Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-314), filmography (pages 295-302), and index.

For five decades, Jack Nicholson has been part of film history. With twelve Oscar nominations to his credit and legendary roles in films like Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Terms of Endearment, The Shining, and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Nicholson creates original, memorable characters like no other actor of his generation. And his personal life has been no less of an adventure-Nicholson has always been at the center of the Hollywood elite and has courted some of the most famous and beautiful women in the world.