[3] Blood's first acting role came in the 25th series of The Bill in a two-episode story of an armed robbery at a toy shop.

He had a role as Alex, Ali's gay flatmate who works as a designer, in the BBC drama Material Girl (2010).

In 2012, Blood gained his first feature film role as Davy Famous in Spike Island.

In 2014, Blood appeared in ITV's mystery drama The Bletchley Circle, as Ben, a police officer.

's debut show, Inches Apart, which was co-written and starred Blood, was entered into the Old Vic New Voices Theatre503 Award, which it subsequently won.

[12] Blood made his professional stage debut in 2009 in The Priory as Adam, at the Royal Court Theatre which ran from 19 November 2009 to 16 January 2010.

[3] It ran in the Duke of York's Theatre from 10 October 2011 to 18 February 2012, and Blood played the lead role of the "fifth Beatle" Stuart Sutcliffe.

Due to the musical nature of the role he has learned to play bass guitar, and also subsequently joined a band, Shaaark.