[3] He left school without qualifications,[1] not realising at the time that he was dyslexic,[2] however, following advice from his English teacher, Miss Griffiths,[4] who recognised his potential for acting,[1] encouraging him to study at The City of Liverpool College.
[5] Nelson-Joyce's first notable role in 2017, was playing the teenage gang member James Yates,[4] who provided the gun that killed 11-year-old Rhys Jones in the ITV Liverpool based drama Little Boy Blue.
[7] In 2021, he starred in six episodes of the BBC Bristol based crime comedy series The Outlaws,[8] in a cast that included Christopher Walken, Stephen Merchant and Eleanor Tomlinson.
[2] The same year, He worked with Stephen Graham and Sean Bean,[1] playing bullying convict Johnno in the Jimmy McGovern directed BBC prison drama Time.
[3] In 2023, he continued in this role as Brian Reader in 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery series The Gold, also starring Hugh Bonneville, Dominic Cooper, Charlotte Spencer, Jack Lowden, Tom Cullen, and Emun Elliott.