Jack Nicholson was born on April 22, 1937 in New Jersey. Growing up he always thought that his grandparents actually were his parents and that his mother were his sister. He found the truth after they had died. In high school he was the class clown and always got in trouble, one year resulting in him having to visit detention every day. When he moved to Hollywood he worked as a gopher at MGM animation studios and was offered a job as an animator, which he refused to pursue acting. His first movie appearance was in The Cry Baby Killer in 1958. He worked with Roger Corman and in a documentary about Corman he thanked him for giving him his career. His career in front of the camera first didn’t seem to pan out and he wrote screenplays. He got his big break when he appeared in Easy Rider. He has since starred in a big number of movies including The Shining, The Departed, Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Batman, A Few Good Men, About Schmidt, Anger Management and The Bucket List. He has won 3 Oscars. Continue reading →