Jack Nicholson

For decades, Jack Nicholson has been a fundamental figure in the history of cinema. With twelve Oscar nominations to his credit and iconic performances in such films as Easy Rider, The Shining and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, he is a living legend, capable of creating memorable characters. And his personal life has been no less intense: Nicholson has always been at the center of the Hollywood elite. Drawing on years of extensive research, Marc Eliot sheds new light on Nicholson's life, on and off screen. From his childhood in a working-class New Jersey family, to wild nights out with friends like Warren Beatty, and his tumultuous relationships with women of the stature and character of Anjelica Huston, to his work for directors like Dennis Hopper, Stanley Kubrick or Roman Polanski, this splendid portrait leaves no loose ends. Jack Nicholson. The biography is a tribute to a great actor and a thoughtful and ironic tribute to a movie life.