His debut film The Man Without a Face, with actor Mel Gibson, helped boost his career at the age of Twelve. His 1st agency casting was around Alien at The Door, although he got been doing kids's plays since he was Four years old.

Nick occurs as born-again Christian.

His better known operate was on the HBO series Carnivale, which ran from 2003 to 2005.

Selected Filmography
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Season !! Film !! Role |- | ? || "Terminator 4 || John Connor |- | 2006 || The Night of the White Pants || Raff |- | 2005 || Sin City || Roark Jr./Yellow Bastard |- | 2003 || Carnivàle (TV series) || Ben Krohn Hawkins |- | 2003 || Twist || Dodge |- | 2003 || Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines || John Connor |- | 2001 || Bully || Bobby Kent |- | 2001 || In the Bedroom || Frank Fowler |- | 1998 || The Thin Red Line || Private First Class Edward Beade |- | 1998 || Disturbing Behavior || Gavin Strick |- | 1995 || Tall Tale || Daniel Hackett |- | 1993 || The Man Without a Face'' || Charles R. 'Chuck' Norstadt |}