Some trivia every Nicholson fan should know:
Spent 3 months in the 1960s as a nudist
Used to be a messenger boy for MGM’s cartoon department
In 1994 he smashed a man’s car window in with a golf club.
Loves jokes at his own expense, so much so, that he would show up at every Oscar event hosted by Billy Crystal who would in turn incorporate Nicholson into the telecast.
Lives on famed ‘Bad Boy Drive’ aka Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills, nicknamed so because it’s residents have included former bad boys Warren Beatty and Marlon Brando.
Voted ‘Class Clown’ during his senior year of HS in 1954.
Most nominated actor for the Academy Award with 12 nominations.
Is a fan of pro wrestling. Once said in an interview that if he can get Jim Carrey, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr to be a part of it, he will start his own wresting promotion.
Rolling Stone magazine nicknamed him “The Great Seducer.”
He has been nominated for an Oscar in five different decades: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. The only other actor who can claim this is Michael Caine and the late Paul Newman.
Ties with Walter Brennan for the most Academy Award wins by an actor with 3.
Jack’s father abandoned him as a small boy and until a Rolling Stone magazine reporter revealed Jack’s deep dark family secret he was unaware that the woman who raised him and whom he considered his mother was actually his grandmother and the sister he grew up with was actually his mother.
Before making it in Hollywood Jack’s previous jobs included working in a toy store and being a lifeguard.
He drove a beat up yellow 1960s Volkswagen Bug for years, even after becoming famous, and he still reportedly owns it. Bill Paxton said in a recent interview that he was once a valet in the 1970s and met Jack Nicholson around 1975 when having to fetch his car [Jack was already a star by this point]. He thought it was a mistake when the car he was to drive up to Jack was a beat up Volkswagen. Jack saw his confusion and when he took off he had his head out the window and was laughing maniacally.
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