Jackson Nicoll

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Jackson Nicoll
Jackson Nicoll Bad Grandpa cast (cropped).jpg
Nicoll at a showing for Bad Grandpa in October 2013
Born (2003-12-01) December 1, 2003 (age 19)
OccupationActor
Years active2010–2017 [1]

Jackson Nicoll (born December 1, 2003) [2] is an American former actor, best known for portraying Billy, the grandson of the title character, in Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013). [3]

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Nicoll is from Seabrook, New Hampshire. [4] [5] His other credits include The Fighter (2010), What's Your Number? (2011), and Fun Size (2012). [6]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010KidwalkerJacksonShort film
2010 The Fighter Little Dicky
2011 Arthur Library Boy #1
2011 What's Your Number? JustinUncredited
2011 The Stand Up Sebastian
2012 Fun Size Albert DeSantis
2013 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa BillyNominated—MTV Movie Award for Best WTF Moment
(shared with Johnny Knoxville)
2014 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 Billy Direct-to-video
2014OneiromancyJacksonShort film
2015 Staten Island Summer Wendell
2017 The Book of Henry Morris
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Ridiculousness HimselfEpisode: "Jackson Nicoll"
2015 Another Period The Little AssholeEpisode: "Funeral"

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