What is Jack Nicholson’s net worth? Who is Jack Nicholson’s ex-wife?
Introduction
Jack Nicholson is an American actor who is known for his roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Shining, As Good as It Gets, Terms of Endearment, The Departed, and The Bucket List.
He’s the recipient of three Academy Awards and six Golden Globes
Biography
He was born on April 22, 1937, in Neptune City, as John Joseph Nicholson.
He graduated from Manasquan High School.
After graduating from high school, Nicholson moved to California.
In 1957, he joined the California Air National Guard.
In 1958, Nicholson had his film debut as a juvenile delinquent in The Cry Baby Killer.
Jack Nicholson walking outside at a ‘Peace Party’ for the Chinese ping pong team at the Ankrum Gallery – @Getty
His breakthrough performance came in 1969 as alcoholic lawyer George Hanson in Easy Rider. The film made $60 million worldwide compared to a budget of $400,000. For his performance, Nicholson earned his first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
He earned another Oscar nomination for playing a rowdy military police officer in The Last Detail (1973).
In 1974, he played in Roman Polanski’s noir thriller Chinatown.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
In 1975, Jack portrayed a patient at a mental institution in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
The film won five Oscars, including one for Best Actor for Nicholson.
The Shining
Jack Nicholson peering through axed in door in lobby card for the film ‘The Shining’, 1980 – @Getty
In 1980, Nicholson starred as Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name. In 2010, The Guardian ranked The Shining as the 5th best horror film of all time.
Nicholson played an immigration enforcement agent in The Border in 1982.
Joker in Batman
Jack Nicholson plays the Joker in the movie Batman, directed by Tim Burton, in England in 1989 – @Getty
1989, Jack Nicholson portrayed Joker in Batman — the first installment of Warner Bros.’ initial Batman film series.
According to his autobiography and in interviews, The Joker was his favorite character he ever played.
“The thing I like about the Joker is that his sense of humor is completely tasteless,” he confessed.
In 1996, Nicholson was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He won another Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in As Good as It Gets (1997).
In 2003, he starred as Dr. Buddy Rydell alongside Adam Sandler in Anger Management.
Jack Nicholson attends Ronnie Lane Benefit Concert on December 5, 1983 at the Forum in Los Angeles – @Getty
In 2006, the One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest star played an Irish mobster, Frank Costello, in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed.
His last film project was the 2010 romantic comedy-drama movie How Do You Know.
Wife & Children
Jack Nicholson was married once and is a father to six children with five different women.
In 1962, Jack Nicholson married Sandra Knight. He first met Sandra while filming The Terror.
In 1963, the couple welcomed daughter Jennifer.
In 1968, Nicholson and Knight divorced.
“We had a very beautiful, sweet marriage,” she said in a later interview.
The A Few Good Men actor’s later had a 17-year relationship with American actress Anjelica Huston. Nicholson’s infidelities were legendary over their on-off relationship. He even fathered a child outside of their relationship.
“Why did she stay with Nicholson for so long? I loved him,” she told The Guardian in February 2025.
Anjelica Huston and actor Jack Nicholson at N.B.C’s ‘Big Party’ in New York – @Getty
Over the years, Nicholson would go on to have five more children:
Jack Nicholson and children Lorraine and Raymond during Something’s Gotta Give – Los Angeles Premiere – @Getty
- Caleb Goddard (born on September 26, 1970) with Susan Anspach, his costar in the film Five Easy Pieces;
- Honey Hollman (born in 1981) with model Winnie Hollman;
- Lorraine Nicholson and Ray Nicholson – with then-girlfriend Rebecca Broussard;
- Tessa Gourin with Jennine Gourin.
“There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women,” Nicholson said in a 2011 interview.
Height
Jack Nicholson is 5′ 9¾″ (1.77 m) tall.
Jack Nicholson – Net Worth
So, how much is Jack Nicholson worth?
Jack Nicholson on the set of , directed by Mike Nichols – @Getty
The three-time Oscar-winning Hollywood earned most of his wealth from performing in 79 movies.
His most profitable project is Batman, earning around $90 million — $6 million as a base salary + a cut of the film’s box office gross as well as the merchandise sales. This is the biggest paycheck in Hollywood history.
For One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, he was paid $15 million — a $1 million base salary + 15 percent of the box office gross.
Nicholson also made $6 million for The Witches of Eastwick, $10 million for The Departed, $5 million for each Ironweed, The Two Jakes, and A Few Good Men, $10 million for Hoffa, $12 million for Wolf, $15 million for As Good as It Gets, $10 million for The Pledge, $10 million for The Bucket List, $10 million for About Schmidt, $20 million for Anger Management, and $12 million for How Do You Know.
Jack’s art collection is estimated at $150 million. His collection proudly features works by Warhol, Magritte, Modigliani, Bouguereau, Botero, Rodin, Matisse, and Picasso. Therefore, Jack Nicholson has an estimated net worth of $400 million.
“I’m so rich that I’m going to sell myself like an ordinary person,” he once said. “I’m not into money at all.”
Real estate
Jack Nicholson attends ‘The Bucket List’ press conference at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo on April 30, 2008 in Tokyo – @Getty
In 1969, the American actor purchased a house on Mulholland Drive in California. Later, he bought several adjacent plots, including a property from Marlon Brando, which he demolished.
In 1977, Nicholson bought a 2,313-square-foot home in Malibu. He listed it in 2011 for $4.25 million and sold it in 2013 for $3.5 million.
In 1980, Jack paid $555,000 for a property in Aspen, Colorado. He sold the 15,000-square-foot house to Ellen Bronfman Hauptman, heiress to the Seagram’s liquor brand, for $11 million. In 2024, Patrick Dovigi, the professional hockey player turned entrepreneur, paid almost $60 million for the mansion located in downtown Aspen.
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