Scott got his first role in 2015 on
Criminal Minds, which is a prime-time American TV series. At that time, Scott was cast in
Season 11's fourth episode, titled "Outlaw", as Cole Vasquez, this episode aired on October 21, 2015. He also played a minor character in an episode of
Fear the Walking Dead titled "
TEOTWAWKI", playing the child version of the character Troy Otto. In 2016, Scott was cast to play
Georgie Denbrough in the
2017 film adaptation of
Stephen King's novel
It. Scott attended the premiere for the film at
Grauman's Chinese Theatre. He reprised his role of Georgie in the sequel,
It Chapter Two, which was released on September 6, 2019. Scott was cast in the role of Troy for the short film
Skin (2018), directed by Guy Nattiv, which would go on to win the
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the
91st Academy Awards. Continuing in the horror genre, Scott played the title role of Miles Blume in the 2019 film
The Prodigy, directed by
Nicholas McCarthy. This marked his first starring role in a feature film, co-starring alongside
Taylor Schilling. in
Rockhampton,
Queensland, Australia in 2022
Andrés Muschietti had recruited Scott to be a part of his one-hour series pilot of
Locke & Key for
Hulu as one of the leading young actors opposite
Frances O'Connor. He played the part of Bode Locke, the youngest of the siblings. Hulu passed on the pilot and declined to order it to series. However,
Netflix later redeveloped the
series with a new cast, only keeping Scott as Bode from the Hulu cast. The first season was released on Netflix on February 7, 2020. Scott stated in an interview for
AZCentral that Bode has been his favorite character to play, because he shares a lot of qualities with that character, such as his fun-loving personality and his love of bacon. The writers of the series met Jackson while filming so they could incorporate aspects of his real-life personality into the character of Bode. Scott also said in the same interview that he grew very close to the other actors of
Locke & Key while they were filming the series. The second season was released on Netflix on October 22, 2021, and the third season was released on August 10, 2022. Scott enjoyed playing the demonic Dodge who possesses Bode's body in the third season of the series, of which he said, "I think that's probably one of the most fun times I've had playing a role." In 2018, Scott was cast in the role of Tate Millikin for the independent film
Gossamer Folds, directed by Lisa Donato. He co-starred with
Alexandra Grey and
Shane West. The film was produced by
Yeardley Smith. == Filmography ==