140+ Unknown Facts about ['Jack Nicholson' 3 Oscar winner in movies ] with the net worth of $400 million from his life journey

140+ Unknown Facts about ['Jack Nicholson' 3 Oscar winner in movies ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and " As Good as it Gets"] with the net worth of  $400 million from his life journey

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 JACK NICHOLSON 

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Name	John Joseph Nicolson
Name of Profession	Actor
Birth Place	Neptune City, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth	22 April, 1937
Education	The Centre for Early Education  Manasquan High School Actors Studio
Net Worth	$ 400 million
Movies	1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 2. China town (1974) 3. A Few Good Men (1992) 4. The Last Detail (1973) 5. Five Easy Pieces (1970) 6. The Shining (1980) 7. Terms of Endearment (1983) 8. As Good as it Gets (1997) 9. Batman (1989) 10. Easy Rider (1969)
Height	1.77m
Awards	1. Academy Awards, U.S.A (Oscar), Best Actor in Lead Role (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and  As Good as it Gets ) 2.  Academy Awards, U.S.A (Oscar), Best Actor in Supporting Role ( Terms of Endearment ) 3. BAFTA  Film Awards, Best Actor ( One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, China town, and The Last Detail ) 4.  BAFTA  Film Awards, Best Support Actor (Reds (1981)) 5. 20/20 Felix Awards, Best Actor ( As Good as it Gets) 6. AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, Best Buddy Picture (The Bucket List) 7.  AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, Best Grownups Love Story (Somethings Gotta Give) 8.  AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, Best Actor (About Schmidt) 9. Academy of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Films, U.S.A., Best Actor (The Witches of Eastwick) 10. American Comedy Awards (USA), Funniest Actor in Lead Role (As Good as it Gets)
Nationality	American

JACK NICHOLSON'S FAMILY

Spouse	Sandra Knight (1962-1968)
Parents	Donald Furcillo June Frances Nicholson
Children	Ray Nicholson Lorraine Nicholson Jennifer Nicholson Honey Hollman Caleb James Goddard
Relatives	Ethel May Nicholson (Grand Mother) John Joseph Nicholson (Grand Father)

1. Ranked #6 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]

2. Recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. [1994]

3. Used to be an office worker for William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at MGM's cartoon department. They actually offered him a job as an animator at the studio but he declined in order to focus on his acting career.

4. He was the 2001 John F. Kennedy Center Honors recipient.

5. Dedicated his Oscar for As Good as It Gets (1997) to J.T. Walsh, his co-star in A Few Good Men (1992) who had died shortly before the Academy Awards in 1998.

6. In 1994, in an apparent bout of rage, he smashed a man's car window in with a golf club. He expressed remorse for the incident in an interview with US magazine.

7. Loves jokes at his expense so much that he showed up at every Academy Awards hosted by Billy Crystal, who in turn would incorporate Nicholson somehow in the telecast.

8. Lives on famed "Bad Boy Drive" a.k.a. Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills, California. It's nicknamed so because its residents have included former Hollywood bad boys Warren Beatty, and the late Marlon Brando.

9. Is an avid fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and is often seated next to his good friend Lou Adler. He rarely misses a Lakers home game. Contrary to popular belief, Nicholson never had production companies schedule the filming of a movie he was in to accommodate his attendance at sporting events. Nicholson is also a life-long fan of the New York Yankees.

10. He was asked to play the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972). He turned it down, suggesting that an actual Italian should play the part. He was also considered for Tom Hagen.

11. The Best Lady at his wedding to Sandra Knight was Millie Perkins. The Best Man was Harry Dean Stanton. After their divorce, Nicholson lived, for a time, at Harry Dean Stanton's place.

12. Long refused to do any televised interviews except for press conferences. But in recent years, he has occasionally agreed to speak briefly when approached by reporters. He has not appeared on a talk show since 1971.

13. Flew to Cuba and met with Fidel Castro in June 1998. While there, he also met with leaders of the Cuban film industry, enjoyed local restaurants, jazz clubs and visited a famous cigar factory. He left greatly impressed with the country and its Communist dictator, who he described as "a genius", though the luxuries he was treated to on the island are off-limits to most Cuban citizens.

