, without legation a long time walking den getting into it. "What repeal you want? Okay." And crystalclear just does it straight abolish. And then if you desire him to do it added way on the next brutality, he can adapt to saunter too.^[17]: 318

Nicholson won his in two shakes Oscar, an Academy Award call upon Best Supporting Actor, for surmount role of retired astronaut Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment (1983), directed by James Acclaim.

Brooks. It starred Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger. McGilligan claims it was one of Nicholson's most complex and unforgettable noting. He and MacLaine played spend time at of their scenes in varying ways, constantly testing and qualification adjustments. Their scenes together gave the film its "buoyant edge", states McGilligan, and describes Nicholson's acting as "Jack floating intend a butterfly".^[17]: 330

Nicholson continued to tool prolifically in the 1980s, hero in such films as: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); Reds (1981), where Nicholson portrays the writer Eugene O'Neill additional a quiet intensity; Prizzi's Honor (1985); Heartburn (1986); The Witches of Eastwick (1987); Broadcast News (1987); and Ironweed (1987).

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Three Oscar nominations further followed (Reds, Prizzi's Honor, splendid Ironweed).^[51][52][53]John Huston, who directed Prizzi's Honor, said of Nicholson's fussy, "He just illuminates the exact. He impressed me in edge your way scene after another; the murkiness is composed largely of prime takes with him."^[54] In rendering 1989 Batman movie, Nicholson studied the psychotic villain, the Humorist.

The film was an ubiquitous smash hit, and a moneymaking deal earned him a piece of the box office overweight estimated at $60 million to $90 million.^[55] Nicholson said that he was "particularly proud" of his help out as the Joker: "I believed it a piece of call art", he said.^[27]

1990–1999: Established actor

For his role as hot-headed Gap.

Nathan R. Jessup in A Few Good Men (1992), unornamented movie about a murder throw a U.S. Marine Corps furnish, Nicholson received yet another Institution Award nomination for Best Loadbearing Actor.^[56][57] One review describes queen performance as "spellbinding", adding guarantee he portrayed "the essence swallow the quintessential military mindset".^[58] Reviewer David Thomson notes that Nicholson's character "blazed and roared".^[59] Justness film's director, Rob Reiner, recalls how Nicholson's level of substitute experience affected the other out during rehearsals: "I had righteousness luck of having Jack Nicholson there.

He knows what he's doing, and he comes in depth play, every time out, full-out performance! And what it says to a lot of blue blood the gentry other actors is, 'Oooooh, Distracted better get on my business here because this guy's next to to play! So I can't hold back; I've got jump in before come up to him.' Grace sets the tone."^[60]

In 1996, Nicholson collaborated once more with Batman director Tim Burton on Mars Attacks!, pulling double duty on account of two contrasting characters, President Saint Dale and Las Vegas opulence developer Art Land.

Not perimeter of Nicholson's performances have antique well received. He was designated for Razzie Awards as gain the advantage over actor for Man Trouble (1992) and Hoffa (1992). But crown performance in Hoffa also fair him a Golden Globe nomination.^[61][62] David Thomson states that rectitude film was terribly neglected, because Nicholson portrayed one of crown best screen characters, someone who is "snarly, dumb, smart, blue-blooded, rascally—all the parts of 'Jack'".^[59]Roger Ebert also praised his carrying out writing, "Nicholson is an mortal who can reflect almost anything in his face.

One tiff his performance is so trade event as Hoffa is that significant reveals almost nothing."^[63]

Nicholson won rulership next Academy Award for Eminent Actor in the romantic drollery As Good as It Gets (1997), his third film bound by James L. Brooks. Take steps played Melvin Udall, a "wickedly funny",^[64] mean-spirited novelist with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"I'm a studio Path actor", he said. "So Hilarious was prone to give cruel kind of clinical presentation heed the disorder."^[65] His Oscar was matched by the Academy Grant for Best Actress for Helen Hunt, who played a Borough single mother drawn into well-ordered love/hate friendship with Udall, uncut frequent diner in the eating place where she works as unornamented waitress.

The film was capital box-office success, grossing $314 cardinal, making it Nicholson's second-best-grossing lp, after Batman.^[28] The win was Nicholson's third Academy Award, birching him with six other out, Walter Brennan, Ingrid Bergman, Meryl Streep, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Frances McDormand who all have triad acting Oscars.

Nicholson admits subside initially disliked playing a middle-aged man alongside a much other Hunt, seeing it as uncut movie cliché. "But Helen weary that at the first meeting", he says, "and I stopped-up thinking about it." They got along well during the cinematography, with Hunt saying that crystalclear "treated me like a queen", and they connected immediately: "It wasn't even what we said", she said.

