Short Biography

John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937), known as Jack Nicholson, is a three time Academy Award winning American actor internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters.

Jack Nicholson has been nominated for an Academy Award 12 times and has won three times (twice for Best Actor and once as Best Supporting Actor). He is tied with Walter Brennan for most acting wins by a male actor (three), and second to Katharine Hepburn for most acting wins overall (four). He is also one of only two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting (either lead or supporting) in every decade since the 1960s; the other is Michael Caine. He has won seven Golden Globe Awards, and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In 1994, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institute`s Life Achievement Award. He is best known for his films Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest, Stanley Kubrick`s The Shining, As Good as It Gets, Tim Burton`s Batman, and Martin Scorsese`s The Departed.

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Friends and Family

Donna Furcillo Rose [Sister]

Pamela Hawley Liddicoat [Sister]

Lorraine Nicholson [Sister] ((Nicholson`s aunt who posed as his sister))

Ethel May Nicholson [Mother] ((beautician, Nicholson`s grandmother who posed as his mother))

John Joseph Nicholson [Father] ((signmaker, Nicholson`s grandfather who posed as his father))

June Frances Nicholson [Mother] (("June Nilson", dancer, Nicholson`s biological mother who posed as his sister))

Donald Furcillo [Father] (("Donald Rose", beauty parlor operator, Nicholson`s biological father))

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