John Joseph “Jack” Nicholson was born on 22 April 1937, in Neptune City, New Jersey USA, of somewhat uncertain parentage, and is an actor, film producer and director, as well as a screenwriter. Throughout his lengthy acting career, Jack has portrayed some of the most famous and beloved characters, including Mac Murphy in the critically acclaimed adaptation of Ken Kesey’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Miloš Forman, the villain under the name of The Joker in Tim Burton’s superhero film “Batman”, as well as Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of the novel written by Stephen King “The Shining”.
So just how rich is Jack Nicholson, as of late 2017? According to sources, Jack Nicholson’s net worth is estimated to be $400 million, earned during a career in the entertainment industry spanning more than six decades. With part of his wealth, he has been able to acquire some valuable assets, such as his art collection that includes works of Picasso and Warhol the worth of which is $100 million, a Newberry house in Aspen apparently worth $15 million, as well as a Malibu property, valued at $4.25 million.
Jack Nicholson Net Worth $400 Million
Jack’s mother was June Frances Nicholson, a showgirl of German, Irish and English ancestry, but she was uncertain who his father was – possibly Italian-American Donald Furcillo who she unknowingly married bigamously, or Ediie King her Latvian-born stage manager. Until the early ’70s, Jack believed that his grandmother was his mother, and that his mother and an aunt were his sisters. Jack attended Manasquan High School, but was a troubled child, and spent a lot of after-school time in detention. When he matriculated he moved out to Hollywood where he initially worked as a gofer – that is an employee who specialises in the delivery of special items to celebrities – working for such as Joseph Barbera and William Hanna.
In 1957, in a move to avoid being drafted, Jack enlisted in the Air National Guard, and served until 1962, during which his duties didn’t prove too onerous or distracting from his primary job, and contributed somewhat to his net worth.
Nicholson’s debut in the film industry had come came in 1958, when he portrayed the character of Jimmy Walker in what became a cult film produced by Roger Corman, called “The Cry Baby Killer”. In the early stages of his career, Nicholson subsequently worked on many of Corman’s projects, including “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” and “The Raven”.
However, Nicholson was largely disappointed with his acting prospects and therefore ventured into writing and directing. His first success as a screenwriter was directed by Corman, called “The Trip”, and Jack wrote several other screenplays before he returned in front of the cameras. His major breakthrough came with Forman’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor, and was followed by appearances in “The Shining” and “Batman”. Some of the other films not already mentioned that Jack Nicholson is known for are “Easy Rider”, “Five Easy Pieces”, “The Passenger” with Steven Berkoff, “The Witches of Eastwick” with Cher, “Easy Rider”, plus “The Departed” with Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon, “How Do You Know” with Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson, “Terms of Endearment“, “A Few Good Men” and “As Good as It Gets“.
His more recent appearances have included Rob Reiner’s film “The Bucket List” in which he co-starred with Morgan Freeman. Overall, Jack has appeared in more than 70 films on the big screen, and is well into double figures in TV appearances, mostly as a guest star in such as “Tales of Wells Fargo”, “Dr. Kildare” and “The Andy Griffith Show”.
An inductee into the New Jersey Hall of Fame as well as the California Hall of Fame, Jack Nicholson has won six Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, as well as three Academy Awards in addition to being the most nominated male actor in Oscar history – with Michael Caine the only actor nominated in each of six decades – aside from being a voting member. He’s also impressed the critics, with 32 Film Critic Awards, and in 2011 was the recipient of a Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Brown University.
Jack has led an interesting personal life, although married just once, to Sandra Knight from 1962-68, with whom he has a daughter. However, from 1973 to 1990, Nicholson had an on-off relationship with actress Anjelica Huston, meantime fathering a daughter with Danish model Winnie Hollman in 1981. Between 1989 and ’94 he was with actress Rebecca Broussard, and they had a daughter and a son. In 1999 and 2004, Nicholson dated actress Lara Flynn Boyle, before splitting permanently. Since then he has apparently been single, and splitting his time between his several residences.
