There’s been a load of Jack Nicholson sightings in Dublin today… but is it really him?

We have answers.

IS JACK NICHOLSON in Dublin?

Over the past day or so, several Dubliners have claimed to have spotted Jack Nicholson wandering around the place.

I think I just saw Jack Nicholson.....
— Granye West (@GrainneDaly) October 21, 2015

Blonde Rebellion / Twitter

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There were sightings of him at the Jameson Distillery…

So Jack Nicholson was in the @jamesonwhiskey Distillery earlier #HeresJohnny pic.twitter.com/lZH2ju4JRc
— Ireland's Classic Hits (@ClassicHitsRdio) October 21, 2015

Classic Hits 4FM / Twitter

In Brogan’s.

Could this be...? That's right. My mates and I ran into #JackNicholson last night. Spotted in @BrogansDublin :) pic.twitter.com/sphE1oEdaS
— Alice /Dublin (@AliceinDublin) October 21, 2015

Alice / Dublin/Twitter

On a hop-on hop-off bus tour.

Update: Jack Nicholson is taking the Hop-on Hop-off Dublin Bus tour! :) #legend Pic: @Greenbusdublin pic.twitter.com/IJtZ3NDvUq
— Caitríona McKenna (@EvKitCat) October 21, 2015

Caitríona McKenna / Twitter

And just randomly on O’Connell Street.

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So, is it the real Jack Nicholson?

We’re sorry to report that it’s not Jack Nicholson walking among us, but rather a professional Jack Nicholson lookalike named Norman Deesing.

Here’s Norman Deesing.

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And here’s Jack Nicholson.

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There’s definitely a similarity there.

And it looks like Norman is delighted by the media attention.

Earlier this evening, he updated his cover photo on Facebook to this…

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FYI, Norman is available to do weddings if that’s the kind of thing that floats your boat…

This post was written by Amy O’Connor and originally published on TheDailyEdge.ie.

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