# Michael Douglas Gives Update on Jack Nicholson: He’s ‘Well’ But Has ‘Disappeared’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/michael-douglas-gives-update-on-jack-nicholson-hes-well-but-has-disappeared/
- Published: 2026-10-31T13:56:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T14:19:40+00:00
- Original publisher: Rolling Stone
- Original article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/michael-douglas-jack-nicholson-update-1235650863/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Douglas says Nicholson is well but has withdrawn from public life.
- Nicholson last appeared in a film in 2010.
- He made a surprise appearance on SNL in 2025.

## Summary

Michael Douglas has said his longtime friend Jack Nicholson is “well” but has “disappeared” from public life and is no longer working. Speaking in Swansea while promoting his memoir, Douglas said he still sees Nicholson and would have liked to act alongside him.

Nicholson’s last cinema role was in 2010’s *How Do You Know*. He has largely withdrawn from public appearances, occasionally attending Los Angeles Lakers games, but made a surprise screen appearance in 2025 to introduce Adam Sandler during *Saturday Night Live*’s 50th anniversary episode. Douglas and Nicholson’s friendship dates to the mid-1970s, when Douglas produced *One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest*.

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