Ray Nicholson: His list of movies

Ray Nicholson is an actor
He is the son of Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson
He has starred in a number of movies just like his old man

Ray Nicholson is becoming something of a big deal in acting circles. Some might say it is because his father is the Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson, and his mother is the actress Rebecca Broussard. However, it could be the string of film credits he has secured to his name.

At 33, his breakout is coming perhaps later in life compared to other performers. He has gone on record to explain he doubted going into acting. However, eventually, Ray came around to the family business of show business.

Ray recently told PEOPLE magazine, “I wanted to be an astronaut, and then maybe a sports agent.”

“I later realized that, yeah, deep down I’d always wanted to do this,” he added.

Ray admitted that he is probably glad to have waited for fame as he has seen what it does to young people. Much of the tabloid fodder of yore saw people in similar situations be eaten up and spat out by the industry.

“I think things happen when they do for a reason. If I’d had fame when I was younger, who knows — I could be dead. I feel so much for the people who had this at a young age, dealing with pictures of them coming out of bars. It’s just so hard,” he continued.

Anyway, you’ve probably seen him in a recent blockbuster, and Pubity.com thought it would be good to jog your memory with some of his best ones.

Smile 2

Ray got to do an homage to his father’s iconic The Shining character, Jack Torrance, when he played Paul in 2024’s Smile 2, the sequel to the 2022 horror.

Novocaine

Co-starring with fellow nepobaby Jack Quaid, Ray took on the role of Simon in this 2025 action flick.

Promising Young Woman

Ray snagged a small role in this 2020 Emerald Fennell revenge fantasy as Jim.

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Licorce Pizza

Again, this was a blink-and-you-will-miss it role, but he got to work with director Paul Thomas Anderson in the 2022 film Licorce Pizza when he was cast as Ray.