Born in New York in April of 1937. He was brought up by his grandmother, after his father abandoning him in his childhood, and was a Time magazine who revealed him, years after, that his older sister, actually, was his mother. He has 5 children from different marriages.
Boyhood friend of Dany Devito whose relatives ran a hair salon together.
He won three Oscar, two for “Best Actors in a Leading Role”: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “As Good as it Gets” – and one for “Best Supporting Actor”:” Terms of Endearment”.
Curiously, each one of the films for which he has won an Oscar has also won “Best Actress in a Leading Role”.