[2] Pohatu co-stars on the New Zealand mockumentary comedy horror television series Wellington Paranormal, part of the What We Do in the Shadows franchise.
[6] Pohatu performed as Ajax in the te reo Māori version of Troilus and Cressida at the Globe Theatre in London, alongside fellow Toi Whakaari graduates and Modern Māori Quartet bandmates, James Tito (Diomedes) and Matu Ngaropo (Achilles).
[7][8] In January 2020, Pohatu performed in Modern Māori Quartet: Two Worlds at the Off-Broadway theatre, SoHo Playhouse.
Pohatu made his movie debut as Gav, flatmate to Bret McKenzie's character, in Two Little Boys (2012).
He plays the role of Sergeant Ruawai Maaka on Wellington Paranormal, the New Zealand television spin-off of Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows.