He played Executive ADA Michael Cutter in the NBC dramas Law & Order (2008–2010) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011–2012), and also played Ecbert, King of Wessex in Vikings from 2014 to 2017.

His film appearances include Priest (1994), The Wings of the Dove (1997), Pandaemonium (2000), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Batman Begins (2005), Non-Stop (2014) and Mandy (2018).

[7] In June 2010, it was announced that he would return to play Laurence Cunningham alongside his father William Roache in Coronation Street.

[9] In February 2014, Roache debuted in season two of the TV series Vikings as Ecbert, King of Wessex.

[11] Since then, he starred as Senator Wesley Smith on Showtime's Peabody Award-winning miniseries Fellow Travelers.