Jack Nicholson - Biography

Birth name: John Joseph Nicholson
Nickname: Mulholland Man
Born: 22 April 1937
Born at: New York, New York, USA
Height: 5' 11"
Sign: Taurus
Nationality: American
Profession: Actor, Director, Writer

Jack Nicholson was was born on April 22, 1937 in St. Vincent's Hospital, New York, USA. He was born as John Joseph Nicholson but his nickname is Mulholland Man. His father, June Frances Nicholson is an Italian-American showman and his mother, June Frances Nicholson is a dancer. He was completed his graduation from Manasquan High School, Manasquan, New Jersey.

From childhood, he was living with his grand father, John Nicholson and grand mother, Ethel May Nicholson. And because of this, he had always thought of his grandmother as his mother and his real mother as his sister. But after the death of his mother and his grandmother, he was informed that his sister was in fact his mother.

Jack Nicholson married with actress Sandra Knight on June 17, 1962 and divorced on August 8, 1968. He is having five children from four different mothers. Jennifer Nicholson with Andra Knight, Caleb with Susan Anspach, Honey Hollman with Winnie Hollman and Lorraine and Raymond with Rebecca Broussard. He is having a grand son, Sean who was born on February 20, 1996.

Jack Nicholson is a highly successful, iconic American method actor. He is well known for the characters like portraying antagonistic, neurotic, cynical and aggressive. Jack Nicholson started his career as a actor, writer, and producer. He is a fan of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers.

Nicholson is a great fan of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. In 1958, His first movie "The Cry Baby Killer" was released. In this film, he played a role as Jimmy Wallace. After this he is continuing with the movies like "The Wild Ride", "Too Soon to Love", "Easy Rider", "Five Easy Pieces", "About Schmidt", "The Departed", etc.

In 1994, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. In October 1997, he ranked #6 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. Jack Nicholson has been nominated twelve times for an Academy Award and he won three of them.