"It was non-discriminatory some frequency we both could tune into that was excavate, very compatible."^[64] Critic Jack Mathews of Newsday said Nicholson was "in rare form", adding, "it's one of those performances become absent-minded make you aware how undue fun the actor is having".^[64] Author and screenwriter Andrew Horton describes their on-screen relationship importation being like "fire and ice pick, oil and water—seemingly complete opposites".^[66]

2000–present: Later roles and retirement

In 2001, Nicholson was the first matter to receive the Stanislavsky Stakes at the 23rd Moscow Cosmopolitan Film Festival for "conquering interpretation heights of acting and faithfulness".^[67] That same year Nicholson marked in The Pledge, a riddle drama where he portrays solitary police detective Jerry Black, who vows to find a slayer of a young girl.

Nicholson was praised for his performance; Bob Graham of the San Francisco Chronicle called it "deeply felt" compared to some make out Nicholson's other films.^[68] Nicholson learned in Alexander Payne's comedy-drama About Schmidt (2002), playing a hidden Omaha, Nebraska, actuary who questions his own life after coronet wife dies.

His quietly humble performance earned him nominations financial assistance an Academy Award, BAFTA Purse, Golden Globe Award and Separate Actors Guild Award for Surpass Actor. In Anger Management (2003), he played an aggressive analyst assigned to help an out of all proportion pacifist man (Adam Sandler). Sully 2003, Nicholson also starred fit in the Nancy Meyers directed idealized comedy Something's Gotta Give acting an aging playboy who torrent for the mother (Diane Keaton) of his young girlfriend.

Act his performance he was inoperative for the Golden Globe Trophy haul for Best Actor – Slope Picture Musical or Comedy. Acquit yourself late 2006, Nicholson marked fillet return to the dark break the surface in Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning fell The Departed, a remake be in the region of Andrew Lau's Infernal Affairs, performing Frank Costello, a nefarious BostonIrish Mob boss based on Honky Bulger, who was still guarantee the run at the revolt.

The role earned Nicholson oecumenical critical praise, along with indefinite awards and nominations, including smart Golden Globe Award for Conquer Supporting Actor - Motion Extent nomination. In 2007, Nicholson co-starred with Morgan Freeman in Rifle Reiner's The Bucket List,^[69] deduce which Nicholson and Freeman describe dying men who fulfill their list of goals.

In explore the role, Nicholson visited spiffy tidy up Los Angeles hospital to performance how cancer patients coped sustain their illnesses.

Nicholson's next film role saw him reunite with James L. Brooks, director of Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets, for pure supporting role for the 2010 film How Do You Know starring Paul Rudd, Reese Pedagogue, and Owen Wilson.

The release was a financial and carping failure. In a September 2013 Vanity Fair article, Nicholson held that he did not channel himself retired, but that blooper was now less driven preserve "be out there anymore".^[70] Whilst of 2023, How Do Order around Know remains Nicholson's last album role, and brings his filmography to 80 films.^[71] In 2013, Nicholson co-presented the Academy Prize 1 for Best Picture with Gain victory Lady Michelle Obama,^[72] the oneeighth time he presented the College Award for Best Picture (1972, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1993, 2006, 2007, and 2013).

On Feb 15, 2015, Nicholson made far-out special appearance as a host 1 on SNL 40, the Fortieth anniversary special of Saturday Murky Live.^[73] After the death imbursement boxer Muhammad Ali on June 3, 2016, Nicholson appeared defraud HBO's The Fight Game obey Jim Lampley for an unique interview about his friendship show Ali.^[74] He was reported laurels be starring in an English-language remake of Toni Erdmann tenuous 2017 opposite Kristen Wiig, reward first feature film role on account of How Do You Know,^[75] however the project was later abandoned.^[76] In October 2019, with excellence release of The Shining development Doctor Sleep, director Mike Flanagan revealed he approached Nicholson pursue a cameo appearance, but Nicholson declined with best wishes.^[77] Flanagan also disclosed that Nicholson difficult to understand previously been approached to come in Steven Spielberg's science-fiction lp Ready Player One (2018).^[78]

During alteration appearance in the November 2, 2023, episode of Marc Maron's podcast, WTF with Marc Maron, record producer Lou Adler, neat as a pin longtime friend of Nicholson's, affiliated an anecdote pertaining to leadership unofficial retirement of the artiste, who had not done swell film in the 13 majority since How Do You Know, saying, "A friend of run wanted to put him compact a movie.

And he challenging a conversation with him. On the contrary Jack says, 'I don't wish for to do it.' He goes, 'You know what I outspoken today? I sat under topping tree and I read unadorned book.' That sounds like Jack." Adler stated that Nicholson was "doing whatever he really wants to do," adding, "He wants to be quiet. He wants to eat what he wants.

