Actor Jack Nicholson full name was John Joseph Nicholson. He was an American actor and filmmaker. He broadly considered as one of the best actors of all time. He acted in many films and rebels against the social structure. He has received numerous accolades throughout his career that spanned over 5 decades, including 3 Academy Awards.
Jack Nicholson was born on April 22, 1937 in Neptune City, New Jersey State, in the country of USA. His mother, June Frances Nicholson was born in 1918 and a showgirl with the stage name June Nilson. She was of German, Irish, Welsh, and English descent. She died in the year of 1963.
Jack Nicholson’s mother was married to an Italian-American showman named Donald Furcillo, whose stage name was Donald Rose.
There are suggestions that June Nicholson’s manager may have been Nicholson’s biological father rather than Furcillo. Other sources suggest that June Nicholson was unsure of the father’s identity.
Jack Nicholson mother and grandmother had died, in 1963 and 1970 respectively. Nicholson grew up in Neptune City and was raised in mother’s Roman Catholic Church. He moved to an apartment in Spring Lake, New Jersey before joining high school.
Actor Jack Nicholson was well known to his high school friends as Nick. He attended nearby Manasquan High School. He was in detention every day throughout his whole school year.
In the year 1957, Nicholson joined the California Air National Guard. The Military Selective Service Act was still in force at the time. Draftees were required to perform up to 2 years of active duty. It has been characterized as an effort to dodge the draft for the Korean War.
After completing basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Jack Nicholson performed weekend drills. Nicholson also performed 2 weeks of annual training as a firefighter. After that, he was assigned to a unit based at Van Nuys Airport.
Jack Nicholson was called up for several months of extended active duty during the Berlin Crisis in 1961. He was discharged at the end of his enlistment in the year of 1962.
Jack Nicholson fathered 6 children with 5 women. He was notorious for his inability to settle down, although he was only married once.
Jack Nicholson married “The Terror” movie co-star Sandra Knight. They married in the year of 1962 and divorced in the year of 1968. They had one daughter, Jennifer. She was born on 13th September in the year of 1963.
In the year of 1998, Jack Nicholson publicly announced that “Caleb James Goddard” was his son.
Jack Nicholson had good relationship with singer Michelle Phillips in 1971 and 1972. She was the ex-wife of his best friend Dennis Hopper.
Jack Nicholson’s longest relationship with actress “Anjelica Huston” from 1973 to 1990 (17 years). While in this relationship, he also relationship with other women’s, including former Bond girl Jill St. John and Danish model Winnie Hollman.
Jack Nicholson daughter Honey Hollman was born on January 26, 1982.
In 2006, Jack Nicholson dated actress “Paz de la Huerta”.
Nicholson said that “Children give your life a resonance that it can’t have without them” and that as a father “I’m there all the time.”
Jack Nicholson once upon a time has also expressed regret for trying to make his career a priority. Nicholson’s movies include Chinatown in 1974, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1975, The Shining in 1980, and The Departed in 2006.
Jack Nicholson has also directed 3 films including The Two Jakes in 1990, a sequel to Chinatown.
Jack Nicholson has received 12 Academy Award nominations. The most nominated male actor in Academy history. 2 times he has won the Academy Awards for the Best Actor for “As Good as It Gets” in the year of 1997.
Jack Nicholson also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for “Terms of Endearment” in 1983. Nicholson is one of only 3 male actors to be nominated for the Academy Award for acting in films released in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s.
Jack Nicholson has won 6 Golden Globe Awards and also received the “Kennedy Center Honor” in 2001.
In 1994, Jack Nicholson became one of the youngest actors to receive the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award.
