Jack Nicholson hosted the inaugural JACK NICHOLSON/ RUDY DURAN Celebrity Golf Classic in California at the weekend (09 OCT. '05), according to Contactmusic.

The 69-year-old Hollywood actor's pals DENNIS HOPPER and DON CHEADLE joined him on the links and helped to raise over $600,000 (GBP333,300) for children's charities.

Abandoned by his father in his childhood, Jack Nicholson was raised with the certainty that his grandmother was his mother and his mother was his older sister.
The truth was revealed to him years later, when a Time magazine researcher uncovered it while preparing a story on the star.
The reason why this happened still remains a mystery.

Jack Nicholson was recently rumored to have been rejected by former Brookside actress Anna Friel, who performed in the Broadway musical Closer.

"He was really flirtatious and I went: 'Give over! How many women have you said that to? You're old enough to be my grandad.'" Friel wass quoted by Breakingnews.ie as saying.

The famous dramatic actor, also known for his charity acts, has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards and he's won three times: for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, from the book by Ken Kesey), for Terms of Endearment (1984) and for As Good As It Gets (1997, with Helen Hunt). He first made a splash as hippie lawyer in Easy Rider (1969, with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper), and, three decades later, he remains a bankable star in such films as About Schmidt (2002), Anger Management (2003, with Adam Sandler ) and Something's Gotta Give (2003, with Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves). He has also appeared in Chinatown (1974, opposite Faye Dunaway), A Few Good Men (1992, with Demi Moore and Tom Cruise) and as Jimmy Hoffa in Hoffa (1992).

In 1998, after Nicholson has visited Cuba and had a three hour conversation with Fidel Castro, he told Daily Variety: "He(Castro) is a genius." According to former Cuban intelligence officer Delfin Fernandez, Nicholson's hotel room in Cuba, was bugged with both video and audio recording devices at the instruction of Castro. (wikipedia)


Actor - filmography

The Departed (2006) (filming) - Frank Costello
Something's Gotta Give (2003) - Harry Sanborn
Anger Management (2003) - Dr. Buddy Rydell
About Schmidt (2002) - Warren R. Schmidt
The Pledge (2001) - Jerry Black
As Good as It Gets (1997) - Melvin Udall
Mars Attacks! (1996) - President James Dale/Art Land
The Evening Star (1996) - Garrett Breedlove
Blood and Wine (1996) - Alex Gates
The Crossing Guard (1995) - Freddy Gale
Wolf (1994) -Will Randall
Hoffa (1992) - James R. 'Jimmy' Hoffa
A Few Good Men (1992)- Col. Nathan R. Jessep
Man Trouble (1992) -Eugene Earl Axline, aka Harry Bliss
The Two Jakes (1990) - Jake Gittes
Batman (1989) - Joker/Jack Napier
Ironweed (1987) -Francis Phelan
Broadcast News (1987)- Bill Rorich
The Witches of Eastwick (1987) - Daryl Van Horne
Heartburn (1986) - Mark Louis Forman
Elephant's Child (1986) (TV) -Narrator
Prizzi's Honor (1985) -Charley Partanna
Terms of Endearment (1983) - Garrett Breedlove
The Border (1982) - Charlie Smith
Reds (1981) - Eugene O'Neill
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) - Frank Chambers
The Shining (1980) - Jack Torrance
Goin' South (1978) - Henry Lloyd Moon
The Last Tycoon (1976) - Brimmer
The Missouri Breaks (1976) - Tom Logan
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Randle Patrick McMurphy
The Fortune (1975) - Oscar Sullivan aka Oscar Dix
Tommy (1975) - The Specialist
Professione: reporter (1975) - David Locke
Chinatown (1974) - Jake 'J.J.' Gittes
The Last Detail (1973) - Billy "Bad Ass" Buddusky
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) - David Staebler
A Safe Place (1971) - Mitch
Carnal Knowledge (1971) - Jonathan Fuerst
Five Easy Pieces (1970) - Robert Eroica Dupea
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) - Tad Pringle
The Rebel Rousers (1970)- Bunny
Easy Rider (1969) - George Hanson
Psych-Out (1968) - Stoney
Hells Angels on Wheels (1967) - Poet
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) (uncredited) - Gino, Hit Man
The Shooting (1967) - Billy Spear
Ride in the Whirlwind (1965) - Wes
Back Door to Hell (1964) - Burnett
Flight to Fury (1964) - Jay Wickham
Ensign Pulver (1964) - Dolan
The Terror (1963) - Lt. Andre Duvalier
The Raven (1963) - Rexford Bedlo
The Broken Land (1962) - Will Brocious
Studs Lonigan (1960) - Weary Reilly
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) - Wilbur Force
Too Soon to Love (1960) - Buddy
The Wild Ride (1960) - Johnny Varron
The Cry Baby Killer (1958) - Jimmy Wallace