After graduating from the Juilliard School in the summer of 2014, he made his Broadway and acting debut in the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in the autumn.

[2][3] Sharp was born circa 1988/1989,[4] and was raised travelling throughout Europe and the Southwest of the United States in a caravan, before moving to east Devon, England, age eight.

Upon his return to east Devon, he was unable to adjust easily to a traditional school environment, and eventually left England aged 18.

[11] After graduating from the Juilliard School in the summer of 2014, Sharp made his Broadway and acting debut in the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in the autumn.

[16][17][18] In 2017, he starred in John Cameron Mitchell's How to Talk to Girls at Parties, alongside Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, and Ruth Wilson.

[20] Sharp co-starred as activist Rennie Davis in Aaron Sorkin's feature film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, in 2020, alongside Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

He was also set to star as an unspecified lead part in HBO's untitled Game of Thrones[21] prequel alongside Naomi Watts.

[25] In addition he was nominated for the 2015 Fred and Adele Astaire Awards Outstanding Male Dancer for his work in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.