First sighting of actor Jack Nicholson in more than 18 months

Retired actor Jack Nicholson has become increasingly reclusive in recent years, but has just been seen for the first time since May 2023.

Jack Nicholson is kicking off 2025 with those who matter most.

On Tuesday, the Academy Award-winning actor, 87, was featured in his daughter Lorraine’s Instagram post, which highlighted some of her best moments from 2024.

“The giving season,” she captioned the post, which included a carousel of pictures.

One photo in particular showed Lorraine and Jack embracing in a warm hug.

The photo marks the first time Jack has been seen in well over a year.

Jack Nicholson makes a rare social media appearance.

The Shining actor was last photographed in April 2023 sitting courtside at a Los Angeles Lakers game.

Last year, Jack’s son, Ray, opened up about his relationship with his famous dad.

“My mum says, ‘Ray, you were such a beautiful boy, and then you started to look like your father,’” the actor, who starred in Smile 2, joked on CBS Mornings.

He also told the outlet that he and his Oscar-winning father “don’t talk that much about acting.”

Nicholson’s last public appearance, at an April 2023 basketball game. Picture: Ronald Martinez/Getty

He was once one of Hollywood’s most prolific A-listers.

“I think probably I’d hang onto his word too much. I think it’s important for me to find my way,” Ray said.

At the premiere for Smile 2, Ray told Deadline he and his dad are “very different people.”

“I was born in 1992, he was born in 1937. The things that affect me don’t necessarily affect him. Obviously, I love him. He’s my inspiration. I ate dinner with him every night. I studied it, that’s how I learned to be a human being. So, of course we’re gonna be kind of similar,” the 32-year-old said.

Nicholson’s iconic role in the 1980 horror The Shining.

And as The Joker in 1989’s Batman.

Ray is the elder of two children Nicholson shares with his former partner, Rebecca Broussard. Ray’s younger sister is Lorraine.

Nicholson also reportedly has four other children: Jennifer Nicholson, 59, whom he shares with his first and only wife, Sandra Knight, Caleb Goddard with Susan Anspach, Honey Hollman, 42, with model Winnie Hollman (though he’s never formally acknowledged paternity), and Tessa Gourin, who claims she is the actor’s illegitimate daughter with Jennie Gourin, though he’s never publicly addressed the claim.

This story originally appeared on Fox News and is republished here with permission.

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