Gold moved to Chicago after college where he performed as Michael in Jean Cocteau's Indescretions, Oak Park Festivals Much Ado About Nothing and Patrick Marber's Dealer's Choice.
In May 1998, he landed the part of Ste in Jonathan Harvey's coming of age play Beautiful Thing at The Famous Door Theater in Chicago.
For Craig Lucas, he performed in This Thing of Darkness at the Atlantic Theater, A Small Tragedy and a role written especially for him in The Singing Forest.
Other roles include Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock and Last Night with Keira Knightley and The Harvest in post production.
2009 marked Gold's debut TV role in Ugly Betty as Matt Hartley, the love interest for the title character, played by America Ferrera.