He was voted “class clown”, is the son of a variety dancer and is the most nominated actor for an Oscar

Twelve Oscar nominations make him the most nominated actor of all time. Sofia24.bg will tell you about Jack Nicholson, who turns 87 today. To date, he is happily retired, but is known to the general public as one of the most popular actors of all time. He is also a director, producer and writer. Throughout his career, Jack Nicholson took on unique and challenging roles, many of which involved dark portrayals of a neurotic and/or psychopath.

One of the roles we most associate Jack Nicholson with is The Joker. For her, he was chosen by Bob Kane. In 1989, in the film directed by Tim Burton, Jack Nicholson played the Joker opposite Michael Keaton, who was Batman.

Nicholson won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and For So Much. He also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1983 for Words of Love Nicholson is well known for incarnations of the role of the “bad guy” – as Frank Costello in “The Other Side”, Jack Torrance in “The Shining” and the Joker in “Batman” in 1989.

He is one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award in every decade from 1960 to 2000, the other being Michael Caine. He has won six Golden Globe Awards and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In 1994 He became one of the youngest participants to be awarded an American Film Institute award.

Nicholson was born in New Jersey. He is the son of variety dancer June Frances Nicholson. He attended Manasquan High School, where he was voted “class clown” of the class of 1954. When Nicholson first set foot in Hollywood, he worked for animation legends William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Seeing his talent as an artist, they offered Nicholson to work as an animator, but he refuses because he wants to be an actor.

Jack made his film debut in 1958 in the series The Cry Baby Killer, playing the title role. In 1969, he starred in the movie “Easy Rider”, and then his career took off. The role was written specifically for the actor Rip Thorne, but he did not get along with the director Dennis Hopper. So Jack got into the movie thanks to a lot of luck, and later admits that this production was very important to his career. When he became rich and famous, he lived on the most scandalous street in Hollywood. In 2017, Nicholson – a three-time winner of the award ” Oscar,” retired after a 60-year career in cinema.

He was married once. The lady’s name is Sandra Knight, and the two were married from 1962 to 1968. They have a daughter named Jennifer Nicholson. Jennifer is currently a designer. Her son Duke wants to become a famous actor like his grandfather Jack. Duke made his debut in the thriller We. Jack Nicholson has never hidden that the love of his life is actress Anjelica Huston.

A curious fact is that Jack Nicholson did not know his father. When he is 37 years old, he realizes that his sister is actually his real mother. The truth is that she gave birth to him when she was 17, and her mother (Jack’s grandmother) decided to take care of the child and raise him as her own son. In 1974 Time magazine made this revelation. By then his mother and grandmother had already passed away. Nicholson was an avid art collector and his personal collection included original works by Picasso, Botero, Rodin and Andy Warhol.