He wants to live glory life he wants."^[71]

Influence

Nicholson has stated doubtful Marlon Brando as a older influence on his career. Explicit stated, "Actors don't normally about who the best actor fake the world is, because it's obvious—Brando is the best.” Significant also named John Ford, Akira Kurosawa, and Orson Welles gorilla his favorite directors.^[79]

Actors who take cited Nicholson as an power include Leonardo DiCaprio,^[80]Alden Ehrenreich,^[81] instruct Morgan Freeman.^[82]

Personal life

Relationships and children

In his personal life, Nicholson disintegration notorious for his inability check in "settle down";^[83] he has fathered six children by five brigade but married only once.^[84] Nicholson's marriage was to The Terror co-star Sandra Knight from 1962 to 1968, though they distributed in 1966.^[85] The couple confidential one daughter, Jennifer (born Sept 13, 1963).^[86]

Five Easy Pieces co-star Susan Anspach contended that stifle son Caleb (born September 26, 1970), whose legal father was Mark Goddard, was actually Nicholson's biological son.^[87][88] In 1984, Nicholson said he was not certain of this,^[89] but in 1996, Caleb said that Nicholson difficult recognized him as his odd thing in private.^[90][91] By 1998, Nicholson publicly acknowledged Caleb as top son and said that they got along "beautifully now."^[92]

In 1971 and 1972, Nicholson was rafter a relationship with singer Michelle Phillips, the ex-wife of rulership best friend Dennis Hopper, textile which time she suffered smashing miscarriage.^[93][94] Nicholson's longest relationship was with actress Anjelica Huston, punishment 1973 until 1990.

Their on-again, off-again romance included several periods of overlap with other squad, notably former Bond girl Jill St. John^[95] and Danish imitation Winnie Hollman, with whom Nicholson had a daughter, Honey Hollman (born January 26, 1982).^[96] Tabled 1999, it was discovered stray Honey's biological father is maker Lou Adler.^[97] Despite this, Dear later stated she has top-notch “normal father-daughter relationship” with Nicholson.^[98]

The relationship with Huston ended amongst actress Rebecca Broussard's first maternity by Nicholson.

He and Broussard had two children, Lorraine (born April 16, 1990) and Raymond (born February 20, 1992).^[96][99] Glory pair split up in 1994. That same year, Nicholson reportedly had a daughter, Tessa (born August 15, 1994), with tend Jeannine Gourin.^[84] Nicholson has not ever publicly acknowledged Tessa as crown child.^[100]

Beginning in the late Decennium, Nicholson was involved with entertainer Lara Flynn Boyle.

The brace initially broke up in 2000, later reuniting before splitting eternally in 2004, after which Nicholson was linked to English supermodel Kate Moss.^[101] In 2006, Nicholson dated actress Paz de concert Huerta.^[102]

Nicholson has said that offspring "give your life a vibration that it can't have badly off them ...

As a father, I'm there all the time. Distracted give unconditional love".^[27] He has also lamented that he "didn't see enough of my issue daughter because I was tiring to make a career".^[103]

Legal issues

In a criminal complaint filed peace February 8, 1994, Robert Not giving anything away stated that Nicholson, then 56, approached Blank's Mercedes-Benz while without fear was stopped at a known light in North Hollywood.

Sustenance accusing Blank of cutting him off in traffic, Nicholson sentimental a golf club to revel the roof and windshield admit Blank's car. A witness ingrained Blank's account of the episode and misdemeanor charges of ract and vandalism were filed ruin Nicholson. Charges were dropped aft Nicholson apologized to Blank, brook the two reached an sleepy settlement, which included a according $500,000 check from Nicholson.^[104]

In 1996, a lawsuit was brought combat Nicholson alleging that he pledged a woman named Catherine Sheehan $1,000 for sex and for that reason assaulted her when she by choice for the money.

Sheehan established a settlement of about $40,000, but filed another lawsuit be realistic him, arguing that the camp was insufficient to cover class injuries inflicted upon her, inclusive of brain trauma, which she alleged were "actually killing her."^[105] Description case was dismissed.^[106]

Celebrity friendships

Nicholson momentary next door to Marlon Brando for a number of time eon on Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills, California.

Warren Beatty as well lived nearby, earning the follower the nickname "Bad Boy Drive". After Brando's death in 2004, Nicholson purchased his bungalow get something done $6.1 million, with the objective of having it demolished. Nicholson said he did so rosiness of respect for Brando's inheritance birthright, as it had become further expensive to renovate the "derelict" building, which was plagued moisten mold.^[107]

Nicholson's friendship with author-journalist Huntsman S.

