That may seem like hyperbole, but if reports are to be believed, then the actor has more than earned his place in the annals of playboy history — he's said to have slept with over 2, women in his time. This figure has never been verified when Nicholson was asked to confirm it, he replied, "I don't count," per the Daily Mail , but first-hand accounts from the people who have known him personally over the years indicate that the number is indeed very high. According to Nicholson, women came to know him as "Jack the Jumper," which made it harder for him to gain their trust.
He's had a couple of long-term relationships, but Nicholson has always been the fling king. Let's take a look back at his complicated love life. Jack Nicholson learned his craft from veteran Hollywood acting coach Jeff Corey , who set him on the path to stardom when he introduced him to B-movie producer Roger Corman.
The actor worked with Corman on numerous low budget flicks before making his mainstream breakthrough, including 's The Terror. He met his first and only wife, actress Sandra Knight, on the set of the grindhouse horror flick.
A whirlwind romance ensued, and they tied the knot soon after. Unfortunately, reality set in during the ceremony. Nicholson was brought up Catholic, and when he realized he'd rushed into the marriage, he started talking to god. They divorced in , but not before welcoming a child, Jennifer Nicholson.
Their daughter worked sporadically in Hollywood, but it's her kid that's got people talking. Up-and-coming actor Duke Nicholson prefers to chat sports rather than films when he sees his grandfather, but he's a big fan of his work. Sandra Knight ended her marriage to Jack Nicholson when it became clear he was going to "become a big star and have lots of temptations," she told Closer via The Sydney Morning Herald , adding, "I couldn't go along for the ride.
Nicholson shot to prominence with his performance in counterculture classic Easy Rider , released in The two engage in a steamy affair in the film and, according to Anspach who died in , they got physical off-screen, too. The actress claimed that they conceived her son, Caleb Goddard, during the making of the critically acclaimed drama.
The two became involved in a nasty legal battle when Nicholson attempted to recover loans he had made to Anspach over a period of several years, loans that she said went towards the cost of keeping their son.
According to Anspach, the A-lister has acknowledged that he's the father in private "I accept him totally," she claims he told her, per People , but has never done so publicly. It didn't hurt me. You are ever-present, ubiquitous. You are too famous to do this. It's unkind. The part of Susan the girl the two boys end up fighting over was played by Candice Bergen, but she wasn't the only actress considered.
Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas took part in a screen test, and while she didn't get the part, she did get the leading man. Nicholson and Phillips began dating, though it wouldn't last very long. After losing out on the Carnal Knowledge role, Phillips signed on to appear in Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie instead, and she would end up falling for the bad boy actor-director. To call Hopper's marriage to Phillips short-lived would be an understatement — their tumultuous union lasted just eight days.
Single once more, she decided to give things another shot with Nicholson. The California native told the magazine that things started going downhill after "Jack had a life-changing experience," which is putting it mildly. They were eating breakfast in bed one morning when an investigative journalist called and informed Nicholson that the woman he thought was his mother all his life was actually his sister. Now I think he felt women were liars. Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston were never married and they didn't have any children, but, in many ways, she's always been the love of his life.
It was when the year-old daughter of filmmaker John Huston moved from New York to Los Angeles and received an invite to a gathering at Nicholson's Mulholland Drive party pad.
Nicholson called her to arrange a second date a few days later, but he had to cancel because he had a "previous obligation," Huston recalled him saying.
She went out with friends instead, though as fate would have it, they ended up at the same restaurant as Nicholson and his so-called previous obligation. She was charming. Anjelica Huston moved in with Jack Nicholson when he was working on 's Chinatown , another critical hit for the in-demand actor.
She was thrilled about the idea, but she quickly came to the realization that she wasn't the only female in his life. In her memoir, the former model and actress said that Nicholson's reputation as a "world-class philanderer" was still growing at that stage and that "as prolific as he seems to have been In fact, the reason was that the movie was filmed in London. I loved British actors, and the fact there were these wild guys over there, and I wanted to show them what Jack the Waggle could do.
That was probably the toughest period of my life'. The first time I had no memory, and the next day at work I did in my back after this ball scene. I was on the receiving end of one of the very first chest augmentations. When I touched what felt like polythene, that was it. The fuse went out. But I have to admit I have a prejudice against it. I find them interesting.
Born in New York, he was raised as a Catholic by his grandmother, who he believed was his mother. He only discovered the truth, that his older sister June was in fact his mother, years after both had died. My grandmother ran a beauty parlour and I spent most of my time there. She taught me manners and I learned how to be around women, what women liked. I am insanely well mannered and polite, and because of that I have nothing but gratitude for my upbringing. Jack's women: Rebecca Broussard left is the mother of two of the actor's five children, and with actress Lara Flynn Boyle right.
Hopper, a fellow hellraiser who became one of his closest friends, died last year. He forged his reputation as part of the free-loving, rule-breaking hippy generation. These days the hard drugs are gone, but he continues — against the Hollywood grain — to smoke cannabis.
The narcotics industry is also enormous. It funds terrorism and — this is a huge problem in America — fuels the foreign gangs. More than 85 per cent of men incarcerated in America are on drug-related offences. If they were really serious about the economy there would be a sensible discussion about legalisation. He flicks a match to light another cigarette. But you adjust your life to your circumstances, and I can spend a lot of time on my own.
There is nothing in his life he regrets, but one thing he yearns for. A lasting relationship with a woman. I would love that one last real romance. They think of my reputation, Jack the Jumper. He has five children — Jennifer, 47, from his only marriage, to actress Sandra Knight; Caleb, 40, whose mother is actress Susan Anspach; Honey, 29, the daughter of model Winnie Hollman; and Lorraine, 20, and Ray, 18, from a relationship with actress Rebecca Broussard, which ended his year romance with Anjelica Huston.
Nicholson says his heart was broken by Huston, despite the fact that he cheated on her when he told her Broussard was pregnant she beat him up. That was probably the toughest period of my life. He has been nominated 12 times. Asked if he wishes he could turn back time, he shakes his head. I would rather deal with it. Parenthood is all about being in the lap of the gods. All you can do is your best. I got tired of arguing with women about going to have dinners, so I hired somebody to cook.
The food is better at my house. I was up around where I live and I looked out at the blue skies and the clouds and I realised that this was paradise. They were together off and on from to , and despite the fact that she was married to someone else from to , they remain close.
He insisted on filming for his projects to be scheduled around the LA Lakers basketball season, and in his shouting at the referee was deemed a technical foul against the team. Source: Shutterstock. He and Michael Caine are the only two actors to receive Oscar nominations in every decade since the 60s, and he has only been beaten in terms of nominations by Meryl Streep. Source: Parfien. Source: movieclips.
He won best actor for playing the role of Melvin Udall, a novellist suffering from OCD and a general hatred of everyone and everything. When he played the Joker he negotiated a deal which meant he would not only earn based on the profits from that film, but from every consequent sequel.
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