[1] He went on to study performing arts at the Southern Regional College, and at the National Stage Theatre School in County Tyrone from 2012 to 2015.

[4] In 2013, he produced, co-wrote, and co-directed the short film 2Late, which premiered in Armagh in September 2014,[5][4] and was subsequently released on Amazon Prime Video.

[6][7] In 2016, he appeared in an uncredited cameo on "No One", the eighth episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019).

[8][9] In 2017, he founded a production company called GAW Films after moving back to Scotland from Northern Ireland.

[17][18] In 2023, Wales self-published a book of poetry titled Scars: to the ones that got away via Blurb, Inc.[19] That same year, he rebranded GAW Films to Nevis Studios in the United States.