Jack Nicholson Pictures
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Jack Nicholson Pictures
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Jack Nicholson Pictures
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Jack Nicholson Pictures
Jack Nicholson Pictures
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Actor Jack Nicholson along with First lady Michelle Obama seen on the video board present the Best Picture award onstage during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on Feb. 24, 2013 in Hollywood, Calif.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson in his beloved Volkswagen convertible, Los Angeles, 1969. According to notes by writer Judy Fayard that accompanied Arthur Schatz's film when it was sent to LIFE's offices in New York, Nicholson said that "anyone out here who doesn't drive a Volks is either ostentatious or stupid."
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson at home in Los Angeles, 1969. In an issue of LIFE from March 1970, the magazine noted that Nicholson "is a rock fan who enjoys his music with a headset."
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Jack Nicholson and his daughter Jennifer, Los Angeles, 1970
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Portrait of the cast and director from the film The Departed with (left to right) Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Martin Scorsese and Jack Nicholson. Photographed at the Ziegfeld movie theater in New York City, September 26, 2006.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson plays with his daughter, Jennifer, on the deck of his home overlooking Franklin Canyon, Los Angeles, 1969.
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Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in "The Bucket List"
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Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton in a scene from Something's Gotta Give
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Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler
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William Duell, Vincent Schiavelli, Delos V. Smith Jr., Jack Nicholson, and Danny DeVito star in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
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Producer Cathy Schulman and Director/Producer Paul Haggis with their Best Motion Picture of the Year award for the film "Crash" with Jack Nicholson
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Tony Curtis (L) and German actress Marthe Keller (R) applaud French actress Marie-Jose Nat (2L), who was awarded Best Actress in a Leading Role for Les violons du diable, actor Jack Nicholson (C), awarded Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Last Detail, and director Francis Ford Coppola (2R) who received the Gold Palm for his film The Conversation 25 May 1974 during the closing ceremony of the 27th Cannes Film Festival.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson at home in Los Angeles, 1969.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson drives his yellow Volkswagen convertible, Los Angeles, 1969.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson and his daughter, Jennifer, on the deck of his home overlooking Franklin Canyon, Los Angeles, 1969.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson — wearing what typewritten notes by writer Judy Fayard called "his standard driving regalia: peaked cap, Grand Prix medallion and yellow shades — in his yellow Volkswagen convertible, Los Angeles, 1969.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson looks at film negatives at his home, Los Angeles, 1969.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson at home in 1969, taking his first piano lesson with teacher Josef Pacholczyk, prior to starring in the 1970 classic, Five Easy Pieces.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson at home in 1969, taking his first piano lesson with teacher Josef Pacholczyk, prior to starring in the 1970 classic, Five Easy Pieces.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson at home in 1969, taking his first piano lesson with teacher Josef Pacholczyk, prior to starring as a classical pianist-turned-roughneck in the 1970 classic, Five Easy Pieces.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson clowns around at his home with a picture of his friend, the film director Bob Rafelson, Los Angeles, 1969.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson plays with his daughter, Jennifer, on the deck of his home overlooking Franklin Canyon, Los Angeles, 1969.
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Not published in LIFE. Jack Nicholson at home in Los Angeles, 1969.
Photo Essays
LIFE With Jack Nicholson: Early Photos of an Actor on the Brink
As difficult as it might be to fathom today — when the man known to all the world as “Jack” has journeyed from respected actor to movie star to superstar to...
