[1] Tarrant grew up in Adelaide, South Australia and studied at Brighton Secondary School from 2000 to 2004.
[5][6][7] Deception ran for an entire season at the Adelaide Fringe 2014 with his performing partner Vinh Giang.
[11] In January 2023, Tarrant became a board member of the Adelaide Fringe Foundation, which donated grants to artists and disadvantaged communities.
[12] In 2016, Tarrant appeared on the third season of Australian Survivor, which was the first series of the Network Ten iteration of the show, finishing in fifth place.
[17] Tarrant is also an Ambassador for South Australian charities Hutt St Centre [18] and Barkuma.