His first role was in the 2006 film
The Benchwarmers. He then had minor roles in the
multi-genre film
Promising Young Woman (2020) and the romantic drama
Licorice Pizza (2021). He then had starring roles in the
Amazon Prime Video teen drama series
Panic (2021) and
Neil LaBute's thriller film
Out of the Blue (2022). Nicholson had his
breakthrough after being cast by
Parker Finn in
Smile 2 as an homage to
Jack Torrance, the character his father Jack played in
The Shining (1980). The film was released in 2024 to critical and commercial success. ==Filmography==