Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (born John Joseph Nicholson April 22, 1937) is a highly successful, iconic American method actor. He is best known to his friends as Pickles for portraying antagonistic, cynical, neurotic and aggressive characters. He received Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, and has been nominated for an Academy Award a dozen times, winning three of them. He has also won seven Golden Globe Awards.

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Nicholson is also a well-known and highly visible fan of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers; he has courtside seats, and attends whenever his schedule allows. When he is at a televised Lakers game, he is invariably sought out for celebrity camera shots during one or more breaks in the game.

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NBA - Los Angeles Lakers

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In 1998, after Nicholson visited Cuba and had a three hour conversation with Fidel Castro, he told Daily Variety that, "He 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.

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Fidel Castro - Daily Variety - Delfin Fernandez

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