14. Each one of the films for which he has won an Oscar has also won Best Actress in a Leading Role (Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment (1983); Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (1997)).

15. Has a second home in Aspen, Colorado.

16. Graduated from Manasquan High School in Manasquan, New Jersey, where he was voted "Class Clown" by the Class of 1954.

17. Boyhood friends with Danny DeVito. Nicholson's relatives and DeVito's relatives managed a hair salon together.

18. Presented the Best Picture Oscar eight times (1972, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1993, 2006, 2007 and 2013), more than any other actor or actress. Though he was a relative newcomer and lacked the status typically associated with Best Picture presenters, the then-two-time nominee took on the assignment in 1972 when many better-known celebrities balked at the job, worried that they would be tainted if Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971) won the top gong and they were seen by the public as linked to the controversial picture. Nicholson, who early on declared publicly that he loved the Oscar (when the sentiment was not chic), happily obliged. In addition to presenting the Best Actress trophy in 1999, he also presented the Thalberg Award to Warren Beatty in 2000 and an honorary award to Michelangelo Antonioni in 1995.

19. Batman creator Bob Kane personally recommended him for the role of the Joker in Batman (1989).

20. His mother, June Frances (Nicholson), had Irish, and smaller amounts of English, Scottish, Welsh, and Pennsylvania Dutch (German), ancestry. Jack never knew his biological father, and was raised by his maternal grandparents. He was led to believe that June was his older sister and his grandparents were his parents. It was not until 1974, when a Time magazine reporter researched his life, that he learned the truth. An Italian immigrant named Donald Furcillo, who was married briefly to June, may have been Jack's biological father. It is also possible that Jack's biological father was Edgar A. Kirschfeld, a Latvian-born entertainer (known as "Eddie King"). Nicholson has chosen not to investigate further.

21. Turned down the role of Johnny Hooker in The Sting (1973) to play Billy "Bad Ass" Buddusky in The Last Detail (1973), which was written by his close friend Robert Towne, as he did not want to appear in a purely commercial picture just then. Robert Redford eventually played the role. Both Nicholson and Redford were nominated for Best Actor of 1973 at the Academy Awards, losing to Jack Lemmon for Save the Tiger (1973).

22. Turned down the lead role of Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), even though he knew the movie would be a success as he felt that the special effects would overwhelm any actor in the movie.

23. Has been nominated for an acting Oscar in five different decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s).

24. Attended his 50th high school reunion at Manasquan High School in Manasquan, New Jersey. Needless to say, his classmates were surprised and delighted that he attended. [2004]

25. Is one of only two actors to receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar after winning a Best Actor Oscar (The other is Gene Hackman).

26. The character Shipwreck in G.I. Joe (1985) was partly based on him (and partly based on Popeye the Sailor Man).

27. Claims his personal favorite performances are his works in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Batman (1989), Hoffa (1992) and As Good as It Gets (1997).

28. With his seventh Best Actor nomination for As Good as It Gets (1997) , he surpassed Laurence Olivier as the most nominated actor ever with 11 total nominations (Nicholson had four Best Supporting Actor nominations in 1970, 1982, 1984 and 1991; Olivier had nine Best Actor (tied for the most in that category with Spencer Tracy) and one Best Supporting Actor nominations. Nicholson extended the lead with his eight Best Actor nod for About Schmidt (2002), which tied him with Paul Newman for second place in Best Actor nominations. (Newman also has one Supporting Actor nomination).

29. A 12-time acting nominee (eight times as Best Actor, four times as Best Supporting Actor), he ties Katharine Hepburn's 12 nominations (all in the Best Actress category) and only Meryl Streep with 14 (10 in the Best Actress category) has more acting nominations. (Bette Davis was nominated 10 times for an Academy Award, all of them Best Actress nominations).

30. After presenting the Best Picture Oscar at The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006) to Crash (2004), he told the press he was surprised as he thought Brokeback Mountain (2005) would win. Nicholson then told the press that he himself had voted for Brokeback Mountain (2005).

