Watson appeared in the lead roles of Kane, Fear Below and The Cost and is currently executive producing Starting Blocks with Romper Stomper director Geoffrey Wright.

He played Mick Barrow in the 2012 feature Shadows from the Sky alongside Sean Bean, Manu Bennett and John Rhys-Davies, and received rave reviews from his work in London on the psychological horror Credo (also known as The Devil's Curse in the United States), playing an American jock alongside Colin Salmon, MyAnna Buring, and the late Stephen Gately.

He also signed on for a small guest role on Home and Away as Grant Bledcoe, Ruby Buckton's (Rebecca Breeds) biological father with a sordid past.

He next appeared on Channel 9's Sea Patrol, and wrote, produced, and directed the feature Deadly Flat starring Renai Caruso and himself.

In November 2013, Watson began appearing as Jacob Holmes in Neighbours then directed his first feature in New York about PTSD playing the lead character title role Michael Wardeath.