Jack Nicholson in his youth

Today, seeing the most talented and already held actors of Hollywood, no one in my head can not come that many of them life is full of sorrows. And, despite the prevailing opinion that you can get into people only due to influential connections or money, looking at the world stars you are convinced of the opposite. Take, for example, the American actor, director, producer and screenwriter Jack Nicholson. His life path was quite difficult, and, nevertheless, today it is not just a man with a huge talent, but also a winner of three Oscar awards.

Biography of Jack Nicholson

On the birth of the actor to this day there is no reliable information. Many sources state the date of April 22, 37. However, when the family baptized the boy in the Catholic church, they told the priest that Jack was born in 1938.

The mother of the famous screenwriter, June Nicholson, was a dancer. However, for the sake of her career, she gave the child to parents for upbringing. Therefore, the boy grew up completely ignorant, whose child is actually a child. His grandparents, he considered his parents, and a real mother for him was instead of his own sister.

In 1945, at the age of eight, the boy had to go to school seven quarters. However, this year he took part in the theatrical performance for the first time. In high school Jack, despite his diverse interests, still played in various school plays. And it turned out very well for him. After all, it was not without reason that he was awarded the title "Best Actor-Senior".

In 1974, one journalist conducted his investigation and learned the truth about the birth of a celebrity. Then the actor was already 37 years old. And with this bitter truth he could not do anything, because his mother and grandmother died at that moment.

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In 1956 young Jack Nicholson took part in the casting, where Pasternak himself approved the young man's candidacy. Despite the total lack of professional acting skills , the producer caught a marvelous smile and a sly look of a novice actor. And it was this man who saw in him a great potential and paved the way to world cinema.

Of course, at first there were insignificant roles and floppy pictures. However, every year the skill of the actor was improved, and his personality became more and more noticeable. Jack Nicholson always played very complex and unusual characters. And the viewer believed him, and he believed so much that in 1975 the actor received his first Oscar for Best Actor in the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

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Since 1960, the actor has been nominated for an Oscar award every decade, there were altogether 12 nominations. At the age of 78, Jack Nicholson has many awards, world recognition and an impressive list of paintings in which he took part.