Funny and interesting stories from the biography of actor Jack Nicholson

John (Jack) Joseph Nicholson is an outstanding actor, an interesting personality and also a talented director and musician. The Hollywood film star is also famous for his nominations for the famous Academy Awards. According to some reports, he is a true record holder in the achievements and accolades he has received.

Many viewers have learnt about Jack Nicholson thanks to his brilliant performance of characters with crazy character and some mental deviations. Famous films such as : "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "A Few Good Couples", "The Shining", "No Better". By many accounts, it is the characters in these films brought Nicholson deserved fame and honour. In this article, I would like to talk about the above-mentioned film star and reveal new sides of the personality and character of the actor, which you may not have known.

Facts about childhood, adolescence and family

• It is known that little John Nicholson was born in 1937 in Manhattan. His mother was quite a popular dancer, but there is no information about the father. The age of a young girl who gave life to the future and outstanding film star of Hollywood, at the time of delivery was a full eighteen years.
• The parents of the young girl decided to take their grandson to their home, and the boy's mother was given the opportunity to continue building the career she had long dreamed of.
• An interesting, though not surprising, is the fact that the little John Joseph began to consider his parents grandparents who brought him up. And his own mother, whom, incidentally, he saw very rarely, the younger Nicholson took for his older sister.
• Later, after reaching adolescence, the future actor for some time very much burned with the desire to find his biological father. However, having realised that the attempts are completely useless, the boy very soon gave up his idea.

• Continuing to be brought up and raised in the home of his grandparents, John Nicholson attended church and even took part in the church choir. The above-mentioned relatives tried to instil in the adored grandson a love of religion and God. Even the young man himself for a while wanted to become a clergyman. However, this did not happen, as John soon abandoned his idea.
• The future actor in his youth joined the ideology, which considers and sincerely believes that the entire planet and mankind occurred for unknown reasons. And no one dares to claim otherwise. According to Nicholson, people do not have the right to invent and put forward their own theories of the origin of the state and personality.
• As a schoolboy, Jack Joseph Nicholson was not a very diligent student. Probably, like most children of his age, the boy was not interested in discipline and learning. He loved to run around the streets with his tomboy friends, who were just like the first one.
• Speaking of which, it was in school time Nicholson first tried himself as an actor. It happened in productions and skits. Jack was so great to perform various characters and heroes that it was hard not to notice the talent of the boy. Many classmates and even teachers gave Jack Nicholson the nickname of the best director. It was such attention and the first, we can say, achievement served as a push of motivation for the tomboy to build in the future a career as an actor.

Beginning of career path, first roles and best films

• It is known that after graduating from school and receiving a certificate, Jack Nicholson moved to Los Angeles to begin to build the foundation of his future and successful career. First, the young guy got a job at the animation centre, where he had to draw characters. At the future film star, it should be noted, it turned out very well. And in this regard, the studio management offered him a permanent job as an artist. However, Nicholson was forced to abandon this idea in favour of his dream - to conquer the world of cinema.
• In 1958, the budding star finally smiled at luck and was invited to make a film. The film was called "Crybaby Killer", where Nicholson played the first role of a madman. His character was a criminal who became terribly afraid of payback for numerous murders of teenagers and children.
• In 1960, the film star played in a film called "Little Shop of Horrors", where Jack played the role of a man who enjoys toothache.
• After the first roles, the novice actor was a little disappointed. After all, fame and long-awaited honour they did not bring him. And in this regard, Nicholson decides to change a little bit of his occupation and become a screenwriter. Jack wrote a lot of scripts and he, it must be admitted, came out quite well. For one project, he was even engaged in the selection of musical accompaniment.

• Thanks to some acquired popularity from his writing, Jack Nicholson managed to get into one of the films as an actor. It was a film called "Easy Rider", where the above-mentioned performed the character of a lawyer who was always in a state of alcoholic intoxication. It was this role brought Jack Nicholson's first Oscar nomination.
• However, one of the three deserved Oscars actor received after the screen project called "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". In the film Nicholson played a character pretending to be mentally ill for the sake of release from prison. According to many film critics and knowledgeable people, this role shows the full talent of Nicholson and is the highest point of acting.
• The next Oscar Jack received thanks to the brilliantly played role of another alcoholic. It was in a film called "The Language of Tenderness", released in 1983.
• Well, after the screen version of the popular film "Batman" on the shelf Jack Nicholson began to paint three, fully deserved Oscars.
• It should be said that the most recent role of Nicholson was a role in the film "How to Know", which, unfortunately, was a failure and did not receive a lot of rave reviews.

Currently, the outstanding actor Jack Nicholson has retired to a well-deserved rest and peace.