31. His performance as Billy "Bad Ass" Buddusky in The Last Detail (1973) is ranked #12 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

32. His performance as Randle Patrick McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) is ranked #47 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

33. The song "Santa Baby" in the film, Party Monster (1998) was recorded as a gift for the actor by the actress and recording artist, Cynthia Basinet, as were many other songs, including "Haunted Heart" and "Someone to Watch Over Me". She was later nominated for a shared Nobel in 2005.

34. Was in attendance at Chris Penn's funeral at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

35. Along with Marlon Brando, Nicholson eagerly sought the role of Dr. Martin Dysart in Sidney Lumet's film adaptation of Sir Peter Shaffer's play Equus (1977). The role went instead to Richard Burton, who received his seventh and final Oscar nomination for his performance.

36. His performance as Jack Torrance in The Shining (1980) is ranked #82 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

37. His performance as Jake "J.J." Gittes in Chinatown (1974) is ranked #37 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

38. His performance as Randle Patrick McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) is ranked #14 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

39. He turned down the title role of Bob Guccione's infamous epic Caligula (1979), which eventually went to Malcolm McDowell.

40. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) is ranked #17 on the American Film Institute's 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time.

41. He turned down the role of Richard Nixon in Nixon (1995), which went to Sir Anthony Hopkins.

42. He turned down the role of Willie T. Soke in the black comedy Bad Santa (2003) in order to star in About Schmidt (2002). The role went to Billy Bob Thornton.

43. His performance as Jack Torrance in The Shining (1980) is ranked #25 on the American Film Institute's 100 Heroes & Villains.

44. His performance as The Joker in Batman (1989) is ranked #45 on the American Film Institute's 100 Heroes & Villains.

45. Premiere magazine ranked him #16 on a list of The Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature (2005).

46. He was considered for the role of Allie Fox in The Mosquito Coast (1986), which went to Harrison Ford instead.

47. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 4, 1996.

48. Demolished his neighbor Marlon Brando's bungalow, which he bought for £3.4 million following the actor's death in 2004.

49. On September 11, 2006, he checked himself into Cedars Sinai Hospital with a salivary gland infection.

50. He was offered the role of Seymour "Sy" Parrish in One Hour Photo (2002), which he turned down. The role was given to Robin Williams instead.

51. With his win for As Good as It Gets (1997) in 1998, he became the first actor in 20 years to win both a Best Actor Golden Globe - Comedy and an Oscar for the same role.

52. He had to stop promoting The Departed (2006) due to neck injury.

53. His mother June Frances Nicholson passed away from cancer on July 31, 1963.

54. As he is a huge fan of professional wrestling, his all time favorites are Harley Race, Ric Flair and John Cena.

55. Between 1970 (when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Easy Rider (1969)) and 2003 (when he copped a Best Actor nod for About Schmidt (2002), the longest he has ever gone between Oscar nominations was six years, between One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Reds (1981).

56. He was considered for Jon Voight's role in Coming Home (1978).

57. He was considered for Jason Miller's role in The Exorcist (1973). He was also offered Richard Burton's role in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977).

58. Most of Nicholson's performance in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) ended up on the cutting room floor, including a musical number sung by him.

59. He was considered for Harrison Ford's roles in Star Wars (1977), Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Blade Runner (1982) and The Mosquito Coast (1986). He was also offered the lead role in Witness (1985). While he liked the script, there wasn't a director he liked attached at that point, so he passed on it.

60. He was considered for Sir Anthony Hopkins's roles in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and The Road to Wellville (1994).

61. He was considered for Dustin Hoffman's role in Sam Peckinpah's controversial film Straw Dogs (1971).

62. Along with Clint Eastwood, Nicholson turned down George Clooney's role in Three Kings (1999).

63. He turned down Gene Hackman's role in Hoosiers (1986).

64. He was considered for John Malkovich's role in In the Line of Fire (1993).

65. He turned down James Caan's role in Misery (1990), as he was weary about doing another Stephen King adaptation after The Shining (1980).

66. He was considered for Mickey Rourke's role in Angel Heart (1987).

67. He is tied with Walter Brennan and Daniel Day-Lewis for the most Oscar wins by any male actor.

68. Has appeared in Batman (1989) opposite Pat Hingle. Hingle appeared in The Shining (1997), a remake of The Shining (1980), in which Nicholson appeared.

