actor is one of the greatest film stars of the 20th Century. During an epic career that spanned seven decades, he has appeared in several cinematic classics including Easy Rider, The Shining and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Along the way he collected dozens of accolades including becoming the most nominated male actor in the history of the with 12 nominations – winning three.
But while he became a icon, Nicholson established a notorious reputation for being something of a party animal. The former hellraiser, who celebrated his 87th birthday last month, was once dubbed "the guy men want to be and women want to bed". His off-screen antics saw him keeping a trailer on set just for sex and inhaling copious amounts of cocaine.
Despite the octogenarian not being on-screen since 2010, his legendary status has carried on. Now the has collected some of the exploits of the bloke who lived next door to Marlon Brando and Warren Beatty in a road nicknamed Bad Boy Drive. While starring in B-grade films Jack started dabbling with the hedonistic lifestyle in the late 50s and early sixties.
Fellow actor Harry Dead Stanton claimed when he thought of Nicholson from that era he always saw him with "cheap red wine on his lips". According to Marc Eliot, author of his unauthorized biography, Nicholson: “Jack’s experiences with the drug were life-changing. He believed after taking it the first time that he had seen the face of God.
He also had castration fantasies, homoerotic fantasies, an.
