A new photograph of Jack Nicholson has emerged, marking the first in almost two years.
The actor keeps his public appearances to a minimum these days, having last appeared in a feature film in 2010’s How Do You Know – a critically-panned romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd.
Now though, he’s been sighted in a rare photograph shared by his daughter Lorraine Nicholson.
In the photo, Nicholson poses with his daughter in front of what is presumably his bookcase, featuring several black-and-white photographs, and many Hollywood awards, including a couple of Oscars. It’s the ninth slide in the below photo carousel.
With a total of 12 nods, Nicholson is the most-nominated male performer in Oscars history. He won for One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Next, Terms Of Endearment and As Good As It Gets, making him one of only six actors to have won three Academy Awards.
He has never officially retired, and his ex-partner Lara Flynn Boyle teased in July that “there’s no retiring for the world of Jack. Never.” Last year however, a friend of the actor said he would rather “sit under a tree and read a book” than return to acting.
In other news, Al Pacino recently revealed that Nicholson was one of the first choices for studio bosses to play the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather. The actor claimed that Robert Redford, Warren Beatty and Ryan O’Neal were also ahead of him in Paramount’s preferences.
A new film about the making of The Shining was released on YouTube last July. Shine On – The Forgotten Shining Location was narrated by Michael Sheen and revisited the studio locations of the film and explored the art direction of the legendary Overlook Hotel.
Jack Nicholson – CREDIT: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
Nicholson’s son, Ray Nicholson, is now an actor and recently starred in horror sequel Smile 2, as the boyfriend of Naomi Scott’s pop singer Skye Riley. In recent years, he has also appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman and the Amazon Prime Video series Panic.
In October, he spoke about what he learned from his father, and claimed they are “very different people”. “I was born in 1992, he was born in 1937. The things that affect me don’t necessarily affect him,” he said.
“Obviously, I love him,” he added. “He’s my inspiration. I ate dinner with him every night. I studied it, that’s how I learned to be a human being. So, of course we’re gonna be kind of similar.”
When asked if his father had given him advice on his craft, he said: “As far as talking about it, if he ever did tell me something, I probably wouldn’t investigate it for myself because I’d be like, ‘You’re the best, of course that’s right’, and it might not work for me.”
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