He is best known for creating the CBeebies television series Mr Bloom's Nursery in which he plays the titular character,[1] for which he was nominated for a British Academy Children's Award in 2011 and 2012.

[4][5] He attended Bretton Hall (now part of the University of Leeds) where he earned a first class degree in theatre acting, graduating in 2001.

[6][7] Faulks won the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Fringe Performer in 2004 for a one-man play he created.

[7] The idea for Mr. Bloom's Nursery came from a piece of street theatre that Faulks had written in 2006 called The Vegetable Nannies;[4] he had toured the play across the UK, as well as in Europe and Canada but wanted to pitch it as a preschool television show.

[12] Faulks was also nominated for the British Academy Children's Award for Best Performer in 2011 and 2012, but was beaten by Harley Bird for her voicing of Peppa Pig and Khalil Madovi for his role in 4 O'Clock Club respectively.