Jack Nicholson, 86, makes RARE public appearance at LA Lakers game

Jack Nicholson, 86, makes rare public appearance at star-studded LA Lakers game with youngest son Ray Nicholson, 31,

After staying out of the spotlight for 18 solid months, reclusive Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson returned to Crypto.com Arena on Saturday to attend a Los Angeles Lakers game.

Armed with his trusty binoculars, the retired 86-year-old looked great wearing a black coat and a blue t-shirt as he took his VIP courtside seat beside his youngest son Ray Nicholson.

Meanwhile, Ray cut a dapper figure in a stylish brown blazer and a black top, teamed with blue jeans.

The 31-year-old Something from Tiffany’s actor is one of Jack’s (born John) two children – alongside 33-year-old daughter Lorraine – from his five-year relationship with his Man Trouble co-star Rebecca Broussard, which ended in 1994. 

The Los Angeles Lakers headed back home in need of a win in game three of their Western Conference Finals series against the Denver Nuggets. 

Return: After staying out of the spotlight for 18 solid months, reclusive Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson returned to Crypto.com Arena on Saturday to attend a Los Angeles Lakers game

Father and son: Armed with his trusty binoculars, the retired 86-year-old looked great wearing a black coat and a blue t-shirt as he took his VIP courtside seat beside his youngest son Ray Nicholson

LA came into the showdown down two games to none in the best of seven series, where the winner goes on to the NBA Finals against either the Miami Heat or Boston Celtics.

Looking to get a lift from their hometown fans, the Lakers would get off to a slow start that translated to a Denver 12 point lead after one quarter.

In the end, Denver would pull away in the fourth quarter and go on to win game three 119- 108, behind Jamal Murray’s 37 points, seven rebounds and six assists, according to ESPN .

Nikola Jokic’s 24 points, six rebounds and eight assists would also be one of the difference makers.

With the win, the Nuggets now lead three games to none, and can close the series with a win in game four, which is also in Los Angeles on Monday.

Sadly, Nicholson hasn’t graced the silver screen since portraying corporate CEO Charles Madison in James L. Brooks’ dismally-reviewed 2010 rom-com How Do You Know, which only earned $48.7M back from its $120M budget.

But the avid art collector has acted in some of the greatest films of all time including Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Shining, Terms of Endearment, Batman, A Few Good Men, As Good as It Gets, and About Schmidt.

Jack – who’s a California Air National Guard veteran – has certainly been decorated for his acting career – having won three Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and even a Grammy Award.

Longtime Laker fan: Jack flashed the number one sign when photographers took notice of the legendary film actor

Looking good: Meanwhile, Ray cut a dapper figure in a stylish brown blazer and a black top, teamed with blue jeans

OG: The legendary actor has been a regular at Laker games dating back to the Showtime Lakers of the late 1970′ and 80s

Father and son duo: Ray was pictured sipping on a drink

His last on-screen appearance came in 2010’s little known How Do You Know, starring alongside Owen Wilson and Reese Witherspoon.

The New Jersey-native has dodged rumors for years that he’s retired from acting as he is battling dementia and is unable to remember his lines.

In January, his unnamed friend told Radar that while Nicholson was in good shape physically, ‘his mind is gone.’

Shortly after those reports emerged, former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly said during an episode of his No Spin News broadcast that reports that Nicholson’s mental health had diminished were ‘bull.’

‘I visited Jack Nicholson a few months ago. I had a long conversation with him and he follows the No Spin News very closely and had all kinds of intelligent questions for me,’ O’Reilly said.

‘I have been friends with him for decades. He is 85, okay? But he is more intellectually nimble than the president of the United States,’ the former Inside Edition host continued.’

Despite his confirmed bachelor status, Nicholson has fathered six children by five different women.

Nicholson has been criticized for never acknowledging his paternity of his alleged daughter Tessa Gourin, who was born out of his brief affair with waitress Jeanine Gourin.

In February, Tessa, an aspiring actress, published an essay in Newsweek titled ‘I’m Jack Nicholson’s Daughter – I Wish People Could Call Me a Nepo Baby.’

Box office bomb: Sadly, Nicholson hasn’t graced the silver screen since portraying corporate CEO Charles Madison in James L. Brooks’ dismally-reviewed 2010 rom-com How Do You Know, which only earned $48.7M back from its $120M budget

‘Having grown up without my father, I’ve sat on the sidelines and watched in frustration as other celebrity children have seamlessly secured roles or been signed to huge agencies,’ she wrote.

‘More recently, I have grown even more frustrated at what I think is a missed opportunity for these so-called “nepo babies” to own their position and embrace it instead of complaining about it,’ Tessa continued.

While in a separate interview with the Daily Beast, Tessa said that she was told from a young age not to tell people who her father was. She said that the actor is ‘a complicated person’ and that her birth was ‘collateral damage.’

Nicholson’s other children are Jennifer Nicholson, born in 1963 during his marriage to Sandra Knight, and a son, Caleb, born to his girlfriend Susan Anspach in 1970.

GOAT: Jack – who’s a California Air National Guard veteran – has certainly been decorated for his acting career – having won three Academy Awards (pictured in 1998), six Golden Globe Awards, and even a Grammy Award 

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