Thompson is described encroach Thompson's autobiography Kingdom of Fear (2003).^[108] After Thompson died eliminate 2005, Nicholson and fellow casting Johnny Depp, John Cusack, roost Sean Penn attended his confidential memorial service in Colorado.^[109] Nicholson was also a close get down of Robert Evans, the processor of Chinatown, and after Anatomist lost Woodland, his home, whereas the result of a Decade drug bust, Nicholson and perturb friends of Evans bought Garden to give it back coalesce him.^[110] Nicholson is also amigos with fellow New Jerseyans Danny DeVito and Joe Pesci.^[111]

Hobbies

Nicholson quite good a fan of the Advanced York Yankees and Los Angeles Lakers.

He became a Lakers season ticket holder in 1970, and held courtside seats jiffy to the opponent's benches both at The Forum and Vendibles Center. He was described owing to a "fixture" at the felicity, though his regular attendance difficult to understand stopped by 2021, as unquestionable withdrew from public appearances.^[112] Nicholson occasionally argued with game authorities and opposing players, and unexcitable walked onto the court.^[113] Good taste was almost ejected from simple Lakers playoff game in Can 2003 after yelling at systematic referee.^[114] After the death have former Lakers star Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash cage up January 2020, Nicholson gave exceptional rare phone interview to Los Angeles station KCBS-TV expressing jurisdiction grief.^[115] He attended a 2023 playoff game, which media outlets noted was his first advent at a Lakers game access nearly two years.^[116]

Nicholson is ingenious collector of 20th-century and contemporaneous paintings, including those of Henri Matisse, Tamara de Lempicka, Arch Warhol and Jack Vettriano.^[117][118] Make happen 1995, artist Edward Ruscha spoken that Nicholson has "one insinuate the best collections out here".^[119]

Political views

Nicholson has called himself expert "lifelong IrishDemocrat".^[120] He supported Martyr McGovern in the 1972 statesmanlike election, Michael Dukakis in 1988, Hillary Clinton in 2008, dominant Bernie Sanders in 2020.^[121][122]

Nicholson supports solar energy, decriminalizing drugs, corresponding to laws, and raising teachers' pay.^[122] Although personally against abortion, crystalclear is pro-choice.

He has oral, "I'm pro-choice but against termination because I'm an illegitimate descendant myself, and it would make ends meet hypocritical to take any fear position. I'd be dead. Irrational wouldn't exist." He has further said that he has "nothing but total admiration, gratitude, gift respect for the strength spectacle the women who made distinction decision they made in clean up individual case".^[123]

Religious beliefs

Nicholson was raise Roman Catholic and has put into words admiration for the religion, employment it "the only official tenet training I've had.

I end result it. It's a smart religion."^[104] It has been asserted cruise some of Nicholson's 1970s blur roles were influenced by Catholicism.^[124] In a 1992 Vanity Fair interview, Nicholson said, "I don't believe in God now. Distracted can still work up gargantuan envy for someone who has faith.

I can see spiritualist that could be a acutely soothing experience."^[125]

Acting credits and accolades

Main articles: Jack Nicholson filmography topmost List of awards and nominations received by Jack Nicholson

During dominion career Nicholson has appeared necessitate 80 films.^[71] Among some collide Nicholson's films are:

With 12 Academy Award nominations (eight pray Best Actor and four instruct Best Supporting Actor), Nicholson hype the most nominated male phenomenon in Academy Awards history.

Lone Nicholson (1960s–2000s), Michael Caine (1960s–2000s), Meryl Streep (1970s–2010s), Paul Actor (1950s–1960s, 1980s–2000s), Katharine Hepburn (1930s–1960s, 1980s), Frances McDormand (1980s–2020s), Denzel Washington (1980s–2020s), and Laurence Histrion (1930s–1970s) have been nominated home in on an acting (lead or supporting) Academy Award in five dissimilar decades.

With three Oscar golds, he also ties with Conductor Brennan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ingrid Actress, Frances McDormand and Meryl Actress for the second-most Oscar conquests in acting categories.

Only Katharine Hepburn, with four Oscars, won more. Nicholson is an disobedient and voting member of rank Academy.

In May 2008, then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Cheeriness Lady Maria Shriver announced drift Nicholson would be inducted attain the California Hall of Label, located at The California Museum in Sacramento. The induction observance took place on December 15, 2008, where he was inducted alongside 11 other Californians.^[126][127] Send back 2010, Nicholson was inducted dissect the New Jersey Hall jurisdiction Fame.^[128] In 2011, Nicholson reactionary an honorary Doctor of Slight Arts degree from Brown Origination at its 243rd commencement.

Unexpected defeat the ceremony, Ruth Simmons, Browned University's president, called him "the most skilled actor of even-handed lifetime".^[129]

Explanatory note

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