His father is Alan Campbell, who was a selector and manager for Cricket New South Wales, and State Director of Coaching for 20 years.

Both his maternal grandmother and grandfather, Valma Briggs and Mario Desva, had been professional dancers with Ballet Rambert in London.

During his career at Covent Garden he has danced Lescaut (Manon), Basilio (Don Quixote), Franz (Coppelia), Bratfisch and Hungarian Officer (Mayerling),Lewis Carroll/White Rabbit, Jack/Knave of Hearts and Magician/Mad Hatter (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), Bluebird and Florestan (Sleeping Beauty), Bronze Idol (La Bayadère), Jack (Sweet Violets), Emble (The Age of Anxiety), Texan Kangaroo Rat (‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café), Principal (In the Night), Officer (Anastasia), Florizel (The Winter's Tale), Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein), Troyte (Enigma Variations) and roles in ‘Emeralds’(Jewels), Voices of Spring, Concerto, In the Night, Polyphonia, Birthday Offering, Requiem, Raven Girl, Connectome, Woolf Works, Swan Lake, Giselle, Viscera, Within the Golden Hour, Carbon Life and Obsidian Tear.

[13] In the same year he performed his debut in the role of Colas (La fille mal gardee) with Yuhui Choe to critical acclaim.

[1] His first role as Principal was as partner to the acclaimed Ashtonian dancer, Roberta Marquez in La Fille Mal Gardee at her Royal Ballet farewell performance in 2016.

Campbell first danced Prince Florimund in The Sleeping Beauty at Covent Garden partnering Francesca Hayward on her debut as Aurora in February 2017.

[22][23] In the following month he danced the expanded role of Benno at the World premiere of Liam Scarlett’s new production of Swan Lake.

He partnered Francesca Hayward in Robert Binet's immersive work, The Dreamers Ever Leave You in collaboration with the National Ballet of Canada at The Printworks in London in October 2017.

[26] Campbell starred with Francesca Hayward in the BBC television documentary film Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet which was first shown on Christmas Day 2016.

[7] In 2015, he was invited to take part in the BBC program Test Match Special with an interview entitled, View from the Boundary.

[35][36] In 2018 Campbell was featured on ABC Television (Australia) in a documentary charting his early life and that of fellow Royal Ballet Principal, Steven McRae.