Russo trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington.
In 2005, he took time away from acting to concentrate on a degree at Central St Martins College of Art and Design.
[3][4] In 2020, Russo appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Jason Ridlash.
[5] In 2021, Russo won the British Urban Film Festival Best Actor Award for Baby Boy, a short film he co-wrote alongside director Greg Hall.
[6][7] A year later, he was cast as Eric Mitchell for an episode of the BBC soap opera EastEnders.