He made an appearance in the 1997 film Spiceworld as one of the competition winners that falls into the river during a video shoot.
His next role was in 2002's CBBC programme Ace Lightning where he played Pete, the British friend of the main character, Mark.
In 2003, Anderson starred as the lead character in the CBBC sitcom Kerching!, Taj Lewis, an Internet whizzkid who was trying to make a million pounds for his widowed mother.
In 2006, he won the role of Sonny Valentine in the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, but his contract was terminated by the show's producer Bryan Kirkwood on 6 January 2007.
[2] He remained in the soap until October 2010 when Anderson was sacked, once again, by Bryan Kirkwood, who was the EastEnders producer at the time, and his character Billie was killed off.