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ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
AMCSun, Jul 5, 7:00 AMWolfBuy
FMCSun, Jul 5, 8:00 AMBack Door to HellBuy
AMCMon, Jul 6, 1:00 AMWolfBuy
FXThu, Jul 9, 10:00 AMA Few Good MenBuy
FMCMon, Jul 13, 10:00 AMBack Door to HellBuy
CINEMAXMon, Jul 13, 4:00 PMThe Bucket ListBuy
FXTue, Jul 14, 7:00 PMThe DepartedBuy
FXWed, Jul 15, 5:00 PMThe DepartedBuy
BRAVOFri, Jul 17, 2:30 PMThe Witches of EastwickBuy

Jack Nicholson Biography

Jack Nicholson
  • Birth Name: John Joseph Nicholson
  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/22/1937, Taurus
  • Profession: Actor; director; writer; producer
Whether playing a loser or a lothario, a heavy or a hero, this iconic actor is always, on some level, Jack Nicholson. That's not to imply that he isn't versatile. In the '60s the hungry up-and-comer turned in a bunch of offbeat performances in a string of cheapie flicks, a few of which he wrote. He was over 30 when he earned his first of many Oscar nods — not to mention an expanded fan base — as a disgruntled lawyer in 1969's Easy Rider. In the '70s Nicholson tapped into the decade's unrest by essaying a slew of unforgettable roles in legendary films: a rebel in Five Easy Pieces, a misogynist in Carnal Knowledge, a lovesick gumshoe in Chinatown and an unruly inmate in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which snagged Nicholson his first Academy Award. He became a scenery-chewing, eyebrow-arching megastar in the '80s, delivering broad (sometimes to the point of parody) yet always interesting performances in more commercial fare (Terms of Endearment, The Witches of Eastwick, Batman). Nicholson's personal life — particularly where women were concerned — was as dramatic as his career. At the age of 37, he learned that the woman whom he thought was his mother was actually his grandmother and that his supposed sister was his biological mom. As for his own romantic entanglements, he had a longtime on-again, off-again relationship with Anjelica Huston that ended acrimoniously in 1990 when he fathered a child with starlet Rebecca Broussard, and later he was linked to the much younger Lara Flynn Boyle. In the late '90s the sexagenarian actor started to slow down. He took a four-year hiatus from the big screen after his Oscar-winning turn as a surly obsessive-compulsive writer in 1997's As Good as It Gets. But he was still a ubiquitous industry presence, frequently spotted on red carpets and at Lakers' games, almost always sporting his trademark dark sunglasses.
Jack Nicholson Fast Facts:
  • Began show business career in 1957 as a messenger in MGM's cartoon department.
  • Early TV credits include two episodes of The Andy Griffith Show.
  • Cowrote and coproduced Head, the psychedelic 1968 movie starring The Monkees.
  • Turned down Robert Redford's role in The Sting (1973) and Al Pacino's part in The Godfather (1972).
  • Met longtime friend, screenwriter Robert Towne, in an acting class during the '50s. The two worked together on four films: The Last Detail (1973), Chinatown (1974), The Missouri Breaks (1976) and The Two Jakes (1990). Unfortunately, their last collaboration destroyed their relationship when Nicholson replaced Towne as the director of The Two Jakes.
  • As of 2006, he is the most nominated male actor in Oscar history, with 12 nods and three wins.
    Jack Nicholson Relationships:
  • Anjelica Huston - Ex-significant Other
  • Ethel May Nicholson - Grandmother
  • Jennifer Nicholson - Daughter
  • John Nicholson - Grandfather
  • June Nicholson - Mother
  • Lara Flynn Boyle - Ex-significant Other
  • Lorraine Broussard Nicholson - Daughter
  • Lorraine Nicholson - Aunt
  • Pamela Hawley Liddicoat - Half Sister
  • Raymond Nicholson - Son
  • Rebecca Broussard - Ex-significant Other
  • Sandra Knight - Ex-wife

    • Jack Nicholson Awards:
  • 1987 Grammy: Best Spoken Word Album For Children - Winner
  • 1970 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1973 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1974 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1975 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
  • 1985 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1987 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1997 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
  • 2002 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1969 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
  • 1981 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
  • 1983 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Winner
  • 1992 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
  • 1971 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1972 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1974 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1975 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
  • 1976 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
  • 1988 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1993 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 2003 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
  • 1986 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Winner
  • 1990 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1998 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Winner
  • 2004 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1970 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1982 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1984 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1993 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 2007 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1999 Golden Globe: Cecil B. DeMille Award - Winner

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