Actor. Born John Joseph Nicholson in Neptune City, New Jersey. He has played a wide variety of characters in films inluding 'Easy Rider', 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and 'The Shining' (see our photo). He has had twelve Academy Award nominations, making him the most nominated male actor in history, and he has won the Best Actor Award twice.
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