<Tr> <Th> Powers and Abilities </Th> <Td> Psychic powers Been able to see ghosts </Td> </Tr> <P> John Daniel Edward "Jack" Torrance is the main antagonist of Stephen King's horror novel The Shining (1977). He was portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the novel's 1980 movie adaptation and by Steven Weber in the 1997 miniseries . The American Film Institute rated the character (as played by Nicholson) the 25th greatest film villain of all time . In 2008, Jack Torrance was selected by Empire Magazine as one of The 100 Greatest Movie Characters . Premiere Magazine also ranked Torrance on their list of The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time . </P> <P> He is married to Wendy Torrance, the father of Daniel Torrance and Lucy Stone and grandfather of Abra Stone . </P> <P> Jack Torrance grew up in Stovington, Vermont, where his father worked in the Regional Community Hospital . He is a writer and former teacher whose alcoholism, drug abuse and volatile temper cost him his teaching position at a small preparatory school and nearly ended his marriage to Wendy Torrance . He gives up the drinking and drug abuse after breaking his son Danny's arm in a blind rage and promises Wendy that she can leave him if he ever drinks or uses again . He accepts a position maintaining the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado for the winter, hoping this will salvage his family, re-establish his career, and give him the time and privacy to finish a promising play . He moves to the hotel with Wendy and Danny, who is telepathic and sensitive to supernatural forces . Danny receives guidance from an imaginary friend he calls "Tony". Danny is also comforted by meeting the hotel's kindly cook, Dick Hallorann, who shares Danny's telepathic abilities . </P>

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