69. He was the first choice to play Tank Sullivan in Space Cowboys (2000), which went to James Garner.

70. Wants to one day induct Ric Flair into the WWE Hall of Fame.

71. Once said in an interview that if he can get Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr. and Johnny Depp to be a part of it, he will start his own wrestling promotion.

72. Was originally signed to play Daddy Warbucks in John Huston's musical comedy Annie (1982), but dropped out after the original producer departed the project. The role ultimately went to Albert Finney.

73. Shaved his head for The Bucket List (2007).

74. William Friedkin tried to get Nicholson star in Sorcerer (1977), but Nicholson didn't want travel anywhere in that time.

75. Good friends with Serbian NBA superstar Vlade Divac.

76. Once described The Joker as a psychotic version of Bugs Bunny.

77. Rolling Stone magazine nicknamed him "The Great Seducer".

78. He graduated from Manasquan High School in New Jersey and headed for California, where he went onto work in the MGM cartoon department and mail room. [June 1954]

79. Good friends with WWE Hall of Famer George 'The Animal' Steele.

80. Has owned a Mercedes-Benz 600 for 30 years which he considers the best touring car of all time. [2008]

81. Is a lifelong devotee of Bob Dylan and Louis Armstrong.

82. Publicly endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton as his choice for Democratic candidate in the 2008 presidential election, joking that she is "the best man for the job".

83. His Mulholland Drive home once shared a driveway with his The Missouri Breaks (1976) co-star Marlon Brando's home.

84. The last two Oscar-winning films in which Nicholson appeared have both featured songs by Van Morrison ("Day Like This" in As Good as It Gets (1997) and a cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" in The Departed (2006)).

85. His famous trademark sunglasses have prescription lenses, since he is very short-sighted.

86. With the release of Joker (2019), Nicholson, Joaquin Phoenix, and Jared Leto will be the three actors still living to have played "The Joker" in a (non fan-made) live action Batman production (Cesar Romero died in 1994; Heath Ledger died in 2008).

87. He was nominated for the 2008 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services to Arts and Entertainment.

88. While accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1999 Golden Globes, he noted that his first day of work as a film actor was May 5, 1955, which he took as a good omen as "5" was the jersey number of his boyhood idol, Joe DiMaggio. He attended DiMaggio's memorial service four months later.

89. Actor with the most awards from the New York Film Critics: Easy Rider (1969), Chinatown (1974) and The Last Detail (1973), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983), Prizzi's Honor (1985) and The Witches of Eastwick (1987)/Ironweed (1987)/Broadcast News (1987).

90. At about 5' 9", he was the originally the shortest actor to have played the Joker in a (non fan-made) live-action Batman production. Until Joaquin Phoenix broke his record who is 5' 8". Cesar Romero stood 6' 3", Heath Ledger, was 6' 1", Jared Leto was 5' 11".

91. As of 2009, he has an estimated fortune of nearly $240 million.

92. On August 29, 2009, he attended the Catholic funeral mass of Senator Ted Kennedy at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston.

93. Is the only actor to receive two Best Lead Actor Oscars for films that also won Best Lead Actress: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) with Louise Fletcher and As Good as It Gets (1997) with Helen Hunt.

94. He was inducted into the 2010 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services and contributions to Arts and Entetainment.

95. Lives in Beverly Hills, Malibu, Los Angeles, California, Aspen, Colorado and Kailua, Hawaii.

96. On May 30, 2010, he waved the green flag that officially started the Indianapolis 500 automobile race.

97. Has appeared on the cover of GQ magazine three times: March 1981, January 1990 and January 1996.

98. His art collection includes Matisse, Warhol, Tamara de Lempicka and Picasso; the collection is estimated to be worth over $100 million. [2011]

99. Is one of only five actors to receive two Oscars for films that also won Best Picture (the others are Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman and Mahershala Ali). While these are Brando, Hoffman, Hackman and Ali's only acting Oscars, Nicholson has also won an acting Oscar in a film that did not win Best Picture.

100. As of 2013, he's one of the six actors to receive three acting Oscars, the others being: Walter Brennan, Ingrid Bergman, Katharine Hepburn (who has four), Meryl Streep and Daniel Day-Lewis.

