Jack
Nicholson is an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter born John
Joseph “Jack” Nicholson, April 22nd, 1937 in Neptune, New
Jersey. He has performed a great breadth
of characters, from comedy romantic to psychopathic ones. He is very versatile.
Known as the most nominated male actor in history, has 12 Academy Awards to his
credit. He began to act on 1957, debuting in a low-budget teen drama, The Cry
Baby Killer (1958).
Jack Nicholson Religion
Fitting in
with his controversial personality, Nicholson could be catalogued as Atheist.
Although he doesn’t talk a lot of religion, he once said for a Vanity Fair
interview in 1992 that he doesn’t believe in God, because he can’t experience
faith himself. Nevertheless, it is possible that he’d like to think
differently, as he said that he admires people who can believe.
Jack Nicholson Political Views
This is
another topic Jack doesn’t talk about very much. He once labeled himself as a
“lifelong Irish Democrat”, and that was all. He does talk about his thoughts on
other sensitive issues, such as abortion, alleging that he is against but
pro-choice. He says he was a unwanted child, but that is grateful that her
mother didn’t aborted on her own terms, that is why he thinks woman have the right
to choose if they want to end a pregnancy or not by themselves.
Who is he dating?
He was
known to have several unstable relationships in the past, but currently he
seems to be single. His only wife was actress Sandra Knight, who he married on
June 17th, 1962, but they got divorced on August 8th,
1968, although they had been separated 2 years after the break up. Since then
Nicholson has had short, intermittent relationships with Angelica Huston
(1973-1990) and Rebecca Brousard (1989-1994).
Jack Nicholson Hobbies
He is fan
of Yankees and Lakers and has missed very few games since 1970. He gets
involved so much in games that he was kicked out from one once for yelling at
the game’s referee. Jack also likes to collect contemporary art from 20th
century, most of all paints by Hen Matisse, Tamara de Lempika, Andy Warhol and
Jack Vettriano. The artist EdRuscha said that was the owner of one of the best
art collections in 1995.
Interesting Facts
He is
friend of influential characters like Vladimir Putin and Marlon Brando.
Nicholson
has been charged of assault and vandalism for hitting a car with a golf stick
while it was stopped at a red light, destroying its roof and windshield.
Jack used
to be a messenger boy for MGM’s cartoon department, where he was offered of a
job as an illustrator, which he declined due to his desire to become an actor.
He went to
Cuba in 1998 to know Fidel Castro, the President of the Island. He got to be
friend of him but he was against the amount of luxuries of the Dictator, which
were denied to Cubans.
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