Abandoned by his father in his childhood, he was raised believing his grandmother was his mother and his mother was his older sister. The truth was revealed to him years later when a Rolling Stone magazine researcher uncovered the truth while preparing a story on the star. Jack had an on-and-off relationship with actress Anjelica Huston, which spanned 16 years before they split in 1989, after Rebecca Broussard was carrying his child. IMDb Mini Biography By: Gustaf Molin Spouse - www.imdb.com

(born April 22, 1937, Neptune, N.J., U.S.) one of the most prominent American motion-picture actors of his generation, especially noted for his versatile portrayals of unconventional, alienated outsiders.Nicholson, whose father abandoned his family, grew up believing that his grandmother was his mother and that his mother was his older sister; it was not until he had attained fame that Nicholson himself learned the truth. After graduating from high school, he moved to California, where he took an office job - www.biography.com

Ah, Jack Nicholson. Hollywood's original scamp is feeling his age."I'm definitely still wild at heart," Nicholson, 73, tells the Daily Mail. "But I've struck bio-gravity. I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this; it just doesn't feel right at my age."He adds, "If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women. There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad."But, he says, "I al - content.usatoday.com