101. After his first screen test, Louis B. Mayer said to him: "I don't know what we can use you for but if we ever do need you, we'll need you real bad.".

102. Became a father for the first time at age 26 when his [now ex] wife Sandra Knight gave birth to their daughter Jennifer Nicholson on September 13, 1963.

103. Became a father for the second time at age 33 when his [now ex] girlfriend Susan Anspach gave birth to their son Caleb Goddard in 1970. following a liaison while filming Five Easy Pieces . Nicholson has never had contact with Goddard or accepted paternity.

104. Became a father for the third time at age 44 when his [now ex] lover Winnie Hollman gave birth to their daughter Honey Hollman on January 26, 1982. Nicholson was in a relationship with Anjelica Huston when he conceived Hollman.

105. Became a father for the fourth time at 52 when his [now ex] girlfriend Rebecca Broussard gave birth to their daughter Lorraine Nicholson on April 16, 1990. Nicholson was in a relationship with Anjelica Huston when Lorraine was conceived.

106. Became a father for the fifth time at age 54 when his [now ex] girlfriend Rebecca Broussard gave birth to their son Ray Nicholson on February 20, 1992.

107. Jack has five known grandchildren: Sean (b. 1996) and Duke Norfleet (b. 1999), via daughter Jennifer Nicholson; Walter (b. 2011), Daisy (b. 2012) and Hank (b. 2017) via daughter Honey Hollman.

108. Is the only actor to ever play the Devil, the Joker, and a werewolf.

109. As of 2014, has appeared in ten films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Five Easy Pieces (1970), Chinatown (1974), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Reds (1981), Terms of Endearment (1983), Prizzi's Honor (1985), Broadcast News (1987), A Few Good Men (1992), As Good as It Gets (1997) and The Departed (2006). Of those, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983) and The Departed (2006) are winners in the category. Broadcast News and The Departed are the only two of these films in which he did not give an Oscar-nominated performance. His eight Oscar nominated performances in Best Picture nominated films is a record.

110. In the movie The Last Detail (1973), Nicholson's character says "Marines are really assholes, you know that? It takes a certain kind of a sadistic temperament to be a Marine." Later in his career in the movie A Few Good Men (1992), he played Marine Colonel Nathan Jessup.

111. Two of his three Oscar-winning performances were directed by James L. Brooks. This makes him one of four actors to win two Oscars under the same person's direction. The other three are: Walter Brennan for Come and Get It (1936) and The Westerner (1940) (both directed by William Wyler), Dianne Wiest for Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994) (both directed by Woody Allen) and Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012) (both directed by Quentin Tarantino).

112. Was interested in playing The Father in A Christmas Story (1983) but the budget could not meet his high salary demands.

113. He was considered for Dustin Hoffman's role in The Graduate (1967). He recalled, "They considered every actor I was eating lunch with".

114. Prior to playing The Joker, he was considered for the role of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978). The role ultimately went to Gene Hackman.

115. In 1977, he attended the murder trial of Claudine Longet in Aspen, Colorado. The courthouse he sat in (the Pitkin County Courthouse) is the very same courtroom where infamous serial killer Ted Bundy was brought into to stand trial for murder several months later.

116. Has twice been interviewed in Playboy magazine. His second interview is printed in the 50th anniversary issue.

117. He was considered for Kevin Costner's roles in The Untouchables (1987) and JFK (1991).

118. He was considered for the role of Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), which went to Bob Hoskins.

119. He was offered the role of Gunnery Sgt. Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), which he turned down. The role was instead given to Louis Gossett Jr. who went onto receive an Oscar for his performance.

120. He turned down Dennis Hopper's role in Rumble Fish (1983), because he didn't like the script. He was also considered for Hopper's roles in Speed (1994) and Waterworld (1995).

121. Is an accomplished and well payed "ghost writer" for the movie industry.

122. Has worked with 10 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Vincente Minnelli, Mike Nichols, Roman Polanski, Milos Forman, Elia Kazan, Warren Beatty, Tony Richardson, James L. Brooks, John Huston and Martin Scorsese.

