{"id":18686,"date":"2023-05-19T16:38:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T20:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?page_id=18686"},"modified":"2023-06-07T16:23:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T20:23:09","slug":"jack-nicholson-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/exhibitions\/jack-nicholson-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Nicholson Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\">Jack Nicholson (American, b.1937)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicholson is undoubtedly one of the most impactful actors in American history, with three Academy Awards for Best Actor to his name and a record 12 nominations. The son of a showgirl from New Jersey, Nicholson broke out in the influential counter-cultural film <em>Easy Rider<\/em> from 1969 alongside Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. While his roles have spanned a wide range of character types, Nicholson is probably best known for his portrayals of rebels against the status quo or unhinged antagonists.&nbsp;<br>His portrait in this exhibition comes from his performance as The Joker in Tim Burton\u2019s 1987 film <em>Batman,<\/em> a role that remains one of Nicholson\u2019s favorites. His iconic performance as the maniacal Clown Prince of Crime was a key component to the success of the film and helped to revive interest in the character for years after its release. Although additional acclaim came after this role, <em>Batman<\/em> remains the highest grossing film that Nicholson has ever appeared in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"17648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image088-669x900.webp\" alt=\"Herb Ritts, Jack Nicholson as the Joker, ca. 1989, Agfa-chrome resin coated print, 10 x 8 in., Gift of Robert Flynn Johnson in memory of Dr. Robert Andrew Johnson, 2018.4.10\" class=\"wp-image-17648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image088-669x900.webp 669w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image088-223x300.webp 223w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image088-768x1033.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image088-1142x1536.webp 1142w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image088-467x628.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image088.webp 1427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Herb Ritts,<em> Jack Nicholson as the Joker<\/em>, ca. 1989, Agfa-chrome resin coated print, 10 x 8 in., Gift of Robert Flynn Johnson in memory of Dr. Robert Andrew Johnson, 2018.4.10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-id=\"14895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2021\/01\/blank-image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14895\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-id=\"14895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2021\/01\/blank-image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14895\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Nicholson (American, b.1937) Nicholson is undoubtedly one of the most impactful&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1626,"featured_media":0,"parent":1152,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-18686","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1626"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18686"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19488,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18686\/revisions\/19488"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}