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The Oscar-winning actor, who’s been retired since the early 2010s, turned 89 on April 22.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n![](\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/videoelephant\/thumbnails\/89715200007.jpg\"\/)
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nJack Nicholson ‘Chinatown’ performance still stuns audiences<\/p>\n
In Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown,” Nicholson plays Jake Gittes, a private detective who gets caught up in a web of corruption in Los Angeles in the 1930s.<\/p>\n
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Unlike Jack Torrance in “The Shining,” this is a Jack Nicholson<\/a> grin we can all get behind.<\/p>\nThe Oscar-winning actor, who’s been retired from Hollywood since 2010, turned 89 on Wednesday, April 22. In honor of the birthday milestone<\/a>, Nicholson’s daughter, actress Lorraine Nicholson, shared a new photo of him on social media.<\/p>\nLorraine Nicholson paid tribute to her dad with a nostalgic side-by-side photo set on her Instagram stories<\/a>. The first picture was a throwback photo of Nicholson smiling with a cigar in his hand while wearing a red Coca-Cola T-shirt. “89?” Lorraine wrote.<\/p>\nThe second photo, captioned “89!!,” showed a present-day Nicholson smiling and sitting in a chair during what appeared to be a birthday gathering for the actor. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell<\/a> was seen in attendance.<\/p>\nA three-time Academy Award winner, Nicholson’s captivating screen performances throughout the ’70s and ’80s made him a silver-screen icon for his generation. He is best known for his roles in “Chinatown,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “The Shining,” “Terms of Endearment”<\/a> and “Batman.”<\/p>\nNicholson’s final film appearance was in the 2010 James L. Brooks romantic comedy “How Do You Know,” which featured the cinematic titan alongside Reese Witherspoon<\/a>, Owen Wilson<\/a> and Paul Rudd<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nJack Nicholson ‘Chinatown’ performance still stuns audiences<\/p>\n
In Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown,” Nicholson plays Jake Gittes, a private detective who gets caught up in a web of corruption in Los Angeles in the 1930s.<\/p>\n
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Unlike Jack Torrance in “The Shining,” this is a Jack Nicholson<\/a> grin we can all get behind.<\/p>\n The Oscar-winning actor, who’s been retired from Hollywood since 2010, turned 89 on Wednesday, April 22. In honor of the birthday milestone<\/a>, Nicholson’s daughter, actress Lorraine Nicholson, shared a new photo of him on social media.<\/p>\n Lorraine Nicholson paid tribute to her dad with a nostalgic side-by-side photo set on her Instagram stories<\/a>. The first picture was a throwback photo of Nicholson smiling with a cigar in his hand while wearing a red Coca-Cola T-shirt. “89?” Lorraine wrote.<\/p>\n The second photo, captioned “89!!,” showed a present-day Nicholson smiling and sitting in a chair during what appeared to be a birthday gathering for the actor. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell<\/a> was seen in attendance.<\/p>\n A three-time Academy Award winner, Nicholson’s captivating screen performances throughout the ’70s and ’80s made him a silver-screen icon for his generation. He is best known for his roles in “Chinatown,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “The Shining,” “Terms of Endearment”<\/a> and “Batman.”<\/p>\n Nicholson’s final film appearance was in the 2010 James L. Brooks romantic comedy “How Do You Know,” which featured the cinematic titan alongside Reese Witherspoon<\/a>, Owen Wilson<\/a> and Paul Rudd<\/a>.<\/p>\n