123. Biographer Patrick McGilligan stated in his book "Jack's Life" that Latvian-born Eddie King (originally Edgar A. Kirschfeld) may have been Jack's biological father.

124. He was considered for the role of Hades in Disney's Hercules (1997), and even recorded the dialogue for the film. The role was played by James Woods instead.

125. Rumors among fans of his supposed memory loss was the cause of his long absence from projects but the rumors ended when he gave an interview with The Sun.

126. The National Wrestling Alliance made him a custom NWA world title belt as a birthday present due to his love and support for wrestling and the NWA itself.

127. As of 2018, has been a co-star to five Oscar winning acting performances: Louise Fletcher for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Maureen Stapleton for Reds (1981); Shirley MacLaine for Terms of Endearment (1983); Anjelica Huston for Prizzi's Honor (1985); and Helen Hunt for As Good as It Gets (1997). 

128. Has the largest gap between first and second Best Lead Actor Oscars, which is 22 years between One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and As Good as It Gets (1997).

129. He was considered for Michael Douglas' roles in Romancing the Stone (1984), Fatal Attraction (1987), Basic Instinct (1992) and Falling Down (1993). He was also offered the role of Gordon Gecko in Wall Street (1987), but he was committed to Ironweed (1987).

130. A lifelong friend of Harry Dean Stantn (both having first co-starred in Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)) Jack has reportedly inserted Harry's name/initials "HDS" somewhere in a number of his films from the 1970s.

131. His grandparents, who he thought were his parents, were Ethel May and John J. Nicholson.

132. His first job was as mail clerk in the Hanna - Barbera cartoon division of M.G.M.

133. He failed a screen test with Joe Pasternak, took acting lessons, got an agent and took acting classes with Jeff Corey and Martin Landau.

134. He joined the Players Ring Theatre in L.A. where he played small parts then with friends he founded The Store Theatre which lasted one production. He never returned to the stage since becoming a name.

135. His mother, June, had been a minor performer singing and dancing on stage, before marrying Murray Hawley, a test pilot, and having 2 children before divorcing then moving to Los Angeles in 1953.

136. He was educated at Manasquan High School in Spring Lake, New Jersey where he acted in school plays without any distinction but tried hard at sport. After graduating he visited his mother in Los Angeles and decided to settle there.

137. Orson Welles wrote the screenplay for The Big Brass Ring (1999) and wanted Jack to star. Although they admired one another Jack wouldn't lower his asking price and Orson, in his usual impecunious state, couldn't afford him.

138. He was considered for Woody Allen's roles in Deconstructing Harry (1997) and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001).

139. Even before Stanley Kubrick cast him in The Shining (1980), Nicholson was Kubrick's ultimate choice for the lead role in his unrealized epic on the life of Napoléon Bonaparte.

140. He has appeared in six films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), Chinatown (1974), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), The Shining (1980) and Broadcast News (1987).

141. In 2020, as a huge Lakers fan paid tribute to Kobe Bryant.

142. His role in Terms of Endearment (1983) was originally offered to Burt Reynolds.

143. His early ambition was to be a screenwriter, but acting success overshadowed his writing. He and director Monte Hellman wrote the script "Epitaph" reputedly partly based on Jack's relationship with his then-wife, Sandra Knight and dealt with abortion, which at the time was a no-no. Roger Corman turned it down.

144. Has a daughter born in 1994 named Tessa Gourin, from his liaison with Prudential Douglas Elliman broker Jennine Marie Gourin, who was a 20-year-old waitress when she and Nicholson conceived Tessa.

145. Born at 11:00 AM (EST).

146. Known as a ladies' man in Hollywood, having been linked to many actresses, singers, models and socialites. Exes include Michelle Phillips (who miscarried Nicholson's baby in 1972), Jill St. John, Bebe Buell, Janice Dickinson, Rachel Ward, Candice Bergen, Christina Onassis, Marie Helvin, Joni Mitchell, Margaret Trudeau, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Melanie Griffith, Kelly LeBrock, Amanda De Cadenet, Kate Moss, Angie Everhart, Lara Flynn Boyle, Julie Delpy and Paz de la Huerta.

147. Was the first choice for the role of Sidney Lipkin in Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989).

148. Mentioned in Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown (1990).