[7] He studied English and Drama at the University of Bristol and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating in 2013.
He would also appear in the Globe productions of Blue Stockings as Will Bennett, Julius Caesar as Mark Antony, and The Broken Heart as Ithocles.
[19] In January 2024, it was announced that Thompson would star in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Love's Labour's Lost as Berowne.
[20] On September 16, 2024 it was announced that Thompson would be one of two leads in Bridgerton season four, reprising his role as Benedict alongside Yerin Ha as Sophie Baek.
On January 22, 2025 it was announced that Thompson would join the production of Tim Crouch's cold-read play "An Oak Tree" at the Young Vic Theatre in London.
[21] Thompson does not have social media and keeps the details of his personal life private, stating in 2023: "the more you give chunks of yourself out, the more you sort of colour how you're perceived.