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He was born John Joseph Nicholson in New York, New York, although until 1974 he had thought his place of birth was his hometown, Neptune, New Jersey. A journalist's research uncovered what apparently had happened: the woman he had always thought of as his mother was actually his grandmother, who had arranged to raise him as her own child. She did this because he was actually the illegitimate offspring of her daughter, a woman whom Nicholson thought was his older sister. Because of this fact Nicholson is pro-life and has spoken out about it saying, "I'm very contra my constituency in terms of abortion because I'm positively against it. I don't have the right to any other view. My only emotion is gratitude, literally, for my life."

Nicholson started his career as an actor, writer, and producer, working for and with Roger Corman. This included his screen debut in The Cry Baby Killer ( 1958See also 1957 in film 1958 1959 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films :North America The Bridge on the River Kwai Peyton Place Sayonara No Time for Sergeants The Vikings The Search for Paradise South Pacific Cat on a Hot Tin R), where he played a juvenile delinquent who panics after shooting two other teenagers, and Little Shop of HorrorsLittle Shop of Horrors is a stage musical, and later a 1986 cult film adaptation, both based on a 1960 horror film of the same title produced by Roger Corman. The plot is similar in all three versions. Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of a young flo.

His work with Peter FondaPeter Seymour Fonda (born February 23, 1939) is an American actor. Born in New York City, he is the son of actor Henry Fonda, the brother of actress Jane Fonda and the father of actress Bridget Fonda. His mother, Frances Ford Seymour, committed suicide in and Dennis HopperDennis Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an American actor and film-maker. Born in Dodge City, Kansas, Hopper was voted most likely to succeed by his high school class and it was there he developed an interest in acting. He was especially fond of the plays of on the LSDD-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide commonly called acid LSD or LSD-25 is a powerful semisynthetic hallucinogen and psychedelic entheogen. A typical dose of LSD is only 100 micrograms, a tiny amount equal to one-tenth the weight of a grain of sand. LSD causes of-fueled The TripThe Trip was a low-budget movie made in the 1960s starring Peter Fonda as a commercial director who takes his first hit of LSD. The movie was directed by Dennis Hopper and the screenplay was written by Jack Nicholson. led to his real break. That film led to a small supporting role in Easy RiderEasy Rider is a 1969 road movie which has become an anthem to the hippie lifestyle of the 1960s. The film tells the story of two young men, played by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, who smuggle undescribed white powder with small off-road motorbikes from a ( 1969See also 1968 in film 1969 1970 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Cannes Film Festival opens, but closes in support of a French general strike without awarding any prizes. Last year for the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980.), for which he received his first Oscar nomination. A Best Actor nomination came the following year for his persona-defining role in Five Easy Pieces ( 1970), which includes his famous chicken salad dialogue about getting what you want.

Other early movies he is known for include Roman Polanski's Chinatown ( 1974), Milos Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ( 1975), for which he received his first Oscar, and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Nicholson won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Terms of Endearment ( 1984).

The 1989 Batman, where Nicholson played the supervillain The Joker, was an international smash hit, and a lucrative percentage deal earned Nicholson about US$50 million [1]. For his role as Col. Nathan R. Jessep in A Few Good Men ( 1992), a dark movie about a murder in a military unit, he received yet another nomination by the Academy. He would win his next Oscar for his role as the neurotic lead in the romance As Good as it Gets ( 1997).

The 9/11 terrorist attacks led Nicholson to focus on comedies. In About Schmidt ( 2002), Nicholson portrayed a man who questions his own life after his retirement and the death of his wife. The deeply emotional, slow film stands in sharp contrast to many of his previous roles. In the comedy Anger Management, he plays an aggressive therapist alongside Adam Sandler. His most recent film is the 2003 Something's Gotta Give.