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Jack Nicholson is also the father of a son Caleb (born 1970) with Susan Anspach and a daughter Honey (born 1981) with model Winnie Hollman.
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In January 2007, Jack, aged 69, was voted the world's sexiest older man. The poll was to find the sexiest male stars who have passed 50-years-old.
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Jack apologised to Nicole Kidman after he tried to chat her up at an awards night - in front of fiancé [now husband], Keith Urban.
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A prostitute, using only the name of Olivia, has released a tell-all book, claiming Jack paid two call girls each $1300 to perform sex acts on him at a booze and cocaine fuelled party at his house.
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Jack lives on the infamous "Bad Boy Drive" a.k.a. Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills, California. It's nicknamed so because its residents have included former Hollywood bad boys Warren Beatty, and the Godfather himself Marlon Brando.
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Jack dated actress Lara Flynn Boyle for two years.
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He turned down the role of 'Gordon Gekko' in the 1987 movie Wall Street.
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His performance as 'Randle Patrick McMurphy' in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) is ranked #14 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
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He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute (1994).
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He has been nominated for a Razzie Award as Worst Actor twice in the same year,for his performances in Man Trouble (1992) and Hoffa (1992).
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He is ranked #12 on the 2006 Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time List for his performance as Billy "Badass Ass" Buddusky in "The Last Detail" (1973).
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He was voted "Class Clown" by the Class of 1954 at Manasquan High School in Manasquan, New Jersey.
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Jack loves jokes at his own expense so much that he showed up at every Academy Awards hosted by Billy Crystal, who in a way did that.
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He is ranked #82 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time list for his performance as 'Jack Torrance' in "The Shining" (1980).
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In 2004, he attended his 50th high school reunion at Manasquan High School in Manasquan, New Jersey. His classmates were surprised and delighted that he attended.
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Bob Kane, creator of Batman, personally recommended Jack for the role of the Joker in Batman (1989).
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For his role as 'The Joker' in Batman (1989), Jack earned a whopping 60,000,000 dollars in total earnings.
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Jack was ranked #37 on Premiere Magazine's '100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time' list for his performance as 'J.J.' Gittes in "China Town" (1974).
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Jack is one of the rare actors who've won both a Best Supporting Actor Oscar after winning a Best Actor Oscar.
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Jack attended Chris Penn's funeral.
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Jack is well known for his shark grin and his sunglasses.
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Jack flew to Cuba and met with Fidel Castro in June 1998. While there, he also met with leaders of the Cuban film industry, enjoyed local restaurants, jazz clubs and visited a famous cigar factory. He left greatly impressed with the country and its Communist dictator, who he described as "a genius", though the luxuries he was treated to on the island are off-limits to most Cuban citizens.
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As she was a teenage mother, Jack's mom decided that Jack would grow up with her being his older sister and her mother being their mother. A reporter unearthed the truth many years later.
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One of Jack Nicholson's favorite expressions is: "My motto is: more good times."
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Jack is the most nominated actor in the Academy Awards.
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Jack is of Irish and Italian heritage.
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Jack never does televised interviews.
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Jack Nicholson is an avid Los Angeles Lakers fan. He never misses a Lakers home game. Because of this, producers on his films must work the shooting schedule around the Lakers' schedule.
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In 1994, in an apparent bout of rage, Jack smashed a man's car window in with a golf club. The incident puzzled most people. Jack later filmed the movie Anger Management where he played an anger therapist.
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At one time, Jack was a messenger boy for MGM's cartoon department.