Mark Nicholson is an Australian politician, filmmaker and former criminal lawyer, best known for co-founding the animation company Stepmates Studios with Sebastian Peart. He created the political satire series Pauline Hanson's Please Explain and the film A Super Progressive Movie. He is also the candidate for the Northern Metropolitan Region in the 2026 Victorian state election.
Biography Nicholson lives in Abbotsford, Victoria with his wife and daughter.
Law career In a 2026 interview, Nicholson stated that he studied at Monash University, where he claimed to have been indoctrinated to be progressive. There, he earned an Honours degree in Law. In the courtroom, he said that criminals were "not treated as criminals" and were treated more like "patients", only being told they were "sick".
Political career Nicholson joined One Nation and was announced as the 2026 Victorian election candidate for Northern Metropolitan Region in August 2026. He claimed he had found "home" inside One Nation, saying he trusted the party and their party leader, Pauline Hanson.
In October 2026, Nicholson made a statement that former premiers Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan will be "in prison by Christmas" due to alleged fraud conducted by the pair, claiming that they wasted billions of taxpayer dollars. These remarks were backed by Pauline Hanson, stating they should be "held accountable" when questioned by Avi Yemini of Rebel News.
Stepmates Studios Nicholson and his business partner Sebastian Peart began producing flims from a back shed, gathering savings to buy a camera, however they lost the camera when it fell out of the back of their car. They eventually got a call from Channel Seven to enter professional filmmaking, and they created the sitcom Regular Old Bogan, which premiered on 7mate on 26 October 2020. After joining One Nation, Nicholson and Peart created Pauline Hanson's Please Explain, originally starting off with six episodes, eventually growing to more than a hundred.
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Profile at